Author: indigochild
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:36 pm
| Breezy_Ann wrote: |
| Thanks Indigo, that actually was a great answer to my question. I was more curious to know if there were some procedures in place to stop the people that are not in recovery and looking for legal drugs. There is a rumor floating around that this person had gave methadone to another guy a few months back and he also OD’d. I have no idea if its true or not. Do you think with what happened that the methadone clinic would be wary of giving him that much?
I know an addict is going to use no matter what and that ultimately it is not his fault but I also feel like him having this much methadone on him is a danger. He obviously doesn’t realize how dangerous it can be for others or just doesn’t care. I am hoping this death woke him up, he tried to commit suicide the day after. I guess the 2nd part of my question is, how can it be ok to let an addict take that much home with him? I know he gets at least a 2 week supply at a time but it could be more now, (that was like 6 months ago). I was also taking the opportunity to learn a bit more about methadone. I appreciate you sharing your story and am glad you and Bboy have found so much help thru it. |
Bboy said it: he’s played the system…he’s taken his medication (supervised) and has clean UAs. model patient, right- wrong, he is on such a high dose and is trusted with so many take homes, he can take less and sell some. Trust me, he isn’t going to be the slightest bit sick from selling a few 40mg wafers…happens all the time…like, tearjerker said, methadone can plain kill and is much , much, much easier to OD on than bupe.
Of course this death affected your buddy if he tried to commit suicide. No brainer. It’s not air tight and has many leaks. Methadone is a unique drug too. Diversion of suboxone is likley not to kill but methadone…..look up peak and trough levels- it should give the Dr an accurate reading od the blood or plasma levels and how that individual metabolizes the drug. my clinic wouldn’t let anyone rise over120mg with out the peak and trough blood test.
