Comments on: Methadone Detox while pregnant?

By: naomi

naomi — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:20:55 +0000

I have been on methadaone for almost 10 years and i feel like there is no hope to get off this shit! I was pregnat and miscarried is it my fault or what?

By: Melissa H

Melissa H — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:38:22 +0000

I go to a methadone clinic I started there while I was pregnant. It is VERY dangerous to go through detox while pregnant. In fact, I had to increase my dose during my pregnancy so I wouldn’t go through any withdrawals and miscarry. Any Dr that deals with methadone that knows what they are doing would highly advise against it.

I personally know 2 women who lost their babies because of detoxing from methadone. One lost hers at 7 months because her clinic(a very bad one) kicked her out for non payment and they put her on a 21 day detox. She’s in the process of suing. The other woman lost hers at four months because her idiot Dr thought the detox would be OK. Guess is wasn’t!.

Methadone causes no harm to the baby. I know, my one year old is awesome. He’s in perfect health and he has the best demeanor I have ever seen in a baby. He is always happy.

Here’s a link to a message board for methadone. There are MANY people on there that know a lot also on this topic.

Melissa

By: imamom

imamom — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:49:23 +0000

I had a friend who detoxed while being pregnant, her and the baby are fine and she is much better now that she is off of everything. Tell your sister not to worry as long as she has regular visits with her doctor she’ll be fine.

By: Kellyn25

Kellyn25 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:21:07 +0000

I could be wrong but I’ve never heard of methadone being used for sciatica. That sounds very strange to me.
But I guess it can happen…….I mean if she has to be on it she has to be on it.
Its unfortunate when people have to rely on such powerful drugs to be free from pain. But living in pain is no quality of life.
It’s good she is lessening the dose, so people should appluad her for that, seeing as sciatica doesn’t just go away. It usually gets worst in pregnancy.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:09:00 +0000

You should NOT detox from methadone while pregnant – it could kill the fetus