Methadone, Xanax, and going to withdrawl in jail.

For one the jail will not administer a damn thing to him... trust me civ been and I know. The only way he would even be allowed to t are a narcotic is if he was sent to a hospital from the jail. The jail won't even give him a Tylenol unless a nurse signed off for it and 9 times out of ten they won't even do that. Especial for withdraws. The jail makes u cold turkey methadone... I'm prescribed it I know. Xannax is the same way. The jail won't do a damn thing. It's wrong. And it's going to take a medically supervised detox to get off methadone and benzos correctly. U might have support but when it comes to the seizures and possible shock factors with Deadly blood pressure increases I sure hope they support u when ur fall in back in ur grave... that person is ignorant and they need not try to educate anyone without understanding factual information. I'm a methadone patient and I used to b prescribed Lorazapam. I KNOW WHAT he's going through. I'll keep him I n my prayers along with u. It's dangerous being in that sh*t hole on that medication wo any help from the jail medically. And believe me they don't care lol... 

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Hi, My daughter was just arrested (2 days ago)  for being high and drugs in her car.  I don't know why I am researching this, but it saddens me to read the statements from everyone. I am trying to educate myself. I can't help her.  My daughter will have to detox from Meth, Methadone, Zanax, heroin and pot.  I don't even know how she is still alive.  I hope she lives through the detoxing. I hope she can go before the judge tomorrow. It is a small town jail. This is the life she has chosen, but it makes me so sad and afraid for her. My grandson is just 6 yrs. old and now BOTH his parents will be in prison.  ;(    I am not sure even why I am writing this, just heartbroken.  Just want to encourage all of you to stay strong and clean.  From, Someone Elses Mama  AML

deaYES!!!!!!...YOU CAN DIE FROM METHADONE WITHDRAWALS! I HAD A GRAMAL SEIZURE THAT LAST 40 MINS AND STOPPED BREATHING. AND HAD TO BE RECESITATED. AT 33RD COUNTY JAIL IN ORANGE COUNTY FL, THEY DOSE US INMATES DOWN ON A 21 DAY TAPPER.AND I HAD THE SEIZURE AND WOULD HAVE DIED HAD NO ONE DONE CPR TO BRING ME BACK.AND THAT WAS ON THE., IRONIC 33RD DAY IN JAIL.EVERY ONE IS DIFF.REMEMBER, IF THE PERSON HAD BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THERE HEART AND LUNGS FOR YEARS ON DOPE.THEN THE HEAVY INTENSE WITHDRAWALS FROM METHADONE MAY OR WILL KILL YOU.THAT'S MY STORY. GODBLESS.

Absolutely!!! You will get sick, probably about a week in. Take it slow, especially if you've used for a while. 2 mg a week, is safe, and will keep you comfortable. I am the same as you, I'm a baby about withdrawal. That's why I suggest that you just take it a little bit at a time. If you're wanting to do a little more maybe five a week. But for me personally, I've used lortabs, percs, oxys, all of the above. I used for five years, three of them straight. I too no longer feel like a pill head and I can move on with my day, without having to keep"medicating". But that's how I'm going to do it. 2/week. Best way hands down.

i hate how certain types associate "druggies"for these evil nuts crazy non working ppl!!! Anyway, sorry to hear about all this. I live in IL so basically the city has a detox but subarbs don't. ASK SOMEONE or call the court directly. If you know hes already going away for awhile (sorry kind of breezed thru your story but got your question, don't even know how old this thread is but maybe my answer will help others out) you need to find out. Every County is different. Some cold turkey, some have a wean off methadone program. What EVERYONE needs to realize here is the Xanax or any benzo (ativan and klonopin especially added to xanax) are far worse and harer to get off and get in jail or in Life. The WD's are horrific. If he can't get the benzo's AND methadone in lockup, wow. Got off methadone myself, 100mgs X 6 yrs cold turkey. Working on benzo detox now. IT is very deadly to detox off ANY benzo cold turkey. Seizures and hallicunations among the great to look for. Good luck anyone fighting this Disease and just because you are hooked you are NOT a bad person, but please try and get off!!! So many great people I have lost to this disease.

It's amazing how many people think you can't die from methadone withdrawl. I'm not going to try to convince you,  do your own research, especially before putting out wrong information. Also, no jail is required to give you any of your prescription medication, much less a narcotic. I know this from professional experience and personal experience. Please be knowledgeable in what you post when someone's life is on the line.

Spoken like a true as****e that points fingers!People like you deserve one day of what people go through coming off methadone.

I was just in Dickerson (wayne county jail) for unpaid ticket and i have a prescription from my dr and have had the same script for the last 6 years but they would not giv me my methadone that was in my belongings and then taken to medical (ir thats what they said) but they would not give it to me i was there for 3 days and i had chest pains, hand going numband i couldnt sleep and alls theyvsaid was to just go lay down and when i asked what if i die waiting for the nurse he laughed and said well then and then just go lay down....it was hell....the only thing i was givin was 4 tylenol and a dose of maalox

Oh and then when ibwas released from Dickerson aftervpaying bond they said they couldn't find my methadone bottle

If you were given ANYTHING WHATSOEVER (tylenol etc.) for wd in a city or county jail you were very fortunate because most jails couldn't care less and many suicides have been the result. Lawsuit from family? That is added to the usual several hundred or thousand and 99% lost causes. You do what you can and have to do. If you have a stay in jail coming up and at the moment free, call the jail and explain your situation and you will be told all your medical needs will be "taken care of" lol (you might decide to relocate) regardless of their actual policy. If your family calls while you are probably shackled to the floor in the hole they will be told the same. Ask someone who has actually been incarcerated if you want the truth! Some jails do actually have help unfortunately most do not.

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huh? what does that mean (you gotta pay to play Half the ppl on methadone are on it not because they are junkies. They get it for pain relief. You try going week and weeks without sleep. The worse part is the stomach issues, you will be sitting on the john and have to throw up at the same time...Now if it was just a day or maybe 2 one could surely do it...but for weeks on end.?

and PS. your an id**t!

When I got down to 30mg from 140 I was sick as a dog I tyed to do a 28 day detox if I were you I would slow it down a little or go on a blind detox cause sometimes the mind can make us think things also I found myself eating more and more benzos then I was prescribed and if you think kicking the dope and meth are hard I cant explain how hard it is to kick a benzo habbit,GOOD LUCK LOVE

Where I live city jail gives you your meth,county could care less thank god I am not doing stupid s**t I used to do yrs ago.When I called home to be bailed out thank god I always had my own money my mom would sign but she always said she would never put her own hard earned money up.It took me one time to sit sick for 3 days and I learned a hard lesson but no everyone who works for the jails think you are a criminal no I take that back most of them so they don't feel sorry for people at all

for whomever said take your withdrawels like a grown-up apparently doesnt have one ounce of knowledge of what these comments are all about.
My situation was my doctor put me on methadone for REAL DAILY PAIN, was already on xanex for PTSD. Was taken to a half-way house .........no clinic or hospital. after 11 days of the purest hell I have ever experienced I managed to get out. I have never come so close to dying in all my life. I had absolutly NO IDEA the combo of these two drugs were deadly. To be taken off both at the same time with NO HELP was just as deadly. I could go on but wont. hope all understands. I am 63 yrs old anD was worse experience EVER...................GOD BLESS

Dame that is alot of zanax if you take a total of 6mg that would be 6 1mg tabs daily with methadone. Which 67mg is not a super high dose, but with that much benzo it could be fatal.