sixpartseven
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norco10 said:
a flame war thats two years old.
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Methadone will be used to treat heroin, opium users
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a flame war thats two years old.
'medicine cabinet'
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I have been on both methadone and bupe (i'm back on the bupe nowadays) Both of them just maintain the addiction, its not some magic cure. I have a friend who thinks by taking the bupe, he will be cured of his addiction. He thinks because it is a Rx given for a specific cause, it will cure the thing it is treating. Fucking rediculous....Either way, it will just be one addiction swapped for another. However, it does make life a whole hell of a lot easier. Not waking up sick in the morning, thinking about what you will have to do to get well. who you will have to lie to, steal from, fuck over, whatever.
If the junk doesnt kill you the lifestyle sure as hell will. I have seen that first hand and it sucks. Either you wind up homeless and broke, or dead in a shooting gallery somewhere. I definately think the option of a maintenance program is a good thing. Yea it will keep people addicted and just keep feeding the monkey, but atleast it can provide some stability in an otherwise tumultuous lifestyle.
If the junk doesnt kill you the lifestyle sure as hell will. I have seen that first hand and it sucks. Either you wind up homeless and broke, or dead in a shooting gallery somewhere. I definately think the option of a maintenance program is a good thing. Yea it will keep people addicted and just keep feeding the monkey, but atleast it can provide some stability in an otherwise tumultuous lifestyle.
sixpartseven
Bluelight Crew
medicine cabinet said:
You put it perfectly. Its absolutley true that a lot of people think methadone/suboxone are miracle cures for addiction. I dont think its a good thing to go into treatment thinking that these medications are going to rid you of addiction. Its called methadone MAINTAINENCE for a reason: its maintaining your addiction and controling it in a healthier way, and if you think that youre not gonna be addicted to anything when going in to treatment, you could possibly be setting yourself up for failure.
It will be a lot closer to being a perfect world if every addict had the opportunity to enter treatment, but unfortunatley they dont. This is something that needs to be taken more seriously by people in the medical field. Somehow, no matter what financial situation the addict is in, the should have the chance to get methadone maintainence.
