Does methadone make u gain weight

[MaraDnB]

I have heard from many people that methadone makes you gain weight.  the doctor at the clininc and my psychiatrist and my primary care doctor all insit that it doesnt... they say it makes you crave sugar and most people gain the weight because they werent eating right before they started the program, and the done makes you crave sugar.  I need an answer from someone who is actually in the program.  I dont want to hear he said she saids... i need the truth.  I spent 600 dollars on a personal trainer last month and lost 15 pounds and 6% body fat... i dont want that to come back.  HELP
-Mara

[nette2642]

I just got off the methadone maintenance program and I believe that if you watch what you eat and you control what you eat you may not gain weight. I have a high metabolism. And I did gain weight on the methadone maintenance program. So I believe that methadone itself,  does not make you gain weight, but it does increase your appetite by a lot. Again, I have a very high metabolism. And in a year I went from 111 pounds to 168 on the methadone maintenance program.

[rosewantsout]

omg I m in the same boat do you think even if we tamper off to 0 we will feel that bad.

[GiNaMaRie143]

I am currently on methadone for 2 years now i was sniffing herion before that if it wasnt for methadone i would probably still be on herion. Methadone saved my life but now i gained so much weight and i feel at tho it is the methadone that is doing it to me so to answer your ? Yes it does so many other people i no that are on it gained some amount of weight. I dont no if it is the sugar foods i grave or the medicine it self but either way it is from the methedone

[rrhiannan]

I gained 25-30lbs on methadone & as soon as I got off it I lost 25lbs in a month!! Yes it makes everyone on it gain. Everyone I c that I went to the clinic with has gained tremendously. Soboxone doesn't or hasn't made me gain.

[emk526]

You are one lucky one in hundreds then and God bless you that you have lost weight.  But if you talk to the nurse at your clinic the FACT is that yes you can and usually do put on weight for a number of reasons, one your living healthier so eating more, but the more is generally sweets now, you have more fatigue with methadone so your metabolism slows down.  i've not heard about the teeth rotting but you are quick to denounce others just because you have been fortunate enough not to put on weight.  Don't understand where your anger is coming from, this is just a forum for everyone to express their feelings and issues they have had, just because you have not, does not mean they are lying or need to get their facts straight.  Perhaps you need to do something about your attitude since you don't have to address weight issues, work on not being miserable

[Oregon35M]

I am tall and typically slender male age 35, I've been on methadone for almost 16 years! I weened off methadone a few years ago and became ridiculously skinny (160lbs and 6'4) I switched to suboxone and the entire time I was still losing weight on suboxone, frightening amount of Weight loss, skinny face etc. now I'm back on methadone at 80mgs(my average dose for over a decade) and I slowly gained about 50 plus pounds. I've topped off at about 230 lbs and I don't look "fat" per say because I'm so tall I can balance out the extra weight but looking at old pictures of myself (especially when I was on the suboxone) my face is much puffier now, and puffier than when I had never taken methadone. I'm steady at this weight of 230 lbs and don't seem to be gaining anymore but I feel like I d be way better losing about 30 lbs and the strangest thing is that I barely take in 1000 calories a day. I do eat lot of sugars and fats but I'm vegetarian. Within the last year I've been apparently diagnosed with an under active thyroid and since taking levothyroxine haven't seemed to lose much weight. I'm seriously going to start working out more often and try and eat less sugar and see if that helps. Also I am convinced methadone hurts teeth health as I've seen so many people have this issue.
I should also mention that I am not on methadone (currently) for addiction. I take it for pain and I don't abuse it or take more than prescribed. Just wanted to share that I've also joined the "50# weight gain" club since being on methadone