Methadone And Other Opiates. Posted: 02-11-07 23:54pm
I am 31 years old. I was addicted for
2.5 years to 480-640 mls/day of oxycontin.
I started a methadone treatment program
2 weeks ago. I understand that mixing
methadone with alcohol, valium, or adivan
will be very bad for you, possible/sure
death/overdose. If I mixed oxycontin
with methadone until my methadone reached
a dose level where the withdrawl demons
stayed at bay for 24 hours; would this be
a deadly mixtue? Could opiates mixed
with methadone make you overdose or die?
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dudovic
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Delray Beach, FL US
Posted: 02-25-07 17:27pm
Oxycontin or methadone are very strong
opiates, I would think based on historical
information that can be found on the media
(newspaper, TV news, radio or the
Internet) that any of the 2 mentioned
drugs have the potential to kill any human
being. So I could make the assumption that
mixing oxycontin and methadone can
definitely make you overdose.
Good luck
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charliestheman
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Louisiana
Answer to Methadone Posted: 02-26-07 01:02am
I've been on a methadone maintenance
program for a few years. I've also
researched it a pretty good bit. Here is
the problem with tryin to mix oxys and
methadone: Methadone is a synthetic
opiate that tricks the receptors in your
brain into thinking they are full of
opiates. Because these receptors are
full, your body doesnt metabolize
oxycontin or other opiates like normal.
It basically blocks the effects you get.
So you take oxys and you dont feel them
because of the methadone, and you take
more and more and now you're at a very
toxic level and dont understand why you're
body is not feeling the effect, then your
organs start shutting down from all the
toxins. Everyone has a differnent
overdose level with methadone in their
system, and I've known so many people to
take a fairly small dose of methadone and
maybe another pill or two and they fall
asleep and never wake up. Thats why you
have to gradually build up your dose.
Please be careful, powerful snake you're
playing with and it will bite you when you
least expect it!
