Clonidine and methadone withdrawal
Common Questions and Answers about Clonidine and methadone withdrawal
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I am going to switch to methadone for as short as possible time ánd the plan is to use clonidine when I stop taking methadone.
Can I use this in combimation with seroquel?
Also, do you have a suggestion how much clonidinebI should take and for how long?
As far as I know, I should take it for a week with a man of 1,3 per day and after a week build it off in 3 days.
I am using half a gram per day. How much methadone should I take.The plan is to lowwer the dosis with 5 mg. Per day.
Go lower if possible with your methadone before stopping. People say the lower the less withdrawal. The doc will give you clonidine and valium no problem, if you tell him what it's for, but I would only take 2.5mg valium with 50mg clonidine, I took them every 4 hours for 3 days, then once a night, I only needed the meds for 8 days. Double check with your doc this will work for you. He may want you to do something different. Best of luck to you.
The doctor told me to continue on the clonidine and we would taper down on that once I was on a stable dose of suboxone. He said there are no harmful interactions between the two. But whenever I take the clonidine it feels like it is kicking me into withdrawal again. severe agitation anxiety racing heart dizziness and double vision. Whats going on please?
I am already starting to get withdrawal symptoms which surprises me as this is not really a small dose. I am going hot and cold and getting hot flashes and really nauseous. My methadone doctor told me that clonidine will help these symptoms, I know some of you have tried it. I was wondering if I should start taking it, I am so uncomfortable. I know this is a slow and low taper, is it worth getting it?
Hi there- it's too bad these situations aren't taken on a case by case basis. She's not on Methadone for addiction! What will they give her now for pain? What is the medicine that begins with a "B"?
She's not taking anything she hasn't had before except for the B medicine so it would be nice to know what that is. Clonidine is not klonipin. It's a fairly benign drug used for high BP and for withdrawal symptoms.
Today we both decided to go to our separate doctors and spill the beans. I went to my pcp and told him everything. He prescribed me methadone and clonidine. I want to quit cold turkey. I went to walgreens and purchased a sleep aide. Can anyone tell me how long this will last? I took my last vicodin yesterday at 12 p.m.. I started taking lexapro on Monday and the side effects of the lexapro scared me enough to not take any of the vicodin yesterday. Please help. I am in the alone.
Yes, I was 4 days into methadone withdrawal. It has been 6 days since I have taken the clonidine .01 mg. My heart still feels like it's beating much harder than before I took it. I have read that clonidine causes a rebound effect in blood pressure when stopped abruptly. I did not know that stopping after taking it once could cause the rebound effect.
No, I was not prescribed the medication, I obtained it through another source.
i really have only heard of this with people who take methadone because methadone has such a long and strong half life - meaning it attatches to your pain receptors in your brain like super glue, but mine was short lived and i swear it was because of the clonidine helping the withdrawal symptoms, it was severe and intense for about 5-6 hours, by that time i had already taken my full 32 mgs of suboxone and she called in a prescription for the clonidine that i took 3 times a day.
i used the clonidine to lesson my withdrawals symptoms during my 5 day withdrawals process from methadone for my transition to sub and for 5 days after...
do you think you might be using the clonidine to lesson the anxiety that comes with the withdrawal process? you do have to go slow hun...what does your doctor say?
Just found a dr who gave me some clonidine .1 every 4 hours . Another dr told me to stop the methadone all at once and start taking oxidcodone. I can't handle oxidcodone that stuff makes me crazy and constipated. I feel my life is over and I can't Surrvive this alone. I just want my life back. I never used drugs before this and I am scared.
ve been off the methadone since Sept 15, the methadone withdrawal would have been over by now. Some symptoms such as insomnia and depression may linger, but these are psychological and can continue for months. What you are experiencing is withdrawal from the norco, and if you stopped cold turkey, the acute withdrawal would only last 3-5 days. As long as you continue taking the norco, your body will not be able to achieve homeostasis.
I have been on methadone for 2 1/2 years and have been tapering down for about a year of that. I am on 4mg of methadone now. It got the hardest when I got to 12mg and since 6mg it has been even more difficult. I was prescribed neurotin which has def helped witb the withdrawal and also clonidine which helps when I can't sleep. I just don't want to be dependent on another drug when im done with the methadone. I was planning on dosing to 3mg then 2mg then 1mg being on each for 4 weeks.
Suboxone contains buprenorphine, a very potent opiate with a flat dose/response relationship. The result is that with Suboxone you are either 'on' it or 'off' it, rather than being able to regulate the dose. 'On' Suboxone means an opiate effect equal to about 30-40 mg of methadone per day.
For withdrawal from 32 days off tramadol and after today will be my 10th day off methadone.The pain from withdrawal did't start untill the third day Methadone time table different from all other opiates. It felt like I was hit with a ton of bricks on day 8.Very severe not one second of releif from the pain the legs the whole bit a bath or hot shower helps but it comes back soon after.Took my first dose clonidine hcl 0.
Hello. Methadone has a long half life,It lasts a long time in your system. Withdrawal lasts several weeks too.And 20mg is not a dose you want to jump off at,I don't think.At this time I am at 7mg and will wait till it is below 5 to bail out. Good luck in whatever you do,but being in Europe in withdrawals doesn't sound like fun.
it is not as much the severity of the withdrawal that makes methadone a hard detox as it is the long recovery time I was on 150mg for almost 7yrs and it took me a good 90 days to start to get better this is common with methadone withdrawal it sounds like your into the ''energy crash'' you just have to push threw and know every day clean your one day closer to getting better there are some things that help.....
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