Read somewhere that 50 % of adults in drug treatment centers were hooked on Oxy prescribed by their doctors because of injury or auto accidents ...
Regular Joe and Jane citizens who simply hurt themselves wind up as junkies...very sad
I had knee surgery several years ago and was prescribed a form of Oxy...took it for two days and was like whoa this stuff really puts the hooks into you...I stopped cold turkey and just did large doses of Aleve...
I want you to know I admire your self awareness. Few people have that and it’s something to treasure.
had knee surgery several years ago and was prescribed a form of Oxy...took it for two days and was like whoa this stuff really puts the hooks into you...I stopped cold turkey and just did large doses of Aleve...
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Smart move. My mother was addicted to Oxy for years until her passing. I have had a severe uncomfortability with opiate pain killers for a lot of years because of this. Had an injury a few years ago (5# sledge into my middle finger) and they gave me a shot of morphine because the end bone in my finger was dust - never felt more uncomfortable in my life.
In 1979 I was involved in a Motorcycle Accident, I was on the back as passenger, we crashed on a mountain road and went off a cliff. I was put in one of those cute little baskets and hoisted up the mountain unconscious of course. When I came to in the hospital I was temporarily paralyzed with Major Road Rash over half my back. and half of my upper left arm ground to the bone. Needless to say I needed Major Skin Grafting. The Doctors could not do anything for2-3 months so as to allow my body to start the healing process first, during which time I was prescribed all the opium I could take. I became addicted rather quickly, for it was literally the only way I could survive and live with the unbearable pain. When I went to the Hospital 3 months later for skin grafting, I had to go through WITHDRAWLS while strapped to a Hospital Bed. IT SUCKED BIG TIME and took about a week for the cold sweats and shakes to go away.
As a result I rarely take any pain medication, when you see me go to the doctor for Pain Pills, like I did a few years ago when I broke 2 ribs on my dirt bike, it means that most people would have died from the pain already.
i got a prescription for some when i had 2 front teeth pulled. went from surgeon to my dentist for the bridge and he laughed when i told him. he said some ibuprofen and a nap would do just fine. threw the prescription bottle in my backpack for hiking as a just in case of having to hike out on a bad leg. given my personality that stuff scares me.
I had brain surgery and they gave me a THREE MONTH PRESCRIPTION for oxy. At the pharmacy they said they didn’t have enough to fill the full three months right then, so they just gave me one month for now. Wha?? I don’t want that much oxy in my house!! The bottle held about 30 pills and I took maybe 5. I’m not an idiot. You never want to up your dose of opiates ever.
Though I did need double doses of morphine while in the hospital. If you aren’t allergic, it’s the best thing for pain. Funny: when I was stoned to the gills on morphine I couldn’t use my iPad but I could watch tv. So from 4 am I put on NBC and watched EVERYTHING that came on, all the morning chat shows which I NEVER watch. Even on heavy morphine, they were incredibly stupid. Especially the wine drinking Kathy Lee and Hoda show. I couldn’t handle those shows even on MORPHINE. ;)
