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I am on day 13 of codeine withdrawl. I thought these symptoms, like sweating, would be over by now. I took 4-6 fiorinal w/codeine every day for 15 years. Never thought of myself as an addict, but more physically dependent on pills. Can anyone tell me why my withdrawls are lasting so long?
You're detoxing off of 2 very addicting drugs: an opiate (codeine) and an barbitual (Fiorinal).
You took the drug for 15 years...after 13 days I'm not surprised you are still having symptoms. I took oxy for 8 years and it took me a solid 30 days until most of the physical stuff calmed down. I still coughed my brains out for over 2 months, and truth be told, with TODAY being 8 months (yay!) my stomach is still not right. I have tummy issues anyways.
Congrats on 13 days...what sort of after-care have you set up or thought about?
You took the drug for 15 years...after 13 days I'm not surprised you are still having symptoms. I took oxy for 8 years and it took me a solid 30 days until most of the physical stuff calmed down. I still coughed my brains out for over 2 months, and truth be told, with TODAY being 8 months (yay!) my stomach is still not right. I have tummy issues anyways.
Congrats on 13 days...what sort of after-care have you set up or thought about?
Oops I meant "mental" I'm not at 100% yet. Didn't mean to scare you,physically I feel good.
Yes deff be because you took them daily for 15 years. I didn't take a high dose of oxy,but I took it for 11 years. My physical withdrawls lasted close to two weeks and physical...well I'm still not back to normal.im deff getting there at 6 months clean. But everyday is still a journey. Just take it minute by minute,you WILL start to feel better. Time is the essence in recovery. Congrats on 13 days!!
Codeine isn't the only thing to consider here. Fiorinal is a barbiturate
Butalbital
"Barbiturates may be habit-forming: Tolerance, psychological dependence, and physical dependence may occur especially following prolonged use of high doses of barbiturates. The average daily dose for the barbiturate addict is usually about 1500 mg. As tolerance to barbiturates develops, the amount needed to maintain the same level of intoxication increases; tolerance to a fatal dosage, however, does not increase more than two-fold. As this occurs, the margin between an intoxication dosage and fatal dosage becomes smaller. The lethal dose of a barbiturate is far less if alcohol is also ingested. Major withdrawal symptoms (convulsions and delirium) may occur within 16 hours and last up to 5 days after abrupt cessation of these drugs. Intensity of withdrawal symptoms gradually declines over a period of approximately 15 days. Treatment of barbiturate dependence consists of cautious and gradual withdrawal of the drug. Barbiturate-dependent patients can be withdrawn by using a number of different withdrawal regimens. One method involves initiating treatment at the patient's regular dosage level and gradually decreasing the daily dosage as tolerated by the patient."
Butalbital
"Barbiturates may be habit-forming: Tolerance, psychological dependence, and physical dependence may occur especially following prolonged use of high doses of barbiturates. The average daily dose for the barbiturate addict is usually about 1500 mg. As tolerance to barbiturates develops, the amount needed to maintain the same level of intoxication increases; tolerance to a fatal dosage, however, does not increase more than two-fold. As this occurs, the margin between an intoxication dosage and fatal dosage becomes smaller. The lethal dose of a barbiturate is far less if alcohol is also ingested. Major withdrawal symptoms (convulsions and delirium) may occur within 16 hours and last up to 5 days after abrupt cessation of these drugs. Intensity of withdrawal symptoms gradually declines over a period of approximately 15 days. Treatment of barbiturate dependence consists of cautious and gradual withdrawal of the drug. Barbiturate-dependent patients can be withdrawn by using a number of different withdrawal regimens. One method involves initiating treatment at the patient's regular dosage level and gradually decreasing the daily dosage as tolerated by the patient."
Probably because of the length of use. Your body has been used to having the codeine for 15 years so it's going to take awhile for you to get over the physical withdrawals. It sounds like you were taking them as prescribed. I'm surprised your doctor didn't suggest a taper from something like fiorinal.
The sweats should start subsiding soon.
The sweats should start subsiding soon.
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