Medication and Side Effects.

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Greetings All,

It was good to read your post tonight Carolyn, I was prescribed

Methadone several years ago as well for my chronic severe pain !

At the time I was an inpatient so the conversion was carried out under

hospitalized supervision.

My experience with this medication seems to mirror yours, feelings of

unreality, profound mood swings and on occasion severe respiratory

depression, I assumed that over time these side effects would

diminish, unfortunately they did not.

After persisting with this treatment for about ten months I developed

a condition called Gynecomastia, ( abnormal enlargement of breast tissue )this

prompted my doctor to restore my previous medication regime.

Strangely this happens more so with men, apparently due to hormonal

imbalance. I'm not quite sure as to the exact cause I am happy to report that

all returned to normal soon after cessation of therapy.

Usually I have no problems, it was just unfortunate that I could not

tolerate this drug. Apart from the above-mentioned side effects I

found it to be an extremely reliable analgesic when taken on a 8

hourly dosing schedule.

I am aware that many members of this group take this medication and

tolerate it well, best wishes to everyone.

Regards,

Shane