methadone question

[MrJenkins]

Would smoking some of a 40mg methadone wafer do anything?

[dillydude]

To the best of my knowledge, Methadone is'nt used for getting stoned with , it's used to ease the pain and suffering that comes with withdrawing off opiates.


I've had methadone for coming off Dilaudid in the I.V. using method, and could'nt get even the slightest buzz from it, the only thing I got from it was a slight nod for about 10 or 15 mins.


From myexpierance there is no euphoria or buzz of any kind from it , it just took tha craving and pain away ,along with the rest of the withdrawil symptoms.


Besides there are no known effects from smoking any kind of pills, that I've heard of.Edited by: dillydude

[adobe45]

i dont know about the "wafers", but methadone tabs have purified sand in them to make it non injectable- also, snorting is painful and will result in a nosebleed. This also holds true for MS-contin morphine tabs.


I dissolved methadone tabs in cold water and ran through a coffee filter to inject my dog who was dying of lymphoma, but I wouldnt recommend tryng it personally. it did help my pooch allot- vets would not rx anything but really expensive chemo- I was just happy to see my friend up and about in high spirits until he passed.

[PrideKills]

You don't want to smoke methadone, even if you have pure methadone HCL. It just wouldn't work.

[Pwood23]

SWIM is a newb to all of this SWIM would like to inject liquid methadone and klonopin/xanax/valium can you please explain to my freind how to filter pill and the methadone to its pure for so the person can do it with a needle

[gimmevikes]

theorectially, smoking methadone off foil (chasing the dragon) SHOULD work...but it is a huuuge waste.

swim smoked a tiny piece of a 10 mg pill, and got a very very tiny rush when inhaled. not worth it at all. orally is the way to go.

[Orchid_Suspiria]

No it wouldn't really do anything and why would one want to waste their methadone like that?

[Wilsonac2]

a little research


Effects of methadone on human cigarette smoking and subjective ratings


LD Chait and RR Griffiths

In order to study possible interactions between opioids and cigarette smoking, we examined the effects of oral methadone administration on the smoking behavior of five male methadone-maintenance patients. Isolated subjects smoked their regular brand of cigarettes ad libitum in a naturalistic laboratory environment while reading or watching television. Ninety minutes before each daily 2-hr smoking session subjects received either placebo, dextromethorphan (a taste blind) or one of three doses of methadone, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0 times their regular maintenance dose (40-60 mg). Each subject received each treatment five times, in a mixed order across days. Methadone pretreatment resulted in a dose-related increase in the number of cigarettes smoked per session (from a mean of 2.8 after placebo to 5.6 after the high dose of methadone). The total time spent puffing during the session increased from a mean of 27 sec after placebo to 74 sec after the high dose of methadone. CO levels in expired air (a measure of actual smoke inhalation) showed corresponding dose-related increases. Methadone administration also resulted in dose-related decreases in pupil diameter and increases in subjective ratings of smoking satisfaction and dose-strength. Dextromethorphan had no significant effects on any measure of smoking behavior or subjective response. The results demonstrate that methadone can produce substantial increases in cigarette smoking and may have implications regarding the proposed role of endogenous opioids in the smoking process. Volume 229, Issue 3, pp. 636-640, 06/01/1984
Copyright © 1984 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

a friend of mine called me up to say he just tried methadone in cigarette form after reading this, and was happy with the result.