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What to do if i need help tapering off methadone!?
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Depends on whether: you are in a Methadone treatment program, in which case the counselor, nurses and doctors in the program should be helping you gradually taper, or are being treated for pain, in which the prescribing pain physician should be the one assisting you in coming down off the medication. If you have been on for a long while, it takes a long while to come down- go slow. Other meds may help sometimes too.
Answered 6/28/2014
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