taper off oxy at home

[Nicky008]

I've been on 30mg of oxy, 40 per week from my pain doctor.  I also take 30 mg oxycontin, 30 every two weeks.  It started about 3 years ago for multiple back diagnoses which caused me terrible pain at times.  He originally prescribed me 10 mg, (40 tabs) a week.  He continued to up it to the 30 mg amount.  I had no idea how addicting this medicine was and the bills for the doctor are high too.  I am interested in trying to taper at home and have read alot about it on the internet.  Has anyone every done this before and had any luck with it?  Please help me!!

[clean_in_ks]

How ya doing girl?  Are you forming a plan yet?

Wanted to mention, that INITIALLY....as you taper down and eventually quit...your back pain may INCREASE.....but that is perfectly normal...it's called rebound pain.  We have opiate/pain receptors all up and down our spine and in our guts as well.  They freak at first when the pain meds they are used to are reduced or gone....but they heal and MANY times the pain is much better when totally clean. (cause our natural pain receptors begin to work again as they heal).

Let us know if we can help....post all you need to.  Someone is usually around to respond.

[Nicky008]

I didn't know anything about the health pages, thank you!  Also, I thought when you did the taper, you continued to drop mg every week.  I never thought about stopping at different levels to let your body rest before resuming.  I think it would take longer for the tapering, but well worth it in the long run.  I went to all of the links you suggested and they were very helpful.  Thanks again!

[Nicky008]

I know what you mean by counting pills.  I've been doing that a lot lately.  I thought it was just me, but I guess other people feel no more euphoria from the pills either.  Good luck to you too!

[vicki595]

Nick- Scroll down and look for the link to The Thomas Recipe. It's full of minerals and amino acids that will help during detox. Also in the Health Pages, there's an article Opiate Detox at Home or something like that. It's full of good ideas so please read that.

You could try to taper your dose down or you can just go cold turkey. I would recommend you taper to get your dose down and then stop. You're taking in a fairly high dose right now. About 180 mg of Oxy and 60mg OxyContin.

You'll need recovery support, as well, so look into it. Good luck-

[Gettingalifeagain]

in the end, i was just taking the pills to feel not bad.  there was no euphoria left for me, and how frustrating that was.  The high had gone....like an alcoholic (as myself), I can't get back that perfect 8 minutes of eurphoria.  I was done, and I had to surrender.  I went CT for the pills, but unfortunately relapsed on alcohol, now I am detoxing from that.  Day 2.  But, I am grateful I am not counting pills, or findind sources again....
Peace

[Nicky008]

  Thank you, but  I won't be going to the doctor.  I am only interested in doing the detox at home.  Please tell me about some of the detox tools that you know that will make it easier for me to undertake this monster on my back..lol!  I know its not funny at all and sometimes I just have to laugh so I don't cry all the time.  The really bad thing about all this is the oxy isn't helping anymore like it used to. I find myself just taking it to prevent any withdrawal symptoms!  So I have the back pain back and the fear of withdrawal.  Being off of these meds have got to be better than where I'm at though.

[Nicky008]

Thank you, I've been afraid to try the taper at home thing, but I don't want to go to rehab either.  I can't be off work that long, and once you admit you have a problem at work, they can randomly test you and besides that everyone knows if you know what I mean..lol.  I want my life to remain private if possible.  I read on the internet about a way to withdraw easier than most, but I would like someone's opinion about this.  What I mean is, has anyone heard of it?  They have vitamins, minerals, and herbs that is suppose to make the withdrawal not as painful, etc.

[marycarmel]

I tapered from Fentanyl, oxyconti and oxycodone as well as other non-narcotics at very high doses. Initially I went too fast and it was disastrous.  Slow and steady is best. Hopefully your doctor will help you with this. Mine didn't and it caused me tomake mistakes along the way.  Personally I would come off the oxycontin first and then tackle the other.  Doneproperly, a slow taper isn't that uncomfortanle.

[lulu747]

Hey there and welcome to the forum-
We are not allowed to give taper advice here so I would best advise you to talk to your doc, say you want off, and come up with a 'battle plan'.  I was on huge amounts of prescribed opiates and tapered down from fentanyl to oxy and when I was at 100 mg I just couldn't take it anymore and I went c/t.  It's best to get a medical plan in place and alternative pain management.  Most people, including myself, found they were in way LESS pain after about a month of clean time than they were on the drugs.  IMO oxy is a terrible drug.  Not very efficient for pain, terribly addictive, and NOT a chronic pain management tool.
With a taper, the slower the better, with time in between to let your body/brain adjust to new levels.  Most addicts can't do this because the temptation to take more to deal with discomfort is too high (Like me hence the cold turkey) Just know that it is totally doable.
Talk to the doc and post back and we can give you an arsenal of detox tools which won't eliminate the suffering, but can definitely lessen it.
And congrats on wanting off.  It's not a fun ride and it only gets worse.  It's totally doable.  It depends on how much you need to function.  But there are many of us that have succeeded and we can definitely help you.
Lu