How to get off painkillers slowly? Successfully?!
Question: How to get off painkillers slowly!? Successfully!?
I've been on painkillers (norco) for years!. Any idea how to get off them completely!? I usually start low a few a day up to double digits a day then cut down and so on and so forth!. I have legitimate pain (2 back surgeries & nerve damage) but at the same time I have depression (a lot because of my pain) Any ideas how to get off them!? I hate to be on them but at the same time use them as a mood elevator usually because of pain!. I know you are just supposed to cut down slow which I've done more times than I can count to wean yourself off, but I always end up back on them!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Hi Shelman2, I wish you luck, and I pray your pain eases, but to Nurses are Angeles!.!.!.!.!.Until you walk the unbearable footsteps of chronic Pain, the kind of pain that makes you vomit because your body is trying to purge the pain away, until you lose your independence, your ability to actually show physical affection with your children or your husband, to lose 7 years of your life through another person choosing to drive drunk, until you live it and not just treat the side effects of people who may choose to use narcotics for reasons other than what the meds were created for, do not presume to know ANYTHING!!!!!!, there are those of us who have tried literally everything to not be in the position that we need help to function with the pain, those of us who have NEVER Dr shopped, NEVER taken meds when not needed, those of us who have Never used any kind of illeagal drug in their life, those of us who have NEVER felt the supposed euphoric feeling "drug users" seem to want, try not coming off so high and mighty until the shoe is on the other foot, I pray you NEVER find yourself in this position only to have someone such as yourself treat you, everyone has pain from one degree to another, no one can expect to be completly pain free, but how can something that allows you to interact with your family, to be a functioning member of the community, who only takes the dosage prescribed by a PAIN SPECIALIST, who has lived with pain so severe they just want to die, so it stops the hurting!.!.!.!.!.how can that be a "problem"!.!.!.!.again until you have lived our lives, DON'T YOU DARE presume to know what you are talking about, what you learn in books is not always the way reality deals the cards to induvidual people!. You are narrow minded and ill informed, and unfortunatly for you, you obviously can't see the difference between drug abuse and verified chronic unbearable, life altering, life destroying pain, again, I pray you never have the thoughtless, callous and uncaring person treating you if you ever find yourself in the same situation as those of us who have not chosen this way of life, who have had it thrusted upon us and are left to rely on Dr's, NEVER FORGET THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT!.!.!.!.!.we didn't ask for Narcotics to make our lives bearable, Dr's prescribe this medication, they monitor it, they administer it and ultimatly they are reasponsible for the initial decision of choosing narcotics to be prescribed to you, you have to take the blinkers of your eyes and see that it's not black and white, alot of us fall into the grey area and because of the few "bad" people who choose to do the wrong thing in relation to Narcotics, those of us who are genuine are tarred by the same brush!.!.!.!.good luck, I hope reality truly wakes you up and bites you in the ***!. Do you know what, you didn't even deserve the time it has taken me to type this!!!!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
talk to your doctor and im sure he/she will know a method that will help you!. good luck be strong!Www@Answer-Health@Com
When you're addicted physically to any drug, like pain killers or alcohol, etc!., it's because you've suppressed or shut down your body's production of endorphins, which are natural opiate pain killers; when this happens you start craving the drug that you replaced the endorphins with whether it's alcohol, any of a number of other drugs or pain killers!. Many other drugs can interact with opioids and cause a variety of symptoms; this can be fatal!. Addiction to pain killers is a rapidly escalating problem today, especially the abuse of opioid pain killers!.
Less commonly known side effects and adverse reactions of pain killers are: confusion, hallucinations, delirium, hives, itching, hypothermia, bradycardia (slow heart rate), tachycardia (rapid heart rate), raised intracranial pressure, ureteric or biliary spasm, muscle rigidity and flushing to name a few!. Patients can innocently start taking pain killers, for example, after a moderate injury or because of a severe injury in an automobile accident, fall or for post surgical pain!. And more than ten percent of high school seniors have started taking Vicodin for reasons other than reducing pain to complicate matters!.
Opioids should never be taken when drinking alcohol (some people still don't realize it's also a drug) or when alcohol may still be present in the system!. There are a number of effective treatment options to treat pain killer addiction to prescription opioids and to help manage the severe withdrawal symptoms that can sometimes accompany sudden stopping of pain killers or other drugs!. Treatment options for pain killer addiction include: medications, like methadone and LAAM (levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol), and behavioral counseling; usually, the patient is medically detoxified before any treatment approach or counseling is begun!.
Often people addicted to pain killers are plagued with different symptoms to different degrees; many times they don't associate the symptoms they're having with the drug!. Opioids, used as the doctor has prescribed, are supposedly not dangerous according to some well-established medical groups; but if that's the case, why are so many people addicted to them!? There is a difference: An opioid-dependent pain patient has improved function with the use of the drug while an opioid-addicted patient does not have improvement!.
There are many side effects and adverse reactions that can occur with the use of opioids used as pain killers!. More than 415,000 people received treatment for pain killer abuse or addiction last year!. Chronic pain affects one out of three or so adults and millions of people suffer from severe disabling pain!.
Many insurance plans cover inpatient detoxification, check your plan if you have insurance!. It's important to go through rehab following your detox stay; make it a big part of your plan of action!. Taking the time to spend in a treatment center, detoxing, is of the utmost priority!. Get started now!.
If you don't have insurance, check with your local mental health agencies to see what is available that's free!. There are many free programs to help people with pain killer addictions!. Find out from your local health professionals and agencies where the closest and best pain killer addiction treatment centers are!. It's important to get help and not to try getting off pain killers on your own!.
Again if you think you have an addiction to pain killers think about getting detoxed as soon as possible; you can do it, thousands have done it before you and live wonderful lives!. The effort by doctors and other health professionals to reduce pain medication abuse is causing serious problems for patients who legitimately need the drugs!. What should people, and patients with chronic pain problems or conditions, do to avoid the possibility of addiction is an ongoing burning question, if there is no other recourse for their painWww@Answer-Health@Com
Less commonly known side effects and adverse reactions of pain killers are: confusion, hallucinations, delirium, hives, itching, hypothermia, bradycardia (slow heart rate), tachycardia (rapid heart rate), raised intracranial pressure, ureteric or biliary spasm, muscle rigidity and flushing to name a few!. Patients can innocently start taking pain killers, for example, after a moderate injury or because of a severe injury in an automobile accident, fall or for post surgical pain!. And more than ten percent of high school seniors have started taking Vicodin for reasons other than reducing pain to complicate matters!.
Opioids should never be taken when drinking alcohol (some people still don't realize it's also a drug) or when alcohol may still be present in the system!. There are a number of effective treatment options to treat pain killer addiction to prescription opioids and to help manage the severe withdrawal symptoms that can sometimes accompany sudden stopping of pain killers or other drugs!. Treatment options for pain killer addiction include: medications, like methadone and LAAM (levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol), and behavioral counseling; usually, the patient is medically detoxified before any treatment approach or counseling is begun!.
Often people addicted to pain killers are plagued with different symptoms to different degrees; many times they don't associate the symptoms they're having with the drug!. Opioids, used as the doctor has prescribed, are supposedly not dangerous according to some well-established medical groups; but if that's the case, why are so many people addicted to them!? There is a difference: An opioid-dependent pain patient has improved function with the use of the drug while an opioid-addicted patient does not have improvement!.
There are many side effects and adverse reactions that can occur with the use of opioids used as pain killers!. More than 415,000 people received treatment for pain killer abuse or addiction last year!. Chronic pain affects one out of three or so adults and millions of people suffer from severe disabling pain!.
Many insurance plans cover inpatient detoxification, check your plan if you have insurance!. It's important to go through rehab following your detox stay; make it a big part of your plan of action!. Taking the time to spend in a treatment center, detoxing, is of the utmost priority!. Get started now!.
If you don't have insurance, check with your local mental health agencies to see what is available that's free!. There are many free programs to help people with pain killer addictions!. Find out from your local health professionals and agencies where the closest and best pain killer addiction treatment centers are!. It's important to get help and not to try getting off pain killers on your own!.
Again if you think you have an addiction to pain killers think about getting detoxed as soon as possible; you can do it, thousands have done it before you and live wonderful lives!. The effort by doctors and other health professionals to reduce pain medication abuse is causing serious problems for patients who legitimately need the drugs!. What should people, and patients with chronic pain problems or conditions, do to avoid the possibility of addiction is an ongoing burning question, if there is no other recourse for their painWww@Answer-Health@Com