Hi Pam and Rae!

Thank you for your thoughts about withdrawal and meds that might help! I am currently on the taper off mode, taking less as my doc directed according to plan. He did provide me a scrip for a med that is intended to aid controlling the withdrawal symptoms which could occur. I will have to get it out, look it up, and see whether it is the med or related to the med you described, Pam. I just put it in the bag with my other meds and left it once home. I will take a look.

Hopefully, I will not need this withdrawal med. I just don't like having to take meds. Nope. Wasn't in my makeup before my wreck, and I'd like to return to that profile. My doc has high hope for me. I truly have a belief this will go well. I have, as said before, withdrawn from the meds prescribed post surgery without incident. Yes, I know these pain management meds have been in my system a LOT longer, so the bodily reaction may be different. We are keeping a weather eye here. Time will tell.

I have not had any GI issues since beginnning tapering off. The GI issues I have endured in my love/hate relationship with Morphine I have mostly controlled with healthy doses of prunes and dried apricots plus a bit of one of those Pooh recommended O.C. softeners.

Thank you both very much,
Mark56 PJ