Posts Tagged ‘cold turkey’
How Dangerous Is It to Quit Oxycodone 30 Mg When You Are Shooting 15-18 Per Day?
Question by blondie_blue1111: How dangerous is it to quit oxycodone 30 mg when you are shooting 15-18 per day?
I just detoxed from oxycodone, shooting 15-18 per day intraveneously. I tried to do it myself, but ended up in hospital. then detox center. Could I have died from this had I not sought medical help?
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Answer by Eileen
HI,
Certainly you could have died. You were shooting oxycodone? Glad to hear you went to rehab….Thats a giand step….thank God you sought medical help.
hang in there…people care…
Syatskyslady2
Eileen
Answer by John Q Public
It is rare to die from opiate withdrawal, but not unheard of. It’s not nearly as common as death from alcohol, benzo, or barbiturate withdrawal.
Opiate withdrawal excites the CNS and raises blood pressure immensely. A person withdrawing from large amounts of opiates can have a heart attack, stroke, or seizure.
Opiate/Heroin Addicts Only: Has Methadone Worked for You?
Question by AngE: Opiate/Heroin Addicts Only: Has methadone worked for you?
Don’t want other’s crappy opinions about methadone. I’ve heard it all. I want to hear from addicts who have tried MMT and hear about their results.
Clarification: Even if you had a bad result in MMT, would like to hear this. I don’t want info from non-addicts who have never taken it.
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Answer by Scott
they took me off my pain treatment medications and methadone you don’t get highs off it but it keeps you from going into withdrawals
Answer by Tang
It does the trick, though at a cost. I’ve had both methadone and suboxone, and suboxone worked better for me. A lot of that had to do with I’d rather go to a doctor once a month than a clinic 5 days a week. But some people don’t like sub because it’s only a partial agonist, and they don’t feel like it “holds” them as well as methadone does.
Can You Shoot Up Vicodin?, and if True How Do You Get Them Off It?
Question by shelman23: Can you shoot up vicodin?, and if true how do you get them off it?
I have a friend that shoots up all sorts of crap, and he wants to quit, but is terrified of the withdrawls. I know they can be bad, but I don’t want him to do the methadone route because too often the addicts then just use that too, while using the drug they are trying to get off the original drug? It seems like there is just no way to get them off it, except to never have started which is too late now!
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Answer by ghost
Opiates have the worst with drawls. They are also the most addictive. Addiction to any kind of Opiate is cheesy because they are the worst kind of drugs. Your friend needs to go cold turkey. He is looking at possession charges someday, and will be forced by the system to quit. Why not stop while not in trouble with the law.
Patients File Lawsuit Demanding Continued Access to Heroin – Vancouver Sun
Patients file lawsuit demanding continued access to heroin – Vancouver Sun
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Patients file lawsuit demanding continued access to heroin
Vancouver Sun That cycle, he said, was broken last year when he enrolled in a radical clinical trial in Vancouver evaluating the use of prescription heroin, seen as the treatment of last resort for severely addicted people for whom other therapy, such as methadone … Providence Health Care and Patients File Constitutional Challenge to Canadian … |
methadone withdrawal chronicle day 2 — my journey through hell. quitting the clinic after 3 years of 100mg/day. cold turkey.
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My New Pain Mgmnt Doctor Just Put Me on Methodone Today. I Was Taking 40-50mg of Percocet, Not Everyday But…?
Question by [email protected]: My new pain mgmnt doctor just put me on Methodone today. I was taking 40-50mg of percocet, not everyday but…?
when I needed to for the pain. I would say that it is about 4-5days a week. I went to a new pain doc today and yes I would love to get off of all meds together, but I need something to take when I am in a lot of pain. So she put me on this??? It’s 5mg 3x a day and so far it is not working. Plus, from what I have been reading this stuff may be worse! I didn’t take any pain meds for a week and had some minor hot flases. So seriously do I need to be on these? Help, I am scarred to be on these. Also I have tried ultram n darvacet and they don’t work.
Thank you, and yes I was taking that doasge of the percocets when I stopped cold turkey with only having the hot flashes. I guess I am just really scarred from what I have read about this stuff. And unfortunately I am in pain and it is not helping. Ont the bottle it says to take 3x daily as needed, but the pharmacist told me that I should prob take it 3x daily even if I am not in pain, that way I am giving it a shot. But I see some talk of being on it for even just 3days is real bad. ???
Any Other Way to Get Methadone Legally Besides a Clinic ?!?!?
Question by danielesuzy: Any other way to get methadone legally besides a clinic ?!?!?
Hi. My boyfriend is a heroin addict. He snorts quite a lot of it everyday. He would really like to go on methadone,he thinks its the only thing that will work. Dont tell me how addictive it is please and dont judge. I have called around and was told he has to fail at other programs before he could be accepted into that one. I guess I understand where they are coming from to an extent but at the same time I feel its unfair. He should be able to give it a try. He has tried suboxone and has went to meetings . He has tried cold turkey. He has tried therapy. Nothing has worked so why do they need legal proof he will fail a detox?! Help please. Id like to get him help legally and inexpensively.