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How long does it take to get over the cravings? I wish I knew.
In my case, I have been off the trams a little over a month. If I remember correctly (something that is often difficult due, likely, to the trams) it was 4 days of withdrawals once I stopped. I had tapered down to one 25 mg a day, split in two, one half in the AM, one in the PM, when I stopped completely. I felt like **** while tapering, I REALLY felt like **** when I stopped.
After that it was the normal cravings that came and went. Had my last craving... this morning. The one previous was last Friday. I THINK the craving is for my previous addiction, Vicodin. BTW, I am competely clean now, controlling the plain with Etodolac (a high-po NSAID, in the same family as Aleve) and normal doses (2 pill 3x/day) of Tylenol.
But that's my experience. Yours may be different.
Why do you ask?
If you are asking how long the w/d go on, it's pretty much like I said before. A lot has to do with how much you've been taking and how long.