Posted by shelliR on November 21, 2001, at 9:17:39
In reply to Re: Methadone for depression (DOSES) » Elizabeth, posted by JahL on November 20, 2001, at 17:56:23
Hi Jah,
> I have a Q if you don't mind. I know it's all guess work but *what would you consider to be a therapeutic dose of Methadone for an opioid-naive individual*?
>
I started on 10mg of oxycontinue twice a day, when I was fairly opiate-naive, (except for small doses of vicodin). I probably would have started even lower, but the smallest pill is 10mg and it wore off after about
eight hours. I think methodone dosing is 1/3 or less of oxycontin, so I will predict starting dose to be at only about 5mg or 2 1/2 mg twice a day.The meth dose is supposed to last 24 hours, but I could feel a let down in the early evening when I took my second dose. I also woke up with a similar depression as with oxy and had the same pattern of waiting about an hour til it kicked in.
Shelli
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