Clonidine and dosage
Common Questions and Answers about Clonidine and dosage
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Karin,
Here is the (a?) manufacturer who makes them (the 0.025 mg ones) in Canada:
http://www.apotex.com/ca/en/products/detail.asp?m=44296
Not sure if you already had that information? It may be helpful to try contacting them and asking which pharmacies in your area they supply?
If you're willing/able to get your meds through a mail order pharmacy, the following Canadian mail order pharmacies carry the dosage you want:
http://www.canadadrugs.com/search.php?
the withdrawals are starting to kick in with jerks and tears without crying and insomnia. i took half of a .1 mg pill and feel nothing yet but mind you, i also am used to taking VAST doses of valium and xanax. my blood pressure is normally very low, but i'm also a benzo addict, so is this stuff gonna work to help me sleep when 5 xanax didn't? will it work at all? i don't wanna take too much and have my bp go down to 40/20.
My fiance has also been prescribed Clonidine. .1mg in the AM. I think this is too little amount for him. He's everybit of 230LBS but he says it's really working. My problem is that it's been a week and a half, and I havn't seen ANY withdrawl. Yet he's supposed to ONLY be taking the Clonidine. Since you take it, you know more. Do you think in my case there is still some pill poppin going on that's he's hiding?
t doing much so I called my regular doc and he is going to put me on Klonopin ( Dosage unknown until I get script tomorrow).
From what I can tell these are 2 totally different drugs. Has anyone used Klonopin for opioid withdrawls? If so, how well did it work? Has anyone used both? If so, which worked better for you?
Could be the Clonidine. Sounds like you were taking hefty amounts? How is your BP? Discontinuing Clonidine can cause a rebound hypertension. Be sure your doc is aware you were on it, and how much you were taking.
re already taking high blood pressure meds, you need to ask him about that and perhaps you can switch to Clonidine to get the benefit from the high blood pressure meds and help with the w/d's.
I would say that the Clonidine cut at least 50% of my w/d's if not more. It will almost completely get rid of sweats, chills, even bone and joint pain that you feel with opiates.
Anyway, I just passed my 3rd week off the Vics and I went off cold turkey. I had some help though.....I had some Clonidine....it helps allot with the w/d's, in fact I'd say it probably helped cut the w/d symptoms in half. In the longrun going ct is better and easier. In the short term, it's harder, but if you have Clonidine, it's not that bad.
I'd say I had w/d's for about 10 to 14 days with the worst of them lasting for 4 or 5 days.
Thanks to your encouragment, I went to my doctor and told her the absolute truth. It was hard, but I'm glad I did it. She gave me 2 meds for withdrawl symptoms - Clonidine and Hydroxyzine Pamoate. I took them and slept all afternoon. Now I feel spacey - it was a huge effort to get out of bed. I don't know how I am going to operate and have a normal life like this - thank goodness it's Friday and I have the weekend without work.
Yes they will help. Don't exceed the dosage though. And don't take them for very long, or you will end up having to be weaned off of them. Try not to take the valium. It's a benzo and addictive, but I'm guessing you know that!
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