Oxycodone withdrawal cold turkey
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I know quite a bit about butalbital withdrawal. I know it's dangerous to stop cold turkey due to the seizure risk. You've been off for 8 days so you may be beyond a risk now. Rebound headache is a major symptom, along with anxiety. That's why I asked you about Xanax. That would help the anxiety and cover any risk of seizure.
I am stopping Oxycodone cold turkey because I start college in the fall, and I have no desire to continue the medication. My daily usage varies from day to day, but at max, I take 10-7.5mg pills of Oxycodone a day. I have gone 2 or 3 days before without taking it. I'm very afraid of withdrawal pains, and cravings. Is there anything I can do to ease the cravings and pains? There's no other way I can do but stop it cold turkey. PLEASE HELP ASAP!
Ok, I am just into day 2 of quitting ocycodone cold turkey. My doctor decided this was the best way to do it as opposed to weaning. I have to say he was right. this is hell. He pout me on 30mg of cymbalta to help ease the anxiety which seems to be helping however tyhe nausea is really bad. I cant eat, sleep or really do much of anything.
Hi Brigadoon, for me, I was also taking Oxycodone, my choice to quit cold turkey, was for 2 reasons. First, I was already going through my monthly script in 2-3 weeks. I was not able to taper, although I tried many times. If I had control over my pills, I took em. I was really sick of withdrawaling every month. Second, I just wanted it over with. I did not want to drag out the process over a long period of time. When I was done, I wanted to be done as quick as possible.
I stopped for around 48hours and was aching all over, very weak with elevated blood pressure. I am worried that I cant do it cold turkey and that I will hurt the baby if I do. I know I need to tell my ob gun but do not know how to go about it after all I have already been to the ob twice and chickened out of telling them. I am terrified of their reaction and also don't want my family to know. What do I do and say?
Just wondering, been taking 4-5 10/325 hydros for about 5 months. tapered myself down last week. haven't had a pill in over 30 hours. Will w/d's begin or did my taper work well enough. I'm a little dizzy headed and don't feel great , but not to the point where I can't function. my thinking is clear and no diarreah. I feel relatively good. Is it too early or is the worst to come. also I haven't lost my appetite either.
I have tapered from 90mgs per day to 20 mgs per day over the last 3 months. Now I am contemplating whether to go cold turkey or continue the taper.........but here is the thing. My wife thinks I finished my taper 1 month ago and it would be catastrophic for my relationship if she discovers I am still taking pain meds. I had throat and neck cancer and still have pain, but I can handle the pain non-narcotically.
I was on Opana 20mg x 4 a day and Dilaudid 8mg x 6 a day and wd cold turkey over the course of about a week. This took place about 3 weeks ago. I had back surgery 2 weeks ago and went back on 15mg Oxycodone IR's x 10 a day. I've been on them at this dose for most of about the last two weeks. What I want to know is how bad the wd's will be.
I was on pain meds for over 14 years (mostly on) but not all the time. All different kinds. I assume the fact that when I went cold turkey, I had been on meds for a good 3 years straight. Went from a 3 a day 10mg. lorcet to about 10-12 a day at the most. But I think in my case, the fact I had been taking them for soo long, my wd's were pretty horrible. Lasted about 9 or 10 days, not all awful, got better as time went on. But the first 5 were miserable.
Its different for everyone...how many miligrams was each pill? I was taking Norco plus Oxycontin and quit cold turkey 15 days ago. I started feeling better on day 3 BUT I made myself eat each day, made myself get out of the house, and took lots of vitamins. The more you sit around and not eat/do anything, I believe, the longer it will take to feel better.
You are taking 20 mg of hydrocodone per day--- a low dose of narcotic. To put it in perspective, oxycodone is 50% to 100% stronger, and a typical addict who comes to my office for help is taking 100-300 mg of oxycodone per day-- sometimes over 500 mg. So I would expect your withdrawal to be relatively mild.
BUT-- everyone hates opioid withdrawal, and even mild withdrawal is miserable.
I would tapper off.....at least that is what I have done. Cold turkey is hell for me and I cannot stand it. I have also done suboxone but did not get addicted like I have heard on this site. Mainly because when I started, the pharmacy charged me like my insurance covered it. When I went back for a refill, it was so expensive and I didn't have the money so I just got a weeks worth and tapered down on the suboxone.
My wife was out of town about 6 weeks ago for a week with our son and I did cold turkey. 10 days later I had back surgery. I knew I was going to have the surgery but jumped on the opportunity of having my wife and son out of town. My plan was to only take meds for a week after surgery but I'm still on them and it's been a month now. After my back surgery, my doctor wrote me 10 x 15mg Oxycodone a day. I have a high tolerance.
Hi lansur and welcome to the forum.
I was taking about the same amount as you for about 5 years.
You have done an extremely fast taper and that is why you are feeling so bad. You should either go cold turkey or slowly reduce your intake over a long period of time.
I found that the withdrawals were bad for 3 to 4 days from the time of the LAST pill I took. You are probably feeling pretty bad already.
This is my 4th day to taper and I am in agony each day through the same times. Does it get better? It doesn't seem that way. Logic tells me that cold turkey and going through the agony once might be better but everyone says cold turkey at my age (68) and the amount is both dangerous and maybe futile. I thought it got better but it is really painful right now.
I took one Opana this morning at 6AM (20 mgs) and am trying to wait until 6 PM to take one 10 mg oxycodone.
I quit cold turkey. I was on 300mg+/day and went to treatment. It can be done, with or without treatment, and since you are only 20, (I am 23) you may be like me and not have the horrible withdrawal that some people experience.
Tapering is really hard for addicts, we tend to want to take more than we should, as usual lol. Good luck with whatever you choose, but be sure to get some aftercare, as this will help with all aspects of withdrawal.
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