I was prescribed Percocet a few years back for an issue I have with severe leg pain. (Percs are like 5% Oxy) It didn't take long for me to tell the doc no dice on the stuff. Yeah, I could deal with the pain but the "high" associated with it was too much and the "down" was miserable. I actually felt worse after taking the pill when it wore off then I did before I took the pill. I took them back to him and told him never again.
I can't imagine what Oxy would be like if Percs are 5% Oxy. The bad part was just after a few days of taking those Percs I was craving the damn things. Now I have a very low level pain pill that I take occasionally when the leg pain gets really bad. It doesn't have me craving it like Percocet did.
When I get pain issues I generally just go for the lots of ibuprofen route, because the high end stuff is scary. Just way too disconnected from the world. Vicodin is as high up that food chain as I’m willing to go, and even then only when the pain is severe and never more than 2 days in a row.
After being injured in a near 20 foot fall a decade ago my doctor at the time prescribed Oxy pills enough for 8 a day for several months. Interestingly he was a sports medicine specialist.
Being scared of addiction because of stories I’d heard and short on money I only had a couple of the prescriptions filled and took only ONE pill per day come evening in order to be able to sleep at night.30 minutes after taking the Oxy I felt a warm flush and the pain,which was bad,vanished;then I wouild wake up 10 hours later feely groggy and slow.
I was asked to sell “extra” pills by local people but would not ,and did not have them to sell even if so inclined since I bought only a fifth of what the doctor would prescribe.I have also been offered money for my urine since it is known I am not a user.
These offers were made by otherwise ordinary local people who I had not thought of as drug abusers.I suspect drug abuse is way more common than thought.