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ULTRA RAPID DETOX

by JAYPBFLA, May 15, 2003 12:00AM
Hi everyone, I have been a long term browser of the site but now I need to post a question.  I am seriously considering doing Anasthesia Assisted Ultra Rapid Detox. I am currently on 240mgs of Oxycontin a day. What I am looking for is information on how you felt after having the treatment such as wd's were still horrible for 3 days or it went really well, please be specific about how it went and how you felt afterwards, also if you can tell me what meds you were taking before having the procedure maybe I can make an eductated guess on how my procedure will go.
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by passenbyhubby, May 15, 2003 12:00AM
To: jaypbfla
Hi this passenby I just read your question you should read all of Sundara's post and try to get a hold of here .She had the rapid detox and is doing great she'll tell you all about it in fact dig up some of her old post. Lots of info there because I ask her a lot of ???.Hope this helps

by Hopefulone, May 15, 2003 12:00AM
Hi everyone,

I keep trying to post a question to the Doc, but can never get a new one. I've been a long time browser here and am finally posting.



I have just started treatment with Suboxone, for a norco addiction (30 a day for over a year). I am on day 2. I am on a low dose and feel lethargic but even close to what a cold turkey day 2 would normally be. I've done cold turkey before (and am kicking myself for relapse).



My question is this.  Is there anyone here, the Doc included, who can tell me how it will feel once I'm off the suboxone? My doc will keep me on it 2 to 3 weeks and he says I'll just feel a little tired, but I've heard from others that it is an awful feeling to go off suboxone as well. I know there is no totally easy way out, but want to know what I'm in for, especially if there is someone who has been there.



I've started working NA and am hoping I can get free of this horrible pattern and make better choices, but it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel in the midst of the darkness.



Thanks in advance for any responses.

by ColdInVT, May 15, 2003 12:00AM
To: Hopefulone
Hi Hopefulone,



I tried Suboxen and it sounds like you aren't on a high enough dose.  When I took it I felt so much better it was amazing.  I started off on 16mg's, then went up to 20 and then switched to methadone.  It worked for me but only to an extent, which is why I switched, HOWEVER, like I said, I felt great b/c I was put on the correct dose.  No w/d symptoms at all.



As far as getting off from it, your doctor will have to taper you off (don't let him taper you too fast), but I feel bad for you b/c you aren't even getting the full benefit of it. I was in w/d BIG TIME and about an hour and 1/2 later, I was feeling great.



Good luck.

-Cold

by RCG, May 15, 2003 12:00AM
To: Hopeful One
I will post your question on a new thread, i dont know if thats what you meant that you couldnt get it to work. You asked an important question and i know u want it to be answered  and im not sure but i think the doc. responds to the new questions posted. let me try it for you and well see what happens!hope this helps

by JAYPBFLA, May 15, 2003 12:00AM
To: passenbyhubby
Thanks. How do I pull up Sundaras old posts?

by Hopefulone, May 15, 2003 12:00AM
To: ColdinVt
Thanks for sharing your experience.  Did you eventually get off the methadone?



I've called the Doc to see if I should up my dose. I just feel super lethargic, but not shaky and none of the other usual 'day 2' symptoms.  My fear is that when I stop the suboxone I will be in for bad wds, as I've heard it is terrible.  I hope I'm making the right choice, as I spent a lot of money to try and do it this way.



But, I did cold turkey before, and I made it a month. It makes me so mad at myself that once I was feeling good, and normal again, I went back to taking a few just once in a while for pain ( I do have bad chronic pain)  but I couldn't just keep it moderate, I went right back down that dark road, and my use got to a way worse point than it was before the relapse.



I want to be on the other side so badly. I know it takes time and persistance, and support, which is why I'm jumping in here, to write instead of just lurk.



thanks everyone.

by passenbyhubby, May 15, 2003 12:00AM
To: Jaypbfla
Sundara posted a question under Naltrexone/revia implant I think somewhere  around may 6th try there just start reading through the post you'll find it good luck wished I could do more            passenby

by freezing, May 16, 2003 12:00AM
I've done RAAD and you end up like everyone else here.  It is not a majic cure.  You end up suffering as much as anyone in a post opiate dependent state:  deep depression, EXTREME lethargy,cravings, fear, sweats, chills, insomnia... all until you go back on opiates again.  (I actually did it twice b/c I thought maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance and I was so desparate.)  I am now on Suboxone and have my life back, feel great.  Save your nine thousand bucks and get on subox is my advice.

by JAYPBFLA, May 19, 2003 12:00AM
To: freezing
Freezing, thanks for your comment. Can you give me a little more detail like what were you taking before the UROD procedure and what was it like right after? Did you still have major withdrawel syptoms right after the procedure? Was it terrrible or bearable?

by JAYPBFLA, May 19, 2003 12:00AM
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANOTHER SITE WHERE I CAN POST THIS QUESTION FOR SOME MORE REPSONSES?

by peaz, May 19, 2003 12:00AM
To: JAYPBFLA
Try www.drugabuse.com, www.healthboards.comwww2.health-center.com. druguse.com and messages.yahoo.com .  I haven't been to some of them in a LONG time, so  I don't know what their status is at this time.  But it won't hurt to try. Good luck! peaz

by freezing, May 19, 2003 12:00AM
To: JAYPBF
I was on unknown lots of morphine, several hundred mg's per day and night.  It was great right after for me.  If you have the right raad, you're too doped up on alternative meds to feel bad, and you are taking lots of symptom allievers.  The h*ll starts later and last forever, or so it seems so far.  Re-read my post above for details.

by freezing, May 19, 2003 12:00AM
To: jaypbfl
jay, why don't you switch to suboxone?  it will be a walk in the park.  You will thank me later.  In fact, you wil be so happy, you will want to send me a thousand dollars for the advice.  I'm serious.  Take my words above for facts.  They are.
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