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Oxycontin withdrawl
by steve, Jan 29, 2000 12:00AM
I have been taking Oxycontin for about 3 years and for the past few months its gotten out of control. Started with a few 40s per day, then twice that, then more, etc. etc. etc. over a 3 year period. Quantity was still reasonable til about 3 months ago. I have been taking 1200-1600 mg per day now for about 3 months, first because it really made me feel great but lately because without I felt horrible. Reading the comments this is more than anyone else mentions and what is written scares the hell out of me regarding what I have to look forward to. People on 120mg per day say they cannot take it so what will happen to me? I have made a decision to cut back to 320mg per day not just because I want to but because I no longer have the ability to get such large amounts without putting myself or others at risk. The most I can safely get now is 400mg per day, so thats where I have to start. I began this 3 days ago and its been hell. Got to 660mg yesterday which means I will be 'short' later on. I am not in a position to take any time off work for rehab nor can I quit entirely as the pain is too unbearable without, so those are not solutions for me. My question is, can I do this on my own? Will the withdrawal symptoms get so bad I wont be able to keep going? Are there any suggestions, other drugs, etc. that can make this go any easier? I have never tried anti-siezure drugs for example and I hear they can help.
You or I could die at anytime and don't really even care or we would have been in the hospital a long time ago. Save yourself before you OD and end up in ER and they may or may not be able to save you. I have already been there and lost 30% of my liver to the medications and spent the next 4 days unconscious in the hospital remembering nothing except my parents mourning me because they really thought I would have to go dialysis because my liver was so bad.
Don't do that far. There are alot of good programs out there and your doctor will be more than willing to help you find one and clear it with your insurance for you.
Because I know how horrible this is, my email is ***@**** if you need to talk or just want to let someone who cares know how you are doing.
Charlotte
I appreciate you taking time to write and your kind words!
Unfortunately a 30 day program is totally out of the question for me for several reasons. I know finding a doc or a program is the "book" answer, but that just will not work. Somehow I must find a way to deal with this myself. I did try to speak with a doc and found there is probably no doctor in the state of Florida who would help me by providing enough of this medicine to help me cut back, which is what I must do. I tried telling a doc I was taking 1/2 of what I really was and he didnt believe me. But I really am and still functioning. Im just scared I have no idea how to cut back and cannot take the withdrawal. What a rotten position to be in.
I wish you success with your program. I am sorry you had some damage to your liver - hope that can rebuild itself (can it?).
By the way, MS Cotin is one of the brands of morphine and 100 mg is a pretty big dose! Oxycontin is a different medicine - oxycodone in a time release pill. There is not a generic for Oxycotin at this time. Oxycodone is the drug used in Percocet or percodan pills, but those also have tylenol or aspirin, where oxycontin does not. And ocycontin is a lot more of the drug - percocet has 5MG where oxycontin comes in 10 to 80MG doses per pill.
Its probably the tylenol that is hutring your liver. If you have to take something I would avoid anything with tylenol in it if at all possible as that is tough on the liver.
Take care,
Yoda
Take care,
Yoda
Take care,
Yoda