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34 Weeks and taking percocets
Hi, I am 34 weeks pregnant and I have been taking percocets for about a month and a half now. I cant stop taking them cold turkey because i am experiencing withdraw symptoms. I am so scared that my baby will be born addicted and have to go through painful withdraw. I was prescribed these for sciatica.. 10mg percocets and i started abusing them. I am taking about 10 a day. Does anyone know if it is certain that my baby will be born withdrawing? or if it is safe for me to try to tapper the dosage down? please help i am so scared!
Are you worried about them taking your baby away? If your doctor is aware you're taking percocet and they find it in baby's system, they won't take the baby away. I'd still ask your doctor if you can withdraw from them while pregnant. I know there are certain drugs (I forget which ones they are by name) that you shouldn't wean from while pregnant. We had a big discussion about it quite a long time ago.
Anyway, good luck and I hope you get yourself some help and feel better!
Anyway, good luck and I hope you get yourself some help and feel better!
thank you so much for your help! you have really put me at some ease! Its nice to know there are people out there that are willing to help without judging. I will let you know how everything goes! thank you again!!
Well, to my knowledge, if you taper enough for yourself to get off them, but not to have any withdrawal symptoms while you are tapering the doseage, then when you are off the meds completely, and have no withdrawal, your baby should be fine. :)
My doctors have told me that if I can lower my dose by the time my son is born that he most likely won't have any withdrawals (same with my first son, he had no withdrawal) . But they didn't tell me exactly how low to go because they don't know for sure....
My doctors have told me that if I can lower my dose by the time my son is born that he most likely won't have any withdrawals (same with my first son, he had no withdrawal) . But they didn't tell me exactly how low to go because they don't know for sure....
Thank you for your help. I am tappering off slowly like you suggested and its working very well. Do you know if I can get off of them completely by tappering the dosage, will that gaurantee that my baby will be born without withdraw symptoms?
Yes, be honest with your dr. at that dose it's possible for baby to withdraw. You need to SLOWLY cut down over the next 4 weeks. Take 1/2 less a day as long as they aren't extended release tabs.
If you take 10 a day, obviously more than you need doesn't that mean your running out early?
Start out since you take 10 now, taking 9 1/2 tomorrow for 3 or so days, then 9, then next week 8 1/2 then by end of the week 8... you should be down to a safe level that controls your sciatic pain of about 6 pills a day in 4 weeks.
it should be a low enough dose for baby to not experience severe withdrawal and it's what the hospital would do except a bit longer term. The hospital would do it more quickly.
Good luck and I'm sorry you started abusing them. I take norco (similar to percocet, 10mg the same...) and I take 8 a day prescribed amt due to severe back pain. When baby is born I'll slowly lower my dose to about 4-6 a day if I can handle it, but I don't abuse them I take them as needed for constant pain.
If you take 10 a day, obviously more than you need doesn't that mean your running out early?
Start out since you take 10 now, taking 9 1/2 tomorrow for 3 or so days, then 9, then next week 8 1/2 then by end of the week 8... you should be down to a safe level that controls your sciatic pain of about 6 pills a day in 4 weeks.
it should be a low enough dose for baby to not experience severe withdrawal and it's what the hospital would do except a bit longer term. The hospital would do it more quickly.
Good luck and I'm sorry you started abusing them. I take norco (similar to percocet, 10mg the same...) and I take 8 a day prescribed amt due to severe back pain. When baby is born I'll slowly lower my dose to about 4-6 a day if I can handle it, but I don't abuse them I take them as needed for constant pain.
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