My boyfriend just started his detox from OxyContin. He is going to a clinic for professional help. He just started today and they are giving him methadone. Starting him at 30mg probably going up to 80mg eventually and then going back down to ween him off. I've read all of these stories about being on methadone for years and I can't imagine that. Is that a normal time with professional help? I've never been through this before and I don't know what to expect. I can't imagine this lasting even through the year at this point. He has to get a new job and basically restart life.
2014-12-05 05:38:38
The process your boyfriend has started s not exactly "detox". What it is is called OMT - opiate maintenance therapy. The clinic he went to is substituting one opiate - oxycontin for a longer acting opiate methadone that lacks the ability to give as much of a euphoria as others. However it is just as difficult to quit as any other opiate and most methadone clinics take years and years tapering their patients off of it and are usually not aggressive about it. I have written several blogs addressing this issue. You can reach them by clicking on my name and then "blogs" and look through them. You can also look at my clinic's website by clicking under the clinic's logo for lots of information about what we do and both oxy and methadone addiction and detox. Your boyfriend is lucky to have you in his corner as it is a very tough fight. Good luck to both of you. Please feel free to call our clinic's number if your have any questions.
2014-12-05 05:39:15
