Oxycodone
Withdrawal
Oxycodone withdrawal symptoms occur if you suddenly stop taking Oxycodone
“A sudden discontinued supply of opiates
will often cause unbearable withdrawal symptoms including
irritability, profuse sweating, abdominal cramping
and diarrhea,” states detoxification anesthesiologist,
Dr. Clifford A. Bernstein, M.D. “This agonizing
withdrawal is the reason why most of those with dependencies
cannot stop taking the drugs.”
Oxycodone produces a narcotic effect like that of other morphine-type drugs.
Dependency on Oxycodone may also produce serious withdrawal
symptoms like that of other opiate narcotics. The administration
of drugs with opioid antagonist activity—including
mixed agonist/antagonist analgesics--may also precipitate
withdrawal syndrome. Opioid antagonists are other drugs
that compete for the brain’s opiate receptors.
Many patients increase dosage, which in turn
stimulates Oxycodone dependency and addiction, just
to avoid the symptoms of Oxycodone withdrawal syndrome. Oxycodone
withdrawal symptoms can last days or weeks. Some patients
report leg tremors that lasted for months on end.
Oxycodone Withdrawal Symptoms
Oxycodone withdrawal symptoms vary with the individual,
yet often include:
- Abnormal skin sensations
- Aches and pains
- Anxiety
- Cold- or flu-like symptoms
- Diarrhea
- Fever
- Goose bumps
- Headaches
- Loss of appetite
- Mood swings
- Nausea
- Pain
- Rapid heartbeat
- Rigid muscles
- Runny nose
- Seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not
there
- Shivering or tremors
- Sleeping difficulties
- Sneezing
- Sweating
- Trouble sleeping
- Vomiting
Patient Betts describes her Oxycodone withdrawal as:
“…An indescribable torture that takes
you to the bowels of hell and then-some. My body screamed
for relief. The vomiting and diarrhea were inconsequential
to how the body flails uncontrollably.”
She explains that just when she thought the withdrawal
symptoms were subsiding, another wave came to wring
her out and start all over again. Withdrawal from her
addiction felt “like hell on earth had begun.” Her
doctors, to her later dismay, only prescribed more
painkillers for the symptoms and supposed ‘illness’!
Oxycodone Withdrawal Warnings
The testimony of dependency patients shows that withdrawal
from prescription narcotic medication can be a long
and difficult process.
Withdrawal may also damage your:
Infants whose mothers have often taken Oxycodone may
also show signs of respiratory depression and/or similar
Oxycodone withdrawal symptoms. This can occur in newborns
at birth or in the nursery.
Patients who have a compromised health status due
to drug dependency, i.e. overuse, risk a traumatic--sometimes-fatal--withdrawal
if not supervised by trained medical professionals.
Severe and possibly fatal side effects of
improper Oxycodone withdrawal include:
- Excessive drops in blood pressure
- Cardiac arrest
- Circulatory depression
- Coma
- Respiratory arrest
- Respiratory depression
- Shock
Oxycodone Withdrawal and Detox
Through professional treatment, Betts discontinued
Oxycodone and, since, advocates patient health and
rapid detoxification.
To decrease the risk of addiction and Oxycodone withdrawal,
an opiate detoxification program must be safe. At
the Waismann Method, we advocate responsible
care combined with the latest medical technology.
Traditional detox procedures often use older protocol
that may expose patients to a debilitating and dangerous
Oxycodone withdrawal. Today, this approach is outdated
and unnecessary.
The Waismann Method considers Oxycodone
dependency as a medical disorder that is reversible
and treatable in an effective, dignified, safe
and humane manner through rapid detoxification. Rather
than suffer Oxycodone withdrawal like Betts, find out
more about treatment, today.
Learn more about the
Waismann Method of Rapid Detoxification from Oxycodone
and how to avoid Oxycodone withdrawal.
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