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morphine no more

I am begining to wean from morphine. I will be taking diludad for a few days then wean off that. Any tips on how i can do this easily with mild withdrawls? Any herbs or supplements to help aid the withdrawls. when does it peak and how long will the process last?
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Hi Mikki,
I'm here to let you know that I'm in the same boat as you. I had rectal cancer from 1/07 went thru two super bouts of chemo and 26/28 radiation treatments and was put in hospital twice ( 5 weeks total) and was given a picline of dilaudid 2mg every 2 hrs, on top of that they were giving me 100mg of mscotin every 8 hrs. I became cancer free ..Thank You God!! in 5/07. They sent me home on both dilaudid and mscotin ( morphine) pill form. I almost instantly quit the dilaudid on my own, but am still taking and now addicted to the mscotin. Starting tomorrow 3/24/08 my dr is going to start weaning me off the morphine and I'm scared to death, for my body yearns for the stuff every 12 hrs..can make it 17 hrs w/out it, but by that time, I'm starting my withdrawls and I hate it!!
The reason I'm posting this to you is.... that dilaudid is stronger then all of the pain meds out there... mscotin, demerol etc. you taking that will be harder to break then the morphine. I wanted you to know this because my Dr. took 4 yrs of Internal Medicine even after he got his doctorate degree. He is VERY SMART and I needed to let you know this. I'm trying to find a way to get thru this ugly period of withdrawl I'm going to be facing in a very few short days myself. If anyone knows of a way to help with this please let us know ASAP!
I did read a post earlier of a guy that is on Morph. and he said thru his withdrawls he took 500mg of advil and it helped alot, think I may try this myself, cuz I know this is going to be the worst experience of all the cancer ailment I went thru..welllll the radiation was a damn close race.
Good Luck 2 you and keep in touch if we can help each other...lets do it!
Indianalady
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Hi Im sorry nobody has answered your post yet. I can tell you day 1 is not so bad, days 2,3,4 are the worst, 5 & 6 get better and by day 10 youll be doing great.Probably even earlier than that. Have you heard of the Thomas Recipe? Search this site for it and get the stuff on the list. It will help immensely with the RLS and for sleep. You can get some of it from GNC or even the drug store. I hope this helps.
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