15+ Yrs Hydrocodone Use/drug Replacement Therapy (Page 2)

I have used hydrocodone for more than 15 yrs, due to lupus and fibromyalgia. I want to get off it and was wondering: if I go into detox, will they then put me on drug replacement therapy? I take 30-40 mg of hydro./day (3-4 Norco) but I don't go buy pills or dr. shop - that is my RX

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Please please please double and triple check to make sure cymbalta is the very last resort.
I have taken antidepressants for my entire childhood and adult life. I am 37 yrs old.
Cymbalta is absolutely the most dangerous drug I've ever come across.
Please consider all of the proven side effects.
The most dangerous fact of all is that getting yourself off of cymbalta is very painfull both physically and emotionally. And that was with my primary care doctor assisting in the weening process.
It took over five months until the withdrawal symptoms subsided.

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Saboxon will help with withdrawal

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Spoken like a true addict ... I have been on hydrocodone for over 5 years 10/350.
I have stayed within my prescription. However, I have gotten tired of the pharmacy making me feel like a junky, which I was.
Spent a month weaning myself off the drug, and guess what ... the pain is LESS !
Stop fooling yourself about this drug. Remember your Doc is getting a kick back form the drug companies.
Tell yourself you a 'better' then the drug, take charge of your life, because this drug only degrades any logical thought process

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I was in a car accident 3 yrs , ago been seeing a pain mgmt Dr since, he's been prescribing me the norco 7/325 but he wants to discontinue scribing them to me and is making a guess that I have fibromialgia, without doin tests so they scribe me lyrica but my Ins denied lyrica and if they discontinue the norco idk what I'd do..... I can't function without it bc of the chronic back pain n slipped bulging discs plus arthritis in my back n neck and I'm only 26 yrs old, I don't wanna be this way but that's the hand I got dealt, I'm fighting to keep my pain meds which I know everyone with chronic back pain can be very depressed ppl with bad thoughts such as I, without them but when I say if ur goin to not scribe me anymore narcotics then I want something to dull the wd, it is bad enough that my muscles are deteriorating and they look at me as an addict it's not fare I didn't ask to be this way and don't want to be this way but for the ppl that abuse the drug make it a million times harder for the ones who really need it..... So all I'm askin for is answers from ppl that may be dealing with the same thing I'm goin threw....

Thanks for listening

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Cymbalta made me suicidal & i was in my 50's, big pharm wants you to think it's just that way with the young...sure.

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If lyrica was denied try Nortriptyline. For withdraws Clonidine works good

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I was in a bad carwreck 7yrs ago. Ive been at a regular primary dr. Ever since k.ive been on 3 hydrocodones 325s 10mg and xanax and klonpins now 2mg twice a day for my anxiety. Cause ive been broke and no insurance. K now ive got insurance finally blue cross and blue shield.so now anyway i. Just went to a painclinic dr. And anyway my neck was broke in this wreck and my whole neck and back hurt bad. And hydros dont touch my pain. I told the dr. This. And so he leaves me on hydrocodone 10mg 4x a day and adds 2 10mg methadones for my pain. The 2 methadones help a little more. But not much. Wat do i do?

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Tramadol is a good way to help get off Norco they help me with withdrawal

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Cymbalta has destroyed my liver. I am currently waiting to see if they will take me as a transplant patient because my fibromyalgia is not under control. Be sure to check anything you take for liver damage. ..because you can't live without a liver.

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Kratom is the best replacement helps pain and withdraws

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Dependency is addiction even though you want to sugarcoat it
It is what it is
Stop fooling yourself
You are one more addict

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Medications just fool you and make you an addict, stop fooling yourself and make your mind set your body properly thats it

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