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z28trader
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Reged: 01/21/02
Posts: 22
Loc: East Coast
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O.K. here is the deal. My oxy. tolerance had really started to climb. Say around 165mg./day
I decided I had to get that under control. So Sunday, I began taking some old hydro.10/325, 40mg. instead of the oxy. Then I took 20mg methadone once at night.
I have continued this schedule until today, Tue., where I dropped the methadone to 10mg.
Now so far, I have been making out like a charm. My question is, where would you go from this point.
Actually, I am surprized that it has been going this good, considering the endind oxy. dose has been the same for close to 7 weeks.
What I am thinking about is dropping the methadone off in a day or two. And then if I don't run into a problem, start working on decreasing the norco amt., or maybe even switch to Ultrams.
For anyone thinking of oxy. as the holy grail for pain, please be careful. Its powerful, but has one h*** of a tolerance increase, at least for me. While I need the 165mg for pain, I just can't keep going up, up, up!!!!!!!!
So for now I will suffer in hopes of getting back down on the tolerance thing.
Well all, where to from now. Please help me by responding or feel free to PM. Thanks in advance for any help!
Oh, the oxy. dose comes from a combination of Oxycontin and Roxicodone, for anyone trying to figure out how I get to this dose.
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WalterER
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Reged: 06/23/04
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Loc: Northern California, USA
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I does sound like you're doing great. Might I suggest that you remain on the methadone for a couple of weeks, as it is long acting, and the withdrawal will be slow to onset. Perhaps in a week or so, you can reduce it to 5 mgs per day, and if all goes well in another couple of weeks, you can drop it off completely. The hydro's, at that point, should be enough. Although, you may need a little seditive (valium) for sleep at this point. For what it's worth, that's my .02 cents.
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