Stopping Opiates Cold Turkey (Prayers, Good Wishes Welcome)

[Titty Meat]

Isn't it dangerous to quit opiates cold turkey?

[The Dawg]

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini

Isn't it dangerous to quit opiates cold turkey?

Yes it can be. Probably not at the dosage I was taking though. If someone were to be taking something like 100mg a day and completely stopped cold turkey it might cause them some major issues. For me it's just going to be uncomfortable for a few days- I hope it's only a few days anyways. About 27 hours in right now.

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by JD369

Yes it can be. Probably not at the dosage I was taking though. If someone were to be taking something like 100mg a day and completely stopped cold turkey it might cause them some major issues. For me it's just going to be uncomfortable for a few days- I hope it's only a few days anyways. About 27 hours in right now.

You should be concerned about the amount of acetaminophen you've sent to your liver as well. Yikes. You're lucky you're not on a transplant list by now.

[The Dawg]

Originally Posted by 4th and Long

You should be concerned about the amount of acetaminophen you've sent to your liver as well. Yikes. You're lucky you're not on a transplant list by now.

The most acetaminophen I would take in a day would be 1500-1600 mg. Each tablet was 10-325. So even if I took 6 in a day (which I never did) that would still only be 1950 mg. That's not even half the maximum daily dose. I understand the prolonged time period I took the acetaminophen- but I'm sure there is people who pop a couple tylonel a day for a headache and then go home and down some beers too.

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by JD369

The most acetaminophen I would take in a day would be 1500-1600 mg. Each tablet was 10-325. So even if I took 6 in a day (which I never did) that would still only be 1950 mg. That's not even half the maximum daily dose. I understand the prolonged time period I took the acetaminophen- but I'm sure there is people who pop a couple tylonel a day for a headache and then go home and down some beers too.

You're lucky you were on the low dose and not the 5/500 or the 7.5/750.

[The Dawg]

Originally Posted by 4th and Long

You're lucky you were on the low dose and not the 5/500 or the 7.5/750.

Very true. I'm fairly educated when it comes to pharmaceuticals, so I was being somewhat cautiously reckless if you will. (The acetaminophen worried me more than the hydro itself.)

Acetaminophen can be some nasty stuff. Personally I think they should lower the maximum daily dosage to 3000mg. I know there was talk of lowering it from 4000mg daily, but I don't know if anything ever got done.

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by JD369

Very true. I'm fairly educated when it comes to pharmaceuticals, so I was being somewhat cautiously reckless if you will. (The acetaminophen worried me more than the hydro itself.)

Acetaminophen can be some nasty stuff. Personally I think they should lower the maximum daily dosage to 3000mg. I know there was talk of lowering it from 4000mg daily, but I don't know if anything ever got done.

I have 19 years of hospital pharmacy in my back pocket so you're not telling me anything that I don't already know.

[Ugly Duck]

I go on that stuff periodically (degenerative disc disease & multilevel bilateral neuroforaminal stenosis). Kicking gets easier after you've done it 5 or 6 times. I just resign myself to some discomfort & console myself with the fact that it gets better every day. Very useful stuff, but ya gotta pay the price.

[veist]

Originally Posted by JD369

Very true. I'm fairly educated when it comes to pharmaceuticals, so I was being somewhat cautiously reckless if you will. (The acetaminophen worried me more than the hydro itself.)

Acetaminophen can be some nasty stuff. Personally I think they should lower the maximum daily dosage to 3000mg. I know there was talk of lowering it from 4000mg daily, but I don't know if anything ever got done.

They did limit the combo doses to 325mg of acetaminophen, supposed to come into effect sometime this year I believe.