[backhoe]

Speaking only for myself, in a half-century of living, I've taken codeine for assorted broken bones, abcessed teeth, and a variety of other injuries, and the stuff just makes me feel slow and stupid.

You may recall that right before 9-11, the usual suspects in the Jackal Pack Press were trying to paint oxycontin as the new Demon Drug-- there were stories of crazed codeine-heads driving maniacally all night through trailer parks to get their fix.

I though it was a pile of garbage then, and still do.

[johnny7]

... and the stuff just makes me feel slow and stupid.

That's right. My aunt had a pharmacist who kept re-filling a prescription for it... for over 20 years! It didn't make her stupid but she was “slow motion” in spades.

I'm just wondering who fu_k this “Wilma Cline” is.

[auggy]

"You may recall that right before 9-11, the usual suspects in the Jackal Pack Press were trying to paint oxycontin as the new Demon Drug-- there were stories of crazed codeine-heads driving maniacally all night through trailer parks to get their fix. I though it was a pile of garbage then, and still do."

I can just picture the codeine-heads driving maniacally all night through trailer parks.LOL

I have severe arthritis in my spine. I have taken Oxy for around 5 years. Taken as directed, it is a miracle pain relief drug. I would rather take one of these pills as compared to taking 8 Lor-tabs. Oxy's have made my life more normal. Without them I doubt very much I could function..I know I couldn't work.

Those abusing the drug give it a bad name.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

I was cleaning out my medicine cabinet just yesterday and came across a bottle, perscribed in 1999 for hydrocodone. I never finished the perscription, I hated the way it made me feel -- dopey -- incoherent -- sleepy. The strongest medicine I take is Advil. Its hard to imagine someone like Rush taking such powerful medication and still having a radio show.