[TomServo]

Oxycodone was a hard one to quit for me. Was prescribed after my back surgery.

Stuff put me in the best mood. I’d do anything for anybody.

I’d go out an roof a house for you if you asked. :-)

[4everontheRight]

I have a degenerating disk in my back and take Loratab for it. If I could find a way to ease the agony of it without pills I would in a skinny minute! My husband tells me to just “tough it out” but until you have experienced pain related to your back, you have no idea how bad it can be. I tell him to imagine a knife in your back and then imagine someone standing on that knife! Trouble with pain meds is that in order for them to really do you any good, you are supposed to take them prior to the pain starting...well, hello! How am I supposed to know when it will? In other words, you stay on them all the time!! My doses of Loratab have had to get larger due to my becoming used to them and them not being as effective. My doc said my next step is Oxycodone and that step scares me to death....what is after that???

[dljordan]

“Oxycodone was a hard one to quit for me. Was prescribed after my back surgery.”

I am currently taking it after wrist surgery. They prescribed
Percocet but that wasn’t touching the pain at all. I take my last two at 9 am this morning and I hope I don’t have a problem.

[mware]

I was given Oxycodone after my gall bladder surgery.

That stuff is powerful medicine. I only took 1/2 a tablet and felt no pain, and only used two of them all together during my recovery.

I just had major dental surgery for my wisdom teeths, about a week ago. I still restrict myself to only a 1/2 tablet but have found that I still need to take them for the pain in my jaw. (about 1 tablet a day) If the pain continues I am going to get it checked to see if the extractions gave me a hairline fracture of my jaw.

[thulldud]

Oxycodone was a hard one to quit for me. Was prescribed after my back surgery.

Stuff put me in the best mood. I’d do anything for anybody.

Not me. I hated that stuff. It shot my attitude and I still hurt right through it. For some reason, once I got down to hydrocodone, things were marginally better.

Rush talked about getting to "like" the pills; and I've heard that same thing from a couple other friends who were on similar meds. It sure didn't happen that way for me.

[shbox]

Yep, me too.

I was using oxycodone but stopped when I realized I was using it even though I wasn’t feeling pain.

But you are right about the mood shift. Funny you should mention roofing. I was helping my brother roof his workshop and felt really tired worn out, like the hammer weighed 10 pounds.
After one oxycocdone I was carrying two packs of shingles up the ladder while whistling a toon.

[Marie]

I'll tell you what, Oxycodone is saving my life right now. Until a week ago I was in so much pain (from an earlier compression fracture in the thorasic region) that I couldn't do much more than sit in a reclined position or lay in a bed.

So far, I've painted my living room, done the dishes, refinished a floor, stained trim around a few doors and cleaned the crap out of everything.

The medicine isn't giving me energy, it's blocking the pain so I can move and I'm taking full advantage of this right now. These are the things that have driven me crazy for over a year!

And it doesn't take much. Just 4 pills a day and I'm not getting even the slightest high. I love it! :-) (I'm hoping that these pills will allow me to avoid back surgery.)