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How much should I taper?
I have been on Oxycontin since March. I was taking as much as 160mg twice a day. I did not crush them etc. I am now down to 20mg in the morning 10mg in the afternoon and 10mg at night. I have been hospitalized because the doctor tapered me down too fast. I have diabetes so when I start withdrawing I get very sick. My question is my doctor wants to taper me down by 10mg every week. The last week he wants me to take 10mg every other day. He says that I will not have any withdrawal if I taper. Do you feel that this is true, and how do you feel about this taper?
I have been wearing a Catapress#2 patch since the taper began.
Thank you, Oxyclean
I have been wearing a Catapress#2 patch since the taper began.
Thank you, Oxyclean
HEY HOWS EVERYONE DOING, I NEED SOME ADVICE I AM CURRENTLY TAKING 4 20 MG OCS A DAY, I AM CHEWING THEM, WHAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME TO GET OF OF OXYS,I HAVE BEEN ON THEM FOR 6 MONTHS , I WAS DOING 160 MGS A DAY I SOME HOW STARTED SUBCONSCIOUSLY DECIDING TO SEE HOW LONG I CAN GO UNTIL I REALLY NEEDED ONE . THEN I TOOK IT WHEN I REALLY NEEDED IT AND ENDED UP CUTTING DOWN TO 80 MGS A DAY OVER A PERIOD OF 2 - 3 WEEKS.. I BELIEVED THAT IF I DIDN'T CHASE THE HIGH AND JUST TAKE ENOUGH TO KEEP ME NORMAL NOT HIGH I WOULD BE ABLE TO CUT DOWN AND IT WORKED FOR ME, ANYWAY THE PROBLEM IS THAT I WANNA KNOW IF HYDROCODONE WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME IF I COME OF THE OCS AND HOW MUCH HYDROCODONE I SHOULD TAKE A DAY WHEN I SWITCH TO THE HYDROCODONE...I ALSO WENT THROUGH A DETOX BEFORE COLD TURKEY AND ENDED UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH PANIC ATTACKS AND BLOOD PRESSURE WENT TO 230/150 AND I STARTED HYPERVENTILATED,WHEN I GOT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THEY GAVE ME A SHOT OF ATIVAN AND IT BROUGHT MY BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN, HAS ANYONE ELSE GOTTEN PANIC ATTACKS AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE COMING OF OF HIGH DOSES OF ANY OPIATES OR IS THIS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT I HAVE I DO NOT NO ABOUT.. PLEASE HELP ME AND THE BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU.. THANK YOU, NICK..........
MY BLOODPRESSURE IS FINE WHEN I AM ON OPIATES , EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I HAVE A LITTLE PANIC ATTACK AND MY BP GOES UP TO LIKE 150/95 AND THEN BACK DOWN, THANK YOU NICK......
MY BLOODPRESSURE IS FINE WHEN I AM ON OPIATES , EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I HAVE A LITTLE PANIC ATTACK AND MY BP GOES UP TO LIKE 150/95 AND THEN BACK DOWN, THANK YOU NICK......
HEY HOWS EVERYONE DOING, I NEED SOME ADVICE I AM CURRENTLY TAKING 4 20 MG OCS A DAY, I AM CHEWING THEM, WHAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME TO GET OF OF OXYS,I HAVE BEEN ON THEM FOR 6 MONTHS , I WAS DOING 160 MGS A DAY I SOME HOW STARTED SUBCONSCIOUSLY DECIDING TO SEE HOW LONG I CAN GO UNTIL I REALLY NEEDED ONE . THEN I TOOK IT WHEN I REALLY NEEDED IT AND ENDED UP CUTTING DOWN TO 80 MGS A DAY OVER A PERIOD OF 2 - 3 WEEKS.. I BELIEVED THAT IF I DIDN'T CHASE THE HIGH AND JUST TAKE ENOUGH TO KEEP ME NORMAL NOT HIGH I WOULD BE ABLE TO CUT DOWN AND IT WORKED FOR ME, ANYWAY THE PROBLEM IS THAT I WANNA KNOW IF HYDROCODONE WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME IF I COME OF THE OCS AND HOW MUCH HYDROCODONE I SHOULD TAKE A DAY WHEN I SWITCH TO THE HYDROCODONE...I ALSO WENT THROUGH A DETOX BEFORE COLD TURKEY AND ENDED UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH PANIC ATTACKS AND BLOOD PRESSURE WENT TO 230/150 AND I STARTED HYPERVENTILATED,WHEN I GOT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THEY GAVE ME A SHOT OF ATIVAN AND IT BROUGHT MY BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN, HAS ANYONE ELSE GOTTEN PANIC ATTACKS AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE COMING OF OF HIGH DOSES OF ANY OPIATES OR IS THIS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT I HAVE I DO NOT NO ABOUT.. PLEASE HELP ME AND THE BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU.. THANK YOU, NICK..........
MY BLOODPRESSURE IS FINE WHEN I AM ON OPIATES , EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I HAVE A LITTLE PANIC ATTACK AND MY BP GOES UP TO LIKE 150/95 AND THEN BACK DOWN, THANK YOU NICK......
MY BLOODPRESSURE IS FINE WHEN I AM ON OPIATES , EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I HAVE A LITTLE PANIC ATTACK AND MY BP GOES UP TO LIKE 150/95 AND THEN BACK DOWN, THANK YOU NICK......
DEAR,OXYCLEAN I READ YOUR NOTE.I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN,SICKNESS,& AND MOST OFF ALL YOR FEAR.ALTHOGH PLEASE TAKE SOME ADVISE FROM A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN WHERE YOUR AT RIGHT NOW.SEE I WAS HOOKED ON HYDROS,I WAS TAKING ABOUT 30 10mg. A DAY WHEN I THAUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEAL TO GET ON METHADONE.I HAD LAYED IN THE BED FOR A WEEK AT A TIME IN WITHDRAW WHEN WE HAD A BLIZZARD HER IN TN.I TOLD MYSELF I SHOLD KICK THE PILLS (EASIER SAID THEN DONE)SO WITH THE FEAR OF WITHRAW I TALKED MYSEF INTO GOING TO THE METHADONE CLINIC.THERE THE STAFF SD I WOULD ONKY NEED TO BE ON THE METHADONE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,THAT THEY WOULD HELP BRING ME OFF OF IT SLOWLEY.WHEN I TOOK THE FIRST DOSE I WAS IN LOVE. I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET HIGH IN 3 YEARS NO MATTER HOW MANY PAIN PILLS I EAT.SO THIS WAS GREAT ,I COULD FILL NORMAL(HIGH)THIS WAS LEGALE AND THE STAFF WAS GOING TO HELP ME COME OFF OF THE METHADONE SLOWLY SO THERE WOLD BE NO WITHDRAW RIGT? BOY WAS I SO VERY,VERY WRONG.A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BECAME SEVEN YEARS OF HELL.I WENT FOM HAVING A MONKEY ON MY BACK TO AN APE.I ALSO STARTED USEING XANNAX (10 10mg. A DAY)AND TO TOP IT OFF SO I WOULDNT KEEP NODDING OFF I WAS DOING GRAM. OF CRYSTALMETHE A DAY.I REMEMBER MISSING 3 DAYS AT THE CLINIC BECAUSE OFF BROKEN RIBS.I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE,NOT FROM THE RIBS BUT THE WITHDRAW OF METHADONE.WELL AS IT TURNED OUT I FINALLY O.D.ed ON THE CRYSTL XANNAX METHADONE AND 50 HYDROS.AFTER 4 DAYS OF FIGHTING TO LIVE MY MOTHER ASKED IF I WAS WILLING TO GO TO TREATMENT. ITOLD HER "IF YOU CAN FIND A PLACE THAT WILL DETOXE ME OFF THE METHADONE" NOWING THERE WAS NO WHERE IN KNOXVILLE THAT WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT EXCEPTING ME(THEY WONT NO PART OF METHADONE)AFTER NUMERUS CLINCS IN TN. GA.SHE FOUND A PLCE IN CHATT. TN I WENT THERE SCARED TO DEATH.I HAD HEARD OF MANY PEOPLE DIEING IN JAIL FROM GOING COLD TURKEY.WELL THEY GAVE ME DARVONE FOR 3 DAYS .THEN A NEW DRUG CALLED SUBOXONE IT HAD ONLY BEEN APROVED ABOUT A MONTH THEN.THERE WERE ONLY 100 DOCTORS IN THE COUNTRY THAT COULD WRITE THIS. THE DOCTOR TOLD THAT I WOULD FILL NO WITHDRAW,THAT PEOPLE WERE CALLING THIS A MIRACLE DRUG THAT IT WAS A SCEDULE 3 NARCOTIC ALL THOUG IT HAD NO WITHRAW TO IT. I THAUHT YEA RIGTH!!!! HE WAS RIGHT I AGREE IT IS A MIRACLE DRUG .I WAS ABLE TO KICK THE MTHDONE AND AFTER 17 DAYS I WAS TAKEN OFF THE SUBOXONE. YUU DO NOT WANT TO BE DEPENDANT ON METHADONE. CHECK OYT THIS NEW DRUG THERE IS 2 OF THEME CONTANING THE SAME CHEM. THE 1 I TOOK SUBOXONE AND THERE IS SUBATEX.YOU ALLSO DONT HAVE TO GO INT TREATMENT TO GET IT DOCTORS ARE TRETING PATIENCE IN THER OFFIC.IT IS FOR OPPIATE WITHDRAW. IF I CAN COME OFF 7 YEARS OF MTHDONE USE WITH VERY LITTLE PAIN & SICKNESS.I GARANTEE YOU WILL HAVE NO PROB. KICKING OXYS.LOOK IT UP AT METHADONE WATCHDOG.COM .GOOD LUCK INTIMADATOR
DEAR,OXYCLEAN I READ YOR STORY. I WAS ON METHADONE FOR 7 YEARS. BELEIVE ME WHEN ISAY IT WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.THERE IS A NEW DUG CALLED SUBOXONE & AND SUBATEX FOR OPPITE WITHDRAW. I WAS ABBLE TO KICK METADONE WITH THE SUBOXONE.PEOPLE WERE SAYING IT WAS A MIRACLE DRUG. I HAVE TO AGRRE IT KEEP ME FROM FELLING AS IF I WERE DIENG. AND THE GRAET THING IS IT IS A SCEDULE 3 NARCOTIC AND IT HAS NO WITDRAW. LOOK IT UP YOU CAN FIND INFO AT METHADONEWATCHDOG.COM ALSO HAS A DOCTOR LISTING. IF I CAN KICK METHADONE WITH IT .I GARANTEE YOU WILL FILL NO PAIN FROM THE OXYs. TRY IT .YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET HOOKED ON METHADONE. INTIMADATOR
DEAR,OXYCLEAN I READ YOUR NOTE.I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN,SICKNESS,& AND MOST OFF ALL YOR FEAR.ALTHOGH PLEASE TAKE SOME ADVISE FROM A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN WHERE YOUR AT RIGHT NOW.SEE I WAS HOOKED ON HYDROS,I WAS TAKING ABOUT 30 10mg. A DAY WHEN I THAUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEAL TO GET ON METHADONE.I HAD LAYED IN THE BED FOR A WEEK AT A TIME IN WITHDRAW WHEN WE HAD A BLIZZARD HER IN TN.I TOLD MYSELF I SHOLD KICK THE PILLS (EASIER SAID THEN DONE)SO WITH THE FEAR OF WITHRAW I TALKED MYSEF INTO GOING TO THE METHADONE CLINIC.THERE THE STAFF SD I WOULD ONKY NEED TO BE ON THE METHADONE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,THAT THEY WOULD HELP BRING ME OFF OF IT SLOWLEY.WHEN I TOOK THE FIRST DOSE I WAS IN LOVE. I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET HIGH IN 3 YEARS NO MATTER HOW MANY PAIN PILLS I EAT.SO THIS WAS GREAT ,I COULD FILL NORMAL(HIGH)THIS WAS LEGALE AND THE STAFF WAS GOING TO HELP ME COME OFF OF THE METHADONE SLOWLY SO THERE WOLD BE NO WITHDRAW RIGT? BOY WAS I SO VERY,VERY WRONG.A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BECAME SEVEN YEARS OF HELL.I WENT FOM HAVING A MONKEY ON MY BACK TO AN APE.I ALSO STARTED USEING XANNAX (10 10mg. A DAY)AND TO TOP IT OFF SO I WOULDNT KEEP NODDING OFF I WAS DOING GRAM. OF CRYSTALMETHE A DAY.I REMEMBER MISSING 3 DAYS AT THE CLINIC BECAUSE OFF BROKEN RIBS.I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE,NOT FROM THE RIBS BUT THE WITHDRAW OF METHADONE.WELL AS IT TURNED OUT I FINALLY O.D.ed ON THE CRYSTL XANNAX METHADONE AND 50 HYDROS.AFTER 4 DAYS OF FIGHTING TO LIVE MY MOTHER ASKED IF I WAS WILLING TO GO TO TREATMENT. ITOLD HER "IF YOU CAN FIND A PLACE THAT WILL DETOXE ME OFF THE METHADONE" NOWING THERE WAS NO WHERE IN KNOXVILLE THAT WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT EXCEPTING ME(THEY WONT NO PART OF METHADONE)AFTER NUMERUS CLINCS IN TN. GA.SHE FOUND A PLCE IN CHATT. TN I WENT THERE SCARED TO DEATH.I HAD HEARD OF MANY PEOPLE DIEING IN JAIL FROM GOING COLD TURKEY.WELL THEY GAVE ME DARVONE FOR 3 DAYS .THEN A NEW DRUG CALLED SUBOXONE IT HAD ONLY BEEN APROVED ABOUT A MONTH THEN.THERE WERE ONLY 100 DOCTORS IN THE COUNTRY THAT COULD WRITE THIS. THE DOCTOR TOLD THAT I WOULD FILL NO WITHDRAW,THAT PEOPLE WERE CALLING THIS A MIRACLE DRUG THAT IT WAS A SCEDULE 3 NARCOTIC ALL THOUG IT HAD NO WITHRAW TO IT. I THAUHT YEA RIGTH!!!! HE WAS RIGHT I AGREE IT IS A MIRACLE DRUG .I WAS ABLE TO KICK THE MTHDONE AND AFTER 17 DAYS I WAS TAKEN OFF THE SUBOXONE. YUU DO NOT WANT TO BE DEPENDANT ON METHADONE. CHECK OYT THIS NEW DRUG THERE IS 2 OF THEME CONTANING THE SAME CHEM. THE 1 I TOOK SUBOXONE AND THERE IS SUBATEX.YOU ALLSO DONT HAVE TO GO INT TREATMENT TO GET IT DOCTORS ARE TRETING PATIENCE IN THER OFFIC.IT IS FOR OPPIATE WITHDRAW. IF I CAN COME OFF 7 YEARS OF MTHDONE USE WITH VERY LITTLE PAIN & SICKNESS.I GARANTEE YOU WILL HAVE NO PROB. KICKING OXYS.LOOK IT UP AT METHADONE WATCHDOG.COM .GOOD LUCK INTIMADATOR
DEAR,OXYCLEAN I READ YOR STORY. I WAS ON METHADONE FOR 7 YEARS. BELEIVE ME WHEN ISAY IT WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.THERE IS A NEW DUG CALLED SUBOXONE & AND SUBATEX FOR OPPITE WITHDRAW. I WAS ABBLE TO KICK METADONE WITH THE SUBOXONE.PEOPLE WERE SAYING IT WAS A MIRACLE DRUG. I HAVE TO AGRRE IT KEEP ME FROM FELLING AS IF I WERE DIENG. AND THE GRAET THING IS IT IS A SCEDULE 3 NARCOTIC AND IT HAS NO WITDRAW. LOOK IT UP YOU CAN FIND INFO AT METHADONEWATCHDOG.COM ALSO HAS A DOCTOR LISTING. IF I CAN KICK METHADONE WITH IT .I GARANTEE YOU WILL FILL NO PAIN FROM THE OXYs. TRY IT .YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET HOOKED ON METHADONE. INTIMADATOR
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