Dr. Sober Companion

Archive for the ‘opiate withdrawl’ Category

Ok so its day 6 of quitting oxy 80′s my pain is all gone i have half my energy back im starten to feel happy and normal again but 1 problem i have is this danm restlessness i am goin crazy i dont wanna relapse but all i do all day is kick and pace around my house i cant stop moving my hole body. i cant sleep from it. does anyone know when this will stop? also any remedies at home i could use?

Walking, running, etc.

I exercised it out, now mind you, I am not an exercise person, but I was able to walk it off, and haven’t touched those again.

Hi, i went to a doctor in order to get perscribed something to help me with my heroin abuse. i was ordered a blood test in order for them to perscribe me anything. Can they tell if you are having very bad withdrawl symptoms thew blood and urine? thanks?

yes

Opiate withdrawal refers to the wide range of symptoms that occur after stopping or dramatically reducing opiate drugs after heavy and prolonged use (several weeks or more).
Opiate drugs include heroin, morphine, codeine, Oxycontin, Dilaudid, methadone, and others.
These drugs can cause physical dependence. This means that a person relies on the drug to prevent symptoms of withdrawal. Over time, greater amounts of the drug become necessary to produce the same effect.
The time it takes to become physically dependent varies with each individual.
When the drugs are stopped, the body needs time to recover, and withdrawal symptoms result. Withdrawal from opiates can occur whenever any chronic use is discontinued or reduced.
Symptoms usually start within 12 hours of last heroin usage and within 30 hours of last methadone exposure.

Hi, i went to a doctor in order to get perscribed something to help me with my heroin abuse. i was ordered a blood test in order for them to perscribe me anything. Can they tell if you are having very bad withdrawl symptoms thew blood and urine? thanks?

I don’t think there’s any detectable substance that indicates the absence of opiates. In any case, your doctor knows you’ve taken heroin, and it won’t be what they are looking for anyway. bloodwork costs money, so they won’t just test loads of things just for the fun of it

Does weed mask the pain of going through pain killer(opiates) withdrawl.Just to start, weed has no additive chemicals within it,yea please can get mentally addicted but not physically, so no opinions please, just answers or personal experience with what worked best. I want to stop taking prescribed pain medicine and was wondering if weed would mask the symptoms of withdrawl? If anyone has tried it and had success or failure please let me know. Also any tips for getting off pain meds without withdrawl affects would be good. Wheening off doesnt really work well for myself. I am not addicted, I just have a physical dependency where my body freaks out if I don’t have my medications, not my mind freaking out like addicts, big diff. I have used weed in the past but not while on pain meds that are for my shoulder/arm injury. Any tips for withdrawl would help, particularly with cold/hot sweats, the jitters, insomnia, etc.

It might help some.. Benzodiazipines would work better.

Okay. I’ve heard more horror stories and i need to know asap. Supposedly, Suboxone’s withdrawl (even staying on your program, for any term u choose to taper down One post was that 14 days after finishing program (doc doesn’t care, he got his money. He doesn’t care if u w/d after its done with. For Suboxon to be WORSE withdrawl affects than any drug in history (besides maybe methadone) , and that it lasts for over 14 days. HERE IS MY STORY… PLEASE HELP: okay I’m 23 years old. I REALLY started taking LORTAB around 12/10/09, Not too bad, maybe a little bit more than as directed. Then Percosets whatever, but I got to the point to where I would not have horrible withdrawl if i took at least 2 10mg tabs. THEN. 6/15/2011 I started taking Roxycodone, snorting, about 3-4 a day. On 4/21/2011 I woke up and decided I AM DONE WITH OPIATES. So, I stopped. My friend said he has suboxone if I got bad withdrawl to help tame out the need of relapse. I found it definitely helpful (at first). So, the first day of NOT HAVING ROXYCODONE/LORTAB, I felt a little crappy, not too much physical withdrawl, Just "worried" so much about w/d that I took the SUBOXONE. FROM 4/21/2011 TO 4/25/2011.. SO 5 DAYS, NOTHING BAD, ABOUT 16MG A DAY.
My question is, if LORTAB withdrawl is fairly easy, considering I went a whole week without any crazy withdrawl. (5 months into LORTAB addiction, 6 10mg’s a day)Mainly Just sweats and Diahhrea. (before I ever touched a ROXY)…. So, If I could BARE the withdrawl from Tabs, and I’m mentally done with LORTAB ROXY, any pain killer.. I am mentally disgusted. So, DID I ALREADY TAKE TOO MUCH SUBOXEN THAT I NEED TO KEEP MY IDEA OF GETTING OWN PRESCRIPTION????? OR DO I STILL STAND A CHANCE AT EASIER WITHDRAWL FROM TABS/ROXYS. I DIDN’T TAKE ROXYS THAT LONG AT ALL, AND WELL… I’M SCARED. I NEED HELP ASAP. I DON’T WANT TO WAIT A YEAR TO BE OFF SUBOXEN, THEN GO THRU WORSE WITHDRAWL. I WANT TO BE CLEAN!! SO, WHICH W/D IS EASIER TO EVERYONE ELSE BASED ON MY LITTLE CHART? I HAVE A WHOLE PRESCRIPTION OF MUSCLE RELAXERS AND MAYBE ANXIETY MEDS I CAN USE FOR DETOX AT HOME … I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF ME TAKING THAT SUBOXONE THOSE DAYS IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO SCREW ME UP WORSE THAN i WAS …. PLEASE… I HAVE A LITTLE SON,. HE NEEDS ME ASAP. MY PLAN WAS TO GO TO APPT. THURSDAY TO GET SET UP WITH MY OWN SUBOXEN .. NOT GONNA GO IF ITS A WASTE AND A SCAM, LYING, IDIOTS.

EMAIL ME: AMBERKBAIBE@GMAIL.COM.
P.s. i AM mentally prepared to stop. I’m TIRED of relying on LORTAB/PERCOSETS/ROXYS. i DO NOT WANT TO BE JUDGED BECAUSE TO ME I’M ALREADY ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. JUST ASKING WHICH ROUTE WOULD YOU TAKE..GET OFF THE OPIATES I WAS ADDICTED TO WITH SUBOXONE (WHICH HAS A WORSE W/D EFFECT IF U STOP TAKING IT DURING UR TRIAL (2 YEARS)… OR TOUGH OUT THE LORTAB WITHDRAWL (IF I DIDN’T TAKE ENOUGH SUBOXONE FOR IT TO AFFECT ME)…. I’M SO FREAKING OUTTT! i WANT OFF BUT EVEN DOCTOR’S THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO HELP CON YOU INTO USING A DRUG TO GET OFF A DRUG AND SAYS ITS EFFECTIVE… RIGHT BUT ITS STILL A DRUG I DONT WANT TO BE ON FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. SOMEONE GIVE ME YOUR ADVICE…. pLEASE

I dont know how to answer your question because I dont know enough about these drugs to give you a valid response but I do want to say that you need to seek help with some kind of drug councilling or family/friend. You need to find some support for you and your son. I’m sorry for what you are going through and I trully hope you can find the strength to stop. Dont worry about the drugs you have already taken because whats done is done just start asap to stop taking drugs. Call a hotline ask a professional you can do it.

Hug

Is this normal seeing it’s been just a little over 6 months for this condition?

Immodium AD (loperamide) is an over-the-counter remedy that helps diarrhea that can accompany opiate withdrawal. Valerian root or kava root (used in tea) are easily attainable for insomnia. This will help you sleep and even increase mood and lower anxiety. Ibuprofen and naproxen can provide short-term relief for the muscle pain. Taking supplements like 5-HTP to increase serotonin might not be such a bad idea either, that will improve your mood and help kick the depressed feeling Hope you feel better soon, and congrats on kicking the habit!

Ive been taking one 15mg tablet a day of Oxycodone for a week now. I have heard horror stories about withdrawl from opiates, and id obviously try to avoid that. If I was to stop now, would I experience any withdrawl symptoms? Any information would help.

No you won’t.

Usually 3 days of taking suboxone worked for me before. I would take maybe 3mg the first day, 2mg the second, and then 1 the third and be done.

This time I have been on perc for much longer on much higher doses.

I took almost 8mg of sub the first day, about 5mg the second, and only 2mg so far today (haven’t felt any withdrawals but took a little to be safe). I only have 3mg left and I don’t think I can get anymore suboxone.

Will three days worth of sub be enough? What is the shortest amount of time someone needs to be on suboxone so they don’t feel any bad percocet/opiate withdrawl? Should I be fine tomorrow? It will have been 72 hours now so day 4 is starting. I barely had to take any on day three cuz I didn’t feel anything really. Am I safe? Or should I go on a desperate hunt to find one more suboxone?

What do you think? (I don’t need to be on suboxone to keep myself from taking percs. I am prescribed them but I have decided to quit as I am 13 weeks pregnant and I didn’t feel I could wean down. And withdrawing would be dangerous to my pregnancy. So I want to stop, and I know I won’t get prescribed my percs again until after birth.)

Thanks! All I know is I’ve had to take a lot more this time to get rid of the withdrawls, but will it take longer, or if I’m feeling alright today barely taking anything, does it look like I’m in the clear?

you should be fine. opiate withdrawal lasts about 5 days, obviously you can’t take the sub the first day, and you took it three days – technically tomorrow’s the 5th day.

see if you can get by without taking anymore – the naltrexone in suboxone can cause birth defects.

if you can’t stay clean on your own, your doctor can put you on methadone (most common treatment for pregnant women) or subutex.

good luck and congratulations

Ok i have around 20 percocet 5mg/325 or 512′s im gonna be taking 2 – 3 smashing them up and drinking them with something. Im just wondering if this is enought to get withdrawl symptoms??? Id really appreciate people that are against drugs and wanna tell me what to do to not answer my question, but i do realize by saying that people will answer with answers like "Dont do it" or "To much tylenol can kill you"!! Thanks for the legit answers =] ….not the dumb ones >:(

Yes, that’s enough to create a small addiction, so use wisely. Also, a person’s tolerance to opiates starts immediately, so I’d suggest you wait a week or so in between your uses, otherwise you’ll have to take the 2, then 4 the next day, then 6, just to get the same high, and your supply will not last as long.

Why do you want to crush and drink them? It will taste really bad and not give an improved experience. You should take them as normal. Percocet is stronger than vicodin or tylonol 3, and you will get a strong effect from 2-3. Crushing will make the onset quicker, but also end faster. It’s best to just take them as it, in my opinion.