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What to do if i'm addicted to percocets ! please help?

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Help is available: You need to start by getting a medically supervised withdrawal from the oxycodone. Your primary care provider should be the best place to start. There are inpatient and outpatient options, as well as short-term and longer-term maintenance therapies to help you gradually (or even more quickly) get off the oxycodone and find new ways to cope with life. Counseling needs to be a strong part of help.

Answered 10/18/2016

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Dr. Vikram Patel answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Addiction: If you are taking it for longer than 2-3 months, try to reduce the dose by 25% every week. You may ask you PCP to prescribe clonidine patch which can help significantly. Perhaps see an addiction medicine specialist who can substiture it with other medication and gradually taper you off. Good luck. Keep going, you already took the first step !!

Answered 7/26/2014

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Treatment : Congratulations. Asking for help is a great first step to gaining some serenity and a solution to the brain disease of addiction. Remember the opiates are just a symptom of the underlying problem. Your doctor can help you get some where safe to detox and help you find the treatment or education program you need to learn how to stay clean.

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