DragonFly31
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I have been attempting to stop taking Buprenorphine in the last few weeks. I had used 4 - 8 mg of Buprenorphine daily for about a year, and started intentionally decreasing this dose for about one week to 2 mg of Buprenorphine per day to prepare for a complete and lasting abstinence from that drug (or any other).
Once I was out of Bupe, I believed for a few days that everything would turn out fine and that I would not experience withdrawal symptoms through the taper.
How wrong I was - on day three of abstinence, the withdrawal symptoms hit me hard, and I found I could not function normally at all. This lasted well into day 10, and these were extremely uncomfortable days - and nights, turning and sweating. Physical activity of any kind was excruciating.
I decided to research possible alternatives and found that Loperamide could be an off-label solution, but a highly dangerous one as it is associated with cardiopathy and cardiac arrhythmia leading to death. My internet research has found that people have taken as much as 400 mg regularly and lived to tell the tale; but I had no plans to test this amount. Maximum recommend dosage is 8mg per day usually.
I started out by taking 24 mg, but found no improvement of my symptoms.
After waiting 3 days I renewed the experience at 30 mg, and was very surprised to feel complete and total alleviation of withdrawal symptoms, although there was no high to speak of.
Although a dangerous drug in high doses, loperamide is an OTC medication that is easily available everywhere.
My experience shows that Loperamide is able to alleviate withdrawal symptoms in about one hour after 30mg has been taken, on a person with very low or non-existent opiate tolerance.
I hope that 30 mg is not enough to do any damage, and although I felt fine after the experience, I cannot ascertain for sure that there is no risk!
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Once I was out of Bupe, I believed for a few days that everything would turn out fine and that I would not experience withdrawal symptoms through the taper.
How wrong I was - on day three of abstinence, the withdrawal symptoms hit me hard, and I found I could not function normally at all. This lasted well into day 10, and these were extremely uncomfortable days - and nights, turning and sweating. Physical activity of any kind was excruciating.
I decided to research possible alternatives and found that Loperamide could be an off-label solution, but a highly dangerous one as it is associated with cardiopathy and cardiac arrhythmia leading to death. My internet research has found that people have taken as much as 400 mg regularly and lived to tell the tale; but I had no plans to test this amount. Maximum recommend dosage is 8mg per day usually.
I started out by taking 24 mg, but found no improvement of my symptoms.
After waiting 3 days I renewed the experience at 30 mg, and was very surprised to feel complete and total alleviation of withdrawal symptoms, although there was no high to speak of.
Although a dangerous drug in high doses, loperamide is an OTC medication that is easily available everywhere.
My experience shows that Loperamide is able to alleviate withdrawal symptoms in about one hour after 30mg has been taken, on a person with very low or non-existent opiate tolerance.
I hope that 30 mg is not enough to do any damage, and although I felt fine after the experience, I cannot ascertain for sure that there is no risk!
Tagged by Xorkoth
substancecode_loperamide
substancecode_opiates
explevel_experienced
exptype_positive
exptype_addiction
roacode_oral
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Loperamide does not appear to be dangerous in doses under 100mg, though I still would say to avoid taking it for any length of time. However as a withdrawal aid, it is very useful. It has trouble crossing the blood brain barrier but acts peripherally and dramatically improves the physical symptoms of withdrawal. It's safe to take for a short time, even daily, in the doses you're using, but it will produce its own dependence eventually, so I always say to limit it to not more than a week in a row to avoid that. I've used it a number of times to help get through withdrawal.
