I Am Finally Detoxing From Opioids And Wanted Share My Story Getting Off In Real Time! (Page 2)
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I have had back problems for years and I am sick of being a slave to opioids. I used to go to a sports medicine doctor that would prescribe 120 norco's a month and at the same time started to go to a pain management doctor so that I would not run out of meds. The pain management doctor prescribed oxycodone 10's qty 120 per month. Believe it or not by 3.5 months I was going thru 120 norco's and 120 oxycodones in 2 weeks. I have had it, the pain is much better than going thru the hoops, the lies and money I did not have. And on top of it I would still detox every month because I did not have enough money to keep myself medicated. I was planning my activities with life and work around the amount of meds I had on hand. I will give you a live example, on friday I had 12 roxi's left and I had an appointment on sunday by sunday morning I only had 2 so I took them just to stay well so that my clients did not think there was anything wrong with me. I can't tell you how many times I have had to do this or tell my wife I think I am coming down with a cold. Anyways I finally started doing some research online and found out about suboxone and subutex. I found that I could do an outpatient program without pain so that I would actually have a chance to use my brain to give me a real chance of not relapsing. I found this clinic in south orange county the doctors name is dr. Cassidy. He is a great guy and really cares about you making it. I called the number on the website and left a message. The doctor himself called and spoke to me and told me not to take any oxys 12 hours before coming which meant that I was going in sick and since I didn't have anymore it worked out fine, my wfie drove me to the office and I was taken in weighed, blood pressure taken, ekg and blood drawn. Then I went into the doctor's office and I felt like crap I felt so bad I couldn't even concentrate long enough to fill out the paperwork. I picked this guy because he only charges $1200.00 for a 2 week program and you don't have to stay away from home and you can actually go back to work without losing your job. Anyways I told the doctor that I was taking oxy 10's like tic tacs and I was done with all the lies and the sick feeling I get when I do not have any meds. He gave me a half a subutex and came back in 20 minutes to see how I was doing. I started to feel much better probably 80% better. We went started talking about my usage and how he was going to help me get off the drugs. He then gave me another 1/4 of a subutex tab put on a movie and told me that he wanted me to feel completely comfortable not drugged out but no pain and normal. After that we talked about a plan of attack and he kept mentioning that many people get this problem with pain medications and it's not our fault. Since then I have been going daily to the doctors office to have a consultation period and he gives me suboxone now I get the wafer type they are 8 mgs I get 2 packs a day I cut them in half and take 1 in the morning 1 at noon and 1 in the evening and then 1 in the morning which equals 16 mg. I am on my third day of this routine and life is great my family is proud and I am going to start tapering off this next week and hopefully I will be getting off the junk for good. If you need any idea's or where to get the help for cheap let me know and if you have already been through this and see any pitfalls coming my way I would greatly appreciate your feedback. Thanks everyone and have a great holiday season if you need help I will be here during the holidays.

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Thanks for your update on my situation. Actually since I have last posted I have been going from 8 mgs a day down to 6 mg now in my second week without any withdrawl at all!!! In the next couple of days I will be down to 4 mg and 2 days later down to 2 mg, and then when I am finally clean I will get a naxloxene shot every month for 3 months so that if I get the itch and do it then I will not get any high.

Regarding the long term use that you talk about I don't know if that is wise infact in the pamphlet on page 22 it talks about potential for dependence and I do not have experience on the matter but I am just going to listen to my doctor. So far I have not had any problems and I hope that I can do this with least amount of withdrawl possible. Then I hope the shots will give me some clean time so that it gives me a chance to stay clean for good. I don't know if that is a dream that will never come true but all I can do is try.

Thanks again for replying as it is refreshing to know that someone took the time to read and write back about my situation. Once again thanks and good luck to all that are trying to get off the pills.

TN

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Thanks for your great and informative post. I have no doubt that this information will help a lot of our site users who have been wondering about withdrawing from opiates and the process.

My only concern, from my knowledge of Suboxone, is that the doctor may be trying to taper you too quickly. It is usually a very long process, that sometimes takes 1 to 2 years, to prevent the worst of the withdrawal effects.

A rapid tapering of the Suboxone can cause them, just as easily as the other opiates could and has caused many people to crash and burn, when they did it too fast.

Therefore, I'd advise you to just proceed with extreme caution and don't hesitate to contact your doctor, if you find it isn't working.

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