Posted by shelliR on December 30, 2001, at 20:01:08
In reply to Re: methadone? » stjames, posted by Elizabeth on December 30, 2001, at 17:28:33
> The one outwardly visible side effect that's caused by pretty much every opioid (although it's only a hint, not a positive sign, that a person is on opioids) in pretty much everyone who takes them (including people who are tolerant, such as MMT patients) is pinpoint pupils. (Demerol is a notable exception -- it tends to cause dilated rather than constricted pupils.)
Hi Elizabeth,
Keep the information coming, it's great.
As for my pupils, (on methadone 15mg tid) my pupils look pretty normal size--just checked :-)
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> > The assumption is always that methadone gets you high, and therefor impairs one just like opioids.> Contrary to popular myth, it is possible to get high on methadone. People on MMT don't get high or impaired on it because they're tolerant to these effects at the dose that they're taking.
I always felt a high through my body (sometimes very slight; sometimes, especially at the beginning, more) with oxycontin, generally about an hour after ingestion, along with the lifting of what feels like deep pain and heaviness in my chest. With methadone, I have not felt the same feeling going through my body; I can't feel the "kick-in" time, although it takes about the same time for the depression to lift from my chest after the first dose in the morning.
Shelli
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