Guest spiritual Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 Has anyone been taking Methadone HCL 5mg tablets (Dolophine/methhadose) for pain? Stage IV NSCLC. My partner is taking Tarceva and her oncologist wants her to stop taking the Tarceva to see if the Tarceva is the result she experiences numbness on the right side of her body (knee, thigh, shoulder, etc). She also has pain in the stomach as so the Hospice nurse suggested she takes Methadone along with Morphine tablets every 8 hours. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with Methadone. Thanks and prayers for all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I know many people in my practice who have taken methadone and have had great success with it. I hope that they are able to control the pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spiritual Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 She was up and moving around before taking meth. She took meth. saturday and sunday and she was just out of it. Does this medicine balance adjust to the person after a few days? I mean will she be back to moving around and tending to her things or should I expect her to be sluggish from now on?? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie B Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I would suggest you go to the ASK THE EXPERT Forum and ask them. They would know more about that I would think then we would. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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