Oxycontin hiccups.

[djn]

Hey All,

New member here. Been lurking around the forums here for the past while and loved what I saw. had to join.

Anyways, been taking Oxycontin since my wrist surgery gone wrong about 1.5 years ago. I'm currently taking 80mg x 4 daily and trying to taper down as my doctor wishes to make some changes . Not too happy about it and will prob put up a fight, see what happens. He's pretty good at listening so..

Anyhow, in the last couple weeks I've been getting these bouts of hiccups lasting up to 3 days. Anyone experience this madness? It's driving me crazy and wondering if anyone else on oxy/opiates/opiods has experienced this sillyness.

Stay cool.

Djn

[Perception Addict]

Ugh. Swim has experienced the opiate hiccups and they are THE worst.

[paranoid_android]

Chemically-induced hiccups might not respond well to attempts at controlling them, but SWIY can still give it a try. Here's what SWIY needs to know.

Hiccups are a spasm of the diaphragm- the muscle that controls breathing. A simple and semi-effective method of beating the hiccups is to consciously control breathing. I know from personal experience that when I pay attention to my breathing/diaphragm movements, I can start to feel hiccups coming on. Just be relentless and maintain as much control over the diaphragm as possible. Quite a few hiccups might get out before they stop, but with any luck it should work.

By the way, I think this is the reason people pass around the idea of surprising a person with hiccups. It causes them to gasp and interrupt the normal breathing cycle.

[vantranist]

haha hydrocodone gave swim hiccups for a whole day.