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Can anybody provide me with tips to survive opiate withdrawal?

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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
I’ve been on methadone for over a year at 60mg per day. I have successfully weened myself all the way down to 10mg per day and after taking 5mg for a few days I plan on stopping completely. Can anybody recommend any medications or techniques for getting through the coming withdrawal as comfortably as possible? I would obviously prefer methods that you’ve personally used so I have a bit more assurance that this is going to be OK. Thank you!
Please don’t recommend that I detox under medical supervision or in a rehab treatment facility. I’m definitely doing this in the comfort of my own home.
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I have a few questions about percocet withdrawal!If any one has went threw percocet withdrawal or any withdraw?

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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
I want to hear your stories. I want to know what you went threw. Here is my story. First off i have 2 questions before i start my story. First off this is about my bf. Now he was taking 3 percocets 3 times per day. I believe they were 5/325!He is still going threw withdrawals yet but hes not in pain i don’t get that. Why was he in so much pain when he was taking the pills?Was his body trying to trick him to think he had pain when in all actuality he didn’t have pain?Then another question to why do they tell you that you have to be careful after you withdraw if you would start taking the same pills cause you could over dose?I am still new to this withdrawal stuff. And no he is not going to take these percocets ever again he did not realize this would happen.

First to start he was taking pain percocets for his tooth. Hes waiting to get his tooth pulled. And that’s how he started them. He also needed them for his legs & his back to. He was takin about 30 pills a week. The dosage was 5/325 i believe. I am not sure on how many he took a day but he took enough. Well here is the mistake that he made. He got switched to a new doctor. And his tooth & back were still bothering him yet so he got a script for 60 pills. Thats where he screwed up. He was takin 3 pills 3 times per day. He didnt realize when you run out of them you go threw withdrawals. He didnt realize that opiates is the worst withdrawal ever. Worse then meth!

I took him to the hospital right away. He calmed down alot. They gave him medication for it. It was some sorta blood pressure med. My bf knew he could of took methadone but he didnt want to take another med that he could get hooked on & have to kick that habit to.

Before he went threw withdrawals he was drinking a 2 leader a pop a day, smoking a pack of smokes per day & smoking about a half ouce of weed per week to. Now hes not drinking no pop obviously cause hes deydrated. Hes smoking cigarettes but only a few a day. Hes smoking pot yet but not very much. His body is not really wanting anything. Hes trying get his appeite up thats why hes smoking the pot otherwise his body dont want it.

I am hoping to hear some of your stories to. I am getting better as well. I was so stressed out cause of all of this. I was telling him the whole time he needed to quit taking these pills & he didnt listen to me. I went to forums & read info told him about that & he still didnt listen. So i did my part any ways.

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My friend wants to go on the Methadone Program! Is it a BAD idea?

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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
I have a friend who has a problem with pain medication. He’ll be on them a few days and get super high and then won’t take them a few days, go through withdrawals, then find more and do it all over again. A friend of his talked him into going on the Methadone program and I told him that is a HORRIBLE idea. All he’s looking for is a legal high! Now he doses every once in a while when he can afford it. I’m sick about it and think he’s making a huge mistake. Is he?
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I have a few questions about percocet withdrawal!If any one has went threw percocet withdrawal or any withdraw?

Posted by: PainPal | Comments (0)
Friday, April 16th, 2010
I want to hear your stories. I want to know what you went threw. Here is my story. First off i have 2 questions before i start my story. First off this is about my bf. Now he was taking 3 percocets 3 times per day. I believe they were 5/325!He is still going threw withdrawals yet but hes not in pain i don’t get that. Why was he in so much pain when he was taking the pills?Was his body trying to trick him to think he had pain when in all actuality he didn’t have pain?Then another question to why do they tell you that you have to be careful after you withdraw if you would start taking the same pills cause you could over dose?I am still new to this withdrawal stuff. And no he is not going to take these percocets ever again he did not realize this would happen.

First to start he was taking pain percocets for his tooth. Hes waiting to get his tooth pulled. And that’s how he started them. He also needed them for his legs & his back to. He was takin about 30 pills a week. The dosage was 5/325 i believe. I am not sure on how many he took a day but he took enough. Well here is the mistake that he made. He got switched to a new doctor. And his tooth & back were still bothering him yet so he got a script for 60 pills. Thats where he screwed up. He was takin 3 pills 3 times per day. He didnt realize when you run out of them you go threw withdrawals. He didnt realize that opiates is the worst withdrawal ever. Worse then meth!

I took him to the hospital right away. He calmed down alot. They gave him medication for it. It was some sorta blood pressure med. My bf knew he could of took methadone but he didnt want to take another med that he could get hooked on & have to kick that habit to.

Before he went threw withdrawals he was drinking a 2 leader a pop a day, smoking a pack of smokes per day & smoking about a half ouce of weed per week to. Now hes not drinking no pop obviously cause hes deydrated. Hes smoking cigarettes but only a few a day. Hes smoking pot yet but not very much. His body is not really wanting anything. Hes trying get his appeite up thats why hes smoking the pot otherwise his body dont want it.

I am hoping to hear some of your stories to. I am getting better as well. I was so stressed out cause of all of this. I was telling him the whole time he needed to quit taking these pills & he didnt listen to me. I went to forums & read info told him about that & he still didnt listen. So i did my part any ways

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How many milligrams of Methadone is equal to one milligram of Oxycontin?

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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
I am about to start a Methadone Maintenance program tomorrow, and i am really scared. i have had a problem with oxy’s for years. I have tried suboxone treatment, and it didn’t work for me. I didn’t feel like myself. I felt like i was a shell of me, i couldn’t talk to people.. i felt anxious and sick, and besides all of that… i absolutely DESPISED the taste.
Anyway, the methadone program has given me a new hope. Hope that i can actually quit in a way that is comfortable and ultimately as painless as possible.
I was just scared that on the first day they wouldn’t give me enough to take away my pain. You see, i take anywhere from 41/2 to 8 80s a day. That is 360-640mgs. I think that is a lot. a LOT. and it is HARD for me to just do 360mgs. Soo…. i was reading that the normal prescribed dosage of meth is between 30-80 mgs… and that they slowly work your way up.
This has made me freak out, and think that i can’t do this. My withdrawels from oxy are far too great to handle, and if i even feel them a LITTLE bit then i won’t and can’t do this.
Anyway so when they tell me what dosage they will give me on the first day, i want to know if it will be enough or not. Mainly because if it isnt, i am screwed. I JUST found out that meth is an opiod BLOCKER. Sooooo if they prescribe me too low of a dose than i will be in withdrawal all day without the option to even take a suboxone ( cuz it will cancel it), let ALONE take a teensy bit more oxy to supliment the low dosage.
i also know that they dosage they want to give you, they can’t (legally) give you right away. You have to be “worked up to” it. .
Anyway… does anyone have any suggestions or advice? I don’t need any lectures or any of that sh*t… obviously this isn’t the time or place for that. Thank you so much.
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