COMING OFF PERCOCET?

[SAD GIRL]

I HAVE BEEN TAKING PERCOCET FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW, EVERYDAY! IT STARTED FOR BACK PROBLEMS AND THE AMT. I WAS TAKING WAS OKAY IN THE BEGINNING, THEN I STARTED TAKING MORE AND MORE THAN I SHOULD.  IT IS NOW TO THE POINT WHEN I DON'T HAVE ANY LEFT, I AM RUNNING AROUND WORRYING ABOUT WHERE I CAN GET MORE, I AM EVEN GOING IN DEBT FROM BUYING THEM OFF THE STREET.  I AM SCARED AND DON'T WANT TO BE IN PAIN ALWAYS, BUT, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME OFF THEM WITHOUT HAVING HEART FAILURE OR WHATEVER.  IS SOMEONE JUST ABLE TO STOP COLD TURKEY? OR, DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS MEDICATION I CAN ASK MY DOCTOR FOR TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS AND GET ME EITHER TOTALLY OF THESE THINGS OR AT LEAST BACK TO TAKING THEM THE PROPER WAY? I NEED SOME HELP. THANK YOU.

[VScottV]

Effect Jan 1st, surgeons, mds, eveyrone except for Oncologists treating terminal cancer patients can no longer prescribe opiates for more than 90 days, unless they're willing to install pricey software and input ALL past & present patient info, AND the DEA will have authority to enter their offices and rifle thru their files whenever they choose.  IF docs refuse to go this route, as my spine surgeon is refusing to do and I do not blame him at all, it's a $10,000 fine per patient for prescribing opiates for more than 90 days...  Therefore, all chronic use of pain meds MUST only go to a Pain Management Clinic and they have to follow very stringent State Laws whereas these Pain Management Clinincs which caused the new Laws to begin with because there were so many many unmonitored Pain Clinics (named Pill Mills) that people have been coming in form surrounding States to get 100s of pills and paying cash, and selling them on the streets.  More people die of prescription overdose in FL (my state) that die in car wrecks daily... Pain Managment Clinics, are VERY expensive and I do not have Health Ins AND they're only allowed to prescribe so many pills at a time, meaning I'd have to go there every week or two the way I understand it... I'd also have to take urine tests every time, and pay for that as well.

[4fksake]

what laws are changing in your state Jan 1st that will prevent you from getting your pain meds?  What state are u from??

[VScottV]

Chronic back pain for years, major back surgery, more back pain, then the big "C" w/ lymphnode tumors pressing on a nerve that went down to my testicle, then joint pain from the chemo, then lower digestive pains from the radiation, then a couple of bouts w/ sciatica, then 2 car crashes a few months of each other, so now a herniated disk continues to leak on a nerve that cannot be rectified via surgery due to the original posterior lumbar fusion - Medical Fix, you got - Opiates...  I have been on opiates for one reason or another for approx 13yrs, and most recently percocet every day for over 3 years, and today I meet with my spine doc to ask him to wean me off of these suckers... I have no clue yet how I'll deal with the daily pain, but the Laws are changing in my State on Jan 1, so I'll have to start going to a Pain Management Clinic (I lost my job, and my Cobra has run out, so NO Ins)...

I've got to say after doing some online research, speaking w/ some Med professionals, making some phone calls in hopes of getting my ducks in a row for any psychological dependancy factor, and Today meeting w/my spine surgeon - I am petrified!  This does not seem like it will be an easy task, especially for an obsessive/compulsive as I tend to be... I want this done now, like yesterday (Type A personality) - however, I now totally understand this will not be a quick fix as I'd like... Getting 2nd thoughts... Signed, real scared... Will keep you posted.

[Ranno1]

I have heard Suboxone is the relief in the word,
where can I purchase this I have seen several Doc over
the last few years they dont want to hear a thing or
help in anyway.
Thanks
Tom

[inwat87]

I have been addicted to opana (oxymorphone) and percocet for almost two years. It started with a back injury when I worked for a cleaning company, I had to quit my job, and after a month of failed chiropractic therapy and physical therapy, my pain was not any better, so my mom started giving me her 5mg opana. It started with one here and there, but after a month or so I was completely addicted and started snorting them for better relief and because I loved the high I got from it. My mom started getting low on her script each month because she was sharing so much with me, so we started having to buy percocet off the street. I would say we both have hit an ALL TIME LOW. I want to quit so badly after almost two years of this lifestyle. None of my friends or boyfriends have known about my habit, and my mom's husband is clueless as well. I feel so guilty everyday, but I've tried to quit, and since I already have horrible depression, I can't handle the withdrawals and anxiety and suicidal thoughts I get when I go off the pills. (I gave my daughter up for adoption when she was born, about three months before I hurt my back, so my depression was at the WORST its ever been when I started taking the pills. I even went to the hospital to see if they would prescribe me suboxone or something to help me quit, and all they would give me was promethazine (to help with my sleeping problems and tremors). It did absolutely nothing to say the least, and after a week of suffering I was back on the pills. I would love some words of encouragement or wisdom,. any advice would mean the world to me. I want to quit, but I just dont see how I'll make it through this anytime in the near future :-(

[overopiates]

bobjones this is such a n old post.U have a situation that can use answers ASAP.U need2start a new post dedicated specifically2u.
Please do that so we can help