User Reviews for Clonidine

Catapres (clonidine): It was great

Catapres (clonidine): It works, but makes you really tired

clonidine: I have been addicted to opiates for over 10 yrs. and I have been through many horrible withdrawals. After getting my habit over $150 per day I had had enough. I decided to get on Suboxone. I was prescribed 8mgs per day and this went on for over a year when my doc suddenly shut his practice down. I decided this is the time for me to get off. Well I found myself in the ER and the doc prescribed .1 mg clonidine. It was a GODSEND! It helped so much with the chills, sweats, crying, etc. It does make you very drowsy but it makes the detox tolerable. I was able to sleep and eat during the detox while on Clonidine. I used Xanax at night also to help with sleep. Clonidine helps big time!

clonidine: I tried to quit opiates on my own and I couldn't do it. I was so dependent on them I would vomit, sweat, light headed, aching bones...just miserable if I didn't have opiates in my system. I went into a detox program, and opted out of doing either a methadone or Suboxone quick taper program. I instead went on the 'opiate protocol" which was clonidine and Syraquil. I was amazed how effective it was. I went through none of the nasty initial withdrawal symptoms. After 5 days I started feeling secondary withdrawal symptoms (nausea, irritable, bad insomnia, sweating, night chills, shakes, aches).

Catapres (clonidine): Works very well, it will make me very sleepy and takes away restless legs syndrome, sweats, and nausea. After stopping any opiate and before taking Suboxone, you need to go through withdrawal before the Suboxone will work and taking clonidine will ease the withdrawal symptoms. It will not take them away completely but it will make it a million times easier than without anything. When trying to get off Suboxone, taking clonidine in between doses of Suboxone will really really help. Tapering off Suboxone takes a long time and needs to be taken very slowly or withdrawals will last for weeks. There are several other medications that will help inconjunction with clonidine, just ask your doctor.

clonidine: I have been on hydrocodone for about 7 years and when my doctor took me off it I went through terrible withdrawals so I went to the ER and the doctor prescribed clonidine and I tell you this it is heaven sent. I don't feel the withdrawals.

Catapres (clonidine): This patch helped me so so much with opiate withdrawal. I used the patch for 8 weeks and discontinued my Ultram. I experienced zero withdrawal. I highly recommend using this patch to get yourself off the opiates.

Catapres (clonidine): Clonidine is definitely a wonder for opiate withdrawal. I asked to be detoxed in hospital after over a year of pain management got the best of me...they aren't kidding when they say opiates are addictive. After 2 days of sleeping through cold turkey (for the most part) I was able to eat and act normal, with no physical cravings. They administered a combination of clonidine, Serax, Soma, Ativan and gabapentin, so I can't say which worked better initially. The clonidine seems to lessen the worst physical effects. It lowered my blood pressure a lot, so only 0.5mg dose was allowed at a time, maybe more would work better for someone else with higher pressure. Detox with a doctor's help, they've got lots of options.

clonidine: This medicine COMPLETELY takes away ALL of my opiate withdrawal symptoms, but makes me exhausted, so I recommended taking it only at night.

clonidine: Overall it will take the edge off slightly. Honestly though if you are detoxing of a good sized habit you aren't going to make it in this alone.

Catapres (clonidine): I do feel Clonidine is a highly effective while going through opiate withdrawal. It helps a great deal. I couldn't imagine a detox without it.

Catapres (clonidine): Catapres does help with physical withdrawal. I am weening myself down on Duragesic From 50mcg to 25mcg due to the medicines withdrawal from the market. (FDA investigation stopped production around Feb 2011 and Johnson & Johnson has no OK to produce still.). After allowing the Catapres to work for a week, I dropped to 25Mcg with little withdrawal symptoms compared to the unbearable effects without it. You must try it and remember that its not a miracle medicine but a crutch to help you through what could have been a temporary absolutely unbearable experience. Some feel fortunate, blessed, rescued and saved.

Catapres (clonidine): Wearing the clonidine patch a few days and it is working.

clonidine: I would say it works really great. But when I was withdrawing from methadone it didn't take restless legs away for the 2-3 nights of sickness. After the withdrawals became a little weaker, then I had no problem falling asleep. It takes MOST of the worst withdrawals, but I think if you are too sick, only God will help you. Anyway its SO MUCH better then nothing. Thank you clonidine, so far they work the best helping me sleep. Even trazodone wasn't nearly as effective as clonidine.

Catapres (clonidine): No more withdrawal symptoms. Clonidine works when I'm out of oxycodone. I can sleep and be normal like I've never taken an opiate.

clonidine: Works great and you are not supposed to use it with Suboxone.

clonidine: I detoxed from my methadone for about seven days. I went to the hospital and they gave me clonidine. It did not help my withdrawals.

clonidine: I have detoxed inpatient with Clonidine twice for Lortab and OxyContin. Now I am on day 3 detoxing at home from Opana (Oxymorphone) and OxyContin again! This has been a 5 year battle for me and I've tried many detox methods. Clonidine WITH Suboxone or Subutex is BEST ROUTE! I've experienced ZERO withdrawal symptoms with these two combined! I sleep fine, no leg pain, no upset stomach, only a mild headache today!

Catapres (clonidine): I have been on suboxone (since january 10), for opiate withdrawals and I am having panic attacks. I was prescribed catapress this month (the end of june, 10) with my suboxone and day 4 on it so far so good! It makes me sleepy and very mellow, calm like. I assume its doing its job, I only have taken it at night. I haven't had to take it for a panic attack yet.

clonidine: This medicine helped immediately. I was having the shakes, terrible anxiety and depression and after taking clonidine for 1 day I was feeling almost normal again. I was taking almost 10 Vicodin 10/325 per day. It has been 7 days sober and I feel great.

Catapres (clonidine): Works extremely well.

clonidine: My detox with clonidine was horrible, the worst, I threw up for 4 days, had diarrhea, couldn't eat drink, leg pain horrible. I barely walked out of that hospital after 7 days. As soon as I got home went to get opiates to relieve the pain. My last detox was with methadone, it turned my life around, I was weened down in a week and felt like a person again.

clonidine: I had a clonidine patch to help me withdraw from oxycodone (as prescribed for foot/ankle surgery). The patch helped with that, and my doctor continued to prescribe it for a year, as he felt it would take that long to truely recover. He also treats me for ADHD (it is used in conjunction with stimulants sometimes), but after a year we dropped it. It's stabilizing I guess.

Catapres-TTS (clonidine): After 12 months of osteoporosis-caused rib fractures, my Dilaudid detox has been less than ideal. Despite using clonidine patches at increasing dosages, I can't seem to get through those final medicine-free 72 hours, even with the patch.

clonidine: I took this medication for 1 week while is was detoxing from methadone. It did not help with the withdrawals. It just made me a little drowsy.