Best Remedy for Opiate Withdrawals

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Hey Ann...have you tried the Loperamide yet...i am new to this discussion as well and just to give you a likttle hope...it really does work!..now i know that everyone is different..so quick background on me...started doin morphine tabs and oxycotins back in early '07..(never touched pills before this)..my ex brother in law was handing them to me for nothin..i did those for about 3-4 months almost daily..then i didnt like the nods..but wanted something to keep gettin high on..started buying viks,percs..back then 2 7.5's a day would keep me feelin good all day...fast fwd to now...i was doin about 50-60 mgs a day just to feel normal...i do get a script of perc 5mgs a month...120 at a time...they never last more than a week...i have stolen,lied, cheated people..anything to be able to obtain more pills...i feel disgusted with the things ive done...well i am on day 7 with nothing...i took my last 10 mgs of hydrocodone last wed...tonite at 6:30pm will be 1 full week...i know that many people have done way more then me on a daily basis...bjut i felt li8ke hell...i couldnt go more than 12 hrs without having something...i started with 12 2mg loperimade(?) At a time...i only did that for the first 2 days..then skipped 2 days...then i took 8..skipped a day..then 6 last night..i have also started taking a multivitamin daily...lots of juices,water,fruits(fiber)...i have been able to make it to work everyday...plus i have a wonderful wife, 12 yr old boy, and an 18 mnth old boy...prayer also helped me a great deal...i still have constant mental attachment to all those pills..everyday for 6+ yrs...but the physical portion of the withdrawal is gone...i had very little w/d symptoms...also been takin unisom at night for sleep..it gets a little easier everyday mentally...i guess i pretty much need to learn to walk again..start to learn to enjoy my life without being high...

Hi iice,
I posted here previously regarding my experience with withdrawal and how I got clean for good. I know I may be too late to help you with your wedding day, however, I hope maybe I could help with your future endeavors for staying clean and sober. Regarding something for energy, when I went through detox, I took something called Withdrawal Relief Complex. The products are designed specifically for opiate withdrawal relief and relieved my lethargy symptoms and sooo much more...I got hooked on prescription painkillers and Suboxone then had to get off cause it was literally sucking the life out of me. My husband and I researched this product and found it to be the best on the market. It's more expensive than certain OTC stuff, but it will effectively get you through the process and you don't have to figure out a combo yourself or guess dosage or risk damaging liver etc. This does it for you. I had little energy on my first day of w/d and when I started taking the withdrawal complex it completely changed. I started feeling better in 5 hours. I was so happy.

The company is Pure Health Group. We purchased the package online, paid a little more for expedited shipping and it got to me pretty quick which was a relief cause I wanted to just get started and start moving forward with my life.

I know there have been many posts with other remedies for getting through withdrawal and I imagine they are somewhat effective and will help you out a little. I just know that the withdrawal relief product I took was SAFE, effective, all natural and I did not worry about damaging anything else, liver etc......when I began taking it. Also, the second product that comes with the system is all about restoring your brain receptors, getting them rebalanced and it has helped me from relapsing and craving my old drugs. I truly feel you will benefit too from their stuff; I really hope this helps you out, and I hope your wedding was amazing.

Hey US Blue23,
I have previously posted in this conversation and just replied to another person regarding my experience. After my detox was done, I used a product designed to keep me from craving the drugs anymore. Like you (congrats on getting through your w/d and detox process so far!), my physical dependency was gone, but I still had thoughts and emotional ties to the painkillers (and Suboxone ugh). I had gone through detox with a product called Withdrawal Relief Complex, which served two purposes, 1, to get me through detox and 2, to help prevent cravings and me relapsing. The detox was extremely successful. I literally felt better within 5 hours of taking the stuff. I don't know if you still need that but it could not hurt I'm sure!

The second part was the craving control pills. I took them after I successfully detox ed. Really it has changed my life. Before I was very nervous about relapse and cravings, but, this product really prevented the cravings from coming. (I had tried getting off before and was unsuccessful because the cravings were very overwhelming). I too have a very supportive husband and have as a result, been able to stay clean and sober! The company is called Pure Health Group and you can order the stuff online. I spent a great deal of time researching the best avenue for me, so, I hope my post to you will save you some time and truly help you out. Good luck with things!

Imodium works guys- do not start taking aniotyer drug. Some people have recommended 8 Imodium every so many hours - but really everyone is different and has different habits different pain thresholds etc. so you have to find the right dose that works for u but it will work!!! Personally for me (5'5 120lb 30 yr old female) with a 80-200 mg a day habit of oxycodone and/or roxy I have to take 15-18 Imodium when I first wake up the take 4-8 more imodium every so many hours (3-6 hours usually) and always take least 10 more right before bed - prob average anywhere from 40-70 in a day. Yes it sounds crazy but there are many people who have taken even over 100-200 Imodium 2 mg pills at a time - and they are fine - didn't od weren't backed up for a year. I am by no means advising anyone to do this. But basically you should start with at least 10 Imodium then wait - takes bout an hour to kick in. If u still feel like your having withdrawals take 5-10 more and continue (waiting 1hr or so between) taking until I no longer feel crappy. Have done this numerous times - not trying to completely quit just get myself cut way down so I don't have such a high tolerance to oxy. I have been able to go about 48 hrs with no oxy - just imodium. Please please - do not just take my word for it - go to topix type in "Imodium mega thread where are you" read all the posts there. There are so so many that used this method to quit - with addictions/dependances ranging from tramadol to hydrocodone and Percs to even heroin - yes heroin - and the one h example I'm talking bout was hardcore - she shot up even and used 25 bags a day which I don't really know what that means except for a lot. She quit successfully using lope. And I think she just had to take about 20 Imodium when waking then bout 5-10 more 2 more times a day. U can possibly get addicted and have withdrawals (though not nearly as bad) if you use a whole lot of Imodium for a long amount of time - so - take what u need to feel ok the first week then the next week start slowly tapering the Imodium. This will not fix the mental/craving part or the no energy part - it's not a magical cure but it does almost completely eliminate the physical withdrawals. For me and many others it took away at least 95% of withdrawals. Please go to that thread on topix and read - it will convince you to give it a try. I've only heard a few people that it didn't work for and that was usually the ones that just tried lower (10 or less) imodium and didn't try taking more. And as far as constipation - if h are already addicted to opiates/subs/heroin etc - that usually backs u up worse than the lope will but if u need to take a stool softener or laxative. I personally was more regular with the Imodium than when I did Percs. Please just at least research it and try before trying another option. It's cheaper and easier. Sorry for such a long post! :)

Hey guys! imodium works - do not start taking another drug. Some people have recommended 8 Imodium every so many hours - but really everyone is different and has different habits different pain thresholds etc. so you have to find the right dose that works for u but it will work!!! Personally for me (5'5 120lb 30 yr old female) with a 80-200 mg a day habit of oxycodone and/or roxy I have to take 15-18 Imodium when I first wake up the take 4-8 more imodium every so many hours (3-6 hours usually) and always take least 10 more right before bed - prob average anywhere from 40-70 in a day. Yes it sounds crazy but there are many people who have taken even over 100-200 Imodium 2 mg pills at a time - and they are fine - didn't od weren't backed up for a year. I am by no means advising anyone to do this. But basically you should start with at least 10 Imodium then wait - takes bout an hour to kick in. If u still feel like your having withdrawals take 5-10 more and continue (waiting 1hr or so between) taking until I no longer feel crappy. Have done this numerous times - not trying to completely quit just get myself cut way down so I don't have such a high tolerance to oxy. I have been able to go about 48 hrs with no oxy - just imodium. Please please - do not just take my word for it - go to topix type in "Imodium mega thread where are you" read all the posts there. There are so so many that used this method to quit - with addictions/dependances ranging from tramadol to hydrocodone and Percs to even heroin - yes heroin - and the one h example I'm talking bout was hardcore - she shot up even and used 25 bags a day which I don't really know what that means except for a lot. She quit successfully using lope. And I think she just had to take about 20 Imodium when waking then bout 5-10 more 2 more times a day. U can possibly get addicted and have withdrawals (though not nearly as bad) if you use a whole lot of Imodium for a long amount of time - so - take what u need to feel ok the first week then the next week start slowly tapering the Imodium. This will not fix the mental/craving part or the no energy part - it's not a magical cure but it does almost completely eliminate the physical withdrawals. For me and many others it took away at least 95% of withdrawals. Please go to that thread on topix and read - it will convince you to give it a try. I've only heard a few people that it didn't work for and that was usually the ones that just tried lower (10 or less) imodium and didn't try taking more. And as far as constipation - if h are already addicted to opiates/subs/heroin etc - that usually backs u up worse than the lope will but if u need to take a stool softener or laxative. I personally was more regular with the Imodium than when I did Percs. Please just at least research it and try before trying another option. It's cheaper and easier. Sorry for such a long post! :)

circuitprotector

I started the Loperamide rx this morning after a 5 year Oxycodone/Tramadol dependency. I took 15 2mg Lopes at 7:30 and within 30 minutes the WD symptoms stopped. It is now 4:22 in the afternoon and I'm still feeling normal. So far so good. This is day 1. We will see how I do tonight when the RLS symptoms usually kick in.

Thank you , I will give it a try !!!

It took 3 hours to work but then again I went to bed and woke up with no withdraw symptoms .... What a relief. That being said I was on 120mg of oxyneo and 6 percocets per day. I have been on these pills for 2 years
this is day one so far so good!! I am feeling positive this is going to work!!

Ok still feeling great with no sign of withdraw and took another 4 tabs of loperamide hci.

Try kratom,it is a natural leaf from a tree,,it totally got me through my opiate addiction with no withdrawals at all.google this and you can find kratom 

I just wanted to contribute to this discussion a little.  Ive been opiate addicted for about 6 years now (Oxycontin, fentanyl mostly) and have been taking Subutex for 2 years now.  I stabilized and then dropped down to a little less than 2 mg per day for the last year.  Almost 10 days ago I found out that the 9 mg I had left was the LAST 10 mg I was able to get.  So I have been drastically cutting my dose since then.  I finally resorted to just crushing the remaining Sub into powder and just getting a tiny bit on my finger...hoping it would still work.  Well it has been working but it seems like I have just been in a very mild state of WD the entire time and it sucks. So I've been looking at a lot of these forums to try and find encouragement.  My problem is that my boyfriend of almost 2 years doesnt have the first clue that I have been on Subutex at ALL and I know he just woudn't get it.  So I have to go through this alone.  I think that makes it even more terrifying.  Like what am I gonna say when I'm in acute withdrawal?  Ive gone through it enough times to know that I completely fall apart.  So while I'm trying to cope with my body hating me right now... and mood swings from HELL, I'm also trying to just smile and act like I'm fine.  All I want to do is disappear for a couple weeks right now but it just isn't possible.

 

Anyway... today I went to the store and bought a bottle of Imodium.  I wasn't really sure if I should wait until I completely jump and am in active WD or not... but the mild WD I've been in for a few days is driving me nuts already (I'm a big baby when it comes to pain!!) So I said to hell with it and took 2 Imodium (I just wanted to make sure I didnt have a bad reaction to it first).  After about 45 minutes I noticed I was feeling the TEENY TINIEST bit better (remember...MILD WD right now).  So I took 3 more and that was close to an hour ago.  I'm now writing this and feeling a great deal better than I was before I took it.  I have enough Sub powder left to take one more time but I'm now thinking, if the Imodium will really make this much of a difference...I guess I should just jump right now and pray that it will help more later too.

 

I'm so scared right now... It's been too long on this c**p and I just want to be me again.  I'm so tired of hiding my addiction...Thanks for reading and any prayers/encouragement are more than welcomed!!

 

Good luck to all of us!!   

husband has been taking dyhdrocodine for about 5 months and is now taking them because he is addicted he takes up to 5 or 6 at a time twice a day sometimes 3 times a day 30 mg if he doesnt have them or ant get them he vill get blue valium from the streets (fake one most of the time) so god knows whats in them and if he starts taking the he keeps taking themm night after night till he realises stops and then starts the dyhydrocodiene again he want to come off them but wants to try himself any tips /help wuld be apreciated as u can see frm some of my post on this site a couple of years ago (if u go further into my profile ) i too ws addicted to a drug cocodmal 30/500 andweaned myself off them im sure the symptoms he will get are going to be similar to mine though im not sure if themaybe will be more severeas its dyhydroconde and not cocodomal i thought all codiene was the same but maybe not i will try to help hi as much as i can but i found this site quite helpfil last year and i suggestede he go on here to seek out help/advice talk tp people who know what its like what to expect that sort of thing when i cut myslf down i did gradually cut down on what i was taking in the weeks beore i went cold turkey but t was hard and i cant see exactly what he takes whn he takes it he does not get these fro the doctor he buys them off somone else that does and really wants to give p finally admitting how many he is taking is the start but i had a lot of self control and motivation in the fact i was going to be trying to get pregnant and as i hit the 3 week ark f not taking anything i found out i was 3 weeks pregnant fate or what someone up there knew something lol anyway enough about me back to hubby is it best to cut him down gradually over the next couple weeks and when hes down to a few cold turky like what i did he doesnt ant to go to the doctor about it just yet f this doesnt work though he will have to and that may mean methadone and he doesnt want to go down that route he does work but in the last couple weeks he has had a couple of days of due to these tablets and he is determined now thanks i advance

I've used hydrocodone 10/325 (7-10 per day) for the past 8 or 9 years. I routinely run out a week early and I can attest to the fact that Lope stops 99.98% of all opiate withdrawals. I took my last 6 vics yesterday, woke up this morning craving pills like crazy. A quick trip to the dollar general store and I was back with 60 tabs of loperamide 2mg tabs for 4$4.75. I swallowed 20 (40mg's) and within 30 minutes, I felt fine. NOT high, but fine, no mental cravings, no sweats, no constantly jonesing for pills, I felt fine. So yes, Lope will save you some serious withdrawal symptoms when you run out of hydrocodone, that's a fact.

I was in pain mgmt for 7 years after to failed back surgeries and refused to have a third one. I am writing a daily journal on this site titled "My daily withdrawal journal". I am using the loperamide to get through the hell wds put us in. I'm updating daily and it will give most an idea of what to expect if you would like to come read. We all can kick this evil devil we have been dealing with if we do it together. Good luck to all