The Food and Drug Administration has alerted health care professionals to reports of death and life threatening side effects associated with methadone administration. The warning is specifically for patients new to methadone therapy for pain control and patients who have recently switched to methadone after treatment with other strong narcotic pain relievers. Health care professionals are warned to adhere to methadone prescribing information to avoid dangerous side effects, such as slow or shallow breathing and changes in heartbeat that may not be felt by the patient.
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Posted by
Oran Broussard
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Oran Broussard
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I have been additive to methdone for 14yrs.Over dosed 3 times been in& out of rehabs have seizures.I lost loved ones, & close friends.This is a powerful opiate. When I'm out i take multiple opiates to try help with the withdrawals but there is nothing will take its place.No one should ever go threw this.I want my life back. my family & freids.Iwant to lived &love again but i no i cant till i get rid of this monster of a opoiate. PS this all started with a farming accident i crushed my right foot. was prescribed methdone 10 millgrams 1 every 12 hours. Now taking. 240 milligramsevery 12hours. Thank you
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Kathy Roth
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Kathy Roth
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My daughter died on October 19, 2003 due to methadone overdose. She suffered from chronic migraine and took too many pills one evening when her headache did not go away, She died the next morning while her husband was golfing.
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TERESA SANDLIN
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TERESA SANDLIN
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I WAS PUT ON METHADONE FOR BACK PAIN OVER A YEAR AGO .NOW LOSING MY TEETH DUE TO THIS DRUG ,WASNT TOLD ANY SIDE EFFECTS AS THIS BEEN ON OPATIES FOR YEARS FOR BACK ALWAYS HAD VERY GOOD TEETH.ALSO BOWELS DONT WORK WITHOUT TAKING MEDS TOO WORK I WISH NEVER HAD TAKEN FRIST PILL IF KNEW ALL THESE SIDE EFFECTS I WOULD HAVE NOT TAKEN WASNT TOLD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DRUG . SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THIS COMPANY .I DONT HAVE A LIFE NOW DUE TO THIS MEDS.TRYED TO GET OFF BUT IN TO MUCH PAIN THER HAS TO BE AWAY TO GET OFF THIS BAD MEDS
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Ralph Agard
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Ralph Agard
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My son has been on this @#$%^&* drug for over 12 yrs. and is experiencing a wide variety of side affects that have crippled him physicly, mentally and (above all) emotionally! And he was never made aware of the vast array of debilitating side affects they cause?????? Jerks!!!!
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k valerius
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k valerius
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I've been on methadone for six years. I've feel lost and have no hope for future free of methadone. I've had bowel movements that got so bad I bleed. I have very high blood pressure. I've not received side effect risks. I do not receive counseling in any form. If I had been informed I would of never taken this route. I don't see a way out.
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Bill D
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Bill D
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I was addicted to Methadone Pain Pills from 2002 to JULY 2026
I am age 70 and Disabled with Back Problems and Diabetes Type 2 and Neuropathy in BOTH Feet , Legs and my Left Arm and Left Hand .
When the Doctor Prescribed METHADONE Pain Pills back in 2002 She NEVER told me that I would Easily Become Addicted and that the HORRIBLE WITHDRAWALS would Prevent me from trying to QUIT Methadone !!
I hate it when I Drug takes CONTROL of your Body and your Mind and then FORCES you to take more and more pills just to fight your bodies PAINS .
I am age 70 and Disabled with Back Problems and Diabetes Type 2 and Neuropathy in BOTH Feet , Legs and my Left Arm and Left Hand .
When the Doctor Prescribed METHADONE Pain Pills back in 2002 She NEVER told me that I would Easily Become Addicted and that the HORRIBLE WITHDRAWALS would Prevent me from trying to QUIT Methadone !!
I hate it when I Drug takes CONTROL of your Body and your Mind and then FORCES you to take more and more pills just to fight your bodies PAINS .
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b. k . hamilton
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b. k . hamilton
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methadone client for 15 years have a multitude of methadone related health problems that I wish I was informed of 15 years ago
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Brandon Salas
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Brandon Salas
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I have been on methadone for about a year and the clinic don't tell you none of the side effects. I was handed most of my paperwork that they rush through without explaining none of it. I signed most of it weeks later and they asked me to pre date it and they say the councilor doesn't know much. I have had heart rate issues since I have taken the methadone,(pre hypertension), I was never told that if I drink alcohol it makes me hallucinate, lose memory, and It makes me react in ways I have never been before. I was never told that I was going to fall in a deep depression and have serious panic attacks, my body don't feel right. I get angry very easy and for no reason. My fiancé has known me for years and says it changes me to a whole different person. I don't have bowels for weeks at a time. I was never told none of this. They are just like drug dealers. They just want money for exchange. There is no counciling they ask a few questions and now they tell me I have to be on it for the rest of my life. I have been told I am a better person on herion and I thought it was treatment to help but now I'm I worse shape than I was because I can't stop and take care of my 3 year old. There is very few story's of success of getting off methadone. I have been on opiates for 18 years and the effects of methadone are worse than any drug. I can't afford no other way and I have tried every way I can. I was never told it was going to mentally and physically destroy my body. And it's also destroyed my liver. I am scared of the person it makes me be and it changes the person the longer you take it. I have so much more to tell but I'm not good as you see writing it down.
