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Withdrawals are different for each person, but they've never killed anyone. Going cold turkey isn't a great idea though. If you haven't hated life before, you will if you do.
First off, you never want to stop any drug abruptly if you can avoid it. Step the dose down gradually (cut the pill in halves and quarters - take a half for a week, then a quarter, until it's not as bad). You should also ask your doctor for an anti-anxiety med, anti-nausea med, and something to help sedate you. I don't recommend doing it if you have daily commitments - you want to have several days to get through it and begin to recover.
The keys to getting through withdrawals are:
1. Sedation
2. Hydration
3. Good Movies
4. Video Games
5. David Gilmour (at least for me)
It's easier to get through withdrawals if you're sedated, and you'll be sweating enough that you need to keep hydrated. Movies and games are to keep your mind occupied on something other than the discomfort if you're awake. Your mood will get pretty foul too, so alert friends and family.
As a high dose opiate patient for many years, I've had to increase and lower my dosages several times over the years, and dealing with withdrawals is just a part of daily life. I typically get a case of Gatorade or Powerade (Powerade's little less hard on the stomach) and water to help me through, make sure I've got enough clean clothes and sheets to change with because you can get pretty soaked from sweat. The other reason you want to keep well hydrated is to help flush the opiate out of your system faster. The longer it's in your system, the longer it'll take to break your dependency.
You also need to understand that you'll be pretty cold too. Opiates are vasodilators, meaning that they open the blood vessels. As you start to loser your dependence, the blood vessels constrict, and you feel cold and clammy.
It also helps to have some aspirin or Tylenol around to help with the pain you experience as the stuff leaves your system.
What else can I help you with?
Which is stronger 20mg oxycodone or 7.5-500 hydrocodone?
NO oxycodone or Oxycontin ishe pharmisudical equivilent to heroin
How strong is a 20mg pill of Oxycontin?
It depends on whether you're opiate naive or opiate tolerant. I am opiate tolerant, 20mg of Oxycontin would be insignificant. To my opiate naive grandmother, it could be an overdose, not fatal but symptomatic (nausea, dizziness, etc.)
What pill has ip 203 on it?
5 mg oxycodone/ 325mg acetaminophen. opioid pain reliever.
Is percoset an opiate?
Percocet and percodan are products containing oxycodone. Percocet is made in different doses. 10mg/325mg apap, 7.5mg oxycodone/500mg apap, 5mg oxycodone/500mg apap. Percocet is just a name brand tablet. Basically Oxycontin is a time released oxycodone without the apap. ranging in doses from 20mg to 120mg
What is the drug opana er 20 mG for?
Opana ER 20MG is a painkiller used for moderate to severe pain. The drug is Oxymorphone which is a combination of oxycodone and morphine.
How many mg of morphine in an ampoule?
20mg in 1ml suspension; about the same as 4 tablets of the strongest Oxycodone or Vicodin.
Have recently stopped taking 20mg Lexapro after almost two years Has anyone experienced itching symptoms from Lexapro Withdrawal?
I am on my fourth day of quitting Lexapro cold turkey. Yes, I am itching! I am hoping that this goes away, along with a nagging dizziness if I turn my head too fast or stand up abruptly
What is stronger 30Mg oxydone or 30Mg Oxycontin?
It most definitely is why do you think it says 30mg instead of 20mg
Will 20Mg of oxycodone be detectable in a drug test after a week after taking the drug?
shouldn't be as long as you drink a bunch of water through out that week. i use to pop 40 mg of oxys and came up clean for my P.O. in a week.
What is a strong dsage of hydrocodone?
Depends on previous doses of opiates. Someone with say, an 80mg Oxycodone tolerance would consider 160mg a strong dose of hydro, but someone with no opiate tolerance may find 20mg a strong dose.
Which is greater 2.5mg per kg or 20mg per ml?
20mg per ml is greater than 2.5mg per kg 20mg per ml is greater 20mg per ml is greater
Tadarise 20mg?
Tadarise 20mg is a generic version of the popular ED medication
