tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post4113852877950755781..comments2023-08-23T00:11:34.071+10:00Comments on The Australian Heroin Diaries: Methadone Saves More Lives Than Abstinence / Detox.Terry Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-81883657499717641932016-09-02T07:28:56.094+10:002016-09-02T07:28:56.094+10:00How about comparing people on Methadone to people ...How about comparing people on Methadone to people who are not on Methadone or any drug. Are you telling me that Methadone prolongs your life? In that case, we should have everyone on it. This is nonsense. What kind of study could possibly prove that not taking a drug that has been proven to slow metabolism, cause weight gain, leech out Testosterone make people healthier then not taking anything? Methadone is a good idea, but they need to work out a drug without the horrific side effects, and before you tell me that these side effects are "myths" let me tell you THey. Are. Not. Everyone I have seen go on a Methadone program gains weight until they are obese, and NO it is NOT because they "suddenly develop a healthy appetite". One woman was so depressed from the constant sweating and weight gain, which led to diabetes that she stopped eating all together, and had to be forced to eat. Guess what? She still stayed obese. Methadone is a killer. And no amount of studies that would love to make people dependent on the government program like they are a dealer are going to produce an honest study. lollipop4598https://www.blogger.com/profile/04304303660776303922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-27911028964549426192008-07-16T22:07:00.000+10:002008-07-16T22:07:00.000+10:00Thanks Krypto er AWOL er Stoner er Jack Stone. :)I...Thanks Krypto er AWOL er Stoner er Jack Stone. :)<BR/>It's hard not calling you Krypto.<BR/><BR/>Wow jack, I didn't realise that you lived in the country. Your last blog was very different to this one.<BR/><BR/>I agree, whatever it takes.<BR/><BR/>The only differences we have is<BR/>1/ that a tiny percentage are doomed to take opiates which I am one. <BR/>2/ opiate treatment like methadone, buprenorphine, SROM, prescription heroin are a vital part of treatment. Interestingly enough, methadone is the least effective, followed by bup, then SROM and finally heroin itself. Prescription heroin has the best success rate by far for getting long term users off opiates. They haven't done a trial on shorter term addicts. There seems to be a 5 year year trend for longer term users. Eventually 95% of people get clean but methadone takes the longest and prescription heroin is the quickest. <BR/><BR/>Of course most users seek help within about 6 months and they either detox, rehab or do the methadone program for 6 months and they stay clean forever. It's the ones who don't respond to this that need the extra treatments like SROM or prescription heroin. After about 5 years most of them are clean as well but then there's the small group that doesn't.<BR/><BR/>So yeah, detox/rehab first, methadone second then use proven research results which put prescription heroin as the quickest and most successful or else, like me who doesn't want to inject, use SROM.<BR/><BR/>Just one note. ALL treatment has the goal of abstinence. Even I hope that one day I will be clean. I will be starting a reduction program soon from the SROM... scary!<BR/><BR/>There you go, my solution!Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-37802539004345516872008-07-13T20:02:00.000+10:002008-07-13T20:02:00.000+10:00you know my take on this Terry (I've posted here b...you know my take on this Terry (I've posted here before, but under the alias "Krypto").<BR/><BR/>Whatever people need to do to become genuinely abstinent, methadone, buprenorphine, whatever.<BR/><BR/>There is no substitute for abstainence, but it's naive to think there is only one path to achiving it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-23925847967024614212008-07-08T12:37:00.000+10:002008-07-08T12:37:00.000+10:00I just don't understand how, in the light of all t...I just don't understand how, in the light of all this research as well as the obvious and abject failure of "zero tolerance" mentality, why people like Brian Watters refuse to look at alternatives?<BR/><BR/>What's their freakin' excuse for perpetuating such misery?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com