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I need help using my small amount of Xanax to get off heroin.

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After many unsuccessful attempts to get clean. I finally got my hands on 4 and a half (1mg alprazolam) pills. I have a mild H habit and have beeb using everyday for about 3 weeks. I know xanax is addictive and I don't have access to anymore. My question is, how would you guys go about dosing this? I created this schedule to aid any of you who are kind enough to help me.

Sat (Day1)- Detox Begins Xanax dose AM ____ Xanax dose PM____

Sun (Day2)- Detox Continues Xanax dose AM ____ Xanax dose PM____

Mon (Day3)- Detox Ends Xanax dose AM ____ Xanax dose PM____

Tues - I return to work, hopefully semi-presentable.

I am all ears, ty Bluelight
 
Can you go to a detox center? Talk to a medical professional and get on Buprenorphine, or methadone? Keep in mind both are not meant to be used for longterm use like for decades, or the rest of your life.

I do not use opiates but that's what some people do. I don't think that taking Xanax/benzos, or other drugs will help as it's just substituting one drug for another and they're highly addictive; but I have never detoxed from an opiate, or any drug including alcohol. Good luck.

BlueSaffron: OK thanks. I was not sure. Isn't it dangerous though to combine opiates and benzos? As I posted earlier this is not something I have ever experienced.
 
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actually people use benzos to detox from opiates all the time. it helps with the anxiety and to sleep - you just need to use them sparingly. I'm tapering off methadone and I take Ativan once in a while at night to help me relax and sleep. You just have to make sure it's short-term use. If someone can detox CT off opiates without resorting to methadone or subs, I think that's always the better choice. Methadone is hell to taper off. With using benzos to detox you're not "substituting" them for heroin, as in, staying on them all the time, you're just using them to help you get over the worst of opiate withdrawal, which can be really bad. Especially since he's only been using three weeks, it'd be really counterproductive for him to go on methadone or subs.
 
No I can't go to any detox or medical facility. It's a matter of money and also the fact that I've detoxed successfully off opiates in the past, I just need some direction with how to dose the xanax correctly. Like what time of day, how many pills pers day, etc?
 
My best guess would be to take .5mg in the Am and 1mg in the PM for the 3 days. Taking half in the morning would be sufficient to take some of the edge off and a whole one at night should aid with sleep. You must be careful and know how much you can handle. Taking .5 of xanax is like taking 5-10mg of valium depending on metabolism. Xanax is also unique from other benzo's due to it's short half life. The effects come on more quickly, making this potentially more addictive than other benzo's. However, you should be fine because your only taking for 3 days. Depending on how you react to the meds, you could try taking .5/AM and .5/PM for day 1 and on day 2 take .5/am and 1mg/PM. This would leave you with 2mg on your final day. This is only a suggestion based on my past experiences, all people are different and drugs don't effect everybody the same. I am by no means a medical professional so approach carefully, know your limits and the best of luck.
 
I would take .5 before you try and rest night 1 and another .5 4-6 hours later. Then I would do the same for night 2, but then I would just continue taking .5 every six hours through day three.

You can do this get2<3 no way you can score some gabapentin or such?

NSFW:
medications for acute opiate detox

The medications I would explore the use of for detox would be:
>Clonidine< DOSED EVER FOUR HOURS..

one of either
>NEURONTIN< >HERE< >HERE< >here<
OR >Lyrica<
OR >phenibut<

>A BENZO BUT JUST AT NIGHT<
>a nsaid<
>melatonin<
tylenol
Senokot S is a stool softener and laxative. If you do not want the laxative you can go for strait stool softenerDioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.

(Opi Withdrawal) what is the best comfort meds for opiate w/d?

Your Personal Opiate Withdrawal Arsenal
 
Thanks guys so I'm going to take .5 in the AM and .5 in the PM today, sunday, and monday. I only have 3 (1mg) pills left. Thats the plan unless anyone has anything to say otherwise.
 
I have a lot of experience with Opiate WDs and Xanax.

Rule 1 - DO NOT go the Suboxone route. Whoever suggested that should not be posting on this thread. A 3 week H user DOES not need Suboxone. It will just prolong your opiate use and withdrawals.

Rules 2 - Do this cold turkey. 3 Weeks is not that long.

OK now for dosing the Xanax. So you have 4.5MG of Xanax

DO NOT use your first dose until you start getting bad withdrawal symptoms. You don't want to use all your xanax before your peak WD symptoms hit. Trust me, you're going to want to make the Xanax last (preferably to help you sleep). So take your first .5mg when you feel like you're going BAT SH!T crazy and you want to kill yourself. You'll feel SO much better.

Now if this happends to be at night, just fall asleep. If you took this first dose during the day, take another .5mg at night to fall asleep.

Take another .5mg the next day when you start feeling anxious, and take .5mg for sleep.

Now the next day, try not to take ANY more xanax until night time.

Take the remaining 2mg (.5mg at a time) each night until you're out.

The best use for xanax will be to fall asleep, trust me.

That should be all you need.
 
I would almost think that saving your Xanax for nighttime when you want to get some half decent sleep would be better. Take .5 at 1800 then another if you wake up before you'd like to be awake.
 
Thank all of you especially WC2 though for your detailed explanation given. The simplicity is much appreciated friend.
 
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