what do you suggest if my mom is addicted to opiates?

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My mom s suffering 4m fibromyalgia n she s on colchicine bt shows no improvement..Plz suggest?

Answer 1

Get help: Addiction is a disease. Your mom needs professional help. Take her to a doctor or call a help line. I wish you both the best.

Answer 2

Advise help: I advise assistance with opiate withdrawal, which can be very unpleasant. If you do decide to withdraw at home, please ask your doctor for advice and assistance. Clonidine, a medicine most commonly used for blood pressure management, can help make the withdrawal symptoms much more tolerable.

Answer 3

Miserably: Though opioid withdrawal is not usually life threatening, it canbe very miserable. Talk with your doctor. They can help!

Answer 4

Narcotics: This includes: morphine, codeine, alfentanil, fentanyl, heroin, Meperidine (demerol), methadone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, remifentanil, sufentanil, propoxyphene, hydromorphone. Many combination medications such as vicodin, Norco (hydrocodone and acetaminophen) contain these as well. This group can include any other drug that binds to the opioid receptor as its mechanism of action.

Answer 5

Opiates: Opiates are a class of medications that have their effctes mediated by their action on opioid receptors. There are different types and sub-types of opioid receptors. Traditional opioids are based or derived from the grandfather of them all - morphine.

Answer 6

Narcs: Narcotic is a legal term, relating to schedule 1 meds (marijuana, heroin, pcp, lsd etc). Opiate means a naturally occurring alkaloid derived from the opium poppy (codeine, morphine, thebaine). Opioid is any semisynthetic med which binds the same opioid receptors as the opiates (hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, etc).

Answer 7

3-14 days: Depending on which drug we are talking about. Then there is post acute withdrawal syndrome which can last months.

Answer 8

About a week: About a week.

Answer 9

Suboxone: Suboxone peaks in 5-7 days and can last 10-14 days.

Answer 10

1-2 weeks: generally speaking. Can be longer if you are weaning off slowly.

Answer 11

3-14 days: The duration of withdrawal depends on the medication taken and how long it has been taken. Once the acute withdrawal stops, there is a period of more subtle withdrawal that can last up to 6 months. The symptoms during this period are usually sleep disturbance and possibly anxiety or depression. To successfully manage getting off and staying off opiates, you need help from an addiction councilor.

Answer 12

Typically: 1-2 weeks for most people but can extend to 3-4 weeks, depending on the medications you were on and how much.

Answer 13

NO: Opioid use does not lead to ptsd. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of anxiety disorder. It can occur after you've seen or experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death.

Answer 14

No & No: I agree with dr rosenfeld. However, with that said, opiate use can interfere with recovery from ptsd. Many of our wounded warriors returning from oif and oef are suffering from debilitating, chronic pain conditions. This is turn had led to high levels of opiate use.

Answer 15

Deadly serious: Death from overdose (intentional or unintentional). Infection from sharing needles. Legal consequences and potential violence. Mutual support helps. Consider attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous.

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