Hydro;

Clonidine (Catapres) is basically a blood pressure med that has some benefits when used in the opiate detox area. Seems like these days Dr.'s are prescribing Catapres patches to wear but your Dr. may have prescribed the pill form.

The main withdrawal symptoms that Clonidine helps with are chills, creepy crawly skin (gooseflesh), and shakiness. I know they say it may help with anxiety and cravings but I have not read nor heard many that will validate that Clonidine helps at all with cravings or anxiety. I know when I researched a detox program for myself I had the Dr. prescribe Valium (for Anxiety & sleep) along with Clonidine (for chills, creepy crawly skin, shakes), Phenergan (for stomach distress) over the counter Imodium for the runs. Most of these also make you very sleepy which is not a bad thing when you are trying to get over the withdrawal symptoms.

Interested to know how he told you to use the vic to taper, or how to do it.

Hope this helps you

phil