Posted on 05/07/2005 4:11:43 AM PDT by Brainhose
In XIX century opiates and products like Laudanum were freely available on mass scale. Somehow it did not cause the collapse of society.
>>There is a mentality in this country, that does not recognize the seriousness of pain, or its consequences.
i disagree. pain management is front and center in the medical industry. i've been a frequent inmate over the last few years and everyone who tended me, save one jerk, asked about pain. it's a shame that drug abusers ruin it for the rest of the kids when the government gets involved.
It is not the drug abusers who ruin it. It is fascist prohibitionists who will not rest until they turn the society into one big concentration camp.
I had oxycontin while recovering from surgery on my foot. It's wonderful stuff. When I ran out I was still in a lot of pain. I called my doctor and told him that I had run out and needed more pain killers. He said "no problem" and offered me more oxycontin. I told him "no". He asked me if I'd had a reaction to it. I said "yes, I certainly did; I liked it. A lot! Don't give me anymore!" (A long time ago, I'd had a bit of a drug problem, and knew better than to keep taking this stuff). He changed the scrip, and wouldn't have ever given it to me again if I'd begged him for it.
I was taking oxycontin for about 10 days. It is not "immediately addictive". I know that for a fact. I also know that it is an extremely effective painkiller. It is asinine to ban it just because some people abuse it. This is just another politician punishing the law-abiding for the acts of the lawless.
If he was talking about marijuana, conservatives would jump for joy.
It is an understatement to say it is one of the best sustained release, long-term pain relievers out there. We developed the same formula for morphine and codeine too.
FDA considered the possible ways that the product might potentially be abused, but they approved it on the basis of the fact that there was a very real medical need for the products in the context of pain relief.
While I hold no admiraton at all for Purdue Pharma and what they became when the $ started rolling in on this very profitable formulation, I have no regrets that I contributed significantly to the developmental science that made it all happen.
Actually a lot of idiots become addicted to it. It should not be banned, but there is a serious problems of doctors prescribing it for long term use. It's a great pain-killer, but should not be perscribed for more than a week or two. It is being abused partly because of doctors over-perscribing.
You are smarter than your doctor. He should have never offered you more. IMHO, that is where the problem is. Certainly if someone is old and doesn't have much time to live, prescribe the heck out of it. But for others, it should be used very sparingly.
Oxycontin was a God send for my mother in law when she was suffering from cancer. I saw her go from writhing agony to being able to have a conversation, eat and sleep. I'd like to ban this congressman.
"Where it causes mild to severe hepatatitis in most of its users.
Tylenol should have been removed long ago."
Hey, as a nurse in an ICU I don't see the side effects you mention with patients who use it in the normally recommended manner. With borderline suicide attempt patients who've used Tylenol overdose as a means of escape...the effects can be quite nasty.(I've given many a nasty mucomist soda. I've heard there is a new IV mucomist preparation but I haven't seen it yet!)
Mr. Lynch has obviously never had a loved family member suffering and dying of cancer or some other horribly painful disease."
I'm sure Mr.Lynch really means ban it for the ignorant masses.
Good job. Excellent formulation and release kinetics under various meal conditions.
I sit in pain almost everyday. I have what's called "neurological" pain and almost nothing works, I've tried everything. Distraction seems to be best for me.
Agreed. If it is for a temporary condition, like recovering from surgery, it should only be used to get past the worst of the pain. Then patients should be switched to something else. I took Hydrocodone for about a week after I got off the oxycodone, and then just aspirin and like that after. I was still in pain, but it was manageable at that point.
I don't like taking painkillers any more than I absolutely have to. I know what happens if you take them for too long.
Oops, oxycontin, not oxycodone. I knew something didn't look right about that, just counldn't put my finger on it until after I'd hit the post button.
My daughter was prescribed Oxycontin for a ruptured disc. The side effects were horrible. She lasted about 2 days and the Dr. pulled her off.
Just like they did to Quaaludes. Ah...my crazy youth!
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