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candy:
I have been thinking for some time now that things must change when it comes to the training that medical students receive regarding opiate addiction and treatment options for those addicted. To be defined by our addiction and treated as criminals only continues to put up barriers to good healthcare and preventative treatment.

Ending the stigma and discrimination so many of us face when trying to get healthcare is something important and greatly needed.
As I get older and face more health issues, I have experienced more and more discrimination when it comes to getting the healthcare I need.

I recently went to the ER for pain related issues that were ignored by my PCP and having to lie about being on Methadone is not something I want to do or feel I should have to do.
It should not matter how long I have been on MMT or why I don't just get off of it.
Choosing MMT should not be seen as something bad. Would using heroin again be a better option?

I certainly don't need some doctor or nurse to give me props for choosing MMT, and as we all know, most of them don't acknowledge that choice at all.  I know that my choice to go on MMT was the best choice for me.
I think it is important for all, whether actively using or not, to be involved in our healthcare and to be able to make informed decisions about our health.

But when doctors and nurses take it upon themselves to ignore our needs and make decisions they think are best for us, they are impeding on our patient rights.
https://www.thefix.com/harvard-med-students-demand-training-opioid-addiction

Griffin:
I am dealing with that now, i am miserable from having low T but my doctor wont put me on meds for it because I am on methadone. He says after I come off of it and stay off for 2 months if there is no increase he will think about trying me on something for it even though I told him I am not coming off of it. Even if it does cause it doesn't mean I should be miserable, considering all the males in my family have it and none of them take opiates they get meds for having Low T and don't have to deal with the depression lack of strength, sleep, energy, libido and motivation like me.

Guts:
It's weird how people's perception of Marijuana has changed so much. I probably would never have thought it would've changed for weed but, somehow, I still don't think it'll change for opiates... especially not big bad heroin. If I was growing up in today's time, my teenage years would've been much different. Weed wouldn't have been such a big issue to my parents... it's funny to see how their opinion has changed with the publics.

I don't get how people are such sheep. Drugs are drugs. Coffee is a drug... how many people drink coffee as soon as they wake up? They can't poop without it and are sleepy. They need coffee throughout the day and suffer from headaches and restless without it. Yet they don't see themselves as drug users and certainly not addicts.

Fucking sheep I swear...

DeadCat:

--- Quote from: Griffin on May 30, 2016, 11:30:06 AM ---I am dealing with that now, i am miserable from having low T but my doctor wont put me on meds for it because I am on methadone. He says after I come off of it and stay off for 2 months if there is no increase he will think about trying me on something for it even though I told him I am not coming off of it. Even if it does cause it doesn't mean I should be miserable, considering all the males in my family have it and none of them take opiates they get meds for having Low T and don't have to deal with the depression lack of strength, sleep, energy, libido and motivation like me.

--- End quote ---

I don;t know how difficult it would be with your insurance but for the low T, you need to see a specialist, an endocrinologist, I believe. There MUST be a different one in you network.

Maybe explaing to your curent MD that you have ben told to expect to be on methadone for the rest of your life and you'd prefer that to have some quality so you are willing to take the T if that's what it takes.

It sounds to me s/he just doesn't undrstand methadone is often a lifelong treatment.

Zoops:
yeah man, about that low T: I went to my PCP, and told him I think I have low T. Got a blood test, and it was VERY low, I was told. He immediately wrote for T injections. Feeling MUCH MUCH better these days. Confidence and energy has returned, and losing some fat in the abdominal area. And those pesky man-boobs have all but disappeared, inside of two months!

I would recommend you seek treatment from an endocrinologist, and don't bother telling him/her about your MMT status. Just go in and say that you strongly suspect that you have low T, and get a blood test. It should be pretty straightforward.

I need to punish some ASS now, FFS!

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