Opiate Withdrawal
"Hi, wanted to add a post to help convince those who do not know clonidine yet that it&#039;s the best thing ever.
 I&#039;d been using heroin for years before switching to methadone. It was fairly easy to taper 5mg at a time until 20mg, where it became more and more painful/stressful - I&#039;m now at 4mg. 
 I didn&#039;t have a clue about clonidine until two months ago, I looked it up on the internet and talked about it with my physician and he prescribed it to me.
 Then, the miracle happens: I switch from 5mg to 4mg, and 48h later at withdrawal symptoms onset I only had to take 0,5mg of clonidine to avoid ALL withdrawal symptoms. I had no sweats, no anxiety, no chills, no pins and needles, no trashy feeling... TRY IT, no side effects noticed."