How much methadone can I have in 24 hours?

I have no tolerance, first off.
It's now 1:45pm and my first dose was yesterday at 3:00pm (5mg), the again at 9pm (5mg).

I want to take 10mg at once now (yesterday was a tester to make sure it wasn't too much/ didn't have adverse reaction) but I'm not sure how long I need to wait seeing as how methadone stays in your system for like 24 hours, from what I've read. Should I just play it safe and wait 'til tomorrow? I'd like to avoid doing that if possible seeing as how I have to go to work and: A) I have back pain I want to subdue B) I have girl issues at work right now. Please let me know if it would be safe for me to pop a 10mg pill now, thanks!

 

i am a very opiate tolerant person, the couple of days i chose to take methadone to keep from getting ill because i was out of meds, i only took 10mg every like 8-12 hours, and was fine. Keep in mind that i was pissed after i took one 40mg waffer as described before (10mg every 8-12 hrs) and methadone was still in my system up to 9 days later, so methadone adds up in ur body and has a long half life so u do not want to dose to heavy or to often, u may not die today or tomorrow it could be 4 days from now, even tho u think ur okay because ur taking the same does 4, 5 days inna row now, it is very misleading, VERY. I cannot tell u how much to have in 24 hours, i can only tell you my experience, u can use that to make a educated decision. BE SAFE.

 

thanks for the advice, sincerely.

how should i dose if i don't want any chance of too much building up in my system? i have 40-50mg left and I wont take more than 10mg at a time.

I am nervous about this stuff and if anyone can tell me how to avoid a dangerous build up please let me know!

 

im thinking 7mg then no more for at least 3 days, please let me know if taking this much more so close together with no tolerance is too ballsy, i'm not suicidal, just ignorant!

 

do u know what half life is???? i believe that methadone has a 24-48 hour half life. that means that if u dose 10mgs now, it will take 24-48 hours for your body to lose 5mgs and another 24-48 hours to loose 2.5mgs of that 5 and so on and so fourth, so you can see how in the course of a few days ur body can really rack up because it takes so long to get rid of. These are just base numbers, of course you maybe faster, or like me could be slower, myself i believe its because im overweight and it prolly stores in your fat cells, if u looking for a high, methadone ehhhhh some will say its good or bad, but takes awhile to come on, so keep that in mind also, it may take 3, 4, 5 hours to hit you......but if ur using just to keep from being dope sick, just dose according to how u feel.....

 

I took Methadone for about 20 days once, to fill in for a script lapse. At the time, I was opiate tollerant, dosing 30-45Mgs of Oxycodone 4 times a day. When I started, I took 5 Mgs, 1 in AM/1 in PM. like you but over a period of about 3 days as an adjustment period. For me, with the above tollerance, I ended up taking 10Mgs 3 times a day. I can't see, with not having much of a tollerance that you would need anymore than half what I was taking, if that.

Bottom line, I wouldnt do more than 5 in the AM and a 5 in the PM, least 10 hrs apart. Would be great if we could get someone in here thans been on DONE for say a year or so, that person would be able to be more informative. Sup PC!

 

yeah my uncle was on/is on methadone, but hes so whacked he told me the first time that id be okay taking a 40mg wafer all at once, which i would never do, then the second one i got he said not to.....lol hes a fucking mess.....i almost considered getting a wafer from him in the beginning of my scripts to give me a 4, 5 day jump on my scripts....

aint shit going on, lol working oxy420s sig, but i keep nodding out here and there, its a real attention breaker, lol, but i like to "GET INTO MY WORK" so it comes with the territory i suppose, AHHAHAHAHAAH

also diagnosed with a Ulner nerve problem in my left hand, pinky and ring finger been numb for 5 weeks now, next PM appt on July 12th i will have an EMG test on my hands, so stay tuned for that drama......i will post on my legs later, i had the test done and talked to the surgeon on wednesday..DRAMA.....

 

ive nad the ulner nerve problem several times, i just let it come and go. Great, not what i wanted to hear about the leg. HAGN bro, Later..................

 

Dude I hyave been on a methadone program for 2months now, I used to snort heroin and shoot up morphine pills and oxycontin, I take 80MG EVERYDAY! you are being such a PUSSY! seriously people are lying there ass off saying they were taking FIVE FUCKING MILLIGRAMS to not withdrawal, if thats the case YOU WOULDNT HAVE WITHDRAWN ANYWAYS! and the guy talkin about you might DIE 3-4 days later after it build up IS A CROCK OF SHIT! like I said I have been on 80mg everyday for 64 days now and I feel great, Im not all high or anything, I feel normal, I goto the gym everyday and I jog in the morning, goto school for 4 hrs and work at the gym 3 days a week WITH NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER! to all you fool out there trying to scare this kid JUST STOP! Methadone is a VERY SAFE DRUG and if the event occurs that you took to much you can handle, you will just throw up! The worst case scenario you will ahve to drink a cup of coffe(or do some coke lol) and do some pushups to keep your heart pumping THE MOST I TOOK WAS 120mg for a week and I was pretty high after 3-4hrs and I threw up a few times the second day BUT I WAS OVERALL OK! AND I SURE AS HELL DIDNT DIE! LMAO

 

From my experiment when I drank half a bottle of liquid methadone take home(I'm not sure how many Ml's but it was the small one heroin patients get) an i did 2 15 mg Roxie's 2 hours later cause I didn't feel the done. But when I woke up the next morning I couldn't keep my eyes open I was so tired so it does take hours for it to kick in and it's not the same feeling as a vicodin or Roxie so keep that In mind you mite be expecting something else that what the methadone high is but my point I was stupid to be consuming that much shot even tho I had a high tolerance.. I could have died so just remember that shot will kick in when you least expect it in your sleep.. So my advice is dont take anymore for the next couple days and after that try a vicodin or something methadone is wayyyy different then anything else I know it's an opioid obviously but what I'm saying is what porkchop said its half life is long an you don't wanna just keep stacking all at once you can sleep and not wake up.. Be careful opioids are no joke

 

I was on methadone for 8 years was up to 220mg a day and oxycodone 720mg a day .I always thought the oxycodone was helping my pain tills doc left and they took me off methadone and on put on fentanyl Patches.it was the methadone all along helping my pain.ibfound methadone stronger than any other med I've been on for pain.i never got side effects from meds or high just a little pain relief.ive been on every med but fentora which i will switch to when they make a generic.Basically I would stAy away from methadone unless u need it

 

I've been getting the white 54|142 10mg pills for about 4-5 months from a guy I know as a fill-in for when my regular script runs low. When I take it, which is usually no more than 2 days per month, I'll take 10-20mg per day. But actually 10mg would be sufficient, 5mg in the morning and 5mg in the evening. Just break a pill in half or get a pill cutter. It's very potent, and it's equivalence to other drugs such as Morphine varies with dose. I remember seeing a chart that said that 20mg of Methadone is equivalent to 100mg of Morphine (oral), but 60mg of Methadone is equivalent to 600mg of Morphine (oral). Don't ask me why. As Porkchop said, it has a long half-life. I even saw one chart showing up to a 60 hour half-life. But that may vary according to a persons body fat. But the point is, it will gradually build up in your system, and you have the potential to od if you overdo it. There's a temptation to take more than you need, because the onset is about 1 hour, and a few more hours after that before you feel the peak effects. So be patient. It's a great pain killer. I have back issues, and Methadone works really well, and it's very long lasting. You need to eat before taking it, because it can cause stomach upset. And very bad gas. Since half-life is related to the duration of wd's you don't want to become addicted to it. I've heard of people having wd's for a month from Methadone. The wd's may not be as intense as from some other drugs, but they last a long time. Just be careful.

 

go for the 10mgs. mabye you,ll catch a nod...lol