So I got hurt at work a little over a year ago, hipsocket damage, sciatic nerve, back injury as well. I was put on Norco and took( on average) 6 x 10-325 per day for about 10 months plus the occasional , I started to do a slow taper down to 6 x 5-325 or some thing per day. The orotho I was seeing rolled me over to a neurologist and cut off my prescription. I called to ask why and he said that new Ortho doc would be writing my scripts from now on. Only problem was I had to wait 2 weeks to see him and he refused to write me a script without seeing me in person first.
Keep in mind this is a workers comp case and I have to jump through hoops just to get an xray . So I called my primary Doc and he prescribed me a small script of Vics to get me through the 2 weeks. Problem was, I started withdrawing from such a low dose. I ran out of pills really quick and started to WD bad. I went to work anyway ( running to the crapper every 30 min) and my Co-worker told me about suboxone and how it helped a few friends of his. So I did a whole 2 hours of research on the matter and went to a clinic at lunch to get some.
The pain has subsided and I really didnt want to take pain killers anymore. I know my body was addicted though. I could not afford to take time off from my full time job, in addition to that, I also go to college damn near full time. In my head, I thought... " I cant afford to miss work and school for a week while I WD, so sub will help me down slowly.
So I started on 4mg 2 times per day and tapered to 2 mg 2xs a day, down to 1 mg 2x a day last week. The beginning of this week has been 1 mg once per day . Today I started 0.5 mg once per day ( took it at 7am) . I have 3/4ths of a 2mg tab left. I was thinking of taking another 0.5 tomorrow night or the next day ( depending on how long I can hold out) and 0.25mg Easter morning so I wont be a basket case when I go to see the family. I will have .75 mg in reserve just in case I dont sleep for a few days while I WD.
My question... is this a wise way to end my tapper? I really dont want to take these stupid things anymore. But I need to keep the WD to a minimum. I hear bad stories of people jumping off at 1mg or even 0.5mg.
I am starting to feel very slight WD effects today just from going to 0.5mg. I am scared because I know sub has a long half life..
Any help?
Thanks.
Keep in mind this is a workers comp case and I have to jump through hoops just to get an xray . So I called my primary Doc and he prescribed me a small script of Vics to get me through the 2 weeks. Problem was, I started withdrawing from such a low dose. I ran out of pills really quick and started to WD bad. I went to work anyway ( running to the crapper every 30 min) and my Co-worker told me about suboxone and how it helped a few friends of his. So I did a whole 2 hours of research on the matter and went to a clinic at lunch to get some.
The pain has subsided and I really didnt want to take pain killers anymore. I know my body was addicted though. I could not afford to take time off from my full time job, in addition to that, I also go to college damn near full time. In my head, I thought... " I cant afford to miss work and school for a week while I WD, so sub will help me down slowly.
So I started on 4mg 2 times per day and tapered to 2 mg 2xs a day, down to 1 mg 2x a day last week. The beginning of this week has been 1 mg once per day . Today I started 0.5 mg once per day ( took it at 7am) . I have 3/4ths of a 2mg tab left. I was thinking of taking another 0.5 tomorrow night or the next day ( depending on how long I can hold out) and 0.25mg Easter morning so I wont be a basket case when I go to see the family. I will have .75 mg in reserve just in case I dont sleep for a few days while I WD.
My question... is this a wise way to end my tapper? I really dont want to take these stupid things anymore. But I need to keep the WD to a minimum. I hear bad stories of people jumping off at 1mg or even 0.5mg.
I am starting to feel very slight WD effects today just from going to 0.5mg. I am scared because I know sub has a long half life..
Any help?
Thanks.