Re: Methadone
From: Tish (CookieTish@aol.com)
Tue Apr 30 12:57:59 2002
At Tue, 30 Apr 2002, cathy:- wrote:
>
>I'm really not sure... I would guess that each particular drug is
>different as far as the risk of becoming addicted during that window of
>time when you are still dependent upon the drug but not in pain. One
>thing that works in your favor if your cure is surgical is that the
>natural course of the surgical pain would be for it to start out high
>and then gradually disappear as all of the cut tissue heals up. So that
>if your opiate dosage just followed your level of post-surgical pain,
>then normally that would mean that you gradually wean off of the opiate
>perfectly naturally. A couple of people here have remarked that they
>had adhesiolysis surgeries that left them pain-free for a period of
>months and they had no troubles weaning off of the meds. I suspect that
>this was just that they gradually reduced the drugs in reaction to the
>fading away of the post-surgical pain, and it just happened naturally.
>
>At Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Sally Grigg wrote:
>>
>>Dear Cathy, Thank you for the information. It was indeed enlightening. At
>>this point I have been taking opiates. If my pain stopped, could I switch
>>to methadone to get off the opiates and then get off the methadone? Love,
>>Sally
>
>--
>cathy :-)
>
When i had surgery in Nov 2001 for adhesions..i had 2 incisions one near
my Belly Button and one..on the original Hysterectomy scar..2 days post
op i called my surgeon and asked for a refill on vicodin which i had
been on for 1 yrs pre -op..he said a resounding NOPE and referred me to
a methadone clinic,which scared the WATER out of me..and so i took what
vicodin i had left and that was that..i had no more pain and absolutely
no withdrawal symptoms whatsoever...so i tend to believe the theory
about persons who are in dire pain like we are dont truly completely
become addicted...to the meds.
Of course since Jan 2002 i have been back on them because the pain
returned with a vengence..and now if they try to take my pain meds
away..i would probably act like an addict...it wouldnt be pretty .hehe
This is just my story..were all different..but i dont think we should
worry about addiction..we just have to do what we have to do ..right?
Gentle Hugs
Tish