What kind of withdrawal symptons could one expect to have when they stop taking Vicodin?

Question

I have been on and off Vicodin for months now due to cervical spine surgery. My pain is in control now and I don't feel that I need the Vicodin anymore. It has become a daily routine though and I am worried about the withdrawals I may have if I don't take it anymore. I am on day two now of not taking it and I'm feeling fine. I don't think it is that simple though. Am I going to get sick?

Answer 1

You would have felt the withdrawal symptoms within 12 hours if you were going to have any. People get so worried about getting "addicted" to pain medication after only taking them for a short while because of opiophobics who like to scare the living daylights out of people when they are really taking a safe, effective medication. If you haven't been taking it regularly (every single day) in very high doses, being on it for that short amount of time will not cause addiction or withdrawals. If it's been two days, you aren't going to have them. If you take the medication exactly as prescribed and only when you need it, there's a less than 1% chance of getting addicted. Dependance happens when you have to take the medication at a high dose on a regular basis to get pain relief.

Answer 2

I cant take meds - this may help later

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas (natural muscle relaxers) daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, (if this does not do it you probably need a chiropractor as well) you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

You would probably start feeling symptoms by now. The Vicodin might not have been strong enough for you to become "addicted", especially if you were on it off and on. I recently went off Oxycontin after a few months straight and my symptoms were instantaneous. I had horrible headaches, hot and cold flashes, night sweats, insomnia, nausea, acne. I would notice these symptoms if I went even a few hours without taking a pill. If you have been off for two days you are probably going to be fine. Good luck.

Answer 4

Taper down the dose under a doctor's supervision. Going chilly turkey off any opiate isn't an excellent concept, simply by fact the withdrawals could be tremendously extreme. in spite of if, as lengthy as you have not been abusing the meds and you do not attempt to do it on your guy or woman (you may continuously shop your usual practitioner interior the loop once you give up taking any drugs), you would be waiting to get off of them without extreme indications. Tapering the dose takes longer, in spite of if it is likewise not as complicated to conflict by using. you're in all probability nonetheless going to adventure some withdrawal consequences, regrettably, yet i'm specific you would be advantageous. it somewhat is in many situations IV clients who abuse opiates that have the extremely undesirable indications (what you will possibly image once you think of of heroin withdrawal -- curled up interior the fetal place in soreness, puking your guts out and hallucinating). Yours should not be as undesirable as that, offered which you at the instant are not abusing your meds. yet another technique is to apply methadone to go chilly turkey off of the hydrocodone, then to taper the methadone. it somewhat is in all probability not mandatory to apply methadone on your case, however. some human beings additionally use low-dose codeine to help ease withdrawal consequences of alternative opiates yet, back, I doubt you will need it, and in case you're interior the U. S., you will want a prescription to get your palms on some. Withdrawal sucks, in spite of if it somewhat is greater effective to conflict by using it now somewhat than waiting until you have equipped up an excellent bigger tolerance, which might make the withdrawal indications even worse. Get it over with as immediately as you may. :)

Answer 5

You might get a mild flu-like set of symptoms (AKA: "dope Sick"). If you are on day two, and you feel normal, I would expect no sickness, or only very mild. You might get the trots for a few days, and a runny nose-- but you will be fine.

Answer 6

vicodin is an excellent drug for withdrawl symptoms from painkillers and narcotics,surely you must still be seeing a gp who should be able to advisei live in australia,have just found some info if you luve in the us.phone[phone] or email www.opiates.com.hope this is helpful.