My husband was on Pain Medicine for a 5 month and Now he have a problem taking off the medicine.Any Suggestion?!
Question: My husband was on Pain Medicine for a 5 month and Now he have a problem taking off the medicine.Any Suggestion.?
He was on Oxycodone and Acetaminophen 10mg/325mg for about 5 or 6 month for his herniated disc. He recently had surgery 2 month ago and He is suppossed to stop taking the pain medicine. He was keep on taking it until there is none left in the medicine bottle. Now he have a problem going to sleep. Do you think he is Drug addict.? Does he need to go see a doctor to get help.? Is he going to be on a medicine for help him to stop thinking about pain med.?Health Question & Answer
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That type of medication is very addicting. A doctor might be able to wean him down by giving him something a little less potent or some other meds to help withdrawal or to sleep. It will take a couple weeks for withdrawal to end (the first week is the worse). But the psychological affects can linger a while and may take some support or counseling. The good news is 5-6 months is a lot better than 5-6 years. But the real danger is that he continues to take it. The longer the addiction goes on, the harder it will be to quit (if he ever quits). Health Question & Answer
My husband also had a herniated disc which he had surgery for. He was able to get off of the pain medications with no problems but has had lots of trouble sleeping since surgery. He has just now started a prescription sleep aid (he is on ambien) and it seems to be helping.
There are other home remedies and wholistic therapies that can help with insomnia, but in my opinion, prescription medications work faster. Health Question & Answer
There are other home remedies and wholistic therapies that can help with insomnia, but in my opinion, prescription medications work faster. Health Question & Answer
The sleep problem should only last for a little while as a withdrawal symptom. He should talk to the doctor about the problem. Maybe a non-addictive sleep med like Trazodone would help but make sure he doesn't prescribe any more opiate pain relievers because addiction is a common problem with that long term of use. Health Question & Answer
His body is asking for the medicine and now he is of them he gets other symptoms,like not being able to sleep.
Best is to get a low dosage of a mild sleeping pill from the Dr to overcome this.And of course one that is non addicting as well.
Guess that the problem gets fixed that way.
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Best is to get a low dosage of a mild sleeping pill from the Dr to overcome this.And of course one that is non addicting as well.
Guess that the problem gets fixed that way.
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I doubt he's a drug addict as he is off the meds already
his body might take awhile to adjust to not having the medicine, so it will probably take time until he can sleep well. until then he should look into insomnia cures rather than worrying about drug addictions =]Health Question & Answer
his body might take awhile to adjust to not having the medicine, so it will probably take time until he can sleep well. until then he should look into insomnia cures rather than worrying about drug addictions =]Health Question & Answer