Posted by emmanuel98 on August 15, 2010, at 19:25:54
In reply to Re: Newbie needs to quit lortab once and for all -HOW?, posted by Keating on August 15, 2010, at 2:27:46
15 mg a day of hydrocodone should be easy to get off. Go to 10mg for a couple of days, then to 5, then stop altogether. Or you can just switch over to ultram if you want to go that way.
If all you're taking is 15mg day of hydrocodone, you won't have much in the way of withdrawal symptoms. Maybe some transient depression and insomnia, but none of the chills, pains, nausea that heavy opiate users get. I would tell your doctor you've got a habit and get his/her advice about tapering as well. This will also keep the doctor from continuing to provide hydrocodone.
I was quite addicted to opiate pills and got off them using suboxone. Several months later, I cracked a rib and my PCP (who knew about the addiction) prescribed tramadol, which really, really helped with the pain but didn't create euphoria, so was not really addictive.
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