bluesteyes
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About a week ago my doctor prescribed for me 15mg OxyContin tablets that I am supposed to take twice per day. I have been taking opioids for the past 6 months, and I am trying to wean off. However, like with many users, the OxyContin is just not lasting the 12 hours. It dies off at around the 8 to 9 hour mark. The LA Times did a investigative story on this in May:
http://www.latimes.com/projects/oxycontin-part1/
Moreover, I am discovering that the 15mg is just not strong enough, and I am going thru mild withdrawals, which obviously get worse at the hours tick by. So we are thinking about adding some 7.5mg Percocets to the mix. I generally take my first OxyContin when I get up at 6:30am, and my second one 12 hours later. It is to my understanding that Percs last 4-6 hours. I don't know if I want to be taking Percs every six hours. Maybe just two or three pills per day.
Does anyone have any suggestions on when to take the Percs in order ease my withdrawal symptoms and assist with pain relief. Maybe take one six hours after my first OxyContin, and six hours after my last OxyContin? Or maybe take three, and spread them out over the course of my 16 waking hours? I don't want to wake up in the morning in a sweat drenched bed with tremors, but I also don't want to set my alarm clock at 3am in the morning to take pills either.
http://www.latimes.com/projects/oxycontin-part1/
Moreover, I am discovering that the 15mg is just not strong enough, and I am going thru mild withdrawals, which obviously get worse at the hours tick by. So we are thinking about adding some 7.5mg Percocets to the mix. I generally take my first OxyContin when I get up at 6:30am, and my second one 12 hours later. It is to my understanding that Percs last 4-6 hours. I don't know if I want to be taking Percs every six hours. Maybe just two or three pills per day.
Does anyone have any suggestions on when to take the Percs in order ease my withdrawal symptoms and assist with pain relief. Maybe take one six hours after my first OxyContin, and six hours after my last OxyContin? Or maybe take three, and spread them out over the course of my 16 waking hours? I don't want to wake up in the morning in a sweat drenched bed with tremors, but I also don't want to set my alarm clock at 3am in the morning to take pills either.