Codeine Detox

[Collagek]

Hi there, I am trying to detox from Codeine ( Neurofen Plus, 200mg Ibruprofen & 12.8 mg Codeine) Untill now i have been failing miserably, taking anything up to 96 per day.
What i have started doing instead of taking them throughout the day (12 at a time) i am waiting 24 hours between doses.Saturday i took 12 at 13:00 and didnt take any more untill 09:30 this morning.

Am i going about this the wrong way? Am i just extending the length of time it will take to detox and thereby prolonging the W/Ds?


Any Advice will be appreciated.

Collagek
Hopefull third detox lucky

[Bolts21]

Just noticed the names I used may not be the same as US drugs but google will explain them I am sure

[Bolts21]

OK this may be bad advice - maybe some medical person will know but here's my solution that worked. I was taking 250 to 300 mg of codiene daily for over 20 years. Started on Mersyndol for a back injury from football (a pack a day) but it got too hard to get so I started cwe of 100 packs of panadiene to remove the crap. It was a pretty ugly addiction that resulted in peptic ulcers etc. I went cold turkey for 2 days and was climbing walls until I thought why not try Champix - they cure craving for smokes. Started on a pack my wife had stopped using and the codiene hunger stopped on the first day. Took them for 2 weeks and decided to try stopping them (with trepidation) as they were making me a bit crook with my ulcers - had some really minor cravings the first day and have been fine since. Been clean for over a month now and have absolutely no need for codiene. I still have a pack of 40 in the cupboard and I am not interested at all. I realize taking Champix on ulcers isn't wise but trust me it works like a dream. Only drama is I am still smoking - one step at a time. If anyone tries this good luck - it cured me

[codeinehell]

Cozz, How are you holding up.  I read your post and relate to it well.  Due to my profession (mental health field) I also cannot really tell anyone about my addiction.  I was prescribed codeine off and on and also took OTC nurofen plus for a long time.  I am currently on day 6 of withdrawal, but have had some set backs.  I bought some Kratom online, which is a Thai herb some have said is used to stop the cycle of opiate addiction.  I used this very sparingly for 5 days and thought I'd just stop after the worst of the withdrawal symptoms.  I also used some benzos for days 1 through 5.  Anyway, the Kratom paired w the benzos helped, but today I felt terrible all over again after stopping both.  I guess I just prolonged the withdrawal..  I would suggest to anyone trying to detox not to prolong it w this stuff, but on the same hand believe that each person is different and this whole process impacts everyone incredibly uniquely.

I got some Hydroxzine Pam today and supposedly this is not addictive and can be used simply to treat anxiety or allergies.  Maybe you should ask your GP for a script for this?

I'm all stocked up on healthy foods too, which has helped.  This forum helps too.. just knowing that there are so many people out there suffering and overcoming.. battling this.

Please don't give up and if you struggle to overcome this, then give yourself time and taper slowly.  Whatever you need to do, just don't give up the fight.  If you are a nurse manager, you're mighty tough to begin with!
Take care and love and peace to all.

[beckie1990]

I av currently been taking codine for nearly 2yrs... I am currently taking about 10 a night around 8pm... I used to take 20 so av cut down... I want to come off all tablets as I am trying for a family I tried going c/t but was the worse experiance ever... Told the doctor but he still giving them me... Zapain witch is 500mg of paracitamol an 30mg of codine... I no this is bad for me... I would like some advice on how to come off these!!!! Please help I feel horrible that I av a drug problem... Thanks for listening to me go on... X

[cozz210]

I am a Nurse Manager, i have been addicted to Codeine for 10 years and never able to stop the habit. I have went to my GP but he advised me that to help me i would need to give up my job as he would need to report me. I am in hell, i can't get the help i need because i would need to give up everything. I was first prescribed 30/500 co-codamol as i was a football player in the past. After many years i realized i needed more and more to feed a habit that was becoming out of control. The GP refused to give me any more medication so i started go all over to buy Brufen/codeine. I was so low in the past i intentionally took way too many as i felt there was no way out, it didn't work and here i am pouring my heart out to you guys. The system allowed us to sleepwalk into this and now in the uk their getting tough, but it's too late there are thousands without proper help. I would need to go private at a minimum cost of £6000-£15000, this i can not afford so i am trapped. Ironically i worked in Dettox many years ago and remember the method of choice, Benzo's to put you in a zombie like state till the worst has past and then reduce every day to save another addiction. I am about to take 14 days off work stock up with Multi-vits and benzo's lock the door and either i walk out clean or i don't walk out at all. I can't kill myself slowly any more. It's important to be honest here guys, we will die prematurely and it won't be pretty, thats after we become social outcasts because people will and do notice what were up too. Our bodies will eventually shut down or if were lucky the heart will have enough if the other organs don't, UNLESS we go through the hell and come out the other side. Those of us who make it need to put this right and make sure those behind get the support we didn't. I am you and you are me, united in the misery that is addiction to prescription medication.  

[Fked]

suboxone is the only way to kick this habbit take it from me if you dont stop you may get some of these things that i got from the same habbit taking 96 nurofen plus a day and more. 1st a bleeding stomach ulcer had to have operation to seal hole in stomach 2weeks in ICU 2nd low potassium problems (hyperlymia)? 4 times treated in ICU in hospital for a week this causes paralisys and death if not treated quickly 2x pneumonia week or more in ICU 3rd blood clot in lung 2weeks in ICU and many other trips to doctors for less serious things. I dont want to tell you what to do but see about rehab services in your area tell them you need suboxone, this the only way??? I have been cleen for 12 months dont give up there is a light somewhere in that dark tunnel.