... with MS. What do the #'s represent? I can bear the pain more when laying in bed and go without the pills but usually I take 2 and it lasts for 5 hours. I try to go for 6 hours w/o but then have to give in and take another 2.
The problem is compunded by lack of sleep and I am often up for 20 hours a day. My liver function tests come back normal but I want to get off of these.
Often I try to go 8 -10 hours without and then feel the symptoms of withdrawal (flu-ish) I don't understand half lifes. Since I am on disabilty with the MS, I can stay home and lay in bed to avoid taking these for a month in bed. Cold turkey is out of the question but if I take one 4 times a day I get no relief. Any suggestions on how to get off of these or down to 4 per day (in what amount of time?) Thank you. Greg
Vicodin - I have been on hydrocodone 10-325 for five years averaging 6 a day for pain associated?
- Posted:
- 11 Feb 2012 by gregp
- Topics:
- vicodin, multiple sclerosis, pain, hydrocodone
Answers (1)
Mary63200911 Feb 2012
Hi Greg, & welcome to the site. Sorry to hear you have MS. A lot of our everyday people do on the site.If you want off the hydrocodone, you need a taper plan & stick to it. Start by breaking 1 pill in two pieces & stop 1/2 a pill a day for 5 days, then another 1/2 or a whole one if you can handle it. Do this every 5 to 7 days & you'll be surprised how much faster you can stop taking them. Now with chrontic pain in the air, you are going to be in pain when you stop or start reducing a bit. You undeerstand that part don't you? I wish you all the best. Look up ukliz where your prfile is listed friends, Type her name into the friend name block & then friend her. She also has MS & maybe she can help you better than I can with the MS condition. There is also the forum side where people that have certain diseases can talk back & forth & you can see the members with your disease. It's at the top of the page in blue... Mary632009
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Thank you for your time and energy I will look up UKIZ as well. I am beginning to think I have a stronger stage of MS than diagnosed but pain is pain and addiction/tolerance is tolerance so your answer is great I can sweat it out as I need to. Peace to you. Greg
You are very welcome... Mary
Oh, & please stay with us?
Right on Mary, couldn't agree more. Right on with the tapering, but I can't imagine not having something for the pain. There's a ton of painkillers on the market (although the medium to strong ones are all just reformulations or traditional Opioid type meds). Best of luck to you Greg, and welcome to the site! It really is a wonderful network of support with tons of people who share similar troubles, things that caught me totally off guard with events that had happened to others such as falling asleep face down in a bowl of corn flakes and milk (mild narcolepsy exaggerated by the meds that I take)! I hadn't realized that this same basic thing had happened to another members!
Oh, by the way, if you do decide to taper off the opioid and run into troubles, feel free to post an update as well as to make sure to run everything by your doctor first, after all, I don't know of any doctors who answer questions on the site, but instead just patients sharing their experiences. Once again, best of luck!
Jeff K
Hey Jeff, there was one about a week ago that claimed to be a doc, but we got him kicked off for his rude remarks & nastiness. Thought we were all drug addicts on welfare with 3 kids getting food stamps or whatever! Ha! Have to be careful at times, but I can smell a skunk from a long way off too. Mary