Need to know what dose of methadone to take?

[BirrdRX]

I am trying to get clean off of a gram a day habit of heroin. I have been using daily for almost 3 months and before that taking almost ten 10mg norco a day. I was clean for awhile and he loved how good he felt waking up without wanting to use. Currently have 15 10mg methadone pills. Last time I bought 30mg roxy and every time I would feel sick I would just snort one (possibly 2) just to not be sick. Not to be high in anyway. I can't afford to buy norco and roxy like that again and doesn't know much about methadone or dosage. So with a 1 gram a day IV habit. When I begin to feel sick. What is a good dose to take to just begin the process of weening off. The goal is to get off the heroin completely, and than transition to using norco or roxy until I am down to one pill a day. I did this last time and it worked perfectly. Just I have never done this with methadone. So again back to the main question: with a 2 gram a day IV habit. What is a good 10mg methadone amount to take. Don't want to take too little and waste it and don't want to take the too much and hurt myself.

Side note: I know how heavy methadone can be but he already has a plan set forth to get off the methadone, I am just using what he has now. So please don't tell me about now kicking methadone is worse because I know it is. All I want to know, is what is a good amount to take once I start feeling sick. Thank you.

 

[szuko000]

To be honest I hate when people get on here and say methadone is bad or good it is what you make of it. Personally I view all recovery meds as better then using illicit opiates because it gives you a chance for stability and those who get all caught up in what its like to come off why did you think that when you started using dope? Sure methadone has a different withdrawal but if you were the type of person to say "thats going to make quitting harder" then you shouldnt have started using opiates recreationally.

Methadone gives you a chance to have stability and that is worth all of the hoops you jump through once you get passed the transition. Believe me even something as simple as not waking up sick will change your entire world view. Having said that most clinics start at 30mg per day. I would advise you to start at 30mg and see where that takes you. Because methadone has a long half life and a long time to reach peek plasma levels you are to take 30mg and wait 2 hours before trying an additional 10mg. This is not IV heroin you do not need to take it in quick intervals to get "high" as it takes 24-36 hours for one half life as long as you dose within the same 24 hour period its increasing in your system.

Have you considered going to a clinic or classical rehab facility?