Opioids How do you take your Methadone/MMT?

[Gaz_hmmmm]

I usually take my MMT in one dose daily, but at my doc's there are a few people (I'm guessing these are on take home as you can't do this if you're on 'consume on premises'.) who like to take their dose as half in the morning/when they wake up and half when they go to sleep.

Does anyone else do this?

Do you find it better than taking the whole dose in one go?

Taking the dose in two halves would mean you're not getting as much in your blood/past the blood brain barrier and more likely to want to take other opi's wouldn't it?

The reason I'm asking this is because I'd like to try splitting my dose to see if it works better, but I fear that it may not 'feel the same' as one big dose and then lead to increased craving/risk of relapse!

 

['medicine cabinet']

I am forced to take the entire dose at once, my clinic is open all day, but i find the shit lasts soo long that by 24hrs i dont really feel any different. plus i still get the slightest of buzzes about 4 hours after it. sometimes will nod out if im tired. I bet if the clinic gave the option of taking half 2x a day a bunch of ppl would do it. But it is nice being able to go in once and out.

 

[sekio]

Taking methadone 2x as frequently is liable to "smooth out" the mountains-and-valleys type peaking of methadone levels in your serum cos there's not so much time in between doses for your body to eliminate the 'done. End result is less subjective "ups and downs".

 

[walterdini]

I'd do 2x also. I get a slight (verrrry slight) buzz about 2 hours after taking it. And by buzz I really mean I go from normal to feeling slightly different/groggy--not really a "high" but a noticable change and that's all I need.
I'm on 140mg/day, been at that dose for about 3 month and been on MMT for about 8 months. So if my dose was high enough where half would still lkeep me good, I'd take half now half later.

I get 1 takehome/week, and will take my 140mg in the am, and then take 40mgs from my takehome and use it around 6pm that day on occasion. It doesn't get me high, heck, the methadone doesn't get me high anymore either, but that extra 40mgs is noticable , and sometimes its just nice to take something and feel it working, even if working doesn't actually mean getting you euphorically high

 

[mrflowers00]

i find if i take a high enough dose it lasts a full 24 hours

 

[tricomb]

^I've also found that it's dose dependent to some degree. I'm not on MMT, however wherever possible, I would recommend split dosing.