The article states: “Today’s action recognizes that these products are some of the most addictive and potentially dangerous prescription medications available,” said DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart.
THIS IS BS! I have taken them too, when I hurt my back. They are NOT at all addictive. They barely even ease the pain! We have never found them to be addictive at all. There is no euphoric or stoned feeling to them. And I should know, I was a hippie in the 1960s in college.
They are like aspirin, you take them for the pain, that is all. If they could be stronger they could possibly help more, but they are NOT addictive at all.
You are dead wrong. NARCOTIC pain meds are highly addictive.
Take enough of them for long enough and you will be physically addicted.
Psychological dependence is trickier. Some people get hooked after a few, some never get dependent.
I had a terrible time withdrawing from hydrocodone. I hope I never need to take that again. It did a good job on the pain, but it was highly addictive.
Unless it’s in a shot, it doesn’t do much for pain. Nubain, demerall, or morphine.
I can’t tell if you are trolling or if you actually believe that.
They are not addictive if you have paid. Otherwise yes they are addictive.
Whether or not someone needs pain pills is a medical decision and the politicians should stay out of it.
Concur.
The bigger issue is the medical system in this country doesn't allow enough time to be devoted to patients to properly manage the use of these drugs.
It is very easy to be in pain and find yourself being accused of drug seeking when you are trying to find relief.
the ultimate solution is a complex one! but rest assured the government will find a solution which harms the most innocent people.
Can I ask what specific medicine youhwere prescribed and the dosage?
Folks do get addicted to oxycontin and quite a few, when they cannot get more, they go for heroin. There have been quite a few articles written about it, one on cnn.com recently.
I take Vicodin for my back, which is in about as good a shape as your husbands. (herniated discs pressing on sciatic nerve)
They are addictive in that your body definitely feels weird and shaky if you just stop taking them or if you go several hours past your normal dose time. Doctors don't call it "addicted" they say you're "dependent" on them.
Also, the only time Vicodin will make you feel euphoric or happy is when there is no pain for the narcotic to fight against. We don't feel that way because we are in pain and the drug doesn't react in that way with us.
I will add that one doctor put me on Oxycontin and I felt horrible! I got off that crap quick! I never understood the draw for that drug.
Bottom line, the druggies ruin everything for the rest of us!(although, I always see my doctor once a month so this doesn't affect me) Can't even get a decent cold remedy anymore!
“They are NOT at all addictive.”
You have to understand that addiction varies by person. I cannot take any opiate painkiller - they make me feel terrible - worse than the pain they were prescribed for (for the few times I had cause for a prescription for them).
Some people get almost immediately addicted.
Some people never get addicted.
Opiates are a miracle for some people in intense pain. Watching loved ones dying of cancer - it reduced the agony substantially.
That said - there is a street market for these things. There are a LOT of people who pill-seek from doctors.
I think that trying to limit pill-seekers by forcing others to live in agonizing pain is a pretty sick policy.
This is the world we live in though. Our government coddles the addicts and throttles those truly in pain.
That’s the stark reality. If it were me that needed them, I’d try to figure out how to gauge a therapeutic dose out of street drugs - perhaps learn how to grow poppies myself - so I could control what goes into it.
You have no idea how effective or addictive these pills are to someone else - just by using your own experience.
I have a bad disk and two bad knees and have had prescriptions for mild pain killers. I then had one knee replaced a few months ago and had some really strong pain meds that I used for about six weeks. They worked really well for my post surgical pain.
I was really worried about getting hooked on them but both my Primary Care Physician and my Orthopedic Surgeon told me that the majority component in addiction was personality type and that I did not have the personality traits of an addictive person. It was not hard at all to stop taking those pain killers and I healed so fast I was using nothing after six weeks.
I do have to admit they made my short term memory terrible and I am glad I do not have to use them. I have to have my other knee replaced very soon and I do hope I can get those pain killers again for those first few weeks. Without them it will be impossible to get the rest I need to heal properly.
Yep....