oxycodone withdraws

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Hello,
I am trying to cut down on my percocet and i was wondering if tylonal 3 with codein will help to curve the withdraws.

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Probably, but you'd have the same issue tapering down from the tylenol 3. basically you can switch from one opiate to the other at the equivalent dosage (there are charts that tell what the equivalent doses between these opiates) & not notice a difference. but it's just switching one drug to another - no help whatsoever for helping you get off of them.
 
Thanks for the reply,

So Tylonel 3 is actually an opiate? I was hoping that i would just use the tylenol 3 a little to help with the withdrawls. I have been on 10 mg a day of percocet for 2 years for chronic back pain stemming from a motocross accident years ago. I also suffer form IBS bad and the percocet puts the IBS at bay so i can function through the day. I want to get off the percocet so bad but i keep finding myself going right back to it....never thought I would be so caught up on these pills. I went through the withdrawls a year ago and i dont want to go through that again.
 
Tylenol 3 is codeine w/ acetaminophen. percocet is oxycodone w/ acetaminophen. the only difference I've noticed is that for me personally I don't get as much of the "high" feeling from codeine that I do from hydrocodone & oxycodone, but maybe that's just me. Codeine is a natural opiate, while the others are chemically synthesized. I have chronic back pain and IBS also, and when the back pain was really bad I was on fentanyl patches. I never had a problem w/ abuse or tolerance on them, because the amount of opiate in the blood stream remains constant, & after the first couple of weeks I never could even tell I was on narcotics. I also never had any withdrawals when my back pain improved & I stopped using them. These short term pain killers like percocet, tylenol 3, vicadin, etc. are not good for long-term use - tolerance builRAB quickly & the "high" feeling from when you feel them take effect only adRAB to the temptation for abuse.

10 mg/day is not a big dose, though. I'm surprised you still feel anything from taking that same amount.

One question: when you try to quit taking them & end up going back to it, is it because of pain or because of the euphoric feeling you get from them? Because if it's just pain there are other things you can do to help reduce the need for pain killers. If it's the "high" then it takes a whole other minRABet & toolbox to help get past the cravings.
 
Thanks for replying,
For me it is more for the IBS and yes i think for alot of pepople they go back to these pils for the feeling they give unfourtanatly. But I am also in alot of everyday pain for chronic lyme disease as well...I get alot of bone pain and severe jaw pain from it. So the pills do help quite a bit for everything im dealing with. So I dont want to think im a pill popper because they do work for me but i look at myself as an addict and thats hard to deal with for me.
 
You might look into fentanyl patches then. I was on 'em for years for chronic back pain, & after the first couple of weeks or so (during which I could barely hold my eyes open much of the time), I couldn't even tell it was in my system. But it did wonders for the pain, there was no "high", no desire to abuse them, & you only have to change the patches every 2 or 3 days, so for the most part it made my life normal again. When the pain started to go away, I stopped using the patches & never had a problem w/ withdrawal, cravings, nothing. Was really a life saver.

Otherwise there's biofeedback & other "mind over matter" exercises, & physical therapy. For the problems you describe it sounRAB like you're always gonna have pain, tho. You have to decide what gives you the best quality of life, & maybe try not to worry overmuch about the stigma of using narcotics.
 
Well, funny thing guys, I'm suffering from the chronic effects of Lyme Disease, I have Acute Arthritis in my back(lurabar) that is impinging the nerves causing chronic pain in my legs, feet, and back too. Plus just to add a little fun to things, I also have Arthritis in my Hips Knees, Elbow, Feet, and HanRAB (essentially everywhere). So you could say I'm almost in the identical spot as you Kyle. The thing is several years back the family doctor I had stopped me taking pills everyday, because of the absolutely ridiculous nuraber I had to take in a months time, and switched me over to the Duragesic Patch (which is just a Fentanyl patch by a different name). What I can tell you is that what was said about the Fentanyl patch is pretty much true, the only part I will say I'd argue with is that there is some withdrawal symptoms coming off of it. That tenRAB to happen with any opiate if you take it over a period of time. I can tell you this though, I've come off of Fentanyl, Morphine, and Oyxcontin(which is a hell drug in my opinion), and of all of them Fentanyl seemed to be the least severe.......and please dont think this is me telling you it was a simple thing to do, because it wasnt, there was still suffering going on when doing it.
 
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