Comments on: What Milligram Of Hydrocodone Is Equal To Methadone?

By: woodbutcher

woodbutcher — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:50:02 +0000

I have been in a mathadone maintenence program for 11 yrs now. if you are taking hydrocodone daily and have a habit i would start with no more than 5-10 mgs .BUT & this is a BIG but. no pun intended. DO NOT expect to feel any type of high or euphoric affects from the methadone. there are NONE.All it will do is keep you from being dope sick and if you take a lil more than you need it will make you extreamly drowsy.Every day people die from taking methadone because they think they can get high from it . this is just not true.but if you keep taking more and more trying to ge the feeling you do from hydrocodone you will die from most likley your respitory system shutting down.If your habit only requires you to take a few vicodin a day you should do your self a favor and quit now. methadone is not a drug you want to mess with . vicodin is way ezer to get off of than methadone.wean your self off it slow and maybe take a 1/4 [ 2 1/2 mgs] of methadone when you start feeling the worst of the withdrawl effects from the vicodin. I found that smoking a lil wed helped with the upset stomach and trouble sleeping that every one experiances when trying to kick. good luck

By: Roy J

Roy J — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:55:33 +0000

Don’t take that !! its so addictive, Im sure your trying to get off of a drug you have been using right? well its just as bad and taking one drug to get off another is a joke. I hate it when Dr wi say its ok. Believe me just try to figure out another way to get clean before you start the Methadone. Please trust me. Ive seen my husband go through this and so far no good. Good Luck

By: DynoDiKk

DynoDiKk — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:45:27 +0000

I agree Methadone is bad and hard to get off of but it is your choice
I take 60 mg of morphine a day and i ran short so i took 1 10 mg of methadone and I couldnt tell the difference so methadone is 6x stronger the morphine 60mg vs 10 mg
I have took 8 -5mg hydro and was pretty jacked up so i would say it would be equal to 30 to 35 mg of hydrocodone would be equal you know about 6- 5mgs pills
I am one not to judge but really methadone is legalized herion nasty stuff but works well for pain and is inexpensive but like I said it is VERY hard to get off of.
If you go to a doctor they might suggest morphine it is time released
Hope this helps good luck also dont take xanax with methadone my cousins died from that combo !

By: Ryan L

Ryan L — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:28:02 +0000

I would not screw around with it. It is people like you that HARMD (helping America Reduce Methadone Deaths) thrive on. People that are not prescribed Methadone and just taking it for their own diagnosis.100 Morphine is roughly 10Mg’s of Methadone. About 30mg hydro = 5mg methadone.
Now this is not based on IV administration. So do the math. I am lousy at it so here is a good word problem for you.
And 10 at first is TOO much too take!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot tell you what to do, but take 5! If your just use to Vicodins 10mg’s of Methadone might kill you. (HARMD claims one pill can kill;what they mean a 40mg or 10mg; who knows) if you mix it with a beer or something. (I cannot see 10mg’s killing anyone but I guess it has happened) People have died eating one aspirin too.
And I am going to tell you right now. I don’t care if your a Saint, and addictive personality or not, three consecutive days of Methadone in a row, (Giving four for sure) will render you into the most horrible withdrawal symptoms you ever experienced in your life. Even if you never took a pain-pill in your life. I assure you you will be praying for death, and it will last a minimum of a unrelenting two weeks of pure HELL, period! You will have no idea what the hell to do. If you stop right at 20 after three days of it building in you, you might go into a seazure. This stuff is nothing to play with man. This is for the men and the Big Dogs.
PS. If you take 10mg’s and live, tell HARMD. Go on their website. EDIT: By the way, realize Methadone takes an hour to kick in, you will not get the same feeling you do off these things as you do the Hydrocodone. IN other word’s you might not even feel 10 mg’s of this stuff for two hours and take more. This is how people die. And realize, whatever you take today. Tommorow exactly half of that is still going to be in you. SO if you take 10 today and ten tomorrow. Tomorrow I am misspelling tom on purpose, my signature) you will actually have 15mg’s in you. That might be enough to kill you.