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Opioids How to ease off hydrocodone with this many pills?

Brian242

Brian242

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Hey BL, I take Hydrocodone 10-325 (180 a month, 2 pills 3 times a day) and don't take them to often so i've been getting rid of them instead. Well, I don't get a refill until the 7th of next month, and i've also been dipping into my stash.

I wound up with ONLY 7 pills and a shitload of soma 350 mg and Gabapentin 400mg. How can I go from a 50mg a day habit to kicking it completely with only 7 pills? 8(
 
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The only thing I can say is break then in half and stretch the hydrocodones out. The soma and gabapetin should help with withdraws. I take 4 a day and at the end of the month sometimes I don't have money for the visit so I have to stretch what I have until then. I have not had any withdrawals yet and I am not looking forword to that day either.
 
How long have you been taking hydrocodone? I'm assuming quite awhile if you're getting 180. When stopping opiate usage, there is always going to be some discomfort no matter which way you go about it. You really don't have enough to taper so I would just go cold turkey and use what your have left one at a time if you really start to feel bad. You're not taking insane amounts daily so I would venture to assume you won't be feeling all that terrible. Supplement with the gab a and soma when needed and also pick up some lope. Might not be the best couple weeks but you'll be alright.
 
I have been taking Hydrocodone for a little over a year now for my Scoliosis correction surgery.
 
Gotcha. Yea there's no magic answer to your question, all you can do is take the remaining pills sparingly and supplement with the gaba, soma and lope if you get some. It won't be the best couple weeks but you'll survive. Good luck man.
 
Split the remaining pills over 3 days, get some loperaminde, some etizolam for when the hydro is out (only order enough to last a week or two as benzo addiction is very real) if you're in Europe if things get too bad get some OTC codeine and use sparingly.

Good luck!
 
Yeah, I would split up the pills and take 50% less every day. It won't be a live saver, but it'll certainly help ease the symptoms you would have had if you just stopped. Overall, hydrocodone is a very weak opiate, and your not on a large dose, so the withdrawal will not be debilitating. Prepare for some discomfort, use the other meds you have, get some loperamide like somebody else suggested, and you'll be fine. The biggest part of this is the mental aspect.. don't kill yourself thinking about how horrible it's going to be. Have a clear head, think positive, try and get some exercise, and you'll be right as rain.
 
For some reason though, WD's from something like Codeine can almost be debilitating as I weigh a little over 104 Lbs.
 
mr.scagnattie said:
Yeah, I would split up the pills and take 50% less every day. It won't be a live saver, but it'll certainly help ease the symptoms you would have had if you just stopped. Overall, hydrocodone is a very weak opiate, and your not on a large dose, so the withdrawal will not be debilitating. Prepare for some discomfort, use the other meds you have, get some loperamide like somebody else suggested, and you'll be fine. The biggest part of this is the mental aspect.. don't kill yourself thinking about how horrible it's going to be. Have a clear head, think positive, try and get some exercise, and you'll be right as rain.
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I endorse this^ methodology. WD is not that bad from opiates if you can control your mental state, try not to focus too much on the physical discomfort, get some tissues (I like Puffs medicated or whatever the fuck they're called, they have lotion and moisturizer in it), go outside, exercise if possible, and avoid other drugs. Get some good TV shows, some movies (porn if you like), or video games, whatever your usual entertainment is and try to distract yourself and not get "sucked in". It would probably be fine for you to even go cold turkey, if I were you I would just go CT but if you feel you must taper then use the method above, you know your own body better than anyone so do what you gotta do.
 
this could potentially be misconstrued as not HR but i take xanax and oxy and when i run out of oxy i'll take quite larger doses of xanax to kinda forget the wd and i used to do the same with soma just be careful because soma can sneak up on you and lead to an overdose
 
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