My friend was prescribed percocet for a year after a bad car wreck and the doctor isn't prescribing them to her anymore. She is having withdrawals from them because she took them everyday for so long. I just need to know some tips or home remedies to give her so that she can get better faster.
2007-03-24 09:05:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Clonodine is NOT Klonopin. It is the generic for Catapres, which is generally for high blood pressure. Methadone is an option, but the best option is for her to simply to talk to her doctor and get enough medication to taper down the dosage of Perocet that she takes. There is also a very popular home detox recipe called the Thomas recipe that you can find on almost any addiction and recovery message board, but it wouls still involve going to the doctor since taking a Benzodiazepine (Valium, Klonopin, etc.) is part of it. She could also see an addictionologist or a drug counselor who works with one for help.
2007-03-25 08:08:27 · answer #1 · answered by Mandy VZ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't listen to the previous post. It's ignorant, and comes from an uneducated person. Methadone treatment is the gold standard for tapering off illicit use of opiates, such as percocets. (all opiates.. not just heroin. Your body doesn't know which opiates are legal and which are not!)
Tapering without help is medically dangerous. People have heart attacks and strokes from acute withdrawal. Seek a county methadone program, and see about doing a 21 day taper.
2007-03-24 14:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There really are no "home remedies" for opiate withdrawl. Going cold turkey can be very dangerous. Withdrawl from opiates should be supervised by a professional. Methadone therapy is your best option. You can research that on the internet. It really does work wonders. Subutex is another, but methadone works alot better and is cheaper.
2007-03-24 11:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by Kristy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doctor who was giving these wouldn't simply have her stop, especially after having her take them for a year. Is there more to this story than what we're hearing?
2007-03-24 09:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by Dib 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
she should look up the meds. suboxene it is for withdraws of opiates which most pain meds are . she need to look up on the Internet to find doc. Hope that helps.
2007-03-24 10:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by spyder 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she should go see that doctor ,get some help coming off the painkillers ,they give painkillers for everything , i never take them ,
i put my showlder out of the socket and they gave me painkillers i lived without taking them
2007-03-24 09:15:40 · answer #6 · answered by masie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nothing you can do. the dr should have weaned her though instead of cold turkey to prevent stress on the body. she needs to call her dr and get step down meds
2007-03-24 09:09:37 · answer #7 · answered by lizdylan2003 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She needs to talk to her doctor. There are medications he can give her to get through this. Clonodine will really help. Have her call now.
2007-03-24 09:10:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋