is there anything I can take to ease the pain of dt's from opiates (pain pills) I get sick every time I try

Question

Every time I try to stop taking my pain pills I get sick. Is there anything that will relieve these symptoms?

Answer 1

You could try titrating down your dose until it's more bearable, but likely it's still going to be hard...how long have you been taking them? I became addicted a few years ago unintentionally, and withdrawal was absolute hell, but I had no choice but to go cold turkey because I didn't realize I was addicted. It took a couple of weeks to get over the physical symptoms, but a while longer for the depressive symptoms to get better.

You should talk to your doc about this if you think s/he will listen. Phenergan might be useful in alleviating the nausea, I'm not sure how addictive it is though, wouldn't want to replace one addiction with another.

If you don't have an addictive personality, there is another way you can ease the nausea and other physical symptoms, but it isn't exactly legal in every state. I won't mention it by name but it's more common than alcohol in most places.

Answer 2

Gradually weaning down the dose helps minimize the withdrawals. (If your withdrawal plan involves splitting tablets, be sure to doublecheck with a pharmacist that this is OK first - some pain medicines have a time-release design and splitting or crushing the tablet can defeat this, resulting in all of the drug being dumped into the body at once; this can be dangerous.)

In terms of over the counter medications, ibuprofen can be helpful for the muscle aches and Immodium is a godsend for the diarrhea.

If you're willing to talk this over with a doctor, s/he can prescribe some nausea medicine as well which can be quite helpful. More recently, clonidine (which was originally developed for high blood pressure) has been shown to blunt the effects of opiate withdrawal to some degree... but that's prescription only as well so you have to go through a doctor.

Best of luck to you!

Answer 3

try taking your pills and splitting them into quarters try taking a quarter of a pill every 6 hrs or half every 6 hrs do this for a few days then gradually keep knocking them down until you come off of them, i don't believe stopping all at once is good idea, withdrawals are tough, your stomach cramps up, nervesness, headaches, sweats, lower back hurts, again gradually come off of them, you'll be able to tell.
good luck

Answer 4

Loperamide for diarrhea helps a lot and ibuprofen for the leg cramps.

Answer 5

If I actually knew how to ease your pain, I would NOT be lying, however if no answer came to mind then I would not answer you.