How to Handle Opiate Withdrawal cold turkey

August 20, 2011 – How to Handle Opiate Withdrawal cold turkey

Opiate withdrawal is one of the most painful types of drug withdrawal that exists. There are three different approaches that one can take when attempting to beat an opiate addiction.

The first way to handle the addiction is to quit cold turkey and use over the counter medications and home ingredients to attempt to fight off the fierce opiate withdrawal symptoms. Things such as Tylenol, herbal teas, and Gatorade can be used to minimize aches, pains, and dehydration. Success of this self-help method depends greatly on how long the drug was taken and how willing the individual is to withstand the pains.

Symptoms of withdrawal

If you are intending to stop opiates then one needs to keep in mind that not only are the opioid withdrawal symptoms physically challenging, but they will more than likely be mentally exhausting as well.

Symptoms of withdrawal from opiates include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, muscle aches, irritability, anxiety, depression, convulsions, mood swings, seizures, and even death. Quitting an opiate addiction is something that requires a great deal of patience, a very strong will, and maybe even some medical help.

Another option for a person who desires to quit opiate is taking the prescription drug Suboxone. Suboxone contains a mixture of two drugs that work to help the individual to detoxify from the drug and for the most part suffer little from withdrawal. The drug buprenorphine is an opiode medication that is very low in potency.

Naloxone is a substance that blocks the part of the receptors in the brain that feel pleasure from narcotics. The two work great in conjunction with each other because the user will not be able to get a high feeling, but his or her body will not suffer from withdrawal symptoms either because a minimal amount of opiates are still being put into the system. Suboxone is an excellent medication to slowly wean off with.

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