Guest wrote:
Big difference between methadone and methadose.
hey there, I cant agree with you more!!!! I am going on 1 year of being clean off dope and morph and oxys and all that sh*t and been on the methadone clear oral suspension . and my counsler sat down with me and he was on methadone 4 10 years himself. and explained to me what the difference with the dose and done is.....and he said basicly a chemist comes into the clinic every week and makes the methadone like a scientist lol he said that it comes in a super concentrated "methadone powder" and is mixed with certain parts of distilled water and measured and then u have methadone straight up (the stronger good stuff) ..and the methaDOSE comes PREMADE by many companys weather u get the red stuff ewww or the green stuff ewww or the orange stuff double eww i had them all in differnt hospitles.....and i can defonitly back u up saying that just straight up methadone is deontily better .....its true u need a smaller dose becuase the way its measured is in a highly concentrated formula...thats why alot of ppl come to my clinic from the clinic up the block who gives the metheadose and they come in my clinic on like 200mgs of methaDOSE and get pissed because they are immideatly lowered to like 100 fr0m 200 becuase the strenth is so much weaker and ours is so much stronger .....like im on 100mg of methadone @ my clinic and its littlery the size of a sip of water, when i was in the hospitle and had to get methadone they have me the orange methaDOSE and i swear to god to match my 100mg dose the size of a sip of water they had to fill up a cough syrup bottle to the TOP and i had to chug the hole thing to = the same strenth, and the hospitle also explaned to me why ...so to everyone cought up on this brand name thing ur not wrong they are brand names but since its not made at the clinic and big companys make it and bottle it its gunna be weaker and the cheaper in cost it is the shittyer it is....just like round xanax by roche and the footballs .the round ones are cheap as hell and are filled with pill filler opossed to the original generic xanax footballs ...so if u want the full effect and full holding time which realisitly is like 12 hours for pain maybe 18 for withdrawl go for the straight up CLEAR methadone and for other reasons u dont want all that dye and added artifical sweetners and sh*t...trust me ive done a lot of research on this .....and i do believe the lighter opoid addicts may not see a difference but if ur like me who came off a 7 year everyday run of a brick of dope(50 bags) a day and ur kicking u notice every little difference in ur withdrawl meds. lol. so go for the clear methadone once again!! arighty any other quewstions about any pill ask me .later 8)
I was methaDONE for years then went on suboxne after that not working I went back to a methadone clinic adifferent one from the first and they are givig me methaDOSE and there is a HUGE difference. I am not the same I am on 120m mg and don't feelany changeslike I did on methadone. I don't really want to increase my dose, but gnna have too, unless they GIVE ME THE METHADONE PILLS!! I HATE METHADOSE, I REALLY WISH DOCTORS WOULD LISTEN TO US!! GOOD LUCK AND WISH EVRYONE THE BEST OF LUCK!
The difference remains to be seen. Methadone hydrochloride in tablet form iis mostly the left-handed molecule which binds tightly to the opiate receptors. Methadose, as of 2008 in the US, is composed of equal amounts of the right- and left-handed molecules of which the right-handed molecule binds to the NMDA receptors while the left-handed one binds the opiate receptors. This could, in theory, cause one to need a higher dose of methadose but has not been verified in practice yet. Studies need to be done. As for street talk, most folks on the program say that methadone diskettes by Lilly, are much better than the liquid methadose. So, the final decision is up to you.
I've been on both one for a year and one for 2 years, done with that, thank God. They both had the same effect and it sucked both ways. I hate medications that make me ill without them. Honestly if you ask me subutex is best for addicts trying to get clean, aka suboxone, it doesn't taste horrible and works almost immediately if taken correctly (under the tongue). It goes directly into your blood stream that way. It may cost a little more but it's worth it, especially when you have stomach issues like ulcers.
Why are people even worried about this? If you're in the 'program' you shouldn't be able to 'feel' methadone. You should just feel normal and not go into withdrawals. If you want to get clean don't worry about it and just get clean. I hate when people are on 150mgs and ask to go up, really? I think people should quit doing drugs when they are ready and not try to get more drugs from the clinic. In my home towns clinic if you fail a UA for anything more than twice you're done with the program and they do an administrative detoxification. That's something that should be practiced in all cities that provide methadone treatment centers.
One of the SIGNIFICANT differences in methadone versus methadose is that methadose is 10 times more potent than methadone.
Wow...you guys are soooo wrong!! Methadose was actually made mandatory here in B.C Canada as of Feb 1/14. Methadone is history!! One of the reasons methadose is mandatory is so that dirty pharmacists cannot dilute it or mess with it in any way. It comes in a special, tamper proof compound that is 10 times stronger than methadone. If a patient is on 80mls of methadone/day, they will now receive 8mls of methadose/day. I am on it as a pain killer because I have terminal cancer. I was on 90mls 3/day....270mls/day total. I now take 9mls 3/day...total 27mls/day. Methadose reactions vary with each person, as with any drug. I know some people who are more sedated now than on methadone and some who find no difference, like me. I still get the same pain relief with a smaller amount of medication. Methadose actually protects the patient as it is totally tamper proof and no pharmacist can mess with it. It is better all the way around.
I was wondering on this too...serious messed up back, they thought I'd nv walk again at 24....yrs later n yrs on meds, opana @120mg at least ....I tell dr I cant take it switches me to methadone 10mg/8hrs....I ws n so much pain unreal....but I started feeling "normal" when I filled script pharmacy asked if round ones ok cuz all she had...not knowing I said sure...glad I know diff. Now! ! And for anyone who wants to down on anyone trying to get better....I want them to go through withdrawal n see how afraid they would be of it.
absoulutely bs.Methadose is weaker than regular methadone.We switched from methadone to methadose and almost everyone at the clinic needs to increase their dose because its weaker and therefore you need more to feel good.
I have been taking methadone for three years to treat my heroin addiction, recently I have been switched to methadose because pharmasuetical coverage will no longer cover the previous methadone. Although I was told that the methadose was just a stronger version of the methadone and would be less liquid however the effects would be the same, I've noticed this is not the case. I find that the methadose seems alot weaker and does not have the same calming affect that the methadone has, find I have been getting intense cravings to use heroin again as I find the methadose isn't working the same, some things such as constipation have remained the same and if I take alot I do find myself going on the nod however it's not satisfying my cravings and withdrawl, like methadone use to do for me, also when going through withdrawl the methadone would provide me a stronger sensation of physical relief about 30 minutes after ingesting it, this sensation is understood by anyone who has been wired to heroin, the methadose seems as if there is not as much of a satisfying kick to it, sort of speak, this leaves me feeling dissatisfied and craving a opiate type sensation such as a injected type, this was something that methadone helped combat although not perfect as nothing compares to a good heroin high, however methadose doesn't seem to be helping me in this aspect, I am worried that if they don't go back to the original methadone treatment program alot of people will be using heroin once again.