Weening Off Of Oxycontin

[boomtown]

Hi, I have some questions regarding weening off of oxycontin... In my previous posts, I stated that I was going to start suboxone... but I really don't want to do that, and get hooked on that.

So here is my next gameplan:

I take 240mg of oxycontin per day, 3 times a day.

Starting today, I am going to take just 1 80mg tablet, 3 times a day. I want to see what my body will do.

Here is my question: If I decide to go cold turkey and stop altogether, I will use the thomas recipe...

But with the amount that i am taking now (Large amount), is it safe for me to go cold turkey?

What will happen?

I think I can do it. I did not take my pills this morning. I feel terrible, but I can handle it.

How long will this last?

Is it dangerous for me to go cold turkey??

I don't think I NEED 240 mg, 3 times per day. I think my body will be fine with 80 mg, 3 times per day.

If I start doing just 80mg per day, 3 times per day, lets say I do that for 1 week, and then go cold turkey... will I be ok to do that? or will I hurt my body?

I would rather ween myself off of the oxycontin.

If I go cold turkey now, with the high doses that I have been taking..will I hurt myself?

Should I ween down to 80mg per day, 3 times a day, and do that for a week or so, and then go cold turkey?

Please let me know. I need to kick this fast.

I would rather not start suboxone and get hooked on that.

If I go cold turkey now, will I hurt myself, or should I lower the dosage for a while, and then go cold turkey? (Sorry I keep repeating myself)... I am so nervous and don't know what to do.

Thanks!
      

[theeagle]

In my opinion you should try and get your dose down and not just go cold turkey from that amount.  And I will volunteer that you seem to be setting yourself up for a hard time. Classic schools of thought would be to drop your dose between 10-20% every 4-7 days.  With the dose that you were on I would think there may even be a week or two when you should just acclimate and allow yourself to catch up with the dose decrease.  Being in too great a hurry and then failing is one of the larger mistakes that people make.

[boomtown]

Thanks so much.  Here is what I will do.  Let me know if this sounds like a gmeplan:

For the first week, I will cut my oxycontin in half.  I will start taking 2 80mg tablets, once or twice a day as needed.

Then on week 2, I will cut it down to 1 oxycontin 80mg tablet per day, for a full week and see how I do.

Then for the following week, I will cut it down to 40mg of oxycontin, one or twice a day, etc etc...

and then for the following week, I will then go 20mg, once or twice a day as needed.

Then the following week, I will try to go cold turkey.

Let me know if this sounds like a good idea, to do it this way.

ALSO:  I have access to percocet.  Should I switch to percocet and try gto get off of those, (replacing the oxycontin)? Is it easier to quit the percocet?  With the Oxycontin's, I have been chewintg them, so they have acted fast, like the percocet's have.  Do you think it will matter if I switch to percocet, and cut down on them that way? or does it matter if I am on percocet or oxycontin?


Thanks!!

[worried878]

240 mgs x 3 is 720 mgs a day? That is a high dose?  R u snorting it or swallowing it?  just a question and u dont have to answer but this a free place/no judgement at all//ever

ur taper stated is pretty drastic....720 mgs to  240 mgs in one step?  I am ssuming u r an addict/but u may not be//does a DR RX u this dose?  anyway a high dose that would be hard to get from a DR..u didnt state whether u r an addict or not nor whether u have tried to quit before? Physical dpendency for a pain patient is a total different case than an addict/mental plus physical addiction

If u r in fact an addict/tapering is tough...can u ask ur DR to help with some meds for slep/anxiety etc?  clonidine helps many who want to avoid the maintenence drug route/ie methadomne and sub....most..inclusing me have to hand their pills over to someone they trust and have them doled out daily
Again..i do not know ur addiction status....there is a great article on tapering in the health pages..the DR who put u on this high dose needs to help u as well..aftercare at this dose/sub or no sub/is crucial or u will most likely relapse...r there any meetings or counseling/aftercare/available to u?  Have u ever tried to quit  before?

at times sub has a very good function....high doses like this fall into that category...if it were me/and its not, it is u./i would tell my dr, make a plan including his/her help..try tapering down to 150 mgs or less before i did CT/CT will not kill u even now at ur dose unless u r elderly with heart problems but would be physically tough/very tough/ at this dose...sub is an alternative for u and ur dose/as is methadone..both are addictive tho..and wds are tough if u use them very long...limit on sub is  21 day (we r  all different) as far as sub addiction..u goota know what u need and want to do..then make a plan...trying on ur own first/at least once/is kinda like a prerequisite to going on sub...and if u KNOW UPSTAIRS U CAN QUIT ON UR OWN....THEN U CAN!  dont ever forget that as we control our mind/not the pills...

I am glad u r getting a hold on this now..imagine ur dose is 5 yrs!  narcotics used long term for pain or any reason is a never ending road due to tolerence,,u have a very high tolerence as this amount would possibly kill someone with no tolerence to narcotics

R u a pain patient?  R all of ur pils prescribed?  Do u buy them when u run out or have a source to get them?  more info needed to really help u..and i am only typing on the internet!  LOL...but i am glad u r facing this demon cos it doesnt get any better/only worse..keep posting//sorry for the long post  (:

[becksta29]

you can't just jump off that amount, it would b a death sentance u will go into shock i dont know why a dr would rx that much , can u still function ? anyway i think 3 weeks is far 2 short detox for that amount maybee 3 months would b better this is just my opinion tho.
                b well

[BrooklynBoy8148]

You really need someon to regulate your intake, do not self dose. Give the pills to a buddy, kowing that your littel blue friends are a arms length away is a temptaion on its own. I gave mine to my wife and she tapered me from 300MG a day to 20MG over the course of thirty days. This helped me in starting on very low dose of Sub and my goal is to be clean my next Weds, I have not had an OC since Tuesday, not sick no anxiety. The real key was that while I was tapering on the OC I really was not getting a buzz after the second week. It is my opinon that you do not want to replace the high with sub, it needs to be your DOC. Meaning do not tell yourself that I am going to party and get sky high because I am starting treatment.