Posted by Declan on November 26, 2005, at 12:52:52
In reply to Re: Methadone, posted by maddawgz on November 25, 2005, at 23:55:44
Hi All
The 7.5mg thing works like this. Now listen up.
I'm on 1.25mg/d. One day a week I go to the pharmacy and take a 1.25mg dose which is one quarter of a millilitre of the 5mg/ml solution. Then they give me 6 takeaways, but because it's a pain to measure out and because I take less anyway the whole 7.5mg (6x1.25=7.5) is put in one bottle. The easiest way to divide the liquid inside, all 1.25ml of it, is to fill the bottle with water (about 25 or 30ml) and then take a little of that solution for the next 6 days. That way I can take a litle less most days.
So now I take maybe 0.5mg/d. I need to get that lower as I'm planning to go away.
Hey Festus, maybe you're on 40mg/d? When people are on higher doses and they look at someone on really low doses they think 'why don't you just stop?' (And any doctor will tell you it's psychological.) But it's a bit like people on heroin. Having just scored they know they've got to stop, so as they organize themselves a hefty shot, they say the will be giving it up. But always tomorrow. It feels so good planning to give up opiates when you're on them. Actually I dunno if that's true. The whole thing's pretty frightful. One thing I won't miss. The deadly fear of running out. And all the planning.
All the best
Declan
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