How long does it take to detox of Vicodin?

[fatema97502]

Hello,
After knee surgery 31/2 years ago I was put on Vicodin. Little did I know I would get hooked. I never really thought about it, since my doctor was giving it to me and I took it how he told me to. Well today is day 2 and night 3 of not having any vicodin. I have terriable legg cramps, sweets and I can not sleep. How long does this last? It is driving me crazy. I do not have any cravings for the vicodin. Just the withdraws are killing me. I have been drinking water and taking baths. But it doesn't help any.
I'm thinking about going to the emergency room and see if they can help me with my withdraws. I have heard about a pill that helps, but then I'm scared of taking another pill as well.
Please let me know how long this is going to last..........

[traveladdict]

The worst is almost over.  The psychically bad part last for 3-4 days so you will start feeling better real soon.  Then the hard part comes staying clean. Take more hot baths and take supplements and plenty of fluids.  Keep fight the fight you will make it.

[fatema97502]

Thank you. God this just kills me. I"m very confused right now.

[sadinmichigan]

yes..the worst is almost over..hang in there..you may be able to ask your dr. for a short rx of valium..that might help..try melatonin for sleep..unfortunately..sleep is one of the last things to seem to come back...try wrapping your legs with some ace bandages and use heating pads..I know you don't feel like it but walking a little bit will help..it helps get things going in your body..try not to go to the er..your better off talking to your dr..keep posting..

[youtome]

This is my third day off years and years of Norco. Last night I was in the hospital getting some help. My question is if you have been through rehab did you go in house our out patient?

[KitKat7]

Hey!! This is day 3 and a half that I have not taken vicodin! I have been using it everyday for about a year and a half. I just want you to know those first couple of days were really harsh, but I started fast walking, drinking alot of cranberry juice to help flush my system, taking daily vitamins (as well as a seven day detox kit that is suppose to help cleanse the body) you can buy it over the counter, and last but not least I just went into my doc and told him i had trouble sleeping and he gave me a script for ativan ( like xanax but much cleaner pill, doesnt mak u groggy). Like I said this is day 3 and a half and I still feel a lil tired and week, but doing this really helped me....I wouldn't at all say in in pain anymore! I was scared because all I kept reading was this could last up to 10 days...but so far so good!!

[bcash]

HI, I too have been taking vicodin for over a year solid.  Today is day 5 of not having any.  The first 2 days were the worst, then all of a sudden like a flick of a switch, the tightness in my chest went away along with the jitters, sweats, and nausea.  I have had 2 back surgeries and will need a fusion.  I'm not doing the operation but i have to do something for the pain..not sure what to do here..nothing else works. I just decided to stop taking the pills.

[light433]

This is my fourth day and I feel great. Go to CVS and get some meletonin. It is all natural and really does help with sleep.I have been drinking protein shakes and eating vitamins, it is working! You will get past this. Look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself to man up!! You can do it. Hang in there and keep posting.

[helpme400]

i admire all of you for your courage.  i have 2 norco left and to start my detox tommorrow.  i am so afraid.  i will keep in contact with this forum.  after today, i surrender!!!!!

[philly160]

i want to quit vicodin realy bad,i am so scared.how long will the withdralls last?

[scared923]

I HAVE BEEN ON VICODIN FOR OVER A YEAR DUE TO A BROKEN NECK I STILL HAVE PAIN AND MY ORDEAL IS NOT OVER BUT I'M TIRED OF TAKING PILLS ALL THE TIME AND WANT TO STOP BUT THE WITHDRAWS STOP ME FROM DOING IT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK I CAN TAKE THE WITHDRAWS NOT TO MENTION THEY SAY ITS DANGEROUS TO GO COLD TURKEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN TAKE THE PAIN EITHER WHAT DO I DO? I NEED HELP TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

[scared923]

WHERE DI I FIND THE ANSWERS, AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR THE WITHDRAWS TO END? AND HOW DO I FIND OUT

[bigalspal]

Please know you are not alone. This Forum has really helped me!
I''m on day 9 off FENTANYL & day 3 off Darvocet. I used the Darvocet to help with the Fentanyl WD's. Fentanyl is waaaay stronger than Morphine!
Anyway, I'm feeling better today. I woke up with a little bit of a craving for the Darvocet, but what I did was EAT! I lost 19 pounds in 2 months on the Fentanyl. I look bad!
But, i don't care. Just make the leap & get started!

[playnyou]

any thing else to help with vicodine withdrals

[boorj08]

I understand...I have had 2 knee surgeries in 5 years (along with some other issues) too and I am addicted to oxycodone bc of it.  I've kicked it cold turkey in the past and it took 3-5 days to go back to being able to function.  I'm about to do it again...i've been tapering for 5 days and just ran out (so i have to go cold turkey).  I'm scared to go through the w/d but it is possible!  There is light at the end of the tunnel.

[boorj08]

all most people on here will just say non narcotic anti inflammitories (ibuprofen etc), vitamins, hot baths, and something to sleep at night (melatonin, ambien etc).  Good luck!  

[robertallen]

thank you all, i been looking online to get off vicodine an every time i do my back hurts an my feet are hot an they hurt to , i get cold chills an hot flashes, but if it olny last 3 to 4 days i can do that, but it seems like its never going to go away, anyway thanks im going for it. rob

[tcoro049]

Thank you for this forum. I am on day 2 of Percocet WD. Today is much better than yesterday. I am going cold turkey, and I tried to ween down till I ran out. I feel terrible. hot then cold, really sweaty, my back aches, my ankles tingle. But I know this torture is worth the reward!
I have been trying to drink water, and take vitamins, but I keep forgetting to eat. Xanax helps me sleep. I hope it ends soon, I never want to take another pain pill again.

[tcoro049]

Day 3 and geez... the light at the end of the tunnel is close! I would kill for an Oxy or Percocet...even a vicodin.  I would hope my will power is strong enough that I could resist it. My back is killing me!! No energy, and I did not sleep a wink last night, even though I took a clonidine.  I tried a hot bath today and I have been taking a vitamin every day. I am not sure I am ready to go out of the house yet. I usually have so much ambition. I really hope that comes back soon. I feel like such a slug. I can barely move. Ibuprofin does not seem to help much, but I keep trying it. The feeling is slowly coming back to my body. Nice feeling after 4 years of numbness.
I would love to hear from anyone that has finished the journey.  I will be done soon!! YAY

[Anna82]

the comment u made about people that have already finished the journey is a good one. I think people who have quit for a longer period of time would be a tremendous help to others that are just starting!!! They would be proof that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

[nyc22]

i have been taking bout 20mg of perks a day for 2 years, and tried cutting down last few days but have 2 perks left and planning on going cold turkey tomorrow...is it ok to take xanex while goin thru w/d????  i run a small business, u guys think ill get myself to be able to get to the office for a bit or shud i prepare to be bed ridden? All of these postings are helping me build my confidence and push me to end the "numbness" and feel alive again.

[neverland711]

I am a single mother of 3 children one of whom is disabled.  I have had 2 back surgeries and was on Fentanyl 100 patches for 2 years.  I slowly weened my self off the patches and am only taking perc 15 for the pain in my back.  I want to start weening off these meds as well but am scared to death.  I don't have the support that some have, both of my parents have past away.  I feel like I don't have time to take care of myself without my children suffering, so I keep taking them every day just to stay normal. any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.

[jw272]

well i am here to tell all who do not posses the power of struggle, i have been taking hard narcotics for 6 1/2 years those drugs made me do horrible things and things i am not proud of but i stand here today sober and clean and no more withdrawl feelings. i started out playing semi pro football and got injured with a spinal cord concussion and 2 lower herniated discs so that means yes i got prescribed oxycontin,vicodin,percocet,darvocet,roxycet,loritab,and methadone. and please anyone who is thinking about going to a detox place, please think twice about it. if you want them to fill your body with horrible drugs just to get you hooked on something else, its not worth it. there is no hope in clinics. i see doctors as drug dealers the more you come in the more they get payed especially right now in this economy. people i have taken oxycontin 80 mg 9 times a day, and 10 mg of percocet and vicodin 15 times a day, i was almost a freakin vegitable.
look plain and simple you are the one in control of your life narcotics are the devils drug, my withdrawls lasted almost a full year till my body got back to normal, the hard withdrawls where the famous feeling like a dead fish flopping outside of the water, cold chills, shaking badly after i woke up, couldent or dident want to move at all, throwing up for no reason, peeeing out of my rear end, pure hell..and like i said take control of your life and just stop, the reason your body is doing the withdrawls is because its doing its best to get back to its "a" game. what helped me was my strong will to survive i did this to myself and now i had to clean myself....there is hope pray to god or whatever you believe in. you do not need depression meds you do not need more drugs, shut up sit down and survive. i am clean now for almost 2 years now i have no cravings i do not want that again....point blank if my arm gets shot off, just pass me the tequila and a couple of advil

[rlord]

Now that your clean and sober, what have you done with the pain from your injury?  My brother is going on day 4 of at home detoxing from Norco's.  It's pretty severe withdrawls, he's been taking them and a few other narcotics for the past 5 years due to 3 herniated disks.  My brother declined operation, so they medicated him and he's over feeling the way he does on these drugs.  How will he be able to manage the pain, once he's completely himself again?  

[abcde12345abcde]

Today is day 11 off of vicodin :-) and yes I am actually smiling. For 2 years I took 20+/- 10/500 vicodins each day, and as everyone on here knows... it was literally a living hell. I did not take the pills for pain, I took them only for the effect.
The first 4 days were the worst, then after that each day got better. Suicidal thoughts, depression, loneliness, fear, anxiety, worry... These feelings have consumed me for the past year+. But I can truely say that today I feel more alive and well than I have in a long time.
I am proof, like everyone else on this forum that there really is light at the end of the tunnel. Keep your head up, don't eat the pills, and something amazing happens. Thank you all for this forum, it has helped me tremendously the past week and a half.
  

[BeBe84]

today is my fourth day off vicodin i took them for 3 years and i was up to 15-20 pills a day!! I stopped feeling high towards the end and would take them to feel normal..dont get me wrong the first few days were hell but today im feeling ok i did some work done and this is the closes to normal ive felt in a long time, for the joint and muscle pain ive been taking Motrin 800 and a xanax before bed...if i can do it anyone can!! What made me open my eyes and wanna quite not only the fact that my dads on addict and the way he looks is scary i always worry if hes gonna wake up the next morning, they have him on methadone which i dont reccomend to anyone!!! its just as bad as vics, but i also did it because i felt like i was loosing my mind i thought about suicicd a lot cuz i didnt wanna live that way, i was jelous of people that lived there lives without pills, i couldnt understand how they did it, and i was having a lot of memory loss and doing things i wouldnt have done if i wasnt high!! Goodluck to everyone and you can do it!! <3

[BeBe84]

One more thing i started vics just taking them here and there for a quick high thinking i could never get addicited i never had any health problems...so dont think that it cant happen to you if there is someone reading this who takes them socially for a quick high!!

[crushmagnet]

I am on day 2 of Lortab detox. I guess I never used them as much as some of you that posted before. I was on them for a year and only took about 4 a day. It still hurts a lot but I have suffered through it because I still need to work whether or not I am on the drugs. I took them to escape, but it just made me a dull person. I am tired of that life now, and its onward and upward. Oh, yeah day 2, leg cramps and headache. Sleep is ok, but mornings suck. That used to be my habit. first thing in the morning. Day 3 is 24 hours away. :)

[NorcoBoy_38]

I am on day 3... I only did one day cold turkey, which was utter hell!! I normally took from 30-15 pills a day of norco 10/325. I sometimes would take as much as 50 in one day. I just want to say that if you really want to get sober you will. If it's something that you kinda want then it won't happen. Find out what works for you. As for me weening myself off is the only way I can do it and still be able to function. I don't want to put something else in my body like suboxone or methadone. Cause that is just another drug. I want to thank everyone for their posts cause it always helps to hear people in the same situation.

[me712]

I'm 23 been taking vics and norcos for 3 years and I was taking up to 30 pills a day and sadly just for the high but I just couldn't do it any more I felt like BeBe84 .so I went to a methadone clinic I did a 21day program and compleated it this past Tuesday we'll I really thought wow I did it well......that night I started geting the chills goosebumps tingle in my hands and feet can't sleep or eat I'm on day 24 of not taking a vic or a norco but day 3 without the methadone I almost feel like I never even went to tha methadone clinic I feel like I'm going to die iv tryed hot baths tylenol tea everything but a single pill I'm so sick I don't know what to do tha methadone clinic said to come back and do a longer treatment I don't c the point to get hooked on another drug tho I didn't even want to do tha program but I was willing to try anything to stop iam proud of myself that I haven't took any vics or norco in 24 days but don't know how much more I can take I can hardly write this but iv been reading everyones questions and answers and it helps to know other pepole feel like I do but I'm trying to stay strong does anyone have any advise? Please help me I just want to b me again  

[whitie]

hang in there, I have never been to a meth clinic, but had found access to it several times in the past. have several friends that are docs too. neither were involved with my personal addictions,on a side note. but I went through the same thing you are, a few times and have gone through vike wds, many a time.

hopefully at these clinics they tell people that........ITS A REPLACEMENT DRUG !!  and you will have wds from it just like vikes. atleast thats what has happened to me. best to wean off any drug addiction.

then read here,over and over !!!

what has worked for me?

cold pills, sinus sprays,rhodolia herb(for daytime energy) protein power mixes,power drinks,activity of some kind !!! imonium ad some say,for teh diareaha.

at night, try cough syrups,bananas  and valerian root, perhaps some sleep aids. I ve seen melatonin suggested. thomas's recipe many have claimed works. your going to have a tough time sleeping with restless leg syndrome.  but you can do it! your going to have to man up or get help, thats all there is too it.

like you will see..... the first 2-3 days, your going to be fighting a battle in your body. I have done it many a times, even having to work all while going through major WDS !!!!!

[me712]

Well I proud to say. Iam over tha painfull part love my life and -I'M SOBER those we're words iv been dyin to say for so long god bless you xoxo liz

[me712]

Well I proud to say. Iam over tha painfull part love my life and -I'M SOBER those we're words iv been dyin to say for so long god bless you xoxo liz

[BD43]

I have been taking vikes and perks for a while, and i only take them to get high.. I loved the feeling. But, today was the day i decided that enough was enough. Well last night was, so today i did not take any or buy anymore to take. I have gone days with out having them. maybe one or two, but always bought more.  I disconnected with any supply i was able to get.

The #1 reason i NEED to stop is my health. Second, the money... I have never been stupid enough to speed more then i was able to but still if you only knew the $$ i spent on them.

So this is day one going i day two. I will not fall into temptations. I have stopped before in the past and when i was not taking them i felt great, it lasted mostly 1-2 weeks, but i have always went back to them.

I graduated college a few weeks ago i need to get my mind cleared and focused on the future. I am just happy to get this off my chest, I past few days i finally realized that i had a problem, a real problem.

Thanks

[mkporeo]

I had thought that I was the only one who had this problem.  I have taken Vicodin for the last 10 years and am for the first time, making it a mission to get off.  I have been off for 3 days now and for the first time doing reasonably well.  The leg aches and sweats seem to be the worst part, not to mention the diarrhea.  I see other people out enjoying their lives and I envy them.  I desperately want my life back. Thanks to all of you.  MM

[JayDetroit]

New here, & happy to have found this board.

After 3 years, every day of taking either Vicodin (mainly) or Tylenol 4, depending on what I had, I'm attempting quitting.

Only once have I done this seriously, but after 8 days of constant diarrhea I gave in.  This time I have tapered down to 50mg of hydrocodone/day, which is a lot...had about 5 days where I went absolutely nuts, & that was when I turned the corner, at least on the decision to taper down.  So here I am...

I get the fever/chills, as well as the extreme depression, but I would take a month of that if the damn diarrhea would go away, or not happen @ all.  Unfortunately, it's already starting.  Thank God I work @ home, but anyway...

If I could get some advice please - I don't necessarily want horror stories, but someone that has had the bad stomach issues, & knowing it goes away?  I did go to my Dr. on that 8th day several months ago - asked him 'How Long?', & he said 'It depends.'  That was it.  Told me to buy some Imodium (immodium).

At the moment, my husband is out buying my withdrawal foods, the vitamins, soup, fruit juice, Pedialyte (I prefer over Gatorade).  I've got my DVD queue thing stocked up to deliver movies when I'm not in the bathroom :P

Addiction is not new to me - @ 30 yrs, I've gone through cigarettes, alcohol, hard drugs, & now it's time to boot these...but for me, it's been the most difficult.

Thanks gang...I'll keep you in my thoughts & check back soon.

~Jay

[NorcoQueenoftheUniverse]

Hi you guys!  I found this forum in trying to deal with my 3 year dependence on Norco for s/p 2 lumbar laminectomies....  Oh my GOSH!  who would have thought that I would become chemically dependent on a perscribed Pain Med???   Not ME! Heck, I have an 'ENDLESS RX" @ only $5.00 FOR 70 10/325 Norco EVERY 10 DAYS.

   Anyhoos....heres my story (if ya wanna read it)..

Lami in 1983 from being a compulsive runner/exerciser;  oK, THEN... 2006 ANOTHER Lami L5 from just LOVIN & owning a horse....(He's a GOOD BOY & I really do love my horse.... he's a REALLY GOOD "antidepressant").  So, long story short, I was up to anywhere from 8 to 10 Norco a day!  Yuck.  Now at first, I was able to ride, clean house, be a good wife and a good mother but it REALLY CATCHES up with you FAST in that, after a while I WASN'T riding as much, wasn't a good wife &/or mother... (you should see my messy house)  So, I decided that it just HAD TO BE BECAUSE of my Norco use/abuse...... I had to take MORE to "FEEL" NORMAL (whatever the hell THAT IS!) so I decided "that's IT!  I'm DONE feeling like this... gotta get OFF this ****... so I did... COLD TURKEY... AND I'm on DAY 13 and I hafta say that I STILL FEEL kinda yucky...Whats up with THAT?!?!  I'm just WAITING for the day that I wake up (NOT SLEEPING STILL) and say... "HAY (is for horses).... I FEEL GREAT!"  (When does that happen... DOES ANYBODY KNOW OUT THERE IN NORCO LAND?

I DID do a "modified version" of the Thomas Receipe... W/OUT the Valium &/or Immodium..... I have taken the L-Tyrosine, Super Vitamin B Complex & the Vitamin C and have been drinking a TON OF WATER.. (help me.... I tink I d-wand-ing).  Also, TRYING to get a little bit of exercise in there everyday although it's NOT always easy!  Walking,,,,,Walking....Walking....Hafta say that I THINK that the L-tyrosine DOES HELP (along with the Vitamins).. because God only knows (*and HE DOES..... trust me.... praying ON MY KNEES has given me strenght!) I don't think I would have made it this far WITHOUT GOD and the L-tyrosine and vitamins!  So all of you guys and gals out there TRYING to GET OFF THIS ****..... there IS A LIGHT at the end of the tunnel..... GET WITH GOD... GET SOME VITAMINS... AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.... I KNOW!!  cus I'm there right now... Day 13 AND HOLDING ON... COLD TURKEY.

My BIG QUESTION IS>>>>>>> WHEN DO YOU START TO FEEL NORMAL AGAIN.????.. i.e. Energy, Motivation, ZEST for LIFE, libido, clean house, ride your horse, BE NORMAL with NORMAL THOUGHTS!
Any responses is REALLY APPRECIATED...  

[NorcoQueenoftheUniverse]

Hey,,, just me again... the NORCO QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE.....(I DECIDED that IT HELPS ME thru this crappy feeling if I "pound the keyboard" ).  forgot to mention that ever since I went Cold Turkey from Norco 13 days ago, I have been SMOKIN like a fiend/chimmey!  WHATS UP WITH THAT???   Just ONE MORE addiction I NEED to deal with..  but, a dear friend of mine "suggested" that I "deal with  one demon at a time"? and recommended that I give myself one year "clean and Norco free" before I tackle my smoking addiction

  Any ideas on this?  

[thegusterson]

yesterday morning i took my last four 4mg vic's, so this is day one with nothing at all.  it is horrible, any advice would be apprecieated.

[leeisgettingclean]

yeah the smoking thing is strange to me. since i quit takin bout 22 days ago i have not wanted to smoke at all. I only smoke about 3 or 4 cigs a day now and they taste terrible!!!

[cocosmom72705]

I'm new and need help I have had an addiction
To vics/norcs for over a year. Where a habit
Of two pills a day ended up being 15 a day.
About two and a half weeks ago my husband could only
Get me percoset. (I'm not taking them cause I have a script)
So I have been off vics/norsc for two weeks. I'm now cold turkey 3 days off percs
Will this be easier for me since everything is out of me and my addiction to percs was not
that long. By the way my w/ds are horrible I'm starting to feel a little better
But I don't know if I'm just being that positive. Thanks for listening

[readytoliveagain]

Hi , I also am a mother of 3 , and I am taking meds just to feel normal . I have a husband to help me ween off but I have been like you , as far as not knowing when the time will come that I can find time to take care of myself by quiting because of taking care of my 3 kids with no help. Today I have decided to figure out a way because I am so tired of feeling like I have to constantly worry where I am going to get my next fix! Will I be in a bad mood if I don't have any , etc. I noticed your post was back in April , I hope you are doing ok .

[jez2009]

Everyone please read this!

I have been on a vike binge for two solid years, lost job, boyfriend and nearly my house.  But as you all know the pills actually made me think they were helping me keep it together, it affected me like speed and I cleaned the whole house and then painted it, lol.  I have run out a few times and the withdrawl was from hell, the cramping, insomnia etc and I have two kids to care for!  All I could do was sit on my bed and shake my legs for 2 days straight I thought I was losing my mind.  Sure I dug into old script bottle and looked up how much I would need to get high etc.  Oh my God, I expect my kids to stay drug free, LOOK at me!  I had to quit, but the original problem was chronic pain from a broken neck 20 yrs ago, so I was afraid of that plus terrified of going through the withdrawl again.

Heres what everyone should know...I called my doctor and explained that I get "jittery" when I don't take the vicodan and "I saw on the internet that clonidine might help" (acting innocent to avoid sounding like a junkie) He agreed to give me a script for it, the script said to take one .01 mg, yeah right, I took two...

I'm on day two of no vicodin and I slept (a little rough, but I did) no muscle cramps, a little muscle weakness, not much anxiety, no other ill affects, mood is ok just a little worn down feeling.

Oh and I was taking 6 500's each day sometimes nine.

So please, I know what you are going through, I HAD to tell you, its like a miracle.

[jkdxtreme1]

I have been addicted to opiates for over 10 yrs... I have recently went off cold turkey... I started with a single 10mg a day to 150mg a day addiction.
Im very lucky to be alive too.  I think back to why or how come I never OD???
Im on day 4 and feel great believe it or not...Im having issues with sleeping, but the worst pain is over.
Just remember this...the pain is worth all the precious things in your life.
So when the pain kicks in look around...its worth it in the end....
Hang in there it will and does get better.