Has anyone tried to ween self off of Vicodin?

[wisdomteeth4]

Has anyone tried to ween themselves off of Vicodin?  I used the drug for back pain and wanted to stop the drugs to see how well I could manage without it.  I was taking 5 to 10 per day depending on the pain.  I have now cut back to 3 half tabs of 7.5 per day....which I think is pretty good considering what I was taking.  I have mild withdrawl....cramping, on edge, most annoying is the sweating and chills.  Perhaps I weened too quickly.  I am on day 4 of cutting back and I do feel somewhat better.  I have been drinking plenty of water and vitamins with the additional potassium tablet for the cramps due to the night sweats.  Anyone have any other suggestions for me? Please let me know

[justneedtotalk]

I think you have tapered as much as you can.....You just need to jump from where you are at now.....Cold turkey will not be that bad for you because you were not using that much....You will need to realize that no matter what you are going to go through some form of withdrawal but for you it should be minimal.  I would definitely get a bunch of water down you and get a strong mulitvitamin and some protein mix.....Your body will need a lot of lean protein, vitamins, and water to rinse the toxins from your body and to help your brain rebuild its nuero pathways.....We are all here to help and if you have questions or concerns please do not hesitate to post....Good luck man!

[sudie58]

i think you are going to feel some withdrawals even when tapering, and it is very hard to do, needs a lot of self disapline, or perhaps someone to dole out the pills, you have done well so far, i tried a few tapers but went cold turkey in the end, your symptoms can be helped with the thomas recipe , top right hand corner, in the health pages. you need to drink plenty of fluids, like you are, gatorade is good, you can get hylands restless legs in walmart /walgreen, some imodium for stomache problems, perhaps you have considered stopping now ? to get it over with, i wish you well , keep posting , let us know how your doing, god bless,