How do you stop OxyContin withdrawal?

Answer 1

OxyContin can cause strong withdrawal symptoms, so it is difficult to stop OxyContin without withdrawal symptoms. The best way to try to avoid withdrawal symptoms is to taper off or gradually reduce the dose over several weeks. You should also consult your doctor about safe and effective medical treatments to help ease the symptoms of OxyContin withdrawal.

Answer 2

Contact a doctor in your area that can prescribe suboxone. I've been using oxy for over 5 years and suboxone deletes all withdrawl symptoms. it truley is a miracle drug. Google suboxone treatment and locate a doctor in your area, they have to be certified to treat with suboxone so all drs. cant prescribe it. The drs. that can script it can only treat 30 patients at a time so check with several doctors

Answer 3

There are several prescriptions made for the purpose of aiding opiate withdrawal. Methadone and Suboxone are prime examples. Though if your looking for a Non-prescription way or simply a cheaper way of easing the woes of withdrawal, Over the Counter Imodium active ingredient Loperamide relieve withdrawal symptoms, so you could always give that a try. Just be carefull not to OD on Imodium, as that could be embarrassing.

Answer 4

Over the years I've dropped my intake for one reason or another, and usually use the same method. Just remember however you do it, you need to do it slowly and incrementally, not all at once. It also depends on whether you're talking about the dropoff withdrawals (withdrawals that hit you when the drug wears off) or if you're trying to stop taking the drug altogether.

For dropoff withdrawals, there's not much you can do except to take your next dose before you know the withdrawals are going to start. Even though the advertised dosage time is 12 hours, tolerant patients might only get 10 hours or less. For me I was only getting 7 hours before I switched to Duragesic patches 9 years ago. The trick in this situation is to take your next dose about an hour before you know that you'll start feeling withdrawals. Personally though, I'd think about switching to Duragesic as it lasts 2-3 days and you don't have the sharp dropoff that OxyContin gives you when it wears off.

If you're trying to stop taking it altogether, there are drugs that you can get that will help with any withdrawal symptoms, but they suck. Still, it depends on how well you deal with withdrawals to begin with, the dose your on, how long you've been using it, how tolerant you are etc.

When you start feeling withdrawal pain, you need to determine at that point if the pain is the regular pain you're using the OxyContin for in the first place, or withdrawal pain. Since OxyContin is a time-release drug, it's hard to cut it down into smaller doses, wish is what you'd need to do if you were using a pill that could be cut. In that case, all you'd need to do is cut it in half or quarters, and then drop your dose by 1/4 or 1/2 every week or 2 weeks until you're able to stop using it.

Since you can't do that, what you need is to switch to regular Oxycodone or Percocet so that you can cut it down and drop it incrementally. I suppose you could always break the capsule and try to figure out taking a lower dose, but using hard pills is easier because you can cut them down to lower dosages.

The other option is to switch to Duragesic and Percocet or Oxycodone if you need a long lasting opiate, and then work your way down the same way. Either way, you need the kinds of pills you can cut down. Either that or withdrawal drugs.

If you're using OxyContin you're likely using a breakthrough drug as well, so whatever that is you can use that. If not, talk to your doctor about switching to one of the others so you can work your way down. It'll take time, but it's not as hard doing it that way.

Answer 5

Plenty of water for hydration is pretty much the best you can do. The only thing that would help the pain, fever, nausea, vomiting, and possible shakes and night sweats would be certain medications.

Answer 6

you will have to visit a physician who may be able to help you with the withdrawal symptoms.

Answer 7

suboxone