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Suffering From Diarrhoea, Leg Shaking, Headache And Sleeplessness. On Naltrexone. What To Do?
Hi,
Thanks for your query.
Subutex contains Buprenorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid.Opiods when stopped do present with withdrawal symptoms for more than 3 months in some who had been on the drug for more than a year.
The best way to come off it was by a tapering dosage over a period of 2 or 3 weeks.
If you have stopped the drug suddenly then the withdrawal symptoms are inevitable.
Need not worry a good exercise and lots water taken daily will ensure the residual drug to be removed from the body and train the receptors to bear the missing chemical.
Hope I answered your query.
Wish you good health.
Thanks for your query.
Subutex contains Buprenorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid.Opiods when stopped do present with withdrawal symptoms for more than 3 months in some who had been on the drug for more than a year.
The best way to come off it was by a tapering dosage over a period of 2 or 3 weeks.
If you have stopped the drug suddenly then the withdrawal symptoms are inevitable.
Need not worry a good exercise and lots water taken daily will ensure the residual drug to be removed from the body and train the receptors to bear the missing chemical.
Hope I answered your query.
Wish you good health.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
you did not help me with what I should do for the leg shaking, and the diareaha, in addition to the sleeplessness. My doctor gave me lorezapam which I am taking but doesn't help much. Its been almost 30 days now, and my doctor prescribed naltrexone. I tried one last night and I thought I was going to die the last 24 hours. I had extreme stomach cramps, headache, and extreme diareahea. Then I realized the immodium ad could have caused an adverse reaction with it. I then took a couple doses of pepto, and it seemed to help. Will I feel this bad for 3 months, or will it gradually go away? I don't plan on taking any more of the naltrexone.
Hi,
Thanks for writing back.
I am now enlightened about the symptoms you have which are seen typically in withdrawal of opioids.
Naltrexone is the best way to alleviate the withdrawal symptoms , since you are unable to tolerate I would recommend a newer and safer drug of same class called Nalmefene.
Do discuss with your doctor and procure a prescription for the same.
The symptoms you have will gradually reduce over time and end by 3 months , this happens as the drug slowly gets detoxified and excreted from the body.
As I mentioned earlier good exercise and lots water taken daily will surely help you recover soon.
Hope I answered your query.
Wish you good health.
Thanks for writing back.
I am now enlightened about the symptoms you have which are seen typically in withdrawal of opioids.
Naltrexone is the best way to alleviate the withdrawal symptoms , since you are unable to tolerate I would recommend a newer and safer drug of same class called Nalmefene.
Do discuss with your doctor and procure a prescription for the same.
The symptoms you have will gradually reduce over time and end by 3 months , this happens as the drug slowly gets detoxified and excreted from the body.
As I mentioned earlier good exercise and lots water taken daily will surely help you recover soon.
Hope I answered your query.
Wish you good health.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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