I was wondering something. I got half my siblings from the foster care my family did when I was a kid and always as a result of poor/horrendous "parents" (not the giving up your child because you can't care for him/her thing). My parents are and never were "rich", but they offered to pay for my now sister's mom to go to rehab for heroin, but she wouldn't go. They also, however, wouldn't take her unless she was off of methadone.
She wasn't trying to quit heroin (and a good portion don't seem to want to, from the personal experiences I have had) and was going to the clinic to get her "legal fix" before shooting up at a hotel or in the streets.
The clinic said methadone can be even harder to kick than heroin so they would rather have people on heroin and detoxing than methadone. I just wondered what the thoughts were on that?
Most pts who use that along with their other drugs (I'm an ICU nurse) don't have ANY desire to get off the dope and just supplement with the methadone. From what I've seen they also act similarly when on methadone/heroin so what's the difference and why is it a good thing? My sister's mom was just as fall down wasted off of that as she was the heroin so is it just a safety thing?
I wish (and this is just me) that all drugs would be legal and people could take care of themselves, but I know that will never happen-even though it works in other countries.
I'm not trying to be uneducated and truly want to get your thoughts because it just seems like another drug to me and so rarely a catalyst for actually quitting the heroin.
I'd like to hear your stories and why it is/isn't a good thing.
What say you, Allnurses peeps??
xo