Re: Addiction and Tolerance to Dihydrocodeine>> Is there a way to withdraw successfully?

From: Peggy (pklippe1@nycap.rr.com)
Tue Nov 30 12:27:00 1999


At Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Helen Dynda wrote: >
>I received an email from a fellow adhesions-sufferer who has become
>dependent and has developed a tolerance to the medication he is taking.
>Dihydrocodeine is an opiate agonist medication. In his letter he said:
>
>"The pain controlling medication that I am using is Dihydrocodeine
>180mgs a day. Unfortunately I have become dependent on this and it no
>longer offers the amount of pain control I now need. I am also on
>Amitriptyline but only 25mgs a day."
>
>Since I do not have an addiction and tolerance to the medications which
>I take for chronic pain, I would like to know if any of you have
>experienced addiction and tolerance to any of the medications which you
>have taken...and if so, were you able to be detoxified successfully from
>that medication?
>
>Thanks for sharing your experience!

Hi Helen, I was recently taken off of klonopin Which is not a pain medication but the detox. symptoms that I experienced were a very bad headache ,Blurred vision dizzieness and vomiting I also broke out in cold sweats.. I was taking 1/2 a tablet 3 times a day then went to taking 1/2 a tablet 2 times a day then 1/2 a tablet 1 time a day.this was how the pain management Dr. had me come off of it. I asked to be taken off of the klonopin because I felt that I had developed a tolerance to the medication also and it no longer helped me.This is all that i can offer you . If you have any other questions please feel free to ask. "FRIENDS THAT STICK TOGETHER" PEGGY >
>--
>The 15th century proverb which summarizes the purpose of medicine is:
>* To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. *
>


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