I have been taking it for about a year and I'm on day five. I am hurting really bad. If I was to take a narcotic pain pill would it bring my symptoms back to day one?
Opiate Withdrawal - how long does the physical systems of withdrawal from oxycodone last?
Question posted by scared102 on 27 Oct 2010
Last updated on 2 August 2021
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LibrarianMan
30 April 2017
Yes, it WILL set you back Break it in half. Don't go backwards, you're already committed.
I stopped in mid-January... & it was the hardest thing I've ever done. Stopping my pain meds was also the best thing I've done.
Please, don't be scared... stay with it.
Crossingzero
30 April 2017
No..sorry to say..you just have to keep moveng forward... the good news is that as withl all things it will happen faster than you think. I was takeing 4 10/325 Percocet and 4 2mg dilodid a day for 9 months for a back injury. I blew out diisks at L3-4. L3-5 L5-6. And T8-9 T9-10. Finely found the right Doctor who started with just shots and moved to RFA's..once i realized i didn't really need the pills anymore. I stopped on my own. Even having plenty of them on hand. For me what worked was hor baths... otc meds like Tylenol. Advil..Imodium..amd some chlonopin that i still had... LOTS AND LOTS OF Gatorade... and i think the big part is to keep your stomach as full as you posdibly can. It took my 5 days this way. But we are all different... at the end of it all. Its will power... i had every way to fall back..but i SIMPLY WANTED TO BE OFF OF IT... i alllways have a rule... if im not IN PAIN..DONT TAKE A PILL..ITS NOT HARDER THAN THAT.
AND THAT MINDSET WHEN APPLIED TO DETOX IS TOUGH YES... BUT YOU WOUDLT HAVE STARTED IF YOU DIDNT WANT BETTER FOR YOUR LIFE... WELL QUESS WHAT... YOUR OLMOST THERE BROTHER. HANG ON... JUST A FEW MORE DAYS... DONT LISTEN TO ALL THIS. IT MAY TAKE A MONTH NONSENCE..BEST OD LUCK MAN
FailureDAD
31 March 2017
Old question, but someone else may seek the same answer. My experience is no. The only way you will escape the throws or withdrawal is to give your body what it craves. Example- I am perscribed 4-6 oxycodone 30s per day, I run out before full day, sickness set in, hydros, anything other than oxy, is a waste of time. Suboxalone strips do take away withdrawal symptoms, but that's what they are designed to do. Meow
Inactive
6 April 2017
What are "after effects"? I am ready to start the detox but I'm worried I won't be able to go to work. Anyone ever worked while fighting WD?
Bigblue94
24 April 2017
I worked 12 hour night shifts while going through withdrawals. Won't lie, it sucks big time. But it's definitely worth it in the end. I'm on 3 weeks clean now, and I'm finally starting to feel like me again. So I guess in short, it will suck but it is 100% worth it. Good luck to you, you can do it
Steph789
25 April 2017
Just started my withdrawals I'm on day 2 this sucks I really never thought I'd be like this how one little pill controlled everything pop a couple work a double shift come home pop a couple more play with my daughter clean house cook I felt like that little pill made me better I lost my job I tried to withdrawal and got into a bad argument I'm just tired of it controlling me I'm so ashamed I'm 27 I don't want this but the messed up part is I just keep thinking oh I think my mom goes to the doctor Friday I'll make some lame excuse like my head hurts or my back so she will give me some my boyfriend doesn't know I think he wonders how I do everything then when I start coming down I get a bad attitude the hardest part of this is I get irritated by the littlest stuff my whole insides shake I gotta tell myself to chill god when will I start to feel better???
I want to be a good mom I try I do but this taken anything I can get my hands on has to stop I've even been desperate and cut a little piece of my dads fentanyl patch and chewed it I'm pathetic I never use to be like this I was beautiful idk how I let this one little pill control my life... sorry I'm rambling it's almost 2 in the morning I can't sleep my legs hurt I can't stop pooping I know tmi... ugh does this ever end I guess one I the worst parts is I'm doing it by myself cause I'm so ashamed of it
Inactive
25 April 2017
Hi Steph,
You are not alone! There are others even if you can't see them everyday. Just remember their happy and pill free now. I'm weaning down and about ready to take the last step. Hang in there cause i need your success story too!
Kheshirekat417
20 March 2017
NO... takes longer than 2 days 6 hrs..lol especially 5 a DAY for a year..I've been on percs for 4 yrs. N w/d. Plus I have pain,,is TO why HE put ME on THEM!!! Smh good luck... cut it down... U don't say how many mills,,, if it's 10 mil, cut in Half, 5 same..
Barguy
7 March 2017
Im coming off a 5 year 160-240 mg oxy/day. Currently in on day 4. Im taking Tramadol and feel pretty good. The hardest thing that i deal with is the anxiety... 1 more pill i keep telling myself. Fortunately i have a great job that pays well with no children. Im starting to think that positive attitude is your best medicine. I deleted my dealers out of my phone. My girlfriend is using my phone so i wont contact dealers. Suck it up, stay busy, drink a ton of water, try to get to your own happy place and time. just be positive. One day at a time.
LibrarianMan
7 March 2017
BarGuy... I was on a 25 year Opioid run. I had attempted to titrate previously, but wasn't really ready... I guess, to give it up. This time, I was.."Vene, Vidi, Vici." I came, I saw, I conquered.
Of course, it's a series of battles against falling into old habits. My last opioid was January 14th. I still pat my pocket, looking for my prescription bottle a couple of times during the week... and I do still crave a pill from time to time. That said, my RLS, anxiety, sleeplessness, aches and pains... all that is in the rear view and I have less pain from my kidneys that I did on my opioids.
I thought I would die on... or from, my narcotics. I accomplished what I thought was beyond me. Stay with it; ultimately, you'll be in a far better place.
Best of luck!!!
Mikeant1231
7 March 2017
Please please don't suffer! Kratom is legal and safe and absolutely 100% effective. 8-10 mugs and it blocks all symptoms. It's inexpensive and available. Drug treatment people know it but can't make money if you use it. What do you have to lose. It is natural and amazing
lenny117
28 Feb 2017
it will last about 6 days but it gets better I'm on day20 and I'm still not right but feeling better ... good luck
RidleyMike
22 Feb 2019
Day 5 here, worst is behind me, need to build a support network now. I dont think I could go through this again. If you're on day 2 or 3, yours almost there, tomorrow should be a little better
Mikeant1231
11 Feb 2017
Go to any smoke shop and buy kratom. This stuff is amazing at blocking ALL aspects of withdrawal. It is truly effective
Pressingwithfaith
1 Feb 2017
Hello
I have a heart condition and i am trying to detox from oxycodone and i feel awful. I am experiencing severe shortness of breath and diarrhea. I feel like I am going to drop dead.
LibrarianMan
2 Feb 2017
Hey Pressing.
I finished a detox maybe ... 3 weeks ago. That was after 23 years of opioids.
The physical symptoms should start to resolve within a week, but... I still get palpitations, I still feel... at night, not during the day, that my "nerve endings are raw"... I get restless leg, I get a little anxious... but it is LIGHT YEARS from how bad the first few days are.
You must stay with it... try Kratom powder ... purchased online or through certain specialty health food stores... take Imodium for the diarrhea, try Benadryl to help you sleep, Advil for aches and pains... and the most useful tool in your arsenal to kick the poisons to the curb?
STAY BUSY... KEEP YOUR MIND OCCUPIED.
I watched Netflix at night like it was a J-O-B. Kept my mind off of my withdrawal symptoms... mostly.
You may still experience certain symptoms for several weeks or even months, contingent upon your dose and duration of opioid use.
Best of luck, I promise you... it gets easier. The misery and pain you're suffering now is simply the down payment upon a far more pleasant, meaningful life!
Betty77
2 March 2017
Yes I use Kratom Too, it is Wonderful I really Love it has helped me Tons
Please try it anybody u won't regret it
1147Sunset
25 Dec 2016
my personal experience. It took me 5 days to get over the physical withdrawal period could not hold down food. Day number 6 my appetite returned.
OpiokWDNOOOO
30 Nov 2016
I took the same thing you did only I take two 40 milligram oxymorphone and 2 30 milligram oxycodone and 3 20 milligram Adderall and also 2 milligrams of Xanax and let me tell you I have half the kids you have and I have tried to detox on my own I thought I was going to die you have to be careful you may need to be admitted in the hospital or you may need to go to a rehab center depending on how long you have been doing this and what method you have been consuming...
last but not least please be with caring people do not do this on your own and hydration is number 1 even though you don't want to drink you have to and also be careful what hospital you go to because they may try to change it to a bed and stick you with an IV for my straighten your arm and you will be in some serious hell good luck I plan to do that you're trying to do so I'm very proud of you but it's not that time in my life it making me feel if somebody was slowly slicing and peeling the skin off my arms and I had shaky legs I don't want to make it sound bad I want to promote you to do what you're doing that would put you in for it oxymorphone withdrawals are from hell they take over a month or more of work. As much as I love the Lord he is not the only one that is going to help you you're going to need some trained medical professionals good luck honey
1redrose
3 Nov 2016
There is a Japanese herb mix called plum flower, Curing Pills they cost around twelve dollars and are better than what they would give you in rehab to comfortably detox. Google them,order and take them. You'll be glad you did and I know about the Thomas recipe... it's not the same. It will reduce your chills comma reduce your sweats, reduce the diarrhea, reduce the discomfort all together it's amazing
Ilovemy2boys
14 July 2017
Does this helps with insomnia too?
VegasChuck
8 July 2019
I just got some... How many did you take, how often and when? At bedtime also?
Warchild
11 Oct 2016
I took tabs for hip pain for years and was taking five a day when they stopped working my wife give me hers bc they made her sick so I was up to ten a day I had my hip replacement about a year and a half ago so I just quit taking them I had never taken anything like that before and OmG I was so sick I would cry over what I don't know I hurt so bad but I made myself walk and do things not a lot but some after about two weeks I felt a bit better and then another week went by and one day I got up and had never felt so good in my life I had become a homebody never going out side now I try not to be at home much I will pray for you and God bless you my friend stay strong!!! :-)
Victory012
28 Sep 2016
I have been on 3 Opana 20 & 5 oxycodone 10/ day for several years for a genuine neuropathic disease that causes wide spread pain. I ran out of meds 2 days ago,.die to my dr office canceling my appointment the day my meds were die and not getting me another appointment for 2 weeks. I was in ER last nite for pain, got one duiladid ahot and was told the ER staff contacted the Dr office and he still said keep appt and basically suck it up. My question is what am I in for in the next couple weeks. Never had to go through withdrawal, never taken meds amt way that prescribed. And what if anything week help with the withdrawal as I have 4 children and need to still function and take care of them. Thanks ahead of time for answers
Lonely pain
31 Oct 2016
Withdrawal is hell! I'm on day 7 and still feel yucky a little. This is what I did . I went and bought the following at a drug store. Robitissun DXM, lmmodium, Tagamet, and multi vitamin. I was taking 300mg OxyContin a day for severe spine degenerate diseases and had multiple back surgeries. I ran out early and my doc decided to take a vacation the week my meds were due. I was in major panic. So I embraced this thought... I'm sick of feeling like I'm drugged all the time... Constantly falling asleep at home with family and on the road. I was determined to do everything I could to get off this crap that's destroying my life and finances. And make sure u have blood pressure medication. I had a script for clonidine. I took clonidine with the items I bought at store. First few days were very fuzzy to me. But the key is this: MENTAL MENTAL MENTAL WILL POWER!! I'm feeling better now but still my mind keeps saying "just one will help".
Don't listen to your mind. Listen to your future. It gets better promise it will. Also I went and bought some kratom. Kratom does help a lot just don't take too much it can make u sick at ur stomach. Be strong... it's a mind game
Jason2555
6 Nov 2016
If your dr is the one that cancelled your appointment then he should write you enough to bridge you over to your new appointment date.
Chocco
12 Sep 2016
I've been having a box of endone roughly every 2 days so about 10 endone a day for the past 5 months when I don't have I get bad lower back pain and my legs seem to restless how long with this last when stopping them?
BillyB123
24 Aug 2013
I've been taking 3 to 4 oxycodon 30mg everyday for 3 year... An this needs to stop! I've came across some Watson 7.5s an some tranadol.. I'm on day two but yesterday I took 3 watsons ( hydros) to help me get through work cause I work 40 hrs a week... I'm wondering if these hydros an watsons are helping me or if they're just making it worse... help!!!
goddess70
26 Aug 2013
Its making it worse because you are still using narcotics and if u stop. Its back to day 1.
BillyB123
26 Aug 2013
Even if I take a lower dosage everyday? I've only took 2 for the past two days an feel fine... By doing this will it make the WD not as bad at least an for not as long???
BillyB123
26 Aug 2013
Does the tammadole help at all or it that just as bad as hydros?
William Login
29 Aug 2016
The Tramadol is misleading. It has a longer half-life than Oxycodone and Hydrocodone (which are synthetic narcotics that are metabolized within one day.) Weaning sounds nice, however is really hard to do. Really hard. I may take months. My advice is to such it up, take a few days and get clean. There are some totally non-narcotic medications that can help. Others have mentioned them.. Then expect another two months of after effects, at least.
William Login
29 Aug 2016
I forgot to say that a longer half-life means it takes longer for the withdrawal symptoms to start for real. Like three to five days.
LibrarianMan
22 Jan 2017
You can titrate (gradually diminish) your medication and that certainly makes withdrawal more bearable.
Your physician should never just "cut you off," it's medically irresponsible and downright dangerous, contingent upon the dose.
I took a single Percocet 3/325... keep in mind, though, that you can only diminish so far... until you must stop. If you're fortunate enough to have a doctor that will do so, ask him to help you craft a plan to titrate.
Good luck It dies get easier.
Mom to 1
17 March 2017
I don't think switching from 1 opioid to another will help. Sorry
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