withdrawl from Roxicodone

hello this is a first time for me to write anything about my husbands problem. his doctor put him on 30mg 4 times a day for the last 4years and its time for him to get off because he thinks that  it is taking over his life he is on day 5 and still not feeling good i made sure that he takes vitamins 5-hour energy drinks. this is a mad withdrawl and very hard on him i know he has pain but long term on this pill and to much made him not care anymore and he is the best man i know is there anything he can take or is it just time before he feels better.

hey happy,
It must be so hard to watch your husband go through servere pain and the withdrawals from his meds. I am coming off oxycontin,at the moment, as my Pain doctor wants to try another med. I am working very closley with my doctor and very very very SLOWLY coming down off the oxycontin. My pain has increased, but I have had absolutly no side effects.

It is so nice of you to put so much effort into your husbands well being, I am very lucky too as I have my mother right by my side all the time. If she can see I am suffering in any way she is straight on the phone to my doctor, and within a day we will have come to a solution. When you are in chronic pain you need all the help you can get, and your husband my get angry with you at first. Though over time he will see that you not butting in, but helping him the best way you know how. If you and your husband can get to your doctor and tell your doctor that your husbands pain management is just NOT WORKING I am so sure that your husdand,doctor and yourself will find a solution.

Good luck and my thoughts are with you and your husband
xx Skye

Dear Happy,
Please understand we are not doctors here. I don't know the answer to that question. Not only will it depend on the medication withdrawl issues, but on what was causing your husband's pain to begin with. Calling his doctor would be the best way to get the answer to your question. If you husband was having enough pain to warrant the medication, unless the cause of his pain has been resolved, he will likely need some sort of help with it.

If he wasn't seeing a pain management specialist, I'd suggest he see one, because then they could determine what options he might have that don't have as many side effects. But most everyone on this forum is a chronic pain patient looking for relief without side effects, but it's an illusive goal. In most instances, we have to settle for the best balance we can get. Please suggest he call his doctor; his pharmacist might have some answers as to the withdrawal issues, but that depends on the pharmacist's experience with this.

PaLady