Posted on 05/10/2021 8:46:15 AM PDT by Mariner
OxyContin is extremely dangerous, and unless an individual requires immediate relief from extreme pain—say, from a horrific accident, medical procedure, or disease—it’s best avoided. Like its legion of prescription opioid brethren, it is, in effect, heroin in pill form. And yet thanks to the efforts of the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma and the corporations that followed its lead, OxyContin is now consumed by millions of citizens who are addicted to it, and die from it, just like any other deadly narcotic. No matter Purdue’s protestations to the contrary, this so-called miracle drug has spawned a ghastly opioid crisis that from 2000 to 2019 caused 487,842 overdose deaths in America.
And as Alex Gibney’s latest documentary contends, this wasn’t an unfortunate side effect of a vitally needed treatment. It was a deliberate and dastardly crime, carried out in the name of profit.
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I had my wisdom teeth out the in the Army, two at time on the same side.
The top teeth were easy, just a straight pull and they were out.
The bottom wisdom teeth were a mess, coming in sideways, took lots of tugging and they broke in pieces.
I could hear the cracking as they broke and a feeling of tremendous pressure.
I noticed from his sheepskin that the dentist, like me, was a Gator.
I chatted him up about Gainesville before the extractions and got a great profile, no guard duty for a week.
It was winter and my platoon was up for brigade guard, 24 hour roving patrols inside and outside the fence.
When I brought my profile back Top read it and said “Jesus Christ! What’d you do, ____ his ____!?”
My mouth was packed with cotton and I sounded like Kenny on South Park so I got three days off, indoor restricted, no guard, no desk/phone, no lifting, etc.
No drugs either except for a few Tylenol 3s.
The Class VI store/Rod & Gun Club bldg. was right behind my barracks though, so I was covered for painkiller; Licher and Tucher beer, Jack and Cokes, Apelkorn, Asbach-cola....
All I had to do was hop out the window and walk and 25 feet, lol.
Nobody forces the junkie to get high.
They choose it each and every time.
As with your mother some people are dependent on opioids to have a normal life. This is different from being addicted.
When I had cervical stenosis I was on oxy for 2 weeks straight and, after the first neck injection, started tapering off. For me it took away the pain. No buzz, no squirreliness, just relief from the pain. Ofc I gave up drinking the whole time I was taking it.
Talked to a guy at the range and he had the same reaction to oxy. Just pain rrlief.
I’m glad you folks here wrote your comments as I learned some things.
I feel bad folks’ feelings got ruffled pretty good in the process but I appreciate the info on both sides so to speak.
If only colleges and society could do this...can’t say ‘again’ really as our civil war happened but anyway...thanks
I have been on heavy narcotics a couple of times for months. Never got a high was just able to finally sink into blessed sleep. Stopping was as simple as not taking it.
I would say it is a blessing to be built like this.
I was down with a spinal cyst from an infection-pain I’d never before experienced. After about 3 months I went to the doc to get off the pain killers. They tapered me over a few weeks and I was clear—though it took longer to get back to normal. I think that had to do with my own body taking back it’s role in creating endorphen. That’s the most difficult stage—and it can last a while.
My doc told me “opiates are some of the safest drugs we have. Nobody dies getting off of them—it’s the other synthetics that cause the most trouble.” I think that’s true.
People who have something to live toward can get off of them.
Schizophrenics might even be better off on them than on the medications they’re currently on.
In sum, there are three probable causes for this epidemic: pain, psychosis or hopelessness.
IMHO that is not addiction.
That is just pain relief.
Addiction is when you take it when you do not need relief for physical pain.
People who are physically suffering should be given the drugs they need to take the pain down to bearable levels.
Congratulations on your sobriety. I am sorry for what you loss because of addiction. I pray God is always guiding you to stay on the right path.
” Nobody dies getting off of them—it’s the other synthetics that cause the most trouble.” I think that’s true.”
Yes, it is true.
I’ve not even heard of somebody dying due to opiate withdrawal, miserable as it surely is.
But I know people who have done it.
Many have died due to suddenly stopping benzos and alcohol.
That solves the problem, then.
You are the perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
“You are the perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.”
How so?
This whole thread with no mention of Frank Luntz?
Thank you.
I’m truly thankful that you are set free from that problem.
Pain management has its place in society. As long as you understand that every single use of Tylenol 3 is not a future heroin addict, we’re good. My apologies if I offended.
I blame JACHO. They force fed us the notion that very few people actually get addicted to narcotics, that pain is what the patient says it is, and that our reimbursement is tied to patient satisfaction of “did we treat your pain”. That led to drs handling out scripts like candy, because heaven forbid there be any complaints from patients.
Now it’s so hard to get pain meds for people who discharge from same day surgeries, because many pharmacies carry limited amounts of narcotics, and some don’t carry any at all. Back in the day we used to give out a “6-pack to go” of tylenol #3, but we can’t do that anymore. Darvocet was a perfectly good pain medication, but oh no, it can cause respiratory depression (what narcotic doesn’t?) so it was discontinued. But by all means, give out oxycontin. Oxycontin should never be given for post OP pain, it should only be given for long term chronic pain or cancer.
Fortunately, there are a lot of new alternatives, like Exparel, and on Q pump8.
This ain’t nothin’... Americans are addicted to masks.
You’re right.
Mariner doesn’t know WTF he’s yammering about.
When my mother died last year and was suffering from bone cancer, the morphine she needed was delivered by a messenger in a paper bag. We were shocked. My sister took delivery of it right across the threshold of my mother’s home. We didn’t even sign for it.
We put it on the table - there was liquid morphine in there, hypodermic needles, also morphine tabs.
Same for my husband when he was in pain from liver cancer six months ago. Liquid morphine was delivered to us via the hospice service - in what looked like a cough medicine bottle. I had a lot of people in the house and it could have been easily taken - if I hadn’t kept an eye on it. The bottle was 1/2 full. I administered it under my husband’s tongue with an eyedropper that was provided.
We were shocked that the medical drug system was so lax.
They make me violently ill. As in nausea and vomiting. I took one pill once when I was suffering from uncontrollable, miserable cramps and couldn't function (female issues). Never took another.
I hear heroin is very cheap these days. Or maybe you don’t need to take as much due to it having fentanyl in it. Like George Floyd whose family got 26 million from the idiots who govern Minneapolis.
μ, δ, κ >>> GABA. Educate yourself.
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