Weaning Yourself Off Percocets?
Question by Diana: Weaning yourself off percocets?
Is their any special vitamins or diet you can put your self on when trying to stop taking percocets and is their anyway to prepare your self for when you finally stop taking percocets?
I am not the one taking the percocets my moms friend is,and she’s tried to just stop taking em’ but it made her so sick she could barely walk.
Best answer:
Answer by LMT07
Just stop taking them.
Answer by Matthew N
Sounds like she’s been taking them for long enough to become physically addicted to the opiate component (oxycodone) of Percocet. Getting “sick” from stopping them is called withdrawal, and while it’s miserable it’s rarely life threatening and lasts about 2 or 3 days if she could just quit cold turkey. She could also cut the amount that she takes in half for about 1 week, then in half again for another week or so, and so on and so on until the slowly weans herself. Or, she could go see a physician who could prescribe medications to help her quit cold turkey and battle the symptoms she has when she has withdrawal.