Roxicodone addiction?

Question by lovingMYboys: Roxicodone addiction?
My family just found out that my brother in law was addicted to roxicodone last Wednesday. He “claimed” that the last time that he has taken it was that Wednesday morning (so it has almost been a week). From what I read we should be seeing very obvious with drawl symptoms. When I went over there on Friday he was a little bit shakey both nothing major (nothing that I couldn’t fake myself). He had 4 soboxone (not sure how to spell that one…) pills called in on Friday and he has been taking 1/2 a day. BUT he has been acting perfectly fine if he was really getting off of these pills wouldn’t he been so visibly shaken that he would possibly have to go to a detox facility?? I had a cousin who recently went through the same thing and she had to be shipped so another state to go to rehab to get off of the drug. My brother in law is going around and doing daily things and not having any health issues what so ever so I woud like to know is is possible that he could be getting off of roxicodone and not have any side affects?? His mother is as blind as day she would believe the sky is purple if you tell her so I can’t really ask her for her opinion. I feel like it is on me and my husband to save my brother in laws life so please only respond with honest answers.
PS- didn’t get a chance to spell check this so sorry for any errors!!

Best answer:

Answer by euphoric(k)
First.. it’s up to him to save his life, ultimately, the decision to stop using is his.

Now, someone can with drawl more severely than others. It all depends on how much they were using, and for how long… It’s like comparing someone who has been on vicodin for a month, and comparing someone who shoots up heroin everyday. Both will have with drawls, but heroin will be worse because the drug is a much much stronger opiate than vicodin.

What is happening in with drawl is the body has been relying on opiates for it’s endorphin production. So the body’s natural production of endorphins shuts off. When the opiates are gone, the body has start producing endorphins naturally again. This means that one will be in extreme pain because of the lack of endorphins. But since it seems like his addiction wasn’t that severe and he wasn’t taking it that much, his with drawl wasn’t as bad.

Oh and actually I think suboxone helps with the with drawls. It slowly weens you off the opiates so you don’t get so sick.

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