Vicodin Withdrawal
If Vicodin user suddenly stops taking the Vicodin, then within 6-12 hours, withdrawal should initiates. The strength of withdrawal totally depends on degree of addiction. Withdrawal symptoms are not life threatening. Generally, withdrawal symptoms can increases for 24 to 72 hours and then decreases gradually over a time of 7 to 14 days.
Some of the vicodin withdrawal symptoms includes: restlessness, bone pain, muscle pain, diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, goose bumps, cold flashes, watery eyes, involuntary leg movements, irritability, nausea, runny nose, loss of appetite, chills, panic, and the sweating.
Now days, vicodin is one of the most commonly prescription pain killer. The other pain medications are loritab percodan, loricet, and oxycontin are opioid based pain medications. Vicodin is also used for manufacturing heroin. Those who are addicted of vicodin become depressed and their attention, judgment and thinking become damaged. Their thinking tells themselves that still they are taking vicodin for reliving the withdrawal symptoms. Vcodin addicted people feel the physical pain but they produced psychologically.
Vicodin addicted people need more addiction and tolerate large amount of drug for achieving their high. Vicodin addicts continue neglect vicodin, even they suffering from negative social and physical costs.
Some of the vicodin withdrawal symptoms are given below:
- Restlessness
- Bone pain
- Muscle pain
- Insomnia
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Cold flashes
- Involuntary leg movements
- Goose bumps
- Watery eyes
- Loss of appetite
- Runny nose
- Irritability
- Nausea
- Panic
- Sweating
- Chills