Ideal dose to inpatient detox from methadone cold turkey.

[8L4YN3]

Hey peeps.
Have tapered down from 140mg to 20mg within about 5 months, maybe 4. I plan to drop 2.5mg every few days for the next week then enter a two week(or whatever) inpatient detox and stop taking methadone and any other opiates and come off the methadone like that. Using whatever medication they give me, you know the standard w/d comfort meds.

My question to you guys is what is an ideal dose to jump from? What's a realistic dose to jump from?

I'm thinking 5 or 10mg but i'm curious to hear some other opinions.

So close to being off methadone! So excited even though i've been in a mild withdrawal state for months...

 

[Swimmingdancer]

It really seems to depend on the person and how long you've been taking it. I'm down (from 100mg) to 5mg but I would NOT want to jump off cold turkey from this dose, it still feels unbearable for me to go without it (even though I already have mild WDs pretty much constantly, it gets a LOT worse if I don't take it). My friend had to get down to 0.5mg before stopping. Some people, on the other hand are ok stopping from as much as 10mg. Would you be able to try seeing how long you can go between doses to get a better idea?

Good luck to you

 

[tanfan]

I would go as low as you can measure it. Keep in mind during the taper you will likely be in some state of withdrawal as you already mentioned but in my experience I just suck it up and kick it. It sucks but the more meds you take with any opiate receptor activity will prolong your total withdrawal timeline. I dont even use loperamide anymore, and It sucks really bad( currently kicking a bupe habit) however it makes me feel strong to use less crutches and just move my body to kill this terrible pain. good quality buds help me greatly.