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What cc said. Physical dependency (meaning you get withdrawals when you stop) is a very common effect with all sorts of medications, especially opioids. I am frankly amazed that one could go through life without ever having become aware that pain killers are a dependence-producing class of drugs, but if that's truly the case for you, well ... consider yourself lucky.
Oh, and ... your doctor is not unique in this regard. Pretty good chance that if you read the handout that the pharmacist gave you with the script, you'll find all sorts of mention of the potential addictiveness/dependency of the medication.
To be honest, that's a very low dose of a very weak opioid to try to come off of. When I was at my worst in my addiction, I was taking the equivalent of about 100x that amount of narcotic painkillers *every day*. Not that I actually tried to QUIT from that dosage, but I'm just saying, in the overall scale of addiction-size, your dependency is about as small as it gets, and thus, you're not looking at any hard-core withdrawals from this 'experience' you've gone through.
I'd say talk to your doctor about tapering them down if you cannot handle feeling sick for a couple days, but to be honest ... I'd recommend just pretending like you're sick (mentally), and just toughing it out. It should feel almost exactly like a low grade flu anyway, and it should honestly not last more than 2-3 days. Shouldn't be anything you can't handle.
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