Help me get of oxycontin

[robert992000]

How do I go about stopping cold turkey,I take 3000 mg of oxycontin a day,prescripe by a doctor for an accident,i have been on this high amount for about 6 years but been taking oxy since 1996,I cant afford to pay for it and wcb wont pay anymore,so I have to stop in the next two days,I am running out.This is no joke PLEASE  help me.

[sandra5353]

My heart goes out to you, in 2003 I had been taking about 600mg's a day for 5 years. I was sent to a detox hospital to get off, but instead they weaned me all week with methodone. THEN, sent me home. Well, 24 hours later, i went into full blwon withdrawals. I called them and they said they couldnt do anything, that I was no longer their patient. They told me, I couldnt be going thru withdrawals cause the oxy's were out of my system and I was only on the meth for a week! I beleived them for like, 1 minute. Six yrs of that much oxy's couldnt possibly be outta my system in a week I thought. The meth, only postponed the inevitable. It was a whole 3 weeks, of non stop withdrawals, as intense from the first day to the 21rst day. I went to a doctor twice during those horrific weeks with the help of my daughter driving me, and it was confirmed it was withdrawals. I never in my life experienced so much anxiety and pain and begged GOD to take my life. Thank GOD I got thru it, but you should try to find a detox center, ( without introducing meth), to wean you off this stuff.It's going to be awful and unsafe for you, I dont know how I lived thru it. GOD Bless

[robert992000]

hello robert99200 here.

No their is no limit on the amount of oxycontin they can prescribe in a day as many as you need i guess,and this was aprroved by my doctor and the doctors from workman's compensation ,I was in so much pain I wanted to die,they tried all kind of other medication and the only one that would work was oxycontin at a very high dosage,so now if they take me off and i go back like I was in 05 well I wanted to die then so whats going to change,the pain is so great you just want it to stop at any cost.Thats what I am worried about now.

Thank you for you support

Robert

[robert992000]

Well nothing hapend yet still taking 3200 mg per day,wcb paid for a part of it and i found the $2500 a month missing,but again this is about to run out,dam money and dam oxycontin,now i am so strest out i can function normally,they send me to toronto to see a doctor to try and stop me cold turkey,I was doing fin until they started to screw around with my oxy,i could to almost everything,but very slowly,,help clean the house take a walk go swimming ,now thats all over i'm in so much pain I dont know what to do,

thank you for for opinions.

Robert

[avisg]

Bkitty great post thank you for the info I hope he checks in

[sandra5353]

please let us know how u are doing

[Bkitty]

Have they increased the dose to this amount because you are opiate tolerant? and you had increased pain,,your doctor shoulda tried another long acting pain med after a certain amount was reached. I work in hospice and there are no ceilings for the amount of pain meds we give,,we increase as needed for comfort. I have had 2 patients on high doses like this,,,young patients with cancer,,,you see where I am going here? This is not a safe dose at all. You definatly definatly will need inpatient/ continous medical monitoring. Can you call the drug company,,explain your predicament and see if they can work with your insurance so you can at least start a taper/ or switch to a covered long acting pain medication with your doctors supervision? Your doctor needs to get involved in this ASAP. Im very worried for you. Keep us posted. ~Bkitty

[avisg]

Let us know whats going on

[vicki595]

Hi Robert!

I hope you check in soon and let us know how you're doing...

Avisg had your thread sent over to this forum where there are more folks to offer you support.

You've been taking a huge amount of Oxy for a long time. You're going to need some medical help to taper down before you stop completely.

What's going on with the prescribing doctor?

[avisg]

Robert , what has your doctor said i thought there was legally only so much they could prescribe in a day and I would think this would be way over that I would go to the doctor and demand help to get off of this . You are going to HAVE to have medical detox .If he wont help then you will have to go to the ER you cant do this alone .PLZ don't even try I don't want to see anything happen to you,

[atthebeach]

robert,
as avisg stated it will be extremely dangerous for you to go off that large of a dose on your own. your blood pressure will sky rocket. you will need to be medically monitored. this can take place at a detox center or in the ER.
is your plan to get off them for good??

[robert992000]

Yes I take 6, 80 mg every 4 hours and at night I take8 every 4 hours for a total of 40,80 mg a day=3200 mg a day of oxycontin prescripe by a doctor but now the wcb wont pay any more its $5500 a month I payed for a while but now I am broke and I have no choice but to stop cold turkey and I am so scared,and the more I read the worst I feel,my wife is crying all the time because of what may happen to me in a few day when I am out of oxy.I hate the doctor for giving me this high dose but they did not know wcb would stop paying the prescription.If you have any info on how I should approche this please help.

[avisg]

3000 mg a day I want to make sure thats right. If it is you have to seek help if that means you have to go to the ER then go to the ER .It would be very danerous to come off that amout.  I think you need med detox . we have a stubstace abuse forum. Right now this forum is slow so plz post over there as well there is tons of support  .Hang in there and let me know how you are . .  http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Addiction-Substance-Abuse/show/77