Vivitrol And Opioids

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I need help. I'm getting a vivitrol shot in 2 days. I have taken opioids up until last night. I want information from anyone that has actually taken opioids up until around 65 hours before their shot, and if so, what were the side effects? Please I need help. I'm scared but I also need the shot.

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Yes, you need to be in full withdrawal, before getting the shot, or there is a risk of it putting you into dangerous precipitated withdrawals, which may include seizures, according to NIH warnings.

Other side effects may include nausea, dizziness, headache, and stomach pain.

It would be best to make sure your doctor is aware of the last time you took opiates, to make sure it is safe for you to be given this shot.

Are you on any other medications?

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Hi, i don't know much about vivitrol but i received the shot on may 1st. My advice is don't do it. I am an alcoholic and I've been clean and sober for 2yrs, 2 months. The vivitrol shot put me in severe withdrawal. Bad and i mean it was worse than alcohol withdrawal. Today is the 28th and I'm still feeling the effects of the shot. Lol it's 2:30pm and can't sleep. Please do ur research before u get the vivitrol shot. I did a little research but i wish i would've done more. I'm trying to find out how i can get it out of my system? I also take suboxone and before the shot i could go a couple of days without the suboxone but now i feel i need to take the suboxone every day. I wish you all the best and hopefully the shot will work for u, but read, read, and read about it. That shot sent me into full blown withdrawal bad. Took 10 days before I could even attempt taking a shower. Good luck and be safe.

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Thank you for the response. So you mean to tell me if I go in there during withdrawal I will my experience precipitated withdrawal? I will just leave still withdrawaling? But if I go there with a habit and I'm not sick because receptors are still saturated THEn I will go into PWD?

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You are so very wrong. Its not suboxone. You need to be totally through withdrawals to avoid getting sick. I've been through this with multiple shots.

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I agree that all drugs must be out your body....If you have any drugs or alcohol in you it will flush it out but it will send you into withdrawal beyond comprehension...I took one 3mg naltrexone pill to start building the tolerance for my shot...I still had suboxone in me so straight to the hospital I went.....I'm on the shot and it works well, it took all my urges and cravings away...90 days sober off of suboxone....

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So I'm an opioid addict who has walked out of two treatment facilities but am trying desperately to get my vivitrol shot this Wednesday. I was clean for 3 days camping in the woods to isolate myself. I tapered my use down significantly so withdrawal hasn't been so bad out here. I last used Wednesday afternoon but yesterday afternoon I took a 10mg oxycodone. I was devastated right after I swallowed it. I'm still going to turn up for my Wednesday appointment to get the vivitrol shot. The treatment center will close my case if not and my girlfriend can't do this anymore either. Please give me your advice on this situation. Any support is so greatly appreciated as I'm literally dying inside.

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