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Suggest Treatment For Withdrawal Symptoms Of Oxycodone

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Question : i am withdrawing from oxycodone (>200mg/day). What advice and or meds can you give to make this process a little more tolerable?
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (27 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
many options but...

Detailed Answer:
they really need professional interventions.
1) tapering narcotics. This can be with oxycodone, but it is just better to use a different narcotic such as methadone or suboxone.
2) withdrawing but taking drugs to lower the symptoms:
for nausea, zofran
for diarrhea imodium
for sympathetic overstimulation, clonidine
these are basically only prescribed by doctors.
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Suggest Treatment For Withdrawal Symptoms Of Oxycodone

Brief Answer: many options but... Detailed Answer: they really need professional interventions. 1) tapering narcotics. This can be with oxycodone, but it is just better to use a different narcotic such as methadone or suboxone. 2) withdrawing but taking drugs to lower the symptoms: for nausea, zofran for diarrhea imodium for sympathetic overstimulation, clonidine these are basically only prescribed by doctors.