Suboxone and lyrica
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I was on Lyrica and gained about 40 pounds, also made my hands and feet swell. I have heard it works wonders for some just not me. Still trying to lose the weight and it has been about a year. I have never taken Suboxone so can't tell you about it..good luck. there are alot of wonderful people here that can help you more.
Somehow I made a halfway plan to take 1 8mg Suboxone a day and take 3 Lyrica.Well its day 26 and I still have 12 Suboxone left and 4 Lyrica. I did good on one and poorly on the other.I am rather proud of myself and I read your post and experiences on ways to taper since my doctor doesn't care.My question is which should I try hardest to kick 1st? I see my doctor in 2 days and wonder what my next plan is and I am willing to do everything to beat this once and for all.
Unfortunately, I did what many here have done and turned to one drug (Lyrica) to help me kick another. Now I am trying to kick Lyrica and achieve total victory. I was forced because of insurance to go cold turkey 2 days ago. It has been hell ever since. It is very different than sub withdrawal, but equally hellish. I guess my questions would be simply:
How long does Lyrica withdrawal last when compared to pain killer withdrawal?
OC is right ...
So, I realized that instead of taking a 1/2 tablet and swallowing it, I might as well take a 1/4 tabled and dissolve it and it would probably turn out well, and guess what? It did! I am still drowsy at times, but less than before. I think it has a lot to do with taking it together with my Lyrica like a lot of people had said. I just saw that on here today, so I will start trying to take them at different times.
I have been doing water titration to lower my Lyrica. I was on 225 mg a day and have gotten down to 25 mg a day two times but the symptoms become too great so I have up dosed to 37.5 mg twice now. I am holding here and trying to figure what to do. I'm trying to figure what kind of doctor to go to for advice on coming off Lyrica. My DO has no idea what is going on. Would a neurologist? A psychiatrist?
I was given my first dose of Lyrica last night and I slept brilliantly for once, today I've been very sleepy and when I took a nap I couldn't stand up when I awoke because my hip just flared up so badly I couldn't even walk. Luckily I am in hospital, so they gave me morphine straight away and its feeling much better. I really don't know very much about Lyrica and I'd like to hear what some people have experienced with it.
Your heard correctly. Suboxone is an FDA approved treatment for addiction, but it is an opiate itself and a very addictive one at that. In fact, almost half of all patient we detox in our clinic are detoxing from Suboxone, which they paradoxically started taking to get off of whatever they were on before!
Suboxone has it's place, and in very able and determined hands can be used as a tapering tool, however, more so than not patient get stuck on it and end up addicted to a new drug.
m currently on 12 mg/day of Suboxone for tingling/burning all throughout my body (in addition to Amitriptyline and Lyrica). However, I still have LOTS of pain - I still get this tingling sensation on top of my head and other painful paresthesias. I heard from multiple people that Methadone is better for pain than Suboxone, and so I brought it up to my doctor. My Dr.
My current prescription is 800 mg lyrica, 50 mcg fentanyl patch, and 90 mg oxy but i usually take more oxy than that. I have tried tapers b4, but never really with an iron will. What i mean is i am to the point where i dont enjoy anything in life. Everything is a struggle to get through and i hate it so much.
I was abke to succesfully taper off of a 3 year 6-8 mg a day addiction to xanax. Shud i set a taper that is sure to be long and ever so painful, or shud i get on sub.
5 per day and eventually got to an average of 6 to 8 per day. I started on Lyrica about 1 month ago and I think I really like it (although I can't be completely sure since I take so many pills). I am really tired of being hooked on the pills and taking more than I am supposed to and then worrying about getting more. I plan on quitting cold turkey next Thursday. This forum has helped me so much to prepare myself for what's to come.
I see my doc this morning. Less than 10 hours to go. I am very frightened of what he may say. Have been on Sub for 2½ yrs. I have experimented, using two sublinguals instead of my prescribed one. I am on the bottom I can't go any lower. My sis inlaw is going with me. Days ago i gave her the box of Sub cause i don't trust myself now and my doc wont either. Tonite she told me since doc upped my Lyrica that she sees changes in me. All i know is they make me hyper Talk Talk Talk.
He weaned me of lyrica, MSR and dilaudid in 4 weeks. I am down to oxycontin 10mg bid and Dalmane 30mg at night. However he did start me on amytriptoline 20mg at night which actually made me pain free for the first time in months.
I have gone through severe depression, restless legs each time my dosage has been lowered and all the other ugly stuff. What really anger's me is that I was whacked on such big doses so quickly. It completely ruined my life and made me an addict.
I recently posted some of my experience with suboxone and my current relapse onto pills and now my w/d's from opiates AGAIN.
I am obviously not a success story either. Can I ask why your stopping them? If your doing well, no bad side effects maybe you can just continue a bit longer. However, if you are forced to quit for whatever reason please know that you can do it. It is a nightmare, but you can do it. If I can anyone can.
Absolutely. I took it (I was prescribed it) when I was going thru a heavy oxycodone withdrawal and it stopped all my withdrawals within 2 hours. I seriously, felt great. I was prescribed a high dose of Lyrica and didn't take it as I didn't believe it would work. (I wanted opiates and was really mad that my doctor wouldn't prescribe them).
Anyway, I had heard it worked for opiate withdrawals so I decided to try it and was amazed at how it took away the sweats and everything.
My question is can someone with opiate dependence take the fentanyl patch? Has anyone been in this situation! Someone had mentioned using Suboxone in opiate withdrawal and I always say it is a wonder drug!! I have tried getting off pills cold turkey and it never worked. I have now been pill free since January 2011 and I know that I have the Suboxone to thank for that. I was in detox for 12 days while on, but felt Fantasic about an hour after starting.
The pharmacist told me it had less side effects than Lyrica and it was safer than Lyrica as well. She said neurontin had been around awhile and that Lyrica was the new drug as far as treating nerve pain. I started the Neurontin in August of 07 and I have had no problems at all. ( Thank GOD ). It doesn't even make me sleepy. It's also not hard on the liver as well.
Thanks Susan..
I am going to retire and try to get off the hydrocodone and the lyrica. Then I pray that I can feel alright again. I have felt like crap for a yr. I don't understand why it has gone on so long. I haven't taken anything but the 2 hydrocodone and lyrica for a yr. The other meds should have been out of my system by now. Why does the anxiety and awful headaches with no energy continue?
This was an excellent choice, as it helps with my anxiety, I use less clonazepam and I feel less drowsy. Lyrica did give me blurred vision and extra paranoia at the start, and that was indeed awful for the first couple weeks as I upped my dosage! After the initial troubles, I found that it really was better than gabapentin for me now. I have not gained weight, but remain the same weight I call my meds weight. I just try to remain active and not pig out.
Ive had some rough detoxes in the past with methadone and oxycontin and suboxone was much easier on the physical withdrawals than the others. Through all of my experiences Ive learned that the w/d period is so darn mental, the more positive and busy you are the easier it goes. I was on sub for 18wks, started at 8mgs and began to taper after the first month.
I had no withdrawals at all for the first 5 days, followed by horrible withdrawals despite eating well, taking many vitamins and supplements, kratom, and occasionally a Lyrica. The main problem is stomach and GI upset, anxiety that feels like I am crawling out of my skin, night sweats, super low energy and depression. Im a single mom and work full time and this is one of the worst I have ever felt. My sub doctor told me I was through the worst, but everyday seems to be worse.
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