Using heroin to come off methadone

[donotfeedthemonkey]

Hi all my friends cat is in the process of replacing his methadone addiction with heroin... he's been on a meth script for 8 years this time round and has kicked once before... got down to 10ml from 50ml rapidly (about a month) with the help of valium then stopped cold... if only he'd known He managed to kick though but only down to the special circumstances he was in (on a new age travellers site, surrounded by a community of about 50 people who knew and supported what he was trying to do) it took about a month at least before sleep came natural so he's going to give it 2 months on heroin, then taper down for a week then cold turkey, but with a ton of valium and anything else that can sedate for a week, his girlfriend will be there help ... once more into the breach and all that
He did think of trying to go private and get some kind of morphine pills (mst's is it?) which would be more precise, but sod it, he's started now so we'll see.
Can I just say how bloody ridiculas it is that this is what he has to do to be free of methadone, he mentioned his private doctor plan to his drugs worker and she wouldn't even consider the idea, touting methadone all the way
He's really interested in ibogaine, and is considering trying to get in touch with that wonderful woman in holland who helps people with their withdrawl?
Anyway, enough blathering, it's good to have somewhere to blather.