how do i get off pain pills?

Answer 1

Having the desire to quit is an excellent first step. talk to your medical doctor about reducing the medication. The doctor should be able to advise you on the amount to reduce. I suggest reducing the medication by one tablet every week. This is a slow way, but it will be easier on your body and your mind and you're more likely to be able to stick with quitting.

Here is what I suggest to get you over the worst part of the withdrawals.

To help with the withdrawals take hot bathes with 2c. of dissolved Epsom salts and soak for 30 minutes. The skin is the biggest organ of elimination and this will help pull out the drugs. Use a loofa to clean the pores and this will help pull the drugs out even faster.

I recommend you drink purified water mixed with mineral water 50/50. This will replace the minerals that are exiting your body continuously.

I suggest that adults and children drink 40 ounces of water per 100 pounds of body weight every day and 2c. a day of fresh carrot juice, to flush the medicine out of your liver. Taking 500mg of calcium and magnesium twice a day will help you to relax.

Drink chamomile tea throughout the day and evening to help you stay relaxed.

Use a powdered fiber supplement twice daily to pull the drugs out of your intestines where they store.

Two of the questionnaires in this forum did follow this program to withdraw from drugs and it did help. I've enclosed a link where you can read their response to this program.

If you have any further questions please let me know,
Billie77

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Answer 2

Talk to a doctor. If you are on anything with codeine, you may be addicted. I would advise phoning your local Alcoholics Anonymous for information. Pain pills can cause permanent liver and/or kidney damage.

Answer 3

Not easy, is it? I take time-released morphine for chronic pain, and I take a "drug holiday" of at least 3 weeks once a year. This helps with tolerance so I don't need to have my dosage bumped up. I'm assuming you've been taking them for awhile and have probably started by taking one, then two because one didn't do anything...to wherever you're at now. If you are getting prescriptions for them, have a talk with your doctor about this.Since you're asking this to the world, I assume you began using them recreationally, and now the monkey won't leave you alone. Detox is hard. Stop taking them is the right answer, but when your legs start kicking and your body trembles with fever and pain, it is very, very hard.
But you can do it! Lots of fluids, immodium for the diarrhea, and if you can talk to a doctor, ask about Catapres for the kicks and crawls. Baby yourself like you have a dire case of the flu. Give yourself 3 weeks and the physical dependency is broken. You're back to being able to produce your own endorphins. About the psychological? Find an NA or AA group. Stop hanging around friends you partied with (sorry), and find a physical venture you can pour lots of energy into.
Sorry this is so long. I really hope this helps you. xo

Answer 4

I went through this...It's not easy to say the least, I don't know what your on or how long you've been on it, but I was on a "high" dosage of oxycontin 3 x's a day for long acting med and oxycodone 15mgs 2 x's a day for breakthrough,and when I came off it I talked to my doctor n she dropped me off 1 pill of oxycontin to start than after I got to 1 Oxy a day and still the 2 15mg's oxycodone she put me on methadone 10mg's 2x's day for 2 weeks than just 1 10mgs meth for the next 2 weeks,which going from the oxycodone to methadone was different, meth is stronger than oxy and it totally help with my pain, but there was just alil bit of "sickness" at first, nothing i couldn't handle though...mainly not wanting to eat. than she gave me a script for "Suboxen"...it was the greatest drug in the world at the time! I was on that for about a month and I had NO Cramps, sickness, depression....nothing. I tried to take myself off before and I tried to detox without nothing to help and I always ended up back at the doctor with my tail between my legs getting another script. I hope I helped you in your task, that just how I did it, maybe it's not for you! If you need any help feel free to email me. I'm 9 months 16 days clean, I wish you all the best!

Answer 5

Just stop taking them. Geeish!

Answer 6

quit