meds question

Has anyone here ever thought of trying methadone or some of the simular drugs like suboxone?
How does people feel about these drugs?
I always linked them to junkies but my doc said that is not right? I mean i always thought ya know methadone=herion use ya know....
I say I am WAY to young to even start that and would rather wait until I am much much much older. The doc said it was a really kick ass pain med but I said I would rather wait till I exhaust ALL OTHER OPTIONS.....
What do you all think????????

I know I have not been on the boards in a while. I have A LOT of crap going on...Some of you might already know some of them....
1. My husbands ex who has his oldest daughter killed her husband. Bashed his head in with a hammer. But since we signed our rights away for the step dad to adopt the child we cannot get custody. It is a HUGE mess and VERY STRESSFUL
2. I have sort of a mini nervous breakdown. I just got where I could not function all I wanted to do was lay there and cry. I ended up doing something very stupid and ended up in the hospital.
3. I get home from the hospital and my best friend jumps on me because I told her I did not call her because I did not think she would understand. She proved my point too so now not only am I going through the hardest point in my life I am doing it without a best friend.
anyhoooo thats my story. Thats why I have not been around.
Please give me your opinions on the meds above. My doc wants me to make a decision by next month and I am so far very against it........
Thanks everyone and I hope your all having a pain free day.....

Well I guess you don't know unless you try. What is the doc say. What would the downfalls and what would be "bad" reactions???
Sorry you going through such a mess. Life is so crazy at times it is hard to believe it...We all KNOW what stress does to us so gentle hugs your way!!!

Pam

I do not believe that there would be any real "bad" reactions according to the doc both methadone and suboxone is really really good pain killers. They just work differently than regular narcotics. They also do not give you the euphoria feeling that most narcotics do.
I am just stressed and confused and do not know which way to turn or go and having my BF acting like such a ***** is not helping matters in the least little bit, My hubby is the only one besides you all here that I can lean on,.
I always thought since me and her have been friends since we where 9 and that my parents had basically took her in when her parents kicked her rude non behaving ass out, that since I have ALWAYS been there for her all these years that now that I have something going wrong with me that I would have a friend to lean on.  I guess I was wrong to assume. But it is still heartbreaking all the same. I have ALWAYS been there for her. She done this same thing when I had my hysterectomy. I went through pure HELL right after my hysterectomy and what did she do....she figured since everyone (my family and friends) was paying so much attention trying to get me better and out of my suicidal state that that meant that she was "unwanted" took it upon herself to throw her a fit and tell me what a horrible friend I am because at that exact moment I did not have it in me to worry about her problems. Its like it never ends ya know.....seems like she would realize how much I truly need her right now but well that's life right.........
I know I am rambling I am sorry. I do not have anyone to talk to besides the hubby and honestly he is tired of hearing me cry. He said it is OK and that he would make it better and that everything would be OK but he honestly does not know what to do.......sorry for going on and on and thanks for the reply
Best Wishes
Birdy

Oh Birdy I'm so sorry that life has been kicking your butt lately, I'll keep you in my prayers. I know what you mean about the methadone and that was always my opinion too but I've been reading quite a bit lately about its use in pain control too. I'm not sure what I would do myself, I "think" I would exhaust other options first like you say but then again like the OP said what can it hurt to try? In the end only you can make the decision with the help of your doc. If your current meds aren't cutting it maybe it would be worth a try. I sure hope life gets better for you and your family, hang in there darlin'!

Hi Hislady,
Thanks for the reply and the prayers, I need all the prayers I can get. When did life become so hard?  When did people become so self absorbed and cold hearted towards their so called friends? What happened to the days that you could lean on your BF and not have to worry about it being held over your head?
I am just so very  very tired emotionally ya know....
anyway I will hush. Thank you so much for the reply and prayers I really do appreciate it very very much!!
Best Wishes
Kimberly

Im sorry you are having such a hard time. Now, on to the meds. I have my own pain dr. you didnt say if you go to a pain clinic, but I do.  

 

All of my drs have tried to help with my pain but to no success. Yes, my pain dr did speak about methadone but never got around to prescribing it Yet.  I was talking to another patient one day and he said it works better than morphine or oxycodone(both of which I tried to no avail.) Try it and see. What can it do that hasnt already happened to me with everything else. If if makes you sick or you dont like it, call your dr and tell him(or her) it isnt working. 

 

best of luck, Suzette

Hey there.
I do see a pain doc. She is an amazing and patient woman!! I could not ask for better.

It did not start out like that. We had a rough start did NOT get along at all.  I felt that she never listened to me at all. So I have very unhappy with her treatment plan. My husband came in with me and talked with her and explained to her everything I had been trying to say but could not get to come out of my mouth. After that I could not ask for a better doc.....
She is trying so hard to make it to where I can get through the day without being in excruitating pain.

anyhoo thanks fo the reply....I appreciate it
Birdy

I work at a pain management clininc and it's my understanding that Subuxone is being used to help get patients off of Methadone.

I haven't heard of a doctor prescribing both for pain.

I wish you the best. I know how badly stress can aggravate our pain.

Keep us updated.

Becky (my Pain doc) said they use methadone all the time as a pain med. Suboxone is now being used for the same thing.  She says it is a really good painkiller.
She says with me having the RNY that it might work better for me than my morphine because you do not really swallow it. You let it dissolve under your tongue. So instead of going through my intestines and running out way to soon leaving me needing more in a very little time it might work better and last longer for me.
I just have no decided if I want to try it or not. I am thinking I may want to wait until I exhaust all other options.
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate every ones opinions on this.......
birdy

Hi Kim,
I am a ACLS EMT-P (paramedic) and Methadone is widely used as a pain medication in many folks who are not addicted to herion.
I know several here on this board who take methadone for pain control of fibro.
I have not personally taken methadone, but I hear it works wonders.
If your current medication is not doing it's job, consider methadone.  Don't rule it out just because it is used by addicts, it was created for pain control and physicians realised through trial and error that it helped herion addicts daily withdraws.  You see herion addicts become addicted forever after one use of herion.  It stays in your body forever, therefore the need for methadone to keep the withdraws at bay.
My aunt was prescribed methadone when she was in stage 4 cancer, and she never used any illegal drug in her life.  It helped her immensely.
Gentle hugs..
Donna