Oxycodone medical detox

[vinniecap]

Hello All,

Very long time thread lurker, but finally decided to post, as my situation in life has made a drastic change over the last 12 hours.

I have been an opiate user for about a year and half now. It started off as just a few Vicodin, a couple of times a week, as prescribed by my doc. Over the course of a year, I went from Vicodin to Oxycontin 15mg, then as a the last few months, Roxicodone 30mg. As prescribed, I should have been taking 3 a day for a total of 90mg a day. That lasted for a bit, until finally I was at about 6 a day for around 180mg give or take. I tried quitting cold turkey half a dozen times over the last 6 months to no avail. I ran out of meds over the weekend, and started to go into withdrawals yesterday that were terrible. I made a decision to tell my wife, as it had been a secret all this time. With her help, I was able to get a bed at a very well regarded detox facility here in NJ on Thursday. My primary care Dr. was very sympathetic to my issues, and gave me some med's to get me through till Thursday. What can I expect once I get there? This facility uses Suboxone to help with the withdrawals. Has anyone gone through this on here? I am very scared an anxious about the coming days ahead. I feel shameful, sad, anxious and just a general dispointment. Any words of encouragement would be helpful.

 

[shady4091]

Kudos on telling your wife and getting some help, it's not an easy thing to admit that's for sure. I've never gone on Suboxone but I've heard mixed things. How long are you going to be in the detox for? Is it just a week long thing, or longer term?

Absolutely do not feel ashamed, it happens to the best of us and you've already taken the most important step to getting better, be proud!

 

[effie]

Good luck vinniecap!

I've not been through a detox so I can't help with that but I can offer words of support and encouragement

Huge congratulations on telling your wife! That must have been so hard, and I think you are so strong for facing up to things and doing what is necessary to help yourself. You should feel extremely proud of yourself, not ashamed

Try not to dwell on the past - you can't change that. What you can change is the future. It sounds like your wife has been very understanding and helpful - and the fact that you have faced up to things and addressed your problems means that you are not letting anyone down. Quite the opposite

Good luck with the detox - I'm so glad you are getting professional help with it! Things might be rough for a while but you've already experienced withdrawals cold-turkey - at least this way you will be tapered off so it is a lot less intense. That, and the support of your wife, will make it so much easier and focus on how good it will feel to come out the otherside and be clean

 

[OxyMedic]

The facility will most likely dose you 2 mg every 4 hours as needed then drop you about 2 mg a day for about 4 days its a very mild rapid detox compared to oxycodone detox that is of course you are not on suboxene matinence

 

[vinniecap]

Hey all,

Just wanted to thank you all for your kind words of encouragement. I will be at the detox facility for approx. 7 days. I know that they use Suboxone, another question I had was, when I leave, is that it for the Suboxone? Or will I be on some kind of taper plan for awhile. I have read that Suboxone has lots of addiction issues as well, and the last thing I need or want is to become a slave to another drug. Wish me luck, I leave in 24 hours. Thank god I have some Vicodin my Dr. gave me to help until I leave. I believe I am allowed to bring my computer (they have wifi), so I will be checking in from time to time with status updates. Once again, thank you all.