What is stronger liquid methadone or tablets?

Answer 1

Sometimes eating about thirty minutes after ingesting methadone will help the drug to work more quickly and effectively. I have been told this by workers at a clinic and also patients who complained that the drug wasn't working well enough for them. When I was put on methadone, I would wait about 20 to 30 minutes after I took 2 pills, then eat a small snack or a meal, and it would "kick it in" so to speak, making me experience more pain relief and I felt I got more out of the medicine than if I had not eaten anything at all. Drinking hot coffee also seems to help for a lot of folks. Different pain medications work for different people and I believe in using methadone because it has a long-lasting effect and the patient only doses once a day. Other pain relievers such as lortabs or percocets only last a few hours and then more pills are needed to continue pain relief. Roxicodone is only a break-through pain reliever, sometimes lasting only an hour. Also, methadone is not a drug that is likely to be abused intravenously like Roxicodone or oxycontin. I believe it is safer because it is used mainly once daily, it is a pill or liquid to be ingested, not administered intravenously.

Answer 2

They are both the exact same thing. The liquid is just given out at Methadone clinics because it is easier to measure out exact doses rather than the 5, 10 and the old 40mg wafers they used to make. With the liquid, this way you could measure out 22mg's or so.

Answer 3

It is not a good idea to mix other drugs while taking methadone because it is a very powerful medication.