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Lortab Withdrawal Symptoms

People take Lortab for short-term pain from injury, surgery or a dental procedure. When you regularly take this narcotic painkiller over a long period of time, your body develops a tolerance and dependence on the drug. Because your body becomes dependent on Lortab, you'll experience a range of withdrawal systems if you stop taking it or severely cut your dosage, says Soft Landing Recovery.

  1. Physical Withdrawal Symptoms

    • Your body's physical dependence on Lortab will result in physical withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking the narcotic. Lortab withdrawal can include flu-like symptoms such as fever, sweating, chills, goose bumps, muscle aches, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. You also might experience aches in your bones, watery eyes, dilated pupils, yawning and runny nose. Other symptoms include headaches, loss of appetite, rapid heartbeat, tremors and insomnia.

    Psychological Withdrawal Symptoms

    • When you stop using Lortab, an extreme psychological craving for the drug will plague you in addition to increased irritability that might not normally be part of your personality. You also might experience agitation, anxiety and mood swings. Some people experience more a severe psychological withdrawal symptom --- hallucinations. These hallucinations might manifest visually, audibly or sensationally, says lortab-addiction.com.

    Intensity and Duration

    • If you stop taking Lortab cold turkey or greatly reduce your dosage, you will begin to feel the withdrawal symptoms within two or three hours. According to the recovery program, Soft Landing Recovery, Lortab withdrawal systems don't usually reach a life-threatening level. However, the intensity of the symptoms depends on the level of addiction. These symptoms typically grow worse during the first 24 to 72 hours after discontinuing the drug. The intensity of withdrawal symptoms will begin to decrease over the next seven to 14 days.

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