Hydrocodone Cessation
The intensity of the Hydrocodone opiate cessation experience varies and can depend greatly on duration of use and dose. Also impacting the cessation includes what the person’s expectations are regarding their withdrawal, if they have tried to cessation in the past, and what kind of help they will have during this time.
It is recommended, especially after continuous hyrocodone use, that one does not to cessation on their own. Symptoms of this withdrawal can potentially be serious as it has an effect on both the heart beat and breathing. Furthermore, the following symptoms may be experienced while in withdrawal. Diarrhea, severe muscle and bone pain, vomiting, sweating, and watery eyes.
Hydrocodone, is also known as Lortab, Vicodin, Vicoprofen, Hycodan, and Lorcet, and primarily prescribed for the treatment of severe pain or to help suppress a cough. Classified under the opiate category of drugs, this medication acts in the brain and the body in similar ways as other opiates. Briefly, as a part of the opiate class of drugs, it will overtake the brains neuroceptors. These receptors greatly impact our central nervous system and interfere with our brain’s natural production of endorphins. Endorphins are naturally occurring and utilized for combating sensations of pain through creating feelings of well-being and euphoria. Therefore, when a person’s body has become deprived of the drug, it will start to produce endorphins to block pain.
When a person is withdrawing from this drug, if they undergo appropriate Hydrocodone opiate cessation ; their body and mind will suffer significantly less. Detoxification is only the first stage of recovering from an opiate dependence or addiction. Dependence on an opiate is bound to occur with extended use. Physical and psychological addiction can form in as little as 3 to 6 months. Legal and illegal users both are capable of forming a tolerance and then addiction to this drug. Signs of dependence can include increased use or the emergence of withdrawal symptoms if the dose is reduced. Additionally, increasing doses without medical advice, stocking up to ensure there is an adequate supply, needing to take the drug even when one is not feeling pain (to feel normal), and seeing multiple doctors to receive multiple prescriptions all essentially for the same drug are common practices among individuals who have developed opiate addictions.
Many opiate dependent individuals have been prescribed painkillers after an injury or trauma. Others, primarily those with personalities that are sensitive, are often very drawn to painkilling opiates because these substances put a damper on emotional sensitivity. Hydrocodone cessation , when done correctly, is relatively easy and totally tolerable. Alternative to Meds Center employs a combination of a one to two week course with Suboxone and nutrients that are targeted to build endorphins to make cessation surprisingly mild and simple. Suboxone is a medication which helps to ease withdrawal substantially. Endorphins are our body’s natural painkillers. Building the natural body’s painkillers through use of nutrients successfully helps lessens symptoms of withdrawal, and also offers long-term relief and lowers the possibility of future relapse.
Our doctor administers the Suboxone, which occupies the person’s opiate receptors, but does not “drug” them. The individual can be switched from the opiate they are taking to Suboxone, and can then be slowly weaned off of Suboxone over a course of one to two weeks. This relieves withdrawal significantly. The individual also receives amino acids created for replenishment of low endorphins, and endorphin raising nutrients. Our must successful participants also include exercise and high protein foods into their regimen, and eliminate processed food and sugar.
Learn more info about why a person may have been prescribed or used opiates in the first place, and how we effectively guide individuals through Hydrocodone opiate cessation.