has anyone tried Rapid detox under anesthesia for opiates? what was your experience like?
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no but going under general anethiesia is great.\nhave fun
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Hello honey! Reading this makes me sad. I am 28 years old and I am a recovering pill addict. I totally feel you and what you are going through. I know it's so hard! First of all, you've admitted you have a problem. Believe it or not, that's a huge step. It's step one on the 12 steps of recovery. So you're already there! You have to change your "PPT's" [People, Places, Things]. You cannot expect to stay clean if you are always around it. This has never worked. I have been clean for 2 years now and I never thought I could be this happy without a substance in my body. Finally, I have peace and happiness in my life and am no longer running that freakin "rat race" to hell. I used to be full of depression and misery and sucidial thoughts! Please don't stop trying. What saved me was Narcotics Anonymous and God. If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always got. So you've got to do something different. Go to the link below to find a meeting in your area. You need to reach out for help. This disease of addiction is like cancer, it will eventually kill you if you don't get help. People die everyday from overdosing. It's like you're playing russian roulette with your life. God wants you to be happy. You can do this!! I have faith in you! People get clean everyday and you can too. Go here...\n\nhttp://www.na.org/\n\nGod bless you my friend and my prayers are with you every step of the way!
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Yes, I have had numerous family members addicted to these drugs.  They are prescription pain killers that are highly addictive.  My cousin was addicted to them for about 2 years, and they almost destroyed her life.  She finally addmited to having a problem and admitted herself into a rehab.  She was there for 6 weeks.  They put her through detox and weaned her off the drugs.  She had the same withdrawl symptoms of a heroin addict.  The doctors first prescribed them to her when she had problems with her back and she was in a lot of pain.  They seemed to help but only for a little while and she then needed more and more of the painkillers to work.  In the end she was taking about 15-20 a day.  I say that you and your family try to do an intervention on your brother.  It could mean his life.  Best wishes to you and I pray that your brother finds a solution to his problem.
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it depends on how much you were doing and for how long and how much water you drink. i have a friend who was a super heavy user like 2 -3 grams a day and was quite stout body shape he went to detox and was clean for a week and still tested postive for meth!?! and he hadn't done any at all for 1 week!! so i recommend drinking as much h20 and green tea as possible. and this is a must, if you have access to a steam room go in for 10 - 15 minutes twice a day or take epson salt baths this will make you sweat out the toxins like mad. it also makes you feel super wired cause it is releasing any of the speed stored in your system. its also an amazing way to detox. also take alot of b12 to give you energy. good luck
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Elisabeth, also, please read my answer to the question that you posted in "Other--Health".\n\n1. Definitely\n2. During the first days after surgery, the pain was fleeting and was most acute when I was moved or when I moved "wrong".  An example was when they turned me in bed in the hospital.  Once I got home, I really had no pain that couldn't be handled with OTC Tylenol.  In fact the pain meds that were prescribed made me nauseous so I didn't even fill the script the second time around and just relied on OTC tylenol and tylenol-PM at nite.  \n3.  Since I had the hips done separately, I was still in bad shape a couple of months after hip #1.  However, 5 months later I had hip #2 done and was walking with one crutch by the 4th week and no walking aid at all by 2 months.  I received permission to drive at week #5 for both hips.  I no longer work, but I feel that I could have returned to my old job full-time by about the 6th week after surgery #2, maybe even a bit earlier.  I was cooking our meals, and doing the laundry by the 2nd week (all is on the main floor).  I had to hire house cleaning for about 2 months as I couldn't really push a vacuum or get down on the floor yet.\n4.  You bet!  It gave me my life back and made a new person out of me.  During the years preceding surgery my world kept shrinking.  I could hardly bear to go shopping unless there was a shopping cart to lean on.  Standing in a check-out line for more than a minute killed me.  If I tried to travel, I ended up staying in the hotel because I couldn't stand the walking.  I was truly a mess.
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I was on methadone maintenance as recently as a month ago.\nIf you do a slow drop in your milligram intake it is not very painful to get off. I was ok in about 2 days and never really felt that bad anyway. \n\nThe key to the whole thing is slowly getting off, DO NOT try to rapidly drop the dosage and then all of a sudden stop taking it completely. You will experience bad withdrawl symptoms.\n\nMethadone maintenance saved me in a way. I did it for alomost a full year. But don't get too comfortable on methadone, it can be very addicting. Use methadone as a drug to get off drugs. \n\nI suggest after you get to the peak of your dosage, that you drop the methadone dose at a rate of 1-2 milligrams per week.
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Fabio is wrong. After five months there is no longer any vaium residue in your body. Any traces would have completely disspiated after about four weeks of absitinence. However, you must know that benzodiapenes (the class of meds that valium is in) are perhaps the most addictive class os drugs--including alcohol--out there, and also that their withdrawl symptoms during detox are as bad as those of heroin.\n  Assuming you got off the valium on your own, "cold turkey" and without the aid of medical detox, your brain neurons are still having trouble getting back in synch. The brain works by the firing of nuero transmitters, kind of like spark plugs on a car. Except it is chemicals that make these synapses fire! So when you medicate them with Valium they are in effect getting "stunned" so they don't  fire so well. Again, like fouling a spark plug with oil.\n  It is just taking your brain some time to get used to firing on all cylinders again. The brain after all, is like a muscle, you use it or lose it. Things will get back to normal after a bit.\n  You  might try taking vitamins B12 and thiamine. They enhance your neuro system and are used by docs in detox of benzo patients.
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Please don't do this alone!\nMethadone is a highly addictive drug. Don't think that just because the government gave it to you that is is safe to just come off. See a drug counselor to get specifics on how long you will need to detox. Also find a recovery program to help you enter the world of real sobriety. \n\nThis website will help you find groups in your area to get you support while you detox and in staying clean.\nhttp://www.na.org/\n\nI couldn't find a specific time period it will take your body to detox but this website is an anonymous forum where you can post such questions. Good luck and godspeed!
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I don't know how much it is.  But here in the UK the most commonly used method is Methadone which you take every day and then gradually the amount is reduced.  The taxpayer pays for it so at the moment it is receiving a lot of publicity, but perhaps you could find out if there was a programme in the states that offered methadone detox.
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In your own words: "I would gladly be addicted to opiates for the rest of my life if it means I can be out of this pain."  The doctors are right to protect you from yourself.  Have you tried therapeudic massage, thermal water treatments, etc?  I wish you luck.  Living in pain is certainly very depressing.  You have my sympathy.
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no harfull efects from mixing the substances you mentioned\nthough I would now suggest you cleanse too eliminate any toxins in your system\nI did the Master Cleanse(lemonade diet) for 21 days straight in 03\nlet me tell you I'd been in an 11 day coma induced with morphine in 92 so I needed to eliminate those toxins in a bold and dramatic way\nten days is long enough for someone who appreciates their body
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Gradual reduction, but if you are having withdrawals, you may not be able to do that by yourself, Some people find it tougher that others to reduce, and obviously you were not reducing and I assume you suddenly ran out. Going to a detox can help, depending on the severity. And if a doctor prescribed it to you, then ask that same doctor, that doctor may do many things for you to make up for his overprcription.
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You will always have cravings but the detox will take several  days and is very dangerous. The degree depending on how heavy into the opiates you were. \n\nAlso, to be completely honest with you, the best way to deal with it is to move and start a whole new life with different routines away from any of the fellow abusers that you may have run with in the past. \n\nIf you are not willing to put yourself into a program right off(which you should eventually no matter how cured you believe yourself to be) you should try to get yourself a sponser or at least a new clean PATIENT friend who will be there for you to turn to in the case of temptations or just moral support in general. Be very careful in choosing this confidant. Many people believe a former abuser to be the best sponser, but sometimes that person could be tempted into relapse along with you, which supports you the opposite way.\n\nSo, all in all, there is no "withdrawal" from opiate abuse, but a detox, and the temptations that will never leave for the rest of your life. Opiates are not only the strongest mental addiction, but physical as well, which can cause many nasty tricks to be played on you by your own body and mind.\n\nI myself have never used, but am a close friend and poor girl's "sponser", in a way, to a friend of mine who is currently dealing with her 3rd month clean. So, no sources to give you except 3rd person instigation on the life and the professionals that I've spoken with.\n\nGood Luck
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Rory, I am not sure what type of detox you are speaking about, but if you really want to detox it all, this is the best way.\n\nThis remedy has been used for a very long time, funny, but works wonders:  colonic!   Go get a colon clense from a specialist...if you need to detox now!\n\nOr-  as Dr. Schultz would say, you are what you eat right!\n\nThree squeezed lemon juice in the morning, plain.\n-water until lunch\n-12:00 go get a shake made or make it your self-  carrott, garlic, spinach, celery, apple shake.     Sounds sick- but works.\nwater and then a light dinner- peanut butter, nutts, hummus with vegetables.  \n Green tea in morning time, Cammomile tea at night.\n\nDo this for a week- a light snack during the day between meals- nutts, dried fruit\n\n-why carrott?  Too many kick A vitamins and minerals!\n-why garlic?  Garlic has been used for ages, it is a natural bacterial fighter, and can detox you body quickly.\n- why celery?  Celery has a mineral that helps you burn calories quicker\n-why Spinach?  It is an overall good source of vitamins \n-why apple-  an apple is great on the stomach, and it has natural healing vitamins that can help us digest our intake more regular.   \n\nThat is the best I can do-   by the way;  the first couple days you will feel very weak.   Bathroom time will be frequent-   no beer, wine, crap!  \n\nEat healthy and exercise regularly after the first week.\n\nGood Luck!
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When someone uses heroin regularly, that is, every day for more than a few weeks, they develop a physical dependence on the drug. When they stop using heroin, they experience withdrawal effects. These may include may include irritability, anxiety, muscle cramps, abdominal pains, chills, nausea, diarrhoea, sweating, sniffing, sneezing, weakness and insomnia. They begin within 12 hours of not using, peak after two to four days, and subside after about a week. Getting through this period, after which the body is no longer chemically dependent on heroin, is called detoxification, or 'detoxing'.
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I am the owner of an Oxygen Bar and combine Oxygen with Aroma Therapy.  I have had many customer come in with bad migrains (Some had to be driven here due to the pain).  I give them an O2 session with either lavendar or Peppermint aromas (Must be natural essential oils)  This has helped every customer that I have had come in with this problem.  I just had one this morning and after 15 minutes of O2 and Lavander/tangerine she left without a headache.  Many say this is myth but I know for fact it has helped myself and many very happy customers.  See if there is an Oxygen Bar in yor area.  It can't hurt to try.\n\nOxygen Therapy benefits:\nIncreases stamina and endurance\nDetoxifies the blood and strengthens the immune system\nHeightens concentration and alertness\nRelief from hangovers!!!!!!!!!!\nRelief from stag and migraine headaches!\nHelps the digestion system to perform more efficiently!\nImproves hair and skin conditions!\nImproves stamina!\nReplenishes body’s energy level!\nFilters toxins from the blood!\nClarity of the mind!
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consider going to detox to reduce the withdrawal discomfort