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I am currently on methadone through an mmt clinic. if you correctly taper down off of the methadone, how are the withdrawals?

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Methadone tx. : If you want to decrease or eventually discontinue Methadone the clinic will explain their protocol and how and when med reductions occur as well as telling u about expected rxn if any. Just b prepared to go slow and and have patience. Don't do this on your own.

Answered 5/7/2016

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Varies: The answer varies from one patient to the next. You might want to go see a doctor experienced with Buprenorphine prescribing. Buprenorphine tapers can usually be more comfortable from a withdrawal standpoint than Methadone tapers, although if they taper slowly you may do just fine tapering the methadone.

Answered 1/13/2016

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