I am addicted to vicodin. I need some info from you intelligent individuals.?

Question

I get 15 a month. 5/500 mg each. I got them two days ago and I only have 7 left. I usually take one and a half each dose. I try to only take 2 doses a day. But there is no way I can go to my Dr. and tell him I have used half my rx in two days. What do they usually prescribe patients to ease the withdrawals? I have been on them for my back for over a year now. I tried to get off them a few months ago. I was so tired for weeks. All I wanted to do was sleep. I would cry, be sooooo depressed. I literally had no energy I felt like I had mono. Please give me some advice. I have ativan, xanax and hydroxizine I can take but those will also make me tired.

Answer 1

Prescription drugs such as Hydrocodone, Oxycontin, Xanax, Vicodin and Lortab, all require medically supervised detox. Treatment of withdrawal (detox) includes closely monitoring the person’s vital signs, supportive care and medications. The most commonly used medication, Klonepin, primarily reduces physical symptoms. Buprenophex, anticonvulsant medications are some of the commonly used medications for drug detox. The time period for drug detox is 3 to 7 days of medically monitored supervision.

Answer 2

The best answer is go to the nearest hospital and ask a doctor (specialist) how to treat your addiction. The facilities and staff can help taper the dose and provide safe withdrawal. Doctors know how to treat addiction. Doing the treatment on you own will just complicate matters or even lethal. So better ask the experts in your nearest hospital to help treat you with your addiction.

Answer 3

Call your local hospital and inquire if they have a medical detox program. Also, look in the yellow pages for detox/rehab programs, call the places and find out about the programs.

Questions for you to ask:

Residential (you live there during the treatment) or outpatient (you live at home)?

Do you have medical insurance? Ask if they accept your insurance. (If you don't have insurance, there is still treatment available.)

All you have to do is make the phone calls and you will be able to figure out which treatment program is right for you.

For your back problem, look on the internet for a NUCCA chiropractor.

I know someone who had the same problem and she is fine now, you will be ok...

Answer 4

It is not fun being in withdrawal, however back pain can be bad. Just remember pain pills slow down the intestines and cause constipation and toxic build up is possible if the bowel gets lazy.

maybe try it without it when at all possible..maybe now.

Answer 5

I don't know how to say this real nice, but your are an addict, same as if you were addicted to drugs on the street, or an alcoholic. What do they do? They go to NA or AA. Both are very good programs. But if you really are not ready to get off the drugs, then all the programs in the world will not help you. You really have to want to get off them, and IT IS NOT EASY! But NA groups and AA groups, are proof that people do get off drugs and alcohol. I am a recoverying alcoholic of 8 years, and my husb,. is a recovery addict of one year. So I know if you really want to get off Vicodin, you will! But you have to get the help where the help is that works! Another pill is just another drug! However, there are vitamins you can take that will help the cravings. I read in a book titled "NO MORE CRAVINGS" and it suggested to take an asprin, and drink water with baking soda will help the cravings. But I personally never tried that myself. I just went to AA and talked and talked and talked. You will learn, if you go to NA that your taking of the Vicodin is now more than just for pain. It is more than likely an emotional thing instead of physical. However, when we are addicted, it involves both physical and emotional needs. If nothing else, get yourself your 12-Step book, the "big book" of AA or you can get a "big book" of NA, and one of the first paragraphs in there talks about the pill addict. We don't feel like we are an addict, because it isn't a street drug, but pills are just as addicting (as you well know) and just as damanaging to our life, and to our families lives. I hate to tell you this, but it won't get better! It will continue to get worse! Addiction is a disease, just like diabetes. We can't stop the cravings on our own, just like a diabetic can't stop wanting sugar on his/her own. We need that help, not insulin and doctors, but NA and those that have begun to recover. The only help there is, is abstience, complete abstinence!!!!!! The longer you continue to take pain pills, the longer your addiction will go on, and the sicker you will become! I was also addicted to pain pills! I know! If the RX said to take one or two, I took three, and if it said every 4-6 hours, I took them every 2-4 hours, causing me to run out before I was suppose to. I too had no energy, and was extremely tired; and very grouchy when I didn't have my pills. I got to the point I couldn't sleep if I didn't have a "fix." Alcohol, Rx's, street drugs, are all drugs; a drug is a drug is a drug, it doesn't matter what form it comes in.
Go to NA!!!! Call the detox center and find out kind of vitamins you can take to help yourself. I know some of them are huge mg. of vitamin C and all the B's, and I'm not sure what else. You want to strip your body of all the pain medications in your system, but you have to replace them with something else, something else is good for you!
It isn't an easy road, journey, but it will give back your life!!! One of the preambles in NA, "many want what we have, and there are a few that are too sick to find what we have, but those that have gone our way, have succeeded!" It may not be worded exactly like that, but very similar. Good luck! OH! Get a sponsor at your first meeting, take phone numbers, call, call, call, call and go to 90 meetings in 90 days and read the first 90 pages in the "big book." If you wish email me at : [e-mail]