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New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried
The Examiner ^ | Chris Hawley12/36/2011

Posted on 12/26/2011 3:02:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: buck61

I have used Hydrocodone 7.5 mg for two torn up knees. I use to get a small feel good feeling but that pasted. It does a great job relieving the pain and I can function. I take three pills a day. Stuff only cost 5.31 for 30 pills so I don’t have any complaints, other than the dr told me it was addictive. I kind of already new that. It is better than having both knees cut on.


141 posted on 12/26/2011 6:28:16 PM PST by wild74
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To: Graybeard58
My experience mirrors yours as posted in number 40 - no problem, except with F.R., I had to hit the “post reply” button about 20 different times, it kept taking me back to the top of the article. This is not a new experience either.

That happens when the mods force-move a thread from one forum (news) to another (bloggers). That happened to this thread because I got the same thing.

142 posted on 12/26/2011 6:44:28 PM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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To: Glenn

Sounds about the I heard it. Gotta get it done.

Guess I’ll feel like a new man in the end.


143 posted on 12/26/2011 6:57:22 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: grumpygresh
Overall, a good decision.

Yes. If something can get 90% of us out of pain, it should be banned because 10% may abuse the drug. Good thinking. Thank goodness I got through my two hip replacements before you got your way with my painkillers.

144 posted on 12/26/2011 6:58:42 PM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I can’t even take codeine. I’m allergic to it. So, like you, I take nothing. I’ve gone through two car accidents which have caused neck and spinal problems but the Lord has been gracious allowing me withstand the pain.


145 posted on 12/26/2011 7:01:09 PM PST by Waryone
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To: nuconvert
It really is surprising just how differently certain drugs effect different people. I have no problems with hydrocodone, while a buddy of mind gets nauseus and throws up if he takes it. Another friend gets terribly constipated when taking it. I don't have any problems taking it, though I'm very conservative as to when I take it. I have really bad arthritis, and I take it when I try to exercise, or if the pain is really bad, I'll take one before bedtime. It makes the difference between just fitfully napping and waking up every time I move, vs getting a solid 5 to 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

Mark

146 posted on 12/26/2011 7:03:03 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: bigheadfred
Having two broken arms is a pain in the a$$.

You seem confused. I suggest you consult an anatomy book.

;-)

Mark

147 posted on 12/26/2011 7:05:54 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: MarkL

Will an old issue of Playboy do? I seem to remember it helping with confusion before...


148 posted on 12/26/2011 7:10:03 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: John Valentine

2 girls died in a local Truck Stop (I35) chewing on those patches. As someone mentioned earlier~a Junkie (Dope Head) will find a way to ABUSE anything!


149 posted on 12/26/2011 7:11:26 PM PST by corbe
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To: Quickgun

Woodford Reserve, excellent choice. Enjoy!


150 posted on 12/26/2011 7:17:55 PM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Randy Larsen; POWERSBOOTHEFAN

And now he has hair on the back of his hands.


151 posted on 12/26/2011 7:21:24 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: arjay

My grandmother,who’s in her 80’s but in good health,took one after she broke her wrists. She and my grandfather went up to Tennesee back in ‘07. They went dancing one night and she slipped and fell. Naturally she put her hands out to break her fall but wound up breaking her wrists.

She looked terrible after taking just one OxyContin. Really pale,as if she had the flu. She threw the rest out.


152 posted on 12/26/2011 7:32:53 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: Randy Larsen

I used to have a friend who hung out with people who did pills. One of them would crush it and snort it. I asked her why she’d do that and she said “It’ll get you high faster”. I told her I knew that,but what I was getting at was “Why would you do that to yourself?”

Dumb,dumb,dumb.


153 posted on 12/26/2011 7:36:03 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: Vendome

Who are you talking about?


154 posted on 12/26/2011 7:39:07 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Banned? Really dude? Did I say that? Much to the contrary. Pure hydrocodone should be treated like Oxycodone because it is substantially the same as Oxycodone, a C2 drug. It could also be used at higher doses like Oxycodone. I also do not advocate a change a status in the current formulation of hydrocodone with Tylenol.
So good for you that had your hip replacements before they are rationed by obama.
It never ceases to amaze me why so many freepers go out of their way to distort others positions and be disagreeable. Sometimes I think why bother sharing an expert opinion. People have no respect for physicians and you sir certainly prove it. Good luck finding someone to take your Medicare.


155 posted on 12/26/2011 7:55:43 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est; zero sera dans l'enfer bientot.)
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To: John Valentine

Uh, you do know they just want the drug-right! They will still get the drug only now by slapping 3-4 patches oon themselves.


156 posted on 12/26/2011 8:00:18 PM PST by packrat35 (Heartless)
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To: corbe
2 girls died in a local Truck Stop (I35) chewing on those patches.

Not these patches they didn't. They are not even available in the United States yet.

157 posted on 12/26/2011 9:01:41 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: packrat35
They will still get the drug only now by slapping 3-4 patches on themselves.

Not with the patches I'm talking about. Slap 3-4 patches on they will last 3 to 4 times as long, but the blood level won't go above the designed therapeutic dose. You CAN'T get high on them. Impossible.

158 posted on 12/26/2011 9:05:32 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: grumpygresh
It never ceases to amaze me why so many freepers go out of their way to distort others positions and be disagreeable

Because I'm grumpy too?

Everybody has a pet peeve. Gummint interference with pain relief is a biggie for a lot of folks. Before the diagnoses that led to the hip replacements, I was in the worst pain of my life and there was no relief in sight. I had to fill out a 15 page questionnaire (threatening me if I redirect the drugs) and take a drug test to get one guy to even treat me (He's the one that found the problem).

Didn't mean to distort you, but I can see that I did. Sorry... I should have realized you are an expert. Very foolish of me to think I could ever doubt you. Experts know everything. People like you are why other people are losing respect for physicians. If you were my doc I'd fire you in an instant because of your attitude. There are others to choose from...

159 posted on 12/26/2011 9:07:14 PM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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To: grumpygresh

Sorry again. You picked a bad day to poke me with a stick, “sir.”


160 posted on 12/26/2011 9:15:13 PM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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