Advice About Withdrawal From Morphine Sulfate Er(kadian)

I stopped taking Kadian 40mg 19 days ago. I am still taking oxycodone 5mg. It has been a rough 19 days (physically). I still have GI symptoms and can barely eat. I thought the nausea and diarrhea would be subsiding by now. I'm taking the oxycodone every 3-4 hours (5mg) and thought since I was still on that it would help the w/d symptoms. My next doctor's appointment isn't for a month and I guess I'm hard headed and decided to try to do this my own way and see if I could get through it. Does anyone have any thoughts, advice on the GI upset, suggestions? I just thought I'd be past this. I wasn't on a crazy high dose of Kadian but I had been on it for 5 or 6 years. I also want to make sure this is still likely related to withdrawal. Thanks

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Yes, there is a good chance that it's related to the withdrawal. I stopped high doses of Morphine and Oxycodone cold turkey several years ago, after being on them for about 7 years for pain management and it took over a month, before everything finally settled back down and returned to normal.

You should consult your doctor to be sure, but yes, there's a good chance these symptoms are still withdrawal, since you were on the medication for years.

Other withdrawal effects, as listed by the FDA, may possibly include fever, chills and rebound pain.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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