Posted by rina on September 5, 2007, at 1:10:07
In reply to Re:Opioids,TRD,Oxycodones' stimulant effect+ADHD, posted by Deus_Abscondis on September 4, 2007, at 21:22:04
What - you stopped abruptly!? Did you discuss discontinuation with your doctor? I'm very conservative with taper rates and would expect if I used opioids that I'd need to reduce usage very very slowly and use other analgesics if pain flared during tapering off and be prepared to plateau for a while. Large dose opioid taper off could also benefit from a partial agonist/antagonist such as buprenorphine.
What taper off rate did you use? As the body has to repopulate receptors and learn to re-regulate it is going to take some time - again dose and duration of treatment dependent.
Yep!! At my doctor's approval. Thank God everything was documented and copied for me via that wonderful nurse that was later fired after I won the lawsuit and she also won hers as well for wrongful termination. Eventhough the MSContin was a very low dose, it still should have been titrated slowly under his supervision for onset and unexpected withdrawals. I guess he was so busy with his pro football and soccer players, he had no time for little ole' me. I'm sure he'll think and never forget about me or make that mistake with another patient again. As for me, I'll stick to not using the morpine. Experience can be the best teacher. It certainly educated me.
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