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Question by Tommy: Methadone addiction; need medical experts help?
Ive been addicted to methadone for around 2 years taking around 120 milligrams a day see today i missed the clinic and bought Suboxone to take away the withdrawl symptoms but it didnt it seemed to make it worse x 10 so can u tell me what happenend. And also how long it would take me to get off of methadone to where i would have no withdrawl symtoms Please I need medical help!!!!!!

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Question by Christina: What do you think about methadone as a treatment for heroin addiction?
Alot of people look down on iy, bu its been proved to work better than the 12 step groups and the like. If you agree its good why? If you don’t why?

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Answer by Sick of Butt-Hurt People
“bu its been proved to work better than the 12 step groups and the like.”

Please provide evidence for this assumption.

Methadone is good for pregnant women trying to stop IV Heroin Use, what can lead to all sorts of contaminants entering the bloodstream and adversely effecting the fetus and Methadone is great for people that, basically, have to either go on it or continue activities that will result in their immediate death…

But in the long term, “maintenance” therapy does nothing but prolong the suffering of the Addicts.    Read more...

Question by SmileItsNotThatSerious: Pregnant on Methadone?
Many women take methadone for pain or are far into their addiction treatement, and then they get pregnant by accident. Rather than abortion, they slowly and safely lower their dose so the baby isn’t born addicted. But then there are the women who don’t care or don’t want to try, and they actually increase their dose! THESE women complained that their clinic wanted them to lower their dose, and made it seem like they were being asked to stop cold turkey (which can cause miscarriage). Now NJ has a law being proposed that will make it illegal for a woman on meth who gets pregnant to safely quit methadone!!!! Basically they want to force women to STAY ON methadone, and take away their right to choose having a healthy baby! Medical research says that SLOWLY tapering off methadone is safest, but these “addiction” specialists are fighting this and putting out false info that it is not safe.
How can a concerned mom fight this?
You can find the 200+ pages of changes to methadone programs at
NJ Department of Health and Human Services’
Department of Addiction Services.
or at lexisnexis.com    Read more...

How to Stop Addiction: Methadone clinic considers offering cash to addicts – Baltimore Sun
It would be an opportunity to steer addicts to traditional treatment, offered at the clinic during the day, though he said he expected many would eschew the opportunity. But he said such a clinic would most certainly stop the crimes of those …
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How to Stop Addiction: Dr. Schaler States Either Everything Is An Addiction Or Nothing Is – PR Inside
Using this definition, addiction can either be positive or negative … At any point in time, individuals have the power to stop the process and choose a different path. About Saint Jude Retreats: Saint Jude Retreats (www.soberforever.net) is a drug …
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How to Stop Addiction: The fight against drug and alcohol addiction continues – Sampson Independent
Addiction, as Simmons has often implored … “As a law enforcement officer, as a law enforcement trainer, I can say the safeguard we have to stop this continuum of destructive events is law enforcement. It might not be the best alternative, but it …
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How Addiction Happens: Methadone abolishes heroin craving – Desert Sun
When this happens, unless doses of the drug are continued, an intense, almost unbearable craving for the drug occurs. In some opiate addicts, this physiological brain state becomes fixed, and no matter how long one is free of the opiate — months or …
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How Addiction Happens: Methadone abolishes heroin craving – The Desert Sun

Methadone abolishes heroin craving The Desert Sun When this happens, unless doses of the drug are continued, an intense, almost unbearable craving for the drug occurs. In some opiate addicts, this physiological brain state becomes fixed, and no matter how long one is free of the opiate — months or …

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