rules and safety

[jroache]

my wife has been on the methodone program for six months @ 120mg/day. yesterday the clinic terminated her for an altercation she had with another client. is it legal and safe for them to stop her cold turkey like this. we have 2 young children at home and she doesn't want to be sick around them. thank you for your time on this matter.

[Holliee]

wow I am also on the methadone program and I have been 2 plus yrs now. I am at 95 mg daily and I have bff at 120 N ANOTHER FRIEND at 90 well the one at 90mg after year got tried of dealing with and an thought I am done who needs this so she stopped going and first day was so but by day 3 at 90mg she was ready to freak out she called the clinic and they told her that it was a very bad ideal for her to do that and at that lvl she would need to be brought down safely to 30mg and under. Now the clinic rules are if u miss more than 2 days then they dont have to let u back in but they told her to come to the clinic NOW AND needless 2 say we lived an hr away and they were closing in 30 mins they told her that they would wait on her to get there and she was in such bad shape that I had to drive her there. Well sure enogh they waited and dosed her at 90mg and told her to come back tomorrow, Well she said after the he!! she went through the next time she ever thought about quiting that she would do it by the book. Ur wife needs to go talk to head person and try to work something out badly b/c even if she makes through she will be sick real sick... Message me if you would like to, Best of luck to her....

[emwave]

I believe it is against the law for the clinic to make her stop ct at 120mg.  As said above, they should do a medically supervised wd.  If she isn't ready for that, I agree that she should look for another clinic or go to the top administrator where she is and work something out (perhaps she can agree not to show up at the same time the other person shows up).  But going if she goes ct from 120mg, she'll end up in an ER soon.  Keep in mind that methadone has a long half-life, so she won't feel the worst for a few days.  So have her get a new plan going while she still can function ok.  I've never heard of anyone going ct at 120mg.  Godd luck -- let us know how things go.

[lostinaddiction]

I believe most clinics offer a medically supervised withdrawel when a patient is terminated. It is usually done over a short time, but it's better than " cold turkey".
Maybe your wife can speak with the clinic administrator and ask him/her to do this.
Is there another clinic in you area that your wife can go to? Or perhaps an MD that would be willing to help her?
I am not sure about the legal aspects of this, but I'm sure someone else will be better able to answer your question than I am. Good luck to you and you family:)