DR is changing me from Norco to Percocet. Is this going to be a problem?
"I can't believe your doc approved of this plan. You might want to consider a new pain management doc."
I 100% agree. If you live in Chicago I currently have the best shrink in my life (and I've tried plenty.)
It sometimes frightens me what doctors do at times. No one is perfect but they go to school and training with the hope that they str better than us. (In fact they even need more training to prescribe Suboxone!)
At least he doesn't seem as bad as the doctor that over-prescribed everyone thus infirectky giving me a constant 2-year oc 80 hookup. (He just got his license revoked after four patients od'd in the past year. I'm not the type to blame other for my mistakes; for instance, I don't blame the tobacco industry too much, but this doc deserves anything that is coming to him!)
I can't believe your doc approved of this plan. You might want to consider a new pain management doc.
These folks are giving you good advice. WD from Norco is manageable on your own unless your health is very bad. WD from Methadone is serious business. If you are still having the pain, I would go back to the doc and design a new plan, particularly if you are going to still use the Norco for breakthrough pain.
Norco is MUCH easier to get off than Methadone regardless of the dosage. In fact the absolute worst is Methadone.
I HIGHLY recommend tapering on the Norco...Methadone will get you much deeper Although there obviously are different dosages, getting off Methadone significantly worse than tapering a Norco addiction. In fact, its MUCH worse for most to get off Methadone than H or oc!
For instance, although my Suboxone dr hates to say this to people, but Meth is so long lasting and addictive, she once a patient go back to H (under supervision of course) for a few days just to make the transition to Suboxone bearable.
I strongly believe what I say, but once again let me reiterate that you should talk to a professional. ...outside of your doc (e.g. "he Dr. has given me methodone for pain relief" I didn't even know they can do that, For instance the synthetic opiate (Methadone) is not that helpful for pain considering the potency. I think that's why early-on it has been a rehab drug: no withdrawal but no real high thus allowing a normal life.
. IMHO switching to Meth just from Norcos is a terrible idea!...that's like using and A-bomb to destroy a toll booth....including the fallout (i.e. withdrawal.)
Remember grain of salt. on my statements...Good luck, try finding a new doctor, and listen to the Drs on here.
well, no one can tell anyone else how much pain they are in... having been there, no one can ever tell me there was a point I did not need to be medicated. I did.
that said, MsSally, if your pain goes from severe to hardly there, why not just take the norco's as needed? if you are taking that many a day (even on the "hardly there days") like Beach said then - I would try to get off of everything and look into other ways of managing your pain.
easier said than done, I realize. personally, i've turned over almost every stone, and think i've finally found some relief for my (2) herniated disks and spinal stenosis after trying many methods for a year now. it's worth trying everything out there to get off the drugs... all of them.
good luck...
mj
I think your asking all the wrong questions.....
How about how do I get clean?
How do I get into detox?
How do I get into a inpatient drug rehab?
First, thanks for haviing the courage to enter your questions here! I totally agree with what Rayy says: My best friend was on Roxycodone 30's (the devil in a little blue pill) after shattering her heelbone. Her pain doc switched her to methadone after a year because she was feeling too "good" (if that's the word...) on tthe Roxies. She cold-turkeyed herself off the methadone after a year @ 40 mg/day ( a standard dose for pain mgmt). She went through living h*ll. Two weeks of constant puking and out the other end, shakes, chills, constant insomnia, zero, ZERO energy --awful. Ended up in the ER with severe dehydration. I'm NOT a doctor -- but my advice after watching my friend's terrible ordeal is: Please, please don't trade the Norco for methadone. Methadone is a MUCH worse withdrawal process. If you have the willpower, an understanding physician and good support group/ network/ friends, you might consider tapering off the Norco 1/2 tab per week. If you stick to it, by the time you're down to a half-tab a day, and it's time to say good-bye to them, you won't experience much withdrawal at all -- if any. I realize I'm talking a 12 week process, but I just cold-turkied off 8 to 20 5 mg Vicodins a day 8 days ago, and it's STILL no picnic. Best of luck to you, MsSally! Please let us know how you're doing. Mike
quittting methadone is 100 times harder then qquittting norco for some people its easier to taper off and some its easier to go cold turkey its all up to you but i would not recommend the emthadone