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Another opiophobia article. I doubt Rush would want people to quit treating their pain for the statistically unlikely concern of becoming addicted.

Geez John, you and I finally find common ground.

I'm stunned at the reaction of some Freepers to this situation. I actually had someone on another thread say that doctors shouldn't be allowed to prescribe these drugs because someone MIGHT become addicted. Hydrocodone and oxycodone are incredibly effective in treating pain and to in any way limit the access would be terrible.

I made a mental note that you were fighting the good fight against the Advanced Victimologists of the 12-Step mentality on some of the other Rush threads.

Regards, and I will be sure to mark the occasion with a pint of ale over dinner tonight!

My dad was addicted to hydrocodone and morphine. This was by far the lesser of two evils, the other being excruciating pain from multiple myeloma. Thankfully his doctor did not knuckle under to the DEA about 'sending the wrong message'.

Addiction is the least of many people's worries.

I do realize that there are many people abusing oxycontin as a recreational drug, just like there are people who abuse just about every single thing on earth.

I'm stunned at the reaction of some Freepers to this situation. I actually had someone on another thread say that doctors shouldn't be allowed to prescribe these drugs because someone MIGHT become addicted. Hydrocodone and oxycodone are incredibly effective in treating pain and to in any way limit the access would be terrible.

I take Hydrocodone, Propoxyphene, Fentanyl, and Chlorzoxazone. Literally enough to kill you -- but, I don't feel any high, except for those rare occasions when the dosage increases (last time was almost a year ago). The "high" lasts about a day, and then it's gone, forever.

That's fine with me, since I don't like it. The last time I got bumped up to a higher dose it scared the crap out of me. I felt like I was dying. Almost called 911. In fact, the only reason I grit my teeth and forced myself to stay awake was because I didn't want to have "hospitalized for narcotic overdose" on my medical record.

I don't understand why anyone would take this stuff for "recreation". It's about as much "fun" as spinning around in circles for ten minutes as fast as you can, then sitting down on a wobbly chair to force-feed yourself warm custard.

Unfortunately, enough people do enjoy that kind of insanity so that the doctors are all paranoid about prescribing this stuff to people who do need it.

In my case, even though I'm taking a lethal dose, I still have near-constant pain, at the level that I used to take over the counter Motrin, Naproxin, and Ketoprofen by the handfull (way in excess of the label) to try to make it through the bad days.

You get used to a certain amount of pain after a while. I hate it, but I'm at least functional for several hours a day. With the current state of my skeleton, if not for the narcotics, I'd be screaming, drooling, writhing in pain, and my life would not really be worth living.

". I actually had someone on another thread say that doctors shouldn't be allowed to prescribe these drugs because someone MIGHT become addicted."

Well, in our society we cater to the lowest common denominator..in this case those that might abuse the drug. It's like how a parent can't take their kids lunchbox to them once they are in the school building because a parent MIGHT slip their kid a gun, knife or Midol.