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My specialist wants me to change from oxycontin to methadone. smart move?
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Trust your doctor: Both are long acting pain medications and are appropriate for the treatment of chronic pain.
Answered 9/9/2012
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OxyContin to methado: Absolutely yes. Long term use of Oxycontin is not good. Your specialist is right Methadone is a better choice long term.
Answered 6/30/2014
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Buprenorphine helps: You might also consider Buprenorphine and attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous.
Answered 6/24/2014
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Would a doctor prescribe someone methadone to get over an oxycontin addiction and what would happen if the person became addicted to the other substance?
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If I took 60 mg of methadone 5 days ago to keep from going thru withdrawl off of 40mg a day oxycotin considering my tolerance is low 40 mg a day is not a huge amount do you think that the 60 mg of methadone I took 5 days ago is still keeping me out of wit
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I am 30 yrs old and a heroin addict I've been in rehab I've been on methadone which works how Can I find an addiction specialist to prescribe it?
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