When my son had his take down he was on meds for months. When he had his first surgery , which was the beginning of June, 2014, he was on heavy stuff until the end of July. take down was the beginning of September, and was on pain medication forever because we had a lot of complications. Everytime he tried to get off, the pain was too much for him to handle. Then in December they found some of the problems and still needed the pain meds. He was on them until end of April this year. Everyone is different. Our doctors told us not to worry about addiction. That if you need it, take it. Deal with the pain and worry about the other stuff later. We had our primary and a pain management doctor help him get off the stuff and he did it in about 5 weeks. When she is ready to get off, she will know it. She will be taking less and less. But I would give it at least a month, six weeks at least. Good luck!