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pregnant/percocet/oxycodone

I am 30 wks preg. and was originally prescribed about 20 percocets (5/325) week for my migraines.  I have a history of addiction, and even mentioned it to the doctor.  Before long I was taking the whole bottle in 2 days.  I get 4 or 5 migraines/week, and the dr. says no imitrex.  As luck would have it a friend quit taking her extended release oxycodone and percocets, and gave me literally hundreds of each: percocet 10/325, oxycodone extended release 20 mg.  I started taking more and noticed that if i just take a lot every day, I don't ever get a migraine, at all.  So I'd say I'm taking btween 80-100 mg. total a day.  Last week I tried to stop, because I am getting close to my due date and don't want to have a baby born addicted.  Well the withdrawals were awful.  I called a hospital and the nurse said it was dangerous for the baby, that I ought to be admitted to taper, but that I had to call my obgyn and come clean with him so he could refer me.  So I called him, told him the deal, and he basically just said, "Oh you'll be fine.  You'll feel like you have the flu for a few days and then you'll be fine.  Don't take other people's medicine anymore."  I argued for a bit, said, "But listen, I'm taking like a hundred mg. a day, I'm seriously in withdrawals." And he said, "You might just have a flu.  Percocet isn't that bad, its not like you're taking heroin or oxycontin."  So, obviously he's an idiot because percocet is oxycodone, and so is oxycontin, right?  So he won't refer me for any program.  And of course, I've got a ton of pills left, I don't know, probably ten 20 mg. extended release, and 25 5 mg percocet.  I anyone's help on how to taper myself without going crazy.  Plus, I don't even know if I have the willpower to do it.  I'm sure once I stop taking them I'll be slammed with chronic migraines again.  And yes, I feel horrible self loathing over the poor little medicated baby I'm carrying.  If I can manage to quit, will he be OK? have I ruined his little liver and brain.  I'm so depressed, any help appreciated.
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What support group were you a part of?  I would love to read their posts.
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that makes since but I wonder something if you stop before the baby is born will that change anything? even if they were taking them throughout the pregnancy and stopped right before? cause if it doesn't that's discouraging to all mothers who are trying to get help.
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hi im new to this site and im in the same postion as the one you are helping addicted to oxycodone and pregnant. I was wondering how do I find fladdick?
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I am 34 weeks prego and 4 days. I began taking oxycodone on and off about 2 months ago due to bad pain on my left side. My doctor prescribed me percks 5/700 but that didn't do anything I quickly found out that if I brake 1 30mg tab into 2 which is 15 mg without the acetaminophen that worked better and I didn't have to worry about liver damage. I said today will be my last day since I recently found out that I no longer have any pain I'm just use to taking the med now. I'm having a c section at 39 weeks so I guess I have 5 weeks until my lil girl will be here, I'm wondering if that's enough time for my baby to not have any drugs in her system to not be born addicted. I'm not worried about me going threw withdraw because I can go a couple days with out the med I just choose to take them if I see them & the most I get not taking them is an attitude. So my question is " is 5 weeks long enough for my baby to get this drug out her system and not be born addicted?"
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Hi ally and welcome! You may want to start your own post as this one is pretty old! You will get lots of advice and support! Just click the Post a Question button and type away!

You are not alone! There have been lots of pregnant women who have been in your same situation! You can read their stories!

The best advice you are going to get is to talk to your doctor about this! You must be completely honest with them! Do not suddenly stop taking the pills as this will directly affect your baby! I believe that in most all areas they will drug test the baby and there could be consequences if the baby tests positive for opiates, and your doctor is not already aware of this!

Please take care! Keep posting! We are here to help and we do care! Congrats on your pregnancy! You can get throughout this! All the very best to you!!
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hi i am addicted to perks i have been since i was 16 years old and now i just found out i was pregnant a few weeks ago and i tried to stop taking the perks but i can and i tried to slow down with taking them i still can, any suggestions i dont want my baby addicted and my boyfriend doesnt know that im on them and i dont want him to know either. i want to get off of them but i just like being on them and i dont want the doctors when i give birth to find out that i have been taking them because then my boyfriend will find out dont want that either sooooooo please help me deal with this little issue i have please also do they test the baby for drugs after its born and if they do if they find drugs in the babys system can they call dcf to take the baby away from me please help this is my fisrt child and i want it to be happy and health when it is born. write back and tell me what i have to do please take any suggestions thanks alot people hope to hear from someone im helpless right now!!!!!?
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my girlfriend is 17 wks pregnant she took 100 mgs of loratab in less than 24 hrs can that hurt the baby
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Lindsay-  Call your doctor and tell her you need to know EXACTLY how to taper off the pills. If it's done properly, it's relatively painless. But, you have to stick with it.
You just have to make your brain understand that you have to do it!  It IS unsafe to stop cold turkey and Methadone is not the answer either.

Call the doctor right now and get a plan going. Let us know what she says.
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Hello. My name is Lindsay & I'm 19 yrs old. Almost a yr ago I was in a terrible car accident where I broke my shoulder my pelvic & my femur bones. I was on the hospital for a long time n ovcourse my doctor had me on perc and OxyContin. Diff milligrams & a lot of it! I shortly became addicted & I've been taking them ever since. I've tried n.a . But I jus couldn't get over the sickness and withdrawl. I'm now 11 weeks pregnant and I'm so scared. Currently I'm takin about 5 30mg perc a day. My doctor also told me not to quit cold turkey but to wein myself down: I'm not so sure I can do that but she thinks I can. Others have told me to get on methadone. My mom works at a method one program and strongly discourages it. I'm stuck and I have no idea Wut to do. I'm so worried i I'm hurting my baby or it's gunna go through withdrawl when born. Someone please help me. I don't really have anybody my dad is also two yrs clean today, and he absolutely hates me for this. He wants me to stop cold turkey and I've already told him doctors and everyone else says no! But he's in n.a n thinks he knows everything about addiction. I'm sick of feeling like a peice of **** and I didn't choose this! I jus choose to not stop when I could! I didn't think it would be this bad. N now the only reason I even want to do something is for my first child! Please helppppp! :(
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Hello. My name is Lindsay & I'm 19 yrs old. Almost a yr ago I was in a terrible car accident where I broke my shoulder my pelvic & my femur bones. I was on the hospital for a long time n ovcourse my doctor had me on perc and OxyContin. Diff milligrams & a lot of it! I shortly became addicted & I've been taking them ever since. I've tried n.a . But I jus couldn't get over the sickness and withdrawl. I'm now 11 weeks pregnant and I'm so scared. Currently I'm takin about 5 30mg perc a day. My doctor also told me not to quit cold turkey but to wein myself down: I'm not so sure I can do that but she thinks I can. Others have told me to get on methadone. My mom works at a method one program and strongly discourages it. I'm stuck and I have no idea Wut to do. I'm so worried i I'm hurting my baby or it's gunna go through withdrawl when born. Someone please help me. I don't really have anybody my dad is also two yrs clean today, and he absolutely hates me for this. He wants me to stop cold turkey and I've already told him doctors and everyone else says no! But he's in n.a n thinks he knows everything about addiction. I'm sick of feeling like a peice of **** and I didn't choose this! I jus choose to not stop when I could! I didn't think it would be this bad. N now the only reason I even want to do something is for my first child! Please helppppp! :(
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If you are truthful they want a good pregnancy and good result and want you to be safe.  If you do NOT tell them and they find out via drug test and they will test, yes child welfare will be called and it will be far worse.  If you have the doctor on your side it will go much better.  You are taking them for a legitimate reason.  Do not let this slide.  The doctor has to know, they will be very upset if you are not truthful.  Please do this for you and the baby.  If you try to quit..you will stress the baby and that is even worse.  
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But I'm afraid that if I tell my doctor then they will call DSS (or something along the lines of them) on me and have my baby taken from me the minuet he is born.
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TELL your doctor!  They can't help you if you do not tell them.  They have heard it all.  the sooner you do the better.  They can help you figure out what do to do help you and your baby so that all goes well!  Do not stop cold turkey, it will stress the baby out.  If you do not tell them now, it will not be good at birth as they will drug test and if your doctor does not know....it could get real messy.  Please ask for help.  
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I could really use some help too. I'm 33 Weeks pregnant and I've been taking percocet for severe migraines. I don't want my baby to be born addicted but I can't stop taking them and live with the pain. I'm afraid that if I tell my doctor then DSS or any other group of social workers will take my son away from me when he's born. So part of me feels I should just keep quiet, but part of me feels I should just tell my doctor whats going on so they know when I do give birth. I've tried to stop cold turkey (which now I know is really bad) but I just can't stand the withdrawing symptoms. Someone please help me, I really don't want to loose my son, I want to be able to keep him more then anything, and I feel so selfish and pathetic for doing this to him.
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YOu most def need to let doc know you take xanax, was everything ok in your ultrasound and all other tests thus far? I dont want to scare you either but xanax is catagory x meaning it is known to cause birth defects and other serious issues like down syndrom or neural deffects in an unborn baby, I take oxycodone for chronic pain and my doc says it wil lnot harm the baby but we are working together to taper myself off enough prior to delivery that my baby should not experience withdrawl at least we hope I am still doubtful but I know at this point although so far I have managed to taper each month and still have time to taper some more I will not ever be able to come completely off. Prios to finding out I was pregnant I was taking xanax and klonipin for my severe anxiety, as soon as I found out I was preg I looked up all 3 scripts and learned then that its not at all safe to take any tpe of benzo (xanax. klonipin etc) while preg so I tapered for two weeks then quit cold turkey and I was miserable for nearly two months and I still struggle really bad with anxiety but I will only take half a klonipin 1mg if it is bad enough that I cant breath and my limbs go numb and only becaues if my limbs are not getting oxygen neither is baby, but thats only once or twice a month I have been taking hot showers and practicing my breathing with a wet wash cloth when it starts to get bad which is usually a few times a week, at this point your so far along that you cant just quit cold turkey but you need to only take when you absolutely have to and doc needs to know right away, as for the percocet its category b and sometimes c so it wil not harm your unborn baby but if you are still taking high mg dosages at delivery baby will need to be treated for withdraw so again doc needs to know, if you have experienced withdraw before you know its the worst thing you can ever feel, you do not want baby to feel that way and not get any relief at all because no one knew:-( I pray and hope baby is ok, I would think by now if there was any abnormalities it would have been obvious in ultrasound, so your shoudl be safe there, however only time will tell what type of mental, or neurological deffects if any the xanax may have had. Good luck
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I'm 37 week and take have a problem with low dose.  Pain pills I can go in labor anytime if me or the baby test positive for them with non prescribed to me can they take my baby away
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I can't advise you on what to do about the withdrawals, but I am an expert on chronic migraines, as I have suffered with them for years, with them becoming chronic (15 or more per month) within the past 6 months.  My neurologist began Botox injections (recently FDA approved for chronic migraines), which are administered every 3 months.  They are a TREMENDOUS help, and with each successive treatment, if you are still getting breakthrough headaches, they will get even better.  You definitely would qualify as having "chronic migraine".  Have your doctor approve you through your insurance for this procedure.  It is a lifesaver and you will not even need meds for them anymore!  This is a must-do for you if you are worried about your migraines coming back!!
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I'm pregnant right now and I'm on maybe one -two 30mgs a day . I'm trying hard to get off them but it's not easy I'm scared to just stop I'm afraid my BA u will withdrawal
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I really, really feel for you. I was in your boat less than 2 weeks ago -- same dosage, same everything. I felt like I lost the joy of my pregnancy by so much worry. It seemed I didn't bond with the baby 'til around 30 weeks because I was afraid to loose him. I was able to CT for about 3 days and then replased. Before I knew it, I was running out of time.

My advice now, is to do whatever you can to get off these things. You still have time. Nothing is more horrible than dealing with a newborn(who may be in WD's) while you are in WD's yourself. That's where I am right now -- along with toddler twins AND an older child. Don't be afraid to come clean with whomever you can find for help.

Free yourself from them as much as possible so you can enjoy your baby and pregnancy -- so you don't have to live with the guilt and fear.

My baby was born at 36 weeks. Amazingly, he had no WD's. However, while they had me doped up in the hospital, I pumped as much breastmilk as possible. If he seems to be wound up, I give him some...which has now ended. It seemed my breastmilk tapered him. However, the earlier you have your baby, the less likely they are to be born with WD's.

I owe my miracle to God. I got on my knees and cried for a miracle. I told Him I trusted he would give me one. I got up, and my water broke.

Now, I need my own miracle. Recovering from a c-section with all these kids AND being in withdrawal has been the worst thing I have ever experienced.

I feel your pain.
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How long does it take to get  oxycodone out of your system?
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Hi Im 32 weeks pregnet and  taking percs for  my tooth it hurts really bad and I can't get no work donr on my teeth till I have the baby cause I'm so far alOng I'm worried that my baby will come out addicted and I really don't want to put my baby through that I'm really worried I'm take 50mg a day and thats what it takes to mke the pain go away I hope I'm not harming my baby :(
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Hi Im 32 weeks pregnet and  taking percs for  my tooth it hurts really bad and I can't get no work donr on my teeth till I have the baby cause I'm so far alOng I'm worried that my baby will come out addicted and I really don't want to put my baby through that I'm really worried I'm take 50mg a day and thats what it takes to mke the pain go away I hope I'm not harming my baby :(
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Hey everyone,first let me say it takes a very very strong person to get off pain pills,i to am addicted,i went 4 days 2 weeks ago without anything,as soon as i got a couple hundred in my hands i backslided and bought 20 of the 10 mg vics,and 10 of the 15 mg oxys,i knew better,i was almost past the withdrawals and getting back to normal and i ****** up,anybody who tells you its easy is a damn liar,i have 1 and a half oxys left,im trying ti ween myself off,so the withdrawals arent so bad,i tried cold turkey before,its mostly mental the physical,but the physical part is a big part too,now as far as pregnancies,let me tell you something i do no,if your child is born with norcotics in his system,wether its,percs,oxys,cocaine,marijuana,herione,your baby WILL be taken from you at the hospital and then along with you trying to quit,you will have social services in your life.2 of my children were born with cocaine int here system,it took me 2 minutes to lose my children and 2 yrs to get them back,please try and stop for that baby,im trying to quit pills for my kids,i have 5,its not an easy road,you have to commit yourself to doing this,as i am trying to...we can be each others support system,because one things ive learned a drug,is a drug,is a drug...Best of luck
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