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methadone/oxycodone taper, lost pills and is there hope?
My life has completely taken a turn for the worse since I have started taking painkillers for back pain. My doc put me on norco which then evolved to 30mg oxys and most recently, methadone. Now, he says he wants to taper me 10% every two weeks. That seems REALLY FAST to me, can anyone tell me what is the proper equation for a comfortable taper, or where to locate such information?? Because I don't know what is the proper equation and how much should one decrease by in what amount of time? Currently I am on 60 mg/day methadone and 120 mg/day oxycodone.
I have no idea what I am in for and I am absolutely terrified to be honest.
Also, I am so terrified because I recently had most of my pills (oxycodone and methadone) knocked into the toilet by my cat, believe it or not!! I took a photo, and my doctor won't replace them, so I am gonna go into withdrawals. YES THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I have been his patient since 2008, of course he is treating me like a liar/criminal, neither of which I am. If I wanted to get an early script I would have used my going out of town excuse, as in the past that has worked for me to get early fills. But in this case, I decided to tell the truth, I took a photo of the dissolved pills in the toilet and even considered grabbing them out of the toilet!! I know, disgusting and I didn't do it. The amusing thing is that I told the truth and got screwed! He essentially said, nope, I will not replace lost or stolen pills. Sorry to ramble, I think that is probably enough for now, thank you in advance for thoughts and advice. I dream of freedom and going back to the life I had before I started these meds. I was so positive, hopeful, helpful to others, and now I feel like a shell of a human being. Is there hope?
I have no idea what I am in for and I am absolutely terrified to be honest.
Also, I am so terrified because I recently had most of my pills (oxycodone and methadone) knocked into the toilet by my cat, believe it or not!! I took a photo, and my doctor won't replace them, so I am gonna go into withdrawals. YES THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I have been his patient since 2008, of course he is treating me like a liar/criminal, neither of which I am. If I wanted to get an early script I would have used my going out of town excuse, as in the past that has worked for me to get early fills. But in this case, I decided to tell the truth, I took a photo of the dissolved pills in the toilet and even considered grabbing them out of the toilet!! I know, disgusting and I didn't do it. The amusing thing is that I told the truth and got screwed! He essentially said, nope, I will not replace lost or stolen pills. Sorry to ramble, I think that is probably enough for now, thank you in advance for thoughts and advice. I dream of freedom and going back to the life I had before I started these meds. I was so positive, hopeful, helpful to others, and now I feel like a shell of a human being. Is there hope?
A normal taper really is 10% every two weeks. All the times I tried to taper that's what the doc and I did as well. But I didn't have the will power to taper,I quit c/t back in November 2014 and haven't had an oxycodone since...or anything else. It's doable.
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