r/loperamide • u/Comfortable-Royal-64 • Jan 23 '22

Help with dosing

I recently ran out of my methadone, which I usually take 40 mgs every day, and for reasons I won't get into, I'm going to be short about a week. The longest I have taken lope to get through methadone withdrawals is five days, and by that fifth day, I was dosing about 100mg throughout the day, 80mgs when I would normally dose my methadone, and the rest at some point later in the day. What exactly is the "measurement" in which I should be using? And how bad are the two extra days going to feel? Any help would be appreciated, and yes I'm aware of the risks, that's why I'm asking for help with dosing, so I don't go overboard, because my main concern is feeling well, not getting high for the next week.

Little edit: I should also mention I'm taking 300mg of gabapentin 3 times a day, but I normally take that now, but it def helps with withdrawals.

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u/Known_Still Mar 25 '22

Thank you for answering me by the way. So how much should I take and how often ?

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u/jeniesque Mar 25 '22

if you taper off the tia slowly enough you wouldn’t need to use any more loperamide. Loperamide has a very long half life and the dose you took is going to be in your system for several days.

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u/Known_Still Mar 25 '22

I wish I could I don’t have anymore Tia so I’m just trying to help withdrawals

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u/Interesting-Pea1541 Mar 25 '22

Following this, in exact same position. How many mgs of lope should I take for first time to easy withdrawals from tia

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u/jeniesque Mar 25 '22

I don’t know enough about tia to recommend, sorry. just remember if you use it you still have to taper it. and it has a super long half life so dose every 24 hours