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Best way to get off vicodin
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My daughter, 19, had her wisdom teeth out a few weeks ago. She was given vicodin 50, 1-2 every 4-6 as needed for pain. She found 1 was not enough and was taking 2 every 6 hours. She ended up with complications and an extended recovery and pain, so the Dr. gave her a new script. We asked for 75 as 50 wasn't working and 2 x 50 (100) was too much, making her really high and sleepy. The 75 seemed good and after cutting to 1 a day one weekend, she decided to stop as her tooth and jaw pain had subsided.
From the first taking the vic she could feel the effects of the vic wearing off, and wanting to take more, but we thought it was all pain related. WELL, on the Monday she stopped, having cut back to one a day since the previous Friday, she was nauseous, achy, awful headache, shaking, tons of mucous and hot/feverish, and could do little more than drag herself to classes (in college) feeling like she was 'dying' and curling up in bed in between. She insisted she was just sick as a bunch of kids on campus were also sick, but it seemed too coincidental to me. I googled vic withdrawal and was stunned to find the withdrawal symptoms matched. WHY GIVE THIS TO ANYONE? I had 4 wisdom teeth out at the same age and survived on tylenol!
She continued to insist she was just sick but by that night was so miserable she agreed to take one vic. She felt a little better, but still not great, so without telling me she took another 2 hours later and all symptoms vanished. She's so pissed! She wants to stop but can't go cold turkey and curl up in bed in the middle of the semester.
Since then we are trying to wean off. We asked for the next script to be 50 and she is taking two a day and doing pretty well, still gets headaches and stomach issues but they are tolerable. My question is this, at this point is it better to stretch the time between doses of 50 making it gradually longer and longer, or still do 2 a day but cut them in half?
My daughter, 19, had her wisdom teeth out a few weeks ago. She was given vicodin 50, 1-2 every 4-6 as needed for pain. She found 1 was not enough and was taking 2 every 6 hours. She ended up with complications and an extended recovery and pain, so the Dr. gave her a new script. We asked for 75 as 50 wasn't working and 2 x 50 (100) was too much, making her really high and sleepy. The 75 seemed good and after cutting to 1 a day one weekend, she decided to stop as her tooth and jaw pain had subsided.
From the first taking the vic she could feel the effects of the vic wearing off, and wanting to take more, but we thought it was all pain related. WELL, on the Monday she stopped, having cut back to one a day since the previous Friday, she was nauseous, achy, awful headache, shaking, tons of mucous and hot/feverish, and could do little more than drag herself to classes (in college) feeling like she was 'dying' and curling up in bed in between. She insisted she was just sick as a bunch of kids on campus were also sick, but it seemed too coincidental to me. I googled vic withdrawal and was stunned to find the withdrawal symptoms matched. WHY GIVE THIS TO ANYONE? I had 4 wisdom teeth out at the same age and survived on tylenol!
She continued to insist she was just sick but by that night was so miserable she agreed to take one vic. She felt a little better, but still not great, so without telling me she took another 2 hours later and all symptoms vanished. She's so pissed! She wants to stop but can't go cold turkey and curl up in bed in the middle of the semester.
Since then we are trying to wean off. We asked for the next script to be 50 and she is taking two a day and doing pretty well, still gets headaches and stomach issues but they are tolerable. My question is this, at this point is it better to stretch the time between doses of 50 making it gradually longer and longer, or still do 2 a day but cut them in half?
I think the BMI is a useful tool but I don't think it tells the whole story. I actually got REALLY hungry when I came off my meds. I felt like there wasn't a moment I wasn't thinking about what to eat. Some of my medications made me not eat. I just wasn't hungry. And one actually made me crave really sugary things ... things I'd never ever eat and had me adding sugar to my coffee, which I had never done.
And like WG21 said, after having her wisdom teeth out and all she went through, she's probably just compensating for not really eating during that time.
Glad her appetite is back ... just in time for turkey day!
And like WG21 said, after having her wisdom teeth out and all she went through, she's probably just compensating for not really eating during that time.
Glad her appetite is back ... just in time for turkey day!
Well, my kids have always been at the very bottom of the BMI chart, tall and thin, it is just their build. My son ALWAYS gets the "You're underweight" note from school when they do the BMI measurements and he eats like a horse! (14 and growing taller by the second).
Until the last couple of years I was "underweight", and I can tell you I wasn't. Now that I'm "normal" I'm actually a little chubby, grrrrrrr! The BMI is an ok guide, but not accurate for all body types.
That said, I'm happy she has an appetite back. She did seem to eat less on the vic and she certainly did not need to lose at all.
Thanks for the luck!
Until the last couple of years I was "underweight", and I can tell you I wasn't. Now that I'm "normal" I'm actually a little chubby, grrrrrrr! The BMI is an ok guide, but not accurate for all body types.
That said, I'm happy she has an appetite back. She did seem to eat less on the vic and she certainly did not need to lose at all.
Thanks for the luck!
Not trying to argue...but you said she was 5'9 and 118 pounds...That is definitely an underweight BMI...
So that is why it's a great thing she has a good appetite now. Her body the last month has gone through a lot with the hard withdrawals..
I wish her luck!
So that is why it's a great thing she has a good appetite now. Her body the last month has gone through a lot with the hard withdrawals..
I wish her luck!
I wouldn't call her weight unhealthy, I just would not want her to get any thinner...
She was endlessly hungry and getting increasingly annoyed. She went to the gym and now all is well. I have to think that she's wanting to pig out and workout to replace the dopamine blast the vic used to provide. At least the workout works!
Anyone else have the experience of wanting to pig out after stopping vic?
She was endlessly hungry and getting increasingly annoyed. She went to the gym and now all is well. I have to think that she's wanting to pig out and workout to replace the dopamine blast the vic used to provide. At least the workout works!
Anyone else have the experience of wanting to pig out after stopping vic?
You said before that she is very thing (underweight) for her height.
This along with the last weeks of having the wisdom teeth out and all the issues with coming off the medication which caused nausea, fatgue and you also mentioned migraine pain.
It makes a lot of sense that she is getting a healthy appetite back.
Hopefully she will continue to eat well and get to a healthy weight for her height:)
This along with the last weeks of having the wisdom teeth out and all the issues with coming off the medication which caused nausea, fatgue and you also mentioned migraine pain.
It makes a lot of sense that she is getting a healthy appetite back.
Hopefully she will continue to eat well and get to a healthy weight for her height:)
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