Stopping Cold Turkey

[rob97]

I have been on 40mg oxy twice a day and 6 10/325 percocet's a day for about 3 years now for severe cronin neck pain and head aces and want to stop. Tried tapering and that did not work. i want to stop cold turkey is there anything out there that can help with the with-drawl sypmtoms?  Basically I cannot afford to be in bed for a week or so. What should I ask my doctor? I am not addicted to it at all just do not want to take the meds for a few months.

Rob

[rob97]

yes i did and i am trying it right now.

[Summer123]

Hang in there.  Day 2 and 3 are supposed to be the worst.  Starting about day 4 or 5 you will begin to feel better.  Did you see the Thomas recipe?

[rob97]

Thanks. Yeah last night the cold sweats broke out and have been taking imodium AD. Does not seem to help. It has been since Sunday night since I have had any meds. So the next couple of days will be tough.

[Summer123]

On the addiction website there is something called a "Thomas recipe" for going cold turkey.  It has the supplements you need to take, along with valium or some other sort of benzo.  You will feel like you have a bad case of the flu, with the first 3 days being the worst.  After that, you will begin to get better.  I know people have gone to work all day while doing this, so it can't be that bad.

I also was on the oxycontin and percocets.  Now I'm down to 10 mg of percocet for the last 4 days.  I preferred tapering, but I'm not so sure I didn't just suffer the withdrawal anyway getting down to this dose.  I was also on it for neck pain (had cervical fusion) and degenerative disc disease, and I'm pretty sure about a couple of months ago I ruptured a disc in my lower back.  From what I understand, after you are through withdrawal, the pain is controlled just as well through tylenol or ibuprofen.  When going through the withdrawal, you suffer more pain (but it is temporary-about 3 days).  They suggest you take lots of hot baths and hot showers to help with the pain.  Good luck.