Detox Fentanyl and Xylazine Detox Dangers

[smokinbiscuits]

I was just curious about something. I'm 30. I started shooting heroin 15 years ago when it was old school brown dope. Detox back then for it was cake after 24 hours start Subutex, and after 3 days your practically flushed. I was always under the impression that heroin/opiate withdrawal was relatively harmless, not physically dangerous like alcohol and benzos.

Fast forward 15 years I'm now using Xylazine laced Fentanyl because you can't even find old school for even if you wanted to which I would absolutely prefer because this new stuff is horrible, it's so bad I can't believe I let myself get caught up in it. Anyway I want to go to detox.

My question is I hear people talking about how they had seizures from fent/tranq withdrawal. Is there any proof or science behind this? From your guy's personal experience because I feel like I may have been having seizures, I also have constant tachycardia. Is withdrawal now something that could potentially be fatal or life threatening?

 

[cdin]

I was just curious about something. I'm 30. I started shooting heroin 15 years ago when it was old school brown dope. Detox back then for it was cake after 24 hours start Subutex, and after 3 days your practically flushed. I was always under the impression that heroin/opiate withdrawal was relatively harmless, not physically dangerous like alcohol and benzos.

Fast forward 15 years I'm now using Xylazine laced Fentanyl because you can't even find old school for even if you wanted to which I would absolutely prefer because this new stuff is horrible, it's so bad I can't believe I let myself get caught up in it. Anyway I want to go to detox.

My question is I hear people talking about how they had seizures from fent/tranq withdrawal. Is there any proof or science behind this? From your guy's personal experience because I feel like I may have been having seizures, I also have constant tachycardia. Is withdrawal now something that could potentially be fatal or life threatening?

so - in short - absolutely it's more dangerous/possibly life threatening depending on what all is in it.
if it's mixed with benzos - you could have a GABAergic withdrawal, which absolutely is life threatening - that would cause seizures, and tachycharia. on the other hand - if it's just xylazine - that is ALSO a dangerous withdrawal, and is an alpha agonist like clonidine, so also directly affects BP and would cause tachy coming off as well.

and it's ofc near impossible to know what is actually in any given batch of street dope. I wish I had a more encouraging answer. clonidine will help aid the xylazine withdrawal, it's absolutely what I would get in this situation. i guess I would try tapering down while adding some clonidine, and if I was getting shaking/seizy I would start thinking there was probably some benzos in there too.

that is all besides the fact that fent itself seems to present a more dangerous wd syndrome than older, less potent opioids. if it were me and I even considered being in a trifecta hole like that, i'd be seeking inpatient detoxification for sure. wish I had better news.

 

[BK38]

I would go the inpatient route if possible to detox.