Lowering percocet dose and possibility of withdrawal

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Will I have any withdraw systems going from 30 mg of percocet to 25. Been on meds for 2 years. Please help me

Submitted: 4 Days
Category: Family Physician-GP

Expert:  Dr. Jaydeep Tripathy replied 4 Days.

Hello,

Perocet is an opiate that can be tapered off by 10 percent weekly for a few weeks. Then perocet can be further tapered by 20-25 percent over few more weeks and then finally stopped.This may take a few months but it is always better that you have minuscle amounts of oxycodone (perocet) in your system before you completely stop taking it. In case you follow this , it is very unlikely that you may experience unbearable withdrawal symptoms due to perocet stoppage.

And yes, you can taper down to 25 mg from 30 safely.

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