Opioids methadone treatment and outside opiate prescriptions discussion

[dally59]

I am going to a methadone clinic and I found 2 prescriptions for opiates left over from my pain dr that I did not get filled so I got them filled the other day. Question is will just getting them filled get me kicked out of clinic. Can they even find out if I don't take them? What should I do at this point to not get into trouble?

 

[fizzymk]

It depends on what state you live in and what the scripts were for, ANY scheduled narcotic (even vicodin) is reported to a state database here in KY, its called KASPER,(KY all schedule prescription electronic record), any pharmacy can pull one of these reports on you when trying to fill a script, I tried to fill a methadone script like 6 days early last month and the pharmacy told me they could not fill it until 30 days were up, so I had to wait, and going to different pharmacies wont work, they are all linked together, but then again, the month before, that same pharmacy filled my methadone script one day early, which really they arent allowed to do, because it was actually filled at 29 days, not 30, plus methadone is HIGHLY regulated, so i was surprised they filled it early, but I didnt stop to ask questions, I was out the door!!! LOL

It also depends on how strict you clinic is...Do you get take homes, or still have to go every day? You should be OK, unless the clinic runs a report on you, every state has their own version of what I described above, after 3-4 weeks go by and youve still not heard anything, you should be in the clear.

Good luck!

 

[sekio]

We can't answer questions about the policies of methadone clinics, because it varies regionally.