To ask how long withdrawal lasts?

[Scunthorpee]

So for some bizarre reason I have gained a bit of a habit buying Cocodamol and Nurofen plus. It got to a point where my stomach was starting to hurt and realised I was upping my dose so I have decided to nip this in the bud. Yesterday I took 2, this morning I have took 2 and had some diarrhoea (sorry tmi) I felt they helped calm me down after my divorce but in reality they didn’t and I will be so glad and proud to be free of this

I am honestly so sick of going to different pharmacies like it’s my dirty little secret, I want control of my life not constantly worrying when my next dose of codeine is

Tell that to all the addicts who had heart attacks or died because of withdrawals. Don't believe me, your choice. You've only been doing it for a year so maybe it wouldn't be so bad for you hopefully

I don’t believe anybody has died from opiate withdrawal. They probably overdosed during withdrawal to avoid the withdrawal symptoms

Look at the national drug a d alcohol research centre data. Just lifted this from a page on website

People can, and do, die from opiate withdrawal – and all such deaths are preventable, given appropriate medical management.

It is essential that clinical management programs are put in place routinely in jails, prisons and other facilities where withdrawal is likely in order to avert these avoidable deaths.

Lets clutch those pearls a bit tighter - OP is taking over the counter medication, not shooting up heroin from the local dealer

I work in drug treatment and the facts are the opiate withdrawal is not dangerous. Unpleasant yes but you dont die from opiate withdrawals.

Addicts require prescribed treatment because they cannot tolerate the withdrawals. This doesn’t mean they are particularly dangerous. It just means they don’t like them.

Someone alao commented you need to be mindful of the psychological effects of addiction. This is probably more pertinent than people realise in lower doses of codeine.

Show me these facts. People die from drug overdoses. They die from injecting related problems. They die from mixing various types of respiratory depressants. They do not die from withdrawals.

Actually, I’ll caveat that - that they do not die from opiate withdrawals.

You can die from diazepam or other benzodiazepine or alcohol withdrawals.

People do not die from withdrawal!

They die from taking too many drugs, from dirty needles, from sepsis, from respiratory depression, withdrawal is bloody awful, but it will not kill you! It might however make you feel like you are dying.

Edit - I am talking about drugs such as heroin etc

Yes this is what I thought. That is why they don’t advise you to just stop drinking which I always found a bit odd but it is importantly to not just stop cold turkey when you are dependant on it.

I guess a of Inpatient treatment programmes will advocate for medically managed withdrawal (money needs to be made of course)

But IP treatment could make withdrawal more comfortable for somebody. They could be monitored, given fluids if sweating profusely and having diarrhoea, given Imodium etc. Some may then transfer to a methadone program for example. I can see arguments for an inpatient detox that are nothing to do with making money
or safety as such.

Yes. Especially with Heroin/fentanyl but from OTC codeine to methadone/subutex seems a little extreme.

If GP dont know then check Dr Google.
Do ypu know ibuprofen is bad for kidney and you may need some tests to rule out any serious issues with it?

Yes I was thinking about heroin when I wrote that. I doubt if inpatient admission is needed for somebody withdrawing from codeine. As others have said, it is pretty safe.

She wasn't.
There's 8mg codeine in one solpadeine.
There's 12.8mg codeine in one nurofen plus.

The OP was taking 4 of each daily.

That's nowhere near the safe recommended daily dose of codeine (which is 240mg).

Even if she was taking twice that amount she wouldn't be overdosing.

I went from being on 8 x 30/500 mg codeine and 4 Naproxen a day for over a year to nothing. No side effects whatsoever.

Taper them @Scunthorpeeplease. I’ve seen withdrawal from a low dose and I never want to see it again it was horrific.
Your job will be at risk if you try jumping straight off because you won’t sleep. At all. My partner didn’t sleep a wink for over a week, he was vomiting, had open sores all over where he was so restless and literally rubbed the skin off himself from shifting about constantly.
He couldn’t function at all it he gave in after a week, now he’s tapering and on a tiny dose, he’d have given in the first night but we were abroad and he had no choice. He was still ill after a week.

I would seriously think twice about going cold turkey, or at least keep some handy just in case it hits you at night.
Good luck 💐

I have a couple just incase it hits

I do feel a bit yawny, shivery and tad more anxious than usual.

It’s been just over 12 hours since my last dose

God that sounds horrific and very extreme. Was he on really high doses?

When should I expect the worst to happen? Does anybody know…if it was going to happen, I feel a bit out of sorts already so expecting this huge withdrawal

Quite honestly your brain is that most powerful tool you have. If you expect withdrawals you will probably get them. If you are optimistic the worst that you might feel is a bit sniffly and coldy and a few aches. You should be fine.

Keep busy, have a bath, go to bed. Be optimistic that you will sail through and hopefully you will have few withdrawals. You really are not taking a lot.

No just a very low dose. He’s been tapering for ages, we went on holiday and he thought he’d be ok with it being a small dose.
Nighttime was the worst, he couldn’t even sit or lie down he had to pace all night, I was convinced the exhaustion would kill him.
We had gone on holiday and the place we went to its banned so he said ah I’ll just not bother taking it it’s only a small dose.

Some people escape the withdrawals but some go through hell, hopefully you’ll be ok but I’d try and make sure you’re never completely without just in case.