Scott,


Brotha I've been there! When I weened myself off of Fentanyl I did it old school and went up to my parents cabin on the side of a mountain. I had movies, my mom and 5mg oxycodone tabs and prepared myself for the worst. Every time I felt bad withdrawal symptoms I'd pop a 5mg oxy tab and let it dissolve under my tongue and it would relieve the symptoms. After 3 days of having watching movies and BSing with my mom I came off the hill and was fine.

I had one more surgery a few weeks later, two weeks after that Dec. 17th 2009 I was opiate free. Coming off the oxy took longer then coming off the Fentanyl. I would cut my 5mg oxycoDONE(never split or crush OxycoNTIN or Oxycodone HCI, the time released as it is deadly) into halves and quarters and I would put off taking a "taste" as long as I could but make sure the dosage kept going down. It helped me with the severe withdrawal symptoms.

Hope that helps brotha, it's a b!tch but you can get through it! I had to take an opiate in one form or another for 23 months, with 200mcg of fentanyl being my highest dosage. The painkillers are a necessary evil but with help and strategy they can be kicked.

Keep your chin up soldier!

Eric