After taking it for like almost 2 weeks only?
2007-08-27 07:43:19 · 4 answers · asked by supermomof4boys 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
First off, being addicted or not being addicted has absolutely nothing to do with whether you'll have withdrawals or not. It is completely erroneous to think that just because a person has withdrawls they are addicted. When narcotics are taken for a long period of time and/or in high doses, they cause changes to the central nervous system. This means that your body chemistry changes so that you stop producing the naturally occurring compounds that narcotics mimic. Withdrawals occur when you stop taking the medication after the body has stopped producing the compounds. This can happen EVEN IF a person takes the medication EXACTLY AS PRESCRIBED for an extended period of time. This is dependence. A person dependent on narcotics is NOT neccessarily an addict. It's unfair and ignorant to dismiss patients who are dependent on narcotics as addicts across the board. Diabetics are dependent on insulin. Patients with high blood pressure depend on their medications. Patients who are depressed are dependant on anti-depressants. Do we call any of these people addicts? NO, of course not. There is absolutely no difference between them and a person dependant on narcotics. Addiction is a behavior issue, and is something else entirely. Addiction is characterised by intense cravings for the drug, continuing to take the drug when it isn't neccessary, compulsively attempting to obtain the drug, taking the drug for reasons other than pain (boredom, stress, sadness, etc.) and continuing to take the drug despite detrimental effects to your life or the lives of your friends and family directly resulting from taking the drug. Withdrawals do occur when a person is addicted, but withdrawals are not a defining symptom of addiction.
All that being said, unless you're taking some ungodly high dosage of the Vicodin, two weeks is not long enough to cause the physical changes that result in withdrawal. As long as you have been taking a reasonable dose (which is all a doctor is going to prescribe you) you're not going to have withdrawals.
2007-08-27 17:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by Mandy VZ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're not going to go through severe withdrawal sypmtoms after only being on this drug for two weeks. People who get severe withdrawal sypmtoms are those who have been using for a long time and taking a large doses. You should feel fine.
2007-08-27 07:49:07 · answer #2 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you been taking them when you aren't in pain and needing them. If so then you probably will have withdrawals. However, if you are still in a lot of pain then probably not.
2007-08-27 07:49:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you were taking it for pain, you are not addicted to it, and therefore will not have withdrawal symptoms.
2007-08-27 07:48:18 · answer #4 · answered by catcolalex 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋