vicodin addiction ?

[Beeker]

as you can tell I use to smoke cannabis, I forgot I posted on this already lol!

[allyourbase]

6 months is your glory period for oral opiate use. to kill withdrawls use some form of barbituric acid. people say butalbital is best because it has a few carbon groups that fit opiate receptors. phenobarbitol will just halt the skids. I would advise against the use of benzodiazapines like xanax or valium though, as by the time your physical addiction to hydrocodone has fully been kicked youll have a whole new and far worse addiction to benzos.

[sands of time]

I see this post is getting back on track. Why is everyone so suprised that someone can live 1 year after being addicted to vikes? Acetaminophen is bad for your liver, and 1 year on it will cause problems for some people, but it's not a death sentance. You'd be suprised how much abuse the liver can take, and how quickly it can heal. I've seen people taking 6-7 vikes a day for a year with serious problems resulting though.

Vicodin withdrawals are not fun, I believe that has been established. They are not all that bad either, in comparison to many other addictions. There are many ways to relieve the withdrawal symptoms, and some have been listed here. I'll post the most successful methods which gave oedipus, my pet ostrich, the best results.

1) Pop imodium as Raedon said. All that opiate abuse has most likely left you in a state of great constipation. Once your sphincter awakens (and it will!), it is not going to be happy. You are going to be shitting like your prepping for a colonoscopy. All this movement of feces may make you nauseous, so the imodium will help by somewhat constipating you in much the same way opiates do. This will allow you to gradually allow yourself to shit in a humane manor.

2) Raedon also mentioned kratom. This is amuch better way to ease the withdrawals than by using methadone, mostly because methadone is serious overkill. Kratom will ease the symptoms, and it might even give you a little extra kick in terms of stimulation. It's all the craze in the world of pain pill poppers, because it's legal, effective, and not nearly as addictive. This means you can make a painless transition to kratom, and them stop using kratom with a fraction of the withdrawals.

3) Try using an OTC sleep aid that contains doxylamine succinate. This is one of the active ingredients in nyquil, and it is one of the best OTC sleep aids in my opinion. You may feel like a zombie the next morning, but your withdrawing from an opiate, thats how you probably feel anyways.

Diphenhydramine, the stuff in benadryl, is also a somewhat effective OTC sleep aid. Again, this stuff can leave you feeling like a zombie in the morning.

Melatonin seems to work for some people, but I dont trust it. It has never done a damn thing for me, and it's not regulated by the FDA. The only thing that the FDA seems to be useful for is making sure that the meds you buy contain the correct amount of the active ingredients. Since melatonin is not regulated, chances are many brands contain less of the active ingredient than listed, or none at all!

4) You probably don't have kratom available, so try reducing the dosage of vicodin each day, until your taking none. In my opinion, this method sucks because your just prolonging the withdrawals. You might as well get it over with now, while you still have the motivation.

[Zaphod_1]

Good humor, especially the re-awakening of the sphincter, (Swim can laugh about it now but it wasn't so amusing for him at that time). Swim stopped, cold turkey without Kratom or other substitutes.

[Subuser]

In the US you can get compounded formulations of Vicodin with as little as 80mgs of Tylenol. They are usually dispensed as 15/80.

[biggpri]

forget the methadone. it is a stronger opiod and will have worse withdrawals. just slowly taper down with the vicodin, and the withdrawals should subside within a week. they are gonna suck, but sleeping aids, immodium, proper nutrition, and maybe soem ant-anxiety medications will help. just don't take benzodiazepines for too long, for they too have withdrawals.