Clonidine for Opiate Withdrawal User Reviews (Page 4)

• Dre...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 2, 2017

"I was addicted to the most powerful opioid carfentanil unknowingly, and the withdrawals are so bad that they can be fatal. The first day I tried to quit, I took an 8 mg sub, and it didn't even help, and I had to be rushed to the hospital. So I relapsed the next three days. Then I finally found out what I had been taking and decided to go to the ER the next day and tell them. I told them to keep me because I didn't know what would work. The doctor told me he'd prescribe clonidine and send me home. I had never heard of that and didn't think it would work, so I pleaded with him for me to stay. That didn't work. So I got them filled and took them, and they kicked my withdrawal's ass. Way better than a Suboxone."

• Add...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 21, 2013

"I have been hooked on narcotic pain killers for 30 years. It got so bad this last year I thought it would kill me, 100mg MS Contin slow release at the rate of 10 to 15 a day. Then I tried to stop, and oh my God. Clonidine transdermal literally saved my life. I put the patch on, voila! Night and day difference. Phew!"

• Med...
• May 21, 2017

"I was in a head-on car crash at 50 mph in 2008 and have been prescribed Morphine Sulfate and Oxycodone as a 'breakthrough' drug when the Morphine wasn't doing enough for my chronic pain. I decided it was time to quit, yes, I 'set' my mind to quitting. The two worst parts for me breaking this addiction were the lack of sleep and the hypertension from no longer having the opiates in my system. I am now on day 14 without opiates, and I owe it to Clonidine 0.1 mg. Medical marijuana was the other thing I used. My doctor had not heard of this before, so I educated him, and the rest is history. I was able to just take 1 every 12 hours and will never go through the hell of breaking another opiate addiction. SUCCESS! Thank you, Steven."

• Typ...
• May 21, 2015

"I was addicted to heroin for two years using about a gram a day. It ruined my life. It all started with the prescription pain narcotics. Then went to heroin because of price. People, it's true. They will tell you pills lead to harder drugs. My whole family told me that and I always said I'd never do that. Well, I did. I started by snorting heroin, then to injections. I lost all my stuff to pawn shops. Even robbed and stole. People, if you are reading this as a current user, please don't think you are stronger than others because the drug already controls you. Clonidine helped me greatly along with Suboxone strips. People, get Suboxone for withdrawal, it will save you. I was prescribed clonidine and Suboxone and didn't feel a thing."

• Pat...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 14, 2015

"I was on methadone for 35 years with 80 milligrams and 0.03 Catapres got me through. My last dose of methadone was on 9/17/14, and that was a year ago. I thank God and Catapres. It is a year later, and I still take them. I highly recommend them 100 percent!"

• Fai...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 26, 2016

"As a functioning addict, I recently entered a detox program for a 10-year 110mg Methadone nightly alcohol (wine, 1-2 liters), habit, and 8-month Dimenhydrinate (Gravol) 750mg spread daily addiction. On day 6, haven't slept a wink for 5 days. I was initially prescribed 80mg Morphine Sulfate 4 doses per day but was switched on day 2 to Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 24mg for Methadone, Ativan for the first 3 days for alcohol, Seroquel 12.5mg for insomnia, which was a disaster, made me extremely groggy, increased RLS, and made me feel like I was wearing concrete blocks on my feet, so was finally given 0.4mg Clonidine, a welcome relief of RSL and insomnia (2 thumbs to the sky!!). Clonidine was the difference. Highly recommend! On my way to a drug-free life (woohoo!). Good luck."

• Kan...
• March 30, 2018

"After 2 years on Subutex, I want off. My doc has been gradually tapering me down over months (I was only ever on an 8 mg a day dose), and I am now only on 2 mg every 2nd day of Subutex tabs. This week, he sent me off with Valium and clonidine. He said, of course, there will be discomfort. There is always going to be discomfort coming off opioids. It is inevitable, but he also said that every 2nd day the discomfort I feel will be halved. I practice yoga daily, meditate, and walk around the lake, so I will continue these activities and take the clonidine and/or Valium as prescribed if I feel I absolutely need to. I had in the past been rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, suffering withdrawals from OxyContin that felt like I was dying, vomiting, and pooing everywhere, waking up in the hospital 14 days later thinking I'd been there for 2 days - personally, this feels like a walk in the park. I wish everyone luck living life free from addictive substances. Kind regards from Australia."

• Fox...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 11, 2015

"I started taking viks for migraine purposes & ended up taking 20 a day (1000's) for 4 years. Then addiction comes first in life. Then I decided to stop by taking suboxone 8mg per day - it's incredibly hard to get off it. I got addicted to it for a few years then took methadone for about 2 months - curing opiates addiction with opiates not the best idea. It didn't work for me. So now I'm taking clonidine 0.3 mg. It was hell on earth for the first days. Shaking, burning of the body, hot & cold, RLS, and bad insomnia. After a couple of days it starts wearing down. Hanging in there!"

• bel...
• November 12, 2013

"Significantly helped lower my blood pressure and get me through withdrawal from prescribed narcotic medicine following surgery. It was only $4 for a month's supply without insurance. A complete lifesaver."

• Anonymous
• December 25, 2011

Clonidine "This patch helped me so much with opiate withdrawal. I used the patch for 8 weeks and discontinued my Ultram. I experienced zero withdrawal. I highly recommend using this patch to get yourself off the opiates."

• Pau...
• September 2, 2015

"Detoxed after narcotic pain management for 20 years. Was given Subutex and phenobarbital, etc. at Detox center, and while it was hell, no sleep AT ALL for 3 weeks, and muscle spasms from hell, came out clean. Get Botox injections for occipital neuralgia every three months in neck. Pain still vile. 15 years ago had cervical fusion, at C5/6, all related to the 20 plus pain cycle, car accidents, but you know what I mean. Again had Cervical fusion 10 months ago, now C4/5/6/7, still violent spasms. Was put on Dilaudid for surgery, and after one month on it, tapered, but needed support to get off completely. Pain management prescribed Clonidine. Worked like a charm."

• gem...
• January 10, 2017

"Clonidine is amazing! It makes you tired as hell, but I would rather feel tired than sick as hell... a true lifesaver. I have no cravings, just a bit of stomach cramps and I lost my appetite, but again, I would rather feel like I have gas than go through withdrawals."

• Pai...
• April 11, 2011

Clonidine "Catapres does help with physical withdrawal. I am weaning myself down on Duragesic from 50mcg to 25mcg due to the medicine's withdrawal from the market. (FDA investigation stopped production around Feb 2011 and Johnson & Johnson has no okay to produce still.). After allowing the Catapres to work for a week, I dropped to 25mcg with little withdrawal symptoms compared to the unbearable effects without it. You must try it and remember that it's not a miracle medicine but a crutch to help you through what could have been a temporary absolutely unbearable experience. Some feel fortunate, blessed, rescued, and saved."

• Shm...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 3, 2017

"I was shocked having been through awful withdrawals before how much of a difference it was. I was easily taking 100 mg/day of oxy. I tapered down too fast in 5 days to 15 mg then was out. Couldn't get subs because I was also taking Xanax. Clonidine is very underestimated. I took it after my last dose of oxy and at 24/48 hours, I was groggy and weak but no stomach cramping, muscle tension, or nausea. It took a few days, but today on day 3, I'm just fatigued. Still no withdrawal. Doesn't stop cravings and renders me lazy as hell but better than full withdrawal."

• Gar...
• July 2, 2016

"I've been doing opiates since I was 14, started with Percocets, then oxy 10s, and got up to 10 80s a day by 19. Then heroin at 22, smoked 2 grams a day, plus 200 mg methadone. In April, I was introduced to fentanyl powder, I started at 0.1, and it knocked me on my ass. Within a month, I was smoking 3 grams a day PLUS 200 mg methadone. I cold-turkeyed for 3 days, I couldn't stand the pain. I was literally SCREAMING like a little girl, so I took 100 mg methadone, still VERY sick for 3 days. Checked myself into a treatment center, COLD TURKEY for 30 days. I am 30 days clean today, and I have a 0.1 mg prescription of clonidine. It helps sort of, I take it at night for RLS. I haven't slept more than 2 hours in 36 days but am feeling 80%. Sleep in a hot bath."

• Che...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 2, 2018

"I quit tramadol cold turkey after taking the maximum dose of 400 mg/day for too long. I took my last tramadol dose of 100 mg at 1 PM Tuesday. That night, I didn't sleep a wink. I was crawling the walls. My legs and arms twitched and felt like ants were gnawing my bones. I spent the next day feeling dreadful, then took 0.1 mg of clonidine at 5 PM. I felt a slight improvement and managed to eat something. I took another 0.1 mg at 9 PM. This didn't seem to do anything. I tossed and turned in bed, the twitches were dreadful. I took a Phenergan 25 mg. No effect. My brain fought it, but I could feel the twitches subsiding, and eventually, I slept at around 3 a.m. I awoke the next morning feeling so much better for having slept and happier that I now have some way of managing the withdrawal symptoms. I think I probably need 0.2 mg clonidine (as I'm overweight and have high BP), but would recommend starting at 0.1 mg."

• Flo...
• July 8, 2017

"I am 48 hours clean of any opiates. I was on about 40 to 80 mg of oxycodone a day, which I know isn't much, but enough to have failed getting off them multiple times in the past two months. I started to take 0.1 clonidine twice a day after about 24 hours, and since then I have had not even a little feeling of withdrawal. I am so happy I did not try going on suboxone, which I had done in my past."

• cat...
• July 25, 2009

"I have been taking one 2 mg clonidine twice a day for Opiate Withdrawals. I have a $200 a day Heroin habit. With the Clonidine, I have not been sick. The only side effect I have is trouble staying awake and operating a car. This could be the miracle I have been looking for to get off the Heroin."

• Sck...
• April 26, 2017

"I'm so tired of being an addict... or dependent or whatever you want to call it. I've been on old school Oxy 80s for over 3 years now. You know the old incredible APOS, just push and they powder like icing sugar. Started slow, just crushing/snorting quarters of an 80 at a time. I was getting 240/m (for free), we were making money, we were so high and happy. That is, I had become very, very sick, but I had no idea because the Oxy was masking all my symptoms. I was up to 6-10 80s a day. I went into the hospital here in Canada, where I went through 47 days of unimaginable pain to the point I prayed for death. As it turned out, Oxy was just covering up serious ailments, including a brain tumor! Clonidine is the only med that helped withdrawals."

• Vhh...
• September 2, 2015

"I had brain surgery in May and was on Oxy for 4 months at at least 40 mg a day. That may not seem like a lot for very long, but I had a history of being hooked on opiates, and I knew it would get out of hand, so I went to pain management right away and asked how to taper properly, and he gave me a schedule to follow and clonidine because I never want to go through withdrawal again. I took it yesterday and the craving feeling is gone. No anxiety, nothing. But...I am so tired. Flat on my back tired. I am hoping that it eases up, but I know it's a side effect of this medication."

• Shp...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 5, 2015

"I've been on opiate painkillers for 6 months following a shoulder surgery, which is still painful and may require additional surgeries to correct. I got tired of taking OxyContin 3 times per day, or getting chills, etc. I tried clonidine, and it is as close to a miracle as you can get when withdrawing from opiates. No chills, no fever, no vomiting, I just take Imodium, 2 tablets for the GI stuff-and it is a walk in the park compared to trying to taper and then go off completely (which I did when I had my other shoulder done). I took 100 mcg to 150 mcg 3 times a day. Don't take for more than two weeks to be safe, and not become dependent on clonidine, which has its own withdrawal issues."

• Dma...
• April 15, 2016

"After injuring my back in 2008, (back surgeries in '09 and '11), I was on morphine and then hydromorphone and hydromorph contin for 7 years. Made the decision to go 'drug-free' in Jan 15. In June 15, I entered detox for 10 days, followed by 8 weeks in rehab. While in detox, I was switched over to Suboxone 24 mg/day. Since Aug 15, I have been decreasing my dose and am now at 4 mg/day. When I tried to go to 2 mg/day, I began experiencing severe withdrawal again and went back to 4 mg. 2 days ago, I reduced again to 2 mg, but was also given Clonidine 0.5 mg 3 times a day. I expect the wd to start tomorrow and will be taking the Clonidine with it. I am hoping and praying that this will be the trick to getting my life back. Your stories have made me feel better."

• Bre...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 5, 2019

"I was in a bad motorcycle wreck 12 years ago, and it almost killed me. I spent 6 months in recovery. The doctors put me on everything you can think of. I found out 3 years ago I have lupus and fibromyalgia. No doctors want to see me because I’m such a medical risk since I’m on so many meds. I was referred to pain management. So now I’m coming off of 6 drugs at one time. I ended up in the ER from withdrawals, and they sent me home with clonidine. The only thing it’s helped with is I’m not shaking as bad, but it’s made me cry a lot and more depressed. My fentanyl patches and Xanax run out in 2 days. Needless to say, since no psychiatrist or doctor will see me, I’m going to an outpatient facility on Monday to get help. Good luck to everyone!!"

• pat...
• May 2, 2015

"On day 2 with the patch coming off heroin, I went to the ER and told them why I was there. They got me this patch. They say it lasts seven days. I have no energy, but withdrawal symptoms are definitely not as bad..."

• Cho...
• November 2, 2013

"On day 2 of the clonidine patch haven't had a pill in 16 hours and going strong. So far this has been a godsend no RLS, usually I get 6 hours after my last dose of Perc. I feel groggy but am eating and lightly sleeping and no cravings. Note: I was taking 140mg of Perc daily for two years, did a quick 7-day taper, to yesterday. I went insane all week, then my PM doctor gave me the patch, and it is like night and day."