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[–]turtlew0rk 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

There were quite a lot of people in chronic pain who were talking the dosage as prescribed by the doctor. The drug companies creating a campaign to treat pain with whatever it takes and this was pushed into the medical community and became the consensus that treating chronic pain meant as many pills as the patient needs so long as pain is managed. The drug companies had the same infactuation with he drug as you seem to have, but were also motivated by the high dosing turning into more sales and record profits and bonuses.

In their defense however, this was before the epidemic made it abundantly clear that this was no wonder drug and more like synthetic heroin.

Why would you be prescribed a pain killer like oxy "a few times" when it is meant for severe chronic pain and cancer patient not a few times in a persons life for temporary injuries? Fentanyl doesn't make any sense either and I have a hunch you are a regular recreational user at best but most likely a current or aspiring full blown junkie.

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I have a hunch you are a regular recreational user at best but most likely a current or aspiring full blown junkie.

lol. If that were true, I probably wouldn't still have half a bottle of Oxycodone (5 x 325 mg from march 2017 - just looked), and possibly still one Oxycontin.

If I were going to self-treat with prescription drugs, I would choose amphetamine salts.

I was prescribed Oxycontin for some intense pain I had awhile back. An eye infection? Had a few episodes of eye and ear infections with severe pain back then. The Fentanyl was during my last surgery.

not a few times in a persons life for temporary injuries?

Why should people have to suffer though painful temporary injuries with no relief?

[–]turtlew0rk 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Glad you aren't having an issue.

Why should people have to suffer though painful temporary injuries with no relief?

Because oxycodone or lesser should be at least somewhat effective for pain like that and doesn't come with the same level of risk for dependance or of overdose as oxycontin or fentanyl do. Even Oxycodone is dangerous and addictive and should be prescribed sparingly. I am surprised your doc would prescribe that or pharmacist even filled it.

You are lucky you are so easily able to use meds like this. A lot of people get hooked over time, if not right away.

Be careful is all.

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Just gotta say, anyone taking Oxycodone for enjoyment has some serious issues. Bleah. In my experience, it did little for the pain, and made me feel gross and ill.

[–]turtlew0rk 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They don't make everyone feel like that. Some people took them for enjoyment and then became addicted. You wanna judge them? Go ahead. But lots of people became addicted because they needed them for pain which they have now recovered from but they are now chemically dependant on them as a result of their treatment.

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Well, yes I'm going to judge other people by my own experience, and that is you don't really get addicted to the point you can't just stop. A substance can't take over your brain and make your limbs move to ingest more of that substance.

The 'addiction' lives or dies by your willingness to support it. If you simply stop doing whatever is required to get the drug into your body, the addiction dies.

Based on my experience, it's my belief that 'most' people who "become addicted" were using excessive amounts of the drug in the first place. Yes, a tiny fraction have incurable intense pain that needs a boatload of drugs to mitigate, but most just enjoy the high and took more than they needed. I hated the opiate high, so I only took them when the pain became too much to handle.