Brief Answer: Symptoms generally ease out by the 5th week. Detailed Answer: Hi and thank you so much for this query. I am so sorry to hear about these leg pains and stomach cramps. I hope the symptoms of IBS are easing out and you feeling a lot better except for these withdrawal symptoms. It is rather unfortunate that you stopped this drug abruptly. We always recommend a gradual tapering off this drug so as to avoid withdrawal symptoms because they can be difficult to control once they set in. Because you have already had withdrawal symptoms, all we can do is try to see how we can address this. The timeline of withdrawal varies greatly from one person to another. Because you did not take this drug for a long tie, we expect these symptoms to be relatively milder and of a shorter duration. Generally, symptoms of withdrawal start easing out by the second week and are completely gone by the 4-5th week after the onset of withdrawal symptoms. The good news is that there is a progressive improvement in symptoms as the days pass on. If the symptoms warrant another medication to address them, then your doctor would want to consider prescribing a drug like methadone to control this. However, this decision can only be made after a personal encounter and it is a prescription medication that you cannot get over the counter. I will suggest that you talk with your doctor about this possibility if further drugs are required further drugs to deal with this. Abdominal cramps can be caused by IBS as well as Percocet withdrawal. Talk with your doctor and make sure there is no confusion of symptoms related to IBS for Percocet withdrawal. Also, are you taking any other medications for this IBS? Percocet is not the standard of care for this condition. Hope your GI doctors did prescribed some for you. I hope this answer proves helpful to you. Feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be. I wish you well. Dr. Ditah, MD.

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Brief Answer: Please, take some rest and Tylenol! Detailed Answer: Hi and thank you so much for following up with me. 1. I will suggest that you rest the legs for us to understand what is going on. Walking long distances may cause leg pains. It might have been masked by the Percocet while using it and has simply become more pronounced now. Take a rest from it and let us see what the progress would look like after doing so. 2. I would rather recommend Tylenol. This because it is not associated with gastric upset and tolerated by many. You have used this before as it is present in Percocet. Please, do not take more than 3grams/day to avoid causing harm to the liver. 3. Insomnia is generally initially managed with lifestyle modifications. This is very important as we don't always want to use drugs. These measures include avoiding excessive day tie naps, sleeping in a comfortable environment, avoid unnecessary distraction around sleeping hours, use the bed exclusively for sleeping and sex, avoid coffee, etc. If these measures should fail, then trying drugs would be the next best option. The truth Is most of these drugs would cause you to feel weak all day. Maybe you try the same drug in a reduced dose hoping the effects during the day would be minimized. I hope you find the above helpful. I wish you well. Feel free to follow up with me. Dr. Ditah, MD.

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