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Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Tramadol & Withdrawals

Leaping Gnome

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Last year I used to be on anywhere from 120mg - 180mg of Oxycodone a day. They were 15mg pills and my script was 1-2 every 4 hours as needed. My average was 120mg - 135mg a day. I was allowed up to the 180mg, or 12 pills a day, but had to stick around 120mg, or 8 pills a day, or I would run out. The doctor only gave me #240 instead of #360 that would equal 12 a day. He wanted to leave it up to me to be able to take 12 a day, but he didn’t want me taking that much every day.

Most months I would have to taper down the last week and run out a day or 2 early. I usually had Tramadol to take the edge off. And you KNOW that was next to doing nothing from that much Oxycodone!!!

After the first of the year I started going to pain management. I had 2 steroid procedures and then 2 RF procedures in my neck. (RF is Radio Frequency to kill nerves.) Right after the first steroid procedure the Dr. put me on Suboxone for a couple of weeks. From there he switched me to 10/325 Percocets at 4 a day.

After the last RF procedure I was headache free for 3 weeks and had him switch me over to 10/325 Norcos. (Not just headaches, but I also have bad discs in my back, neck, surgeries on both elbows, both shoulders and bicep tendon.) Within 3 days of going to the Norcos the headaches returned, they were worse than before and almost never ending! With that I've been using more than the 4 a day. So here I am once again going to be running out before the 30 days. My average is 5 - 6 Norcos, or 50mg - 60mg a day.

So my questions after all of that BS is, how bad are the withdrawals going to be with Hydrocodone compared to the Oxycodone? I know I don’t get that gotta have a pill just to have one as bad on the Norcos as I did on the Oxycodone and Percosets.

How bad are withdrawals comparing 5 - 6 10/325 Percosets (still Oxycodone) to 5 - 6 of 10/325 Norcos a day?

I have Tramadol to take the edge off and I’d take 2 to maybe 3 a day. Should the Tramadol work better for this with the Norcos than it does for the Oxycodone?


BTW, check out this petition about the problems Florida is having getting legal prescriptions filled. If you feel it is wrong, please sign it.

http://www.change.org/petitions/flo...utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email

Thanks,
Leaping Gnome
 
Ask your Dr about an Snri such as effexor. Did wonders for my chronic nerve pain and it will help with wds. Best of luck.
 
happily recovered,

Thanks on the drug info. I'm not sure it would help with what I have with pinched nerves in my back and neck.

My primary care doctor just got certified in pain management. He will now be able to prescribe pain meds. (Florida's new laws that started in 1/1/2012.) He will have no problem prescribing up to 6 a day 10/325 Norcos. After my next refill is done I will be able to get discharge from the lab rat crap pain management has put me through since the first of the year. With that I should have no problem running out.

BTW, I started with chiropractic and its helped get rid of my headaches 100%.

Check out this petition about the problems Florida is having getting legal prescriptions filled. If you feel it is wrong, please sign it.

http://www.change.org/petitions/florida-pharmacies-stop-florida-pharmacies-from-denying-pain-patients-vital-medicines?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email

Leaping Gnome
 
The WD's are nowhere as bad on the Norcos. I took Tramadol for 3 1/2 days and then picked up some Kratom from the local head shop yesterday. Both helped 100% better than they ever did for Oxycodone WD. Used the Kratom in the afternoon and helped better than the Tramadol. This morning woke up with just a stuffy nose, but I have bad sinuses to start with. I took another 2 caps of Kratom just in case and to ease my normal chronic pains. In the next few days I will be cutting back on the Kratom and see if I can stop taking it. By the time I get my next scrip filled next Friday, maybe I'll be able to just take enough for pain and not because I have to so I don't get dope sick. I've been headache free since chiropractic, so that’s a big plus maybe not having to take them every day.

Check out this petition about the problems Florida is having getting legal prescriptions filled. If you feel it is wrong, please sign it.

http://www.change.org/petitions/flo...utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email
Leaping Gnome
 
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