Author: Bboy42287
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:40 pm
| Breezy_Ann wrote: |
| I guess this is just another example of govt having double standards and their procedures make no sense. Sub prescribers are only allowed a 100 patients at a time and like was stated above an od will really suck but sub od on its own is not fatal. Methadone clinics as far as I understand can see a revolving door of patients and can absolutely be fatal if overdosed.
It seems to me that if a patient cap was going to be enforced anywhere (which I don’t believe the govt should ever tell a doc how many patients they can handle) it would make way more sense with methadone. It would also seem to me that it is just irresponsible to give that much methadone to an addict to take home. They couldn’t control their opiate intake prior so I would assume a lot of addicts would have a hard time controlling that much methadone. I thank you all for your info and experiences. I feel I know a bit more about how methadone clinics work. |
Breezy I understand what you are saying 100%. Who in there right mind would give a addict that much methadone to take home. But to his clinic he is no longer a active user/addict, he is now an addict in recovery in an opiate replacement program. So what im trying to say is he is not a drug addict to his clinic but a recovering addict who is doing great with that dose of methadone. Sure you know the truth but methadone DRs are not on the streets or know whats going on. They only see him or her passing drug test for said amount time. Doing what they r suppose to do and thats that.
And to other part of what you said its is the samething as suboxone in a sense. You first start out seeing the sub DR every other week. As time goes on you seem steady and are doing well now you only have to come once a month and so on. BUT this is were methadone is much different and this will def help you understand a lil better. You have to realy really earn take homes, im talking months even years for some people so this kid started out with sunday TH, proved he could do that now he gets weekends an so on. So he at one point passed a weekly drug test for months before he got sunday take homes. And than continued to do well and passed all his test to earn two weeks. So he did really good for a long time at his clinic meaning they have no reason to think one its dangerous two he cant handle them.
If you really wanted to at the end of the day. You could find out which clinic he goes to call and tell them whats going on.
Travis i dont know if i had that test but i had to go get blood work done before i could go above 130. I am now at 170 and that is bc the severity of my injuries/tolerance to opiates.
