Tapering off of oxycontin

[Jon Porter]

I am presently taking 200 mgs of oxycontin and 90 mgs of
xycodone,(5 mg tabs),per day.I have started taking 40 mgs less
per day of oxycontin and 8 tabs less of the oxycodone per day.
Tomorrow I'll cut down another 20 mgs of oxycontin and the same
for the oxycodone.I'm taking each reduced dose for 1 week before
reducing it again.I'm hoping to asertain the minimum amount of
medication that will comfortably control my back pain.My T-11
vertabrae is compression fractured from tumors I had on each
side of the spine.I'll be going in for surgery the end of June
this year and do not want to enter the operating room carrying
an already heavy drug tolerance.My question is whether I'm
tapering off the drugs too slow or too quickly.When I reduced
the drug amounts the last time,I had 2 days where I was fairly uncomfortable.I've searched around for a schedule for the drug
reduction with no luck.Any feedback you could help me with would
be sincerely appreciated , as my wife and I have no medical training to speak of.  Thank You.

[Michael]

Hey Jon:
I'll keep it short. I was on Oxycontin for over a year, more like eighteen months. My end dose was 120mg twice a day, or 240mg per twenty-four hours.
I have a Stenosis condition of the lower back (minor compared) and had two bad hips. The hips were replaced last year in Sept (L), and Dec. (R) 1999..
By mid Feb. 2000 I was out of official physical therapy. I decided to get off the Oxycontin. I asked the Doctor who had done my work up prior to the hip surgeries. He advised taking it slow, say six months, because of the length of time I'd been on them and the dose I'd ended up with. I went to the Doctor who was prescribing the Oxycontin and he had a different idea. We started titrateing down in mid Feb. and I got to zero on April 8th., 2000 The next few days were hell. Super depression (suicidal), chills, sleeplessness, horrible gnawing in the pit of my stomach, bad aches and pains throughout my body especially my legs. My mentation was poor, and I was ready to break things in a split second.
I went to the net and found a detox formula for Oxycontin. It Was Klonopin 1mg, Clonidine 0.1mg and Darvocet-N100. I asked my Doctor to prescribe this for me. He didn't want me on 1mg of klonopin so he prescribed .5mg of the Klonopin instead of 1mg, and the recommended doses of the other two. You take the Klonopin .5mg & the Colnidine .01mg one or two tabs two or three times a day as needed. The Darvocet-N 100 is for the aches and pains and you take one every four hours as needed. These are all self tapering drugs so you don't have to worry about trading one addiction for another. The Doctor who posted this said to plan to take a few days off from your regular schedule. Today is my second day on this regimen and I began feeling almost human scant hours after the first dose. It does sort of gork me out a bit, but I'd rather eat broken glass than go back to the way I felt my first and second day off the Oxycontin cold turkey. Give it a try. With my insurance co-pay these three drugs cost me less than $40,00.......knowing now how much good they have done me I'd have paid full boat for them if need be. Good luck

Regards,

Mickey-D

[JERRY PAYNE]

MY DR IS GOING TO PUT ME ON THIS MED WHAT WILL IT DO TO ME.

[Hans]

Jerry  the drugs will ease your pain and make you feel good. After a month one pill won't do it for you so, you take two and say "ahh, there it is". And when you don't take your regular dose, you feel like a streamy ****. Just read all these post. I started 6 months ago with ten 40mg tabs per month. Now, I'm at 30. Costing me $600 a month just to stop the ache from the addiction. I heard that if I could get a prescription I could get 60 for $250 at Eckards. Is this true?

[vito dicenso]

i have been on oxycontin for 2yrs, and they weren't given by a docter. i had two differnt lung operations on both of my lungs and was in a lot of pain and i have a lot of pain still, so i still use them daily. now i can't go a day with out them. that is the problem there very additive. i wish i could get off of them. there so exspenceive on the street.

[bad]

Forget it, it's impossible to quit

[A D B]

Hi,

My wife has been suffering from "fibromyalgia" for the last seven years and I think we have found a cure.  

It was discoverd that she was suffering from Mercury poisoning from her amalgam fillings.  She had all of her dental work redone (without amalgams) and has been working on detoxing from the mercury poisoning.  

She is now in a position where she does not have the pain from the fibromyalgia, but still is taking oxycontin  She currently is detoxing from the oxycontin she has been taking, and it is a tough road.  She has dropped from 1200 mg per day to 110 mg per day.

Do you know anything about easing withdrawal symptoms?

Any advice is helpful.

Thanks,

A desparate caring husband.

[Jay]

i was on oxycontin for 8 months, but it wasn't prescribed to me, i was a junkie. this comes from experience , if your on them get off of them, if your not and your doctor wants to prescribe them to you , don't do it.yes, i do have an addictive personality, but nothing ever controlled me like this.the physical withdrawl is unbelievable, constant diarreah, upset stomach, cold sweats, sleeplessnights and not to mention the aches and pains throughout your whole body.these pills controlled my life for 8 months, i lost my wife, my kids, and a whole lot of self respect. i am currently in recovery and i am trying to turn my life around. hopefully i can get my family back together. the reason i am writing this is to hopefully help someone else before their situation gets out of control like mine or just to deter someone who was considering it. i think something needs to be done about this, these pills are dangerous.

[Jay]

i was on oxycontin for 8 months, but it wasn't prescribed to me, i was a junkie. this comes from experience , if your on them get off of them, if your not and your doctor wants to prescribe them to you , don't do it.yes, i do have an addictive personality, but nothing ever controlled me like this.the physical withdrawl is unbelievable, constant diarreah, upset stomach, cold sweats, sleeplessnights and not to mention the aches and pains throughout your whole body.these pills controlled my life for 8 months, i lost my wife, my kids, and a whole lot of self respect. i am currently in recovery and i am trying to turn my life around. hopefully i can get my family back together. the reason i am writing this is to hopefully help someone else before their situation gets out of control like mine or just to deter someone who was considering it. i think something needs to be done about this, these pills are dangerous.

[jigwoodard]

I was a bit confused by Mickey D.'s comments. Did he start the detox formula after completely off Oxycontin in April? Can the detox formula be used as Oxycontin is decreased? What would be the ratios? I am taking 50 mg in six-hour daytime intervals(totaling 150 mg). My hell (depression, chills, feverish, pain) is every day one hour prior to scheduled dose.

I am seriously considering being hospitalized to rid myself of this drug. Those who have been through this, would you entertain this method?

This is for Hans' question of April 17, 2000: Two hundred forty-20mg Oxycontin cost me approximately $575 at Eckerds.

This is for Jerry Payne of April 16, 2000: I hate the addiction. I am disabled now. I taught for 19 years and could not maintain my teaching skills. My goal is to get off the 150 mg per day and start over with as little dosage as I can tolerate. Since taking Oxycontin my thyroid, digestive tract and blood pressure have gone off the charts. I hope this has been helpful.

jigwoodard, August 28, 2000

[Frank]

I found a very helpful site www.OxycontinNightmare.homestead.com

[Scared]

I am on oxycontin. I had a knee surgery in July of last year and one in April of this year. My knee caps were in the sides of my legs instead of in front. They moved my knee caps back which meant Shortening and lengthing tendons, moving my shin bones and on each side they had to cut 4 inches of bone and move to other side and 2 screws on each side. I am also a sufferer of diabetic neuropathy in my feet, legs, hands, behind,and arms. I was almost off of oxycontin when I was tested on my neuropathy and was told I should be on oxycontin for the pain. I don't know if the pain was caused by my withdrawl or if it was really the neuropathy. I suffered the pain BEFORE I had the surgeries. I have had my diabetes under control for a long time. My hemagobin A1C is 4.9 which my doctor says is too good of control. Imagine that. I don't want to be a slave to Oxycontin and feel trapped. All of the withdrals I've read about are true and more. HELP...

[Freebird]

I have been on oxycontin for 2 years now. I started at taking 40mg twice a day. Now I am taking 80mgs three times a day plus 20mgs twice as breakthrough pain relief. I sometimes wish that I wasn't on them, but know that without them I would be in a world of *hit. I have had a dbl masectomy and now cancer is back on the liver and lung. Oxycontin is a great blessing when taken the right way. I don't chase the buzz like others do. I take them for strictly the purpose that it is given. I do not want to even think of being without them, for I would have pain beyond belief and I do not need that discomfort on top of all else....
     Best wishes to those that are taking them. Focus on recovery and not the aftermath, and take it one day at a time....

[Freebird]

I have been on oxycontin for 2 years now. I started at taking 40mg twice a day. Now I am taking 80mgs three times a day plus 20mgs twice as breakthrough pain relief. I sometimes wish that I wasn't on them, but know that without them I would be in a world of *hit. I have had a dbl masectomy and now cancer is back on the liver and lung. Oxycontin is a great blessing when taken the right way. I don't chase the buzz like others do. I take them for strictly the purpose that it is given. I do not want to even think of being without them, for I would have pain beyond belief and I do not need that discomfort on top of all else....
     Best wishes to those that are taking them. Focus on recovery and not the aftermath, and take it one day at a time....

[AllisonMarie]

SABOXIN

[AllisonMarie]

THE MIRACLE DRUG.

[wait2long]

no offense hun, but...its SUBOXONE  SUBOXONE...lol!!!   this is an old thread from the year 2000!!!