I have been watching this old MTV True Life about Oxycontin and I know how lethal this stuff is but I am curious if anyone here has ever had it perscribed to them? Definetly seems like a roll of the dice when you take it.

I personally do not believe in painkillers, I guess its the closet straight edge in me, but if someone has took it, were you worried about it at all?

I have been watching this old MTV True Life about Oxycontin and I know how lethal this stuff is but I am curious if anyone here has ever had it perscribed to them? Definetly seems like a roll of the dice when you take it.

I personally do not believe in painkillers, I guess its the closet straight edge in me, but if someone has took it, were you worried about it at all?

I've had it prescribed 3 times in my life, all with kidney stones. I sure wasn't worried about the Oxycontin at the time, as I felt as though I was being jabbed in the back with a knife every few seconds.

I've had it prescribed 3 times in my life, all with kidney stones. I sure wasn't worried about the Oxycontin at the time, as I felt as though I was being jabbed in the back with a knife every few seconds.

Yeah that's what it seems like. It's a savior for people such as yourself who can't even live comfortably through all the pain. When they perscribe it is it generally the best option in your doctors opinion then to battle the pain? Like I guess I mean is it a "worst case scenario" drug?

Oxycontin is a good opiate pain killer for those with severe pain. The problem is that it can be abused by those so inclined and it can be very addictive, particularly when used inappropriately. This is true of most opiates to a lesser or greater extent. When used improperly, it can produce a great high which can lead to overdose which can be fatal. However, when used properly it is a safe (assuming issues such as respiratory depression aren't already present) and effective pain killer.

I have been watching this old MTV True Life about Oxycontin and I know how lethal this stuff is but I am curious if anyone here has ever had it perscribed to them? Definetly seems like a roll of the dice when you take it.

I personally do not believe in painkillers, I guess its the closet straight edge in me, but if someone has took it, were you worried about it at all?

Sometime '05 while I was still in the Army I had a MRI done on my back after months of backpain. Turns out I had a torn muscle, 2 bulging disks, and a degenerative disk in my lower back that still bothers me.

I rarely take pain meds, probably only 1 per month at the most because I just don't like taking them. The list of meds I've been perscribed since I orginally went to the doctor is pretty long. Oxycodone is sitting in my medicine cabinet right now along with Tramadol and Flexeril. I've had the Oxycodone perscription for 3 months and I've probably taken 2-3 of them so I'm not too concerned.

Brett Favre loves oxycotin.

Actually, why has no one ever wondered how Favre's streak continues to go and yet he was once addicted to painkillers? We're supposed to pretend he hasn't been tempted again?

I personally do not believe in painkillers

Translation: I've never been seriously hurt.


Stop a speeding bullet, and you'll suddenly believe in them. Trust me. I hate the drug industry, but when it took two broken ribs to stop a bullet, and then a surgery to get it out .... you'll suddenly believe. Trust me.

-- Steve -

Sometime '05 while I was still in the Army I had a MRI done on my back after months of backpain. Turns out I had a torn muscle, 2 bulging disks, and a degenerative disk in my lower back that still bothers me.

I rarely take pain meds, probably only 1 per month at the most because I just don't like taking them. The list of meds I've been perscribed since I orginally went to the doctor is pretty long. Oxycodone is sitting in my medicine cabinet right now along with Tramadol and Flexeril. I've had the Oxycodone perscription for 3 months and I've probably taken 2-3 of them so I'm not too concerned.

Oxycodone is vicodin (or percoset, I forgot). Oxycontin is like heroin.

Oxycotton - Xanax Bars - Percocet and Lortab
Valiums - Morphine - patches - Exstacy - and it's all up for grab
What you want - what you need - hit me up I got you mane
What you want - what you need - hit me up I got you mane

Last year I broke both bones in my forearm playing basketball and had two plates and 13 screws implanted to fix it. I was on Percocet for about 5 days before and after the surgery. I wasn't able to keep any food down, so when my prescription ran out I asked for a weaker painkiller. As soon as I started on the new prescription I knew I had made a big mistake. The pain in my arm was so bad I couldn't sleep.

I asked to go back on the Percocet, but my doctor had left on vacation. It took two days for the hospital to find a doctor who was willing to write me a prescription even though my doctor approved it verbally over the phone. It took another day for the pharmacy to fill the prescription because it was from a different doctor and they had to make sure I wasn't "doctor shopping". So I spent three sleepless nights on the weaker drug, took the Percocet for about 2 more days, tapered off of it in about 3 more and never had the urge to take it again.

My point in telling this story is that due to the myth that people who take painkillers are going to become addicted to them, a lot of patients suffer needlessly. I work in a cancer clinic and see people in pain that makes my arm look like a walk in the park. However, our doctors know that the DEA is constantly looking over their shoulder and that at any point someone with no medical training whatsoever can second guess their judgment with the possible consequence of losing their license or going to prison.

When I hear someone say that painkillers are overprescribed I just laugh because painkillers are woefully underprescribed in this country. We have the attitude here that 100 people should suffer needlessly rather than one person abusing a narcotic. But if the War on Drugs has proven anything it's that addicts will obtain their drugs no matter how many doctors you throw in prison. That just leaves 100 people suffering needlessly.

Oxycodone is vicodin (or percoset, I forgot). Oxycontin is like heroin.

Actually Oxycontin is a sustained release form of Oxycodone. When used properly, it is not "like Heroin." It is when it is misused and abused (and not taken in its normal oral form) that it becomes highly addictive like Heroin. Percocet is Oxycodone mixed with Acetaminophen (aspirin.) Vicodin is another opiate, hydrocodone, mixed with Acetaminophen.

I agree with Flounder in part. Opiates are vastly underprescribed to legitimate patients such as cancer patients, although I think this has improved in the last 10 years or so. However, there are also too many sleazy doctors running pain killers who indiscriminately prescribe opiates. However, the government has done a better job of cracking down on them in the last few years.

Oxycodone is vicodin (or percoset, I forgot). Oxycontin is like heroin.

Thats what I get for replying right after I woke up. :)

I had oxycodone prescribed to me once. As a result, I think painkillers should be sold over the counter. :D

Thats what I get for replying right after I woke up. :)

Boy did you miss your shot ..... to conviently blame it on the drugs. I'm so disappointed.

-- Steve --

It's an amazing high, serious abuse potential...but luckily the dealers have caught on and are charging $120 a pill in my area...

You have nothing to worry about if you don't abuse the medicine, which is all but impossible, imo...

I agree with Flounder in part. Opiates are vastly underprescribed to legitimate patients such as cancer patients, although I think this has improved in the last 10 years or so. However, there are also too many sleazy doctors running pain killers who indiscriminately prescribe opiates. However, the government has done a better job of cracking down on them in the last few years.

That's true. I didn't mean to imply that there aren't sleazy doctors. I just think the cost of going after them (intimidating legitimate doctors into underprescribing opiates) is too high.

My father was diagnosed with Bone Cancer (Multiple Myeloma) back in March, because of how it had affected him, he basically had hundreds of tiny hairline fractures in his rib cage and up his spine...his oncologist prescribed him Oxycodone. He was VERY reluctant to take it b/c it's so easy to get addicted to, but his doctor finally told him that pain killer addiction was the least of his worries, that got him to start taking it. He's very careful with it and when he feels pain coming on, he'll take a half a pill to see if that will take care of it.

I think with everything, it's all in how it's used, how responsible the person taking it is, and how it's monitored. But after seeing how it's helped him, I can't say that it's a bad drug.

I have been watching this old MTV True Life about Oxycontin and I know how lethal this stuff is but I am curious if anyone here has ever had it perscribed to them? Definetly seems like a roll of the dice when you take it.

I personally do not believe in painkillers, I guess its the closet straight edge in me, but if someone has took it, were you worried about it at all?

My aunt was an alcoholic addicted to pain pills (that is what killed her in the end). My brother has been addicted to a wide variety of drugs in his past (though I think he's clean now). I'd be lying if I said that wasn't on my mind when I've taken Oxycontin. However, for my last 3 ankle surgeries, it was perscribed for me (in addition to Percocet--I'd take the oxycontin twice per day and the percocet 4-6 times). Even though pain drugs make me puke and make me a bit loopy, I gladly took them, as my ankle surgeries were all fairly invasive and fairly involved, and I was in a lot of pain afterwards.

The only time I ever "regretted" it as it were was when I cracked my rib while on crutches after my 2nd ankle surgery. I ended up being on the Oxycontin + Percocet cocktail for 6 weeks instead of just 1-2 as with my other surgeries, and when I stopped needing the heavy duty meds (because I got put into a walking cast), I stopped taking them both cold turkey. I then went threw withdrawal for a day or two, and that was absolutely miserable.

I'll be the first to say that I prefer not to take pain medicines if I can avoid it, but these drugs do exist for a reason, and as long as you're aware of the risks of addiction, etc, I think you have to trust that if you're perscribed them, your doctor really does have your best interests in mind. Of course, if you feel that you can manage without them, that's OK too. For my last surgery (my hand surgery in July), my doc perscribed Vicodin for me, but I ended up not using it. I found I could manage my pain well enough with Tylenol and ice and elevation.

What scares me more about the narcotic pain medicines is when the patient doesn't understand the risks involved with them. My mom told me a story just today about the guy who sold them their Christmas tree. Apparently, when he lifted their tree, he winced, so once he'd put it down, he took some pills out of his pocket and popped 'em. He then told my mom that they were hydrocodone (basically, Percocet). My mom asked him if he took them often, and he said a few times a day, everyday. She then asked if he knew that they could be habit-forming/addictive and he said that his doctor didn't tell him that, and why would his doctor give him something that could be dangerous to him, so he didn't believe her. I don't think my mom was audacious enough to tell him that she's a branch chief at NIDA and used to conduct original research in drug addiction (or that now in her current role, she doesn't do the research anymore but helps decide who gets the grants for said research), but she said it was sort of alarming how people just don't know...

/tk

My mother has a chronic back problem. She is seventy seven years old, and about five years ago decided that she didn't want back surgery at her age along with her other health conditions. She went to a physician who specialized in pain management, was referred to him from her Ortho specialist. He prescribed her Oxycontin after a long string of other meds that didn't get it done. The oxy did the trick. She functions pretty darn well for a seventy seven year old with a myriad of other health issues. Her back isn't generally one of them any more. So essentially my mother is a functioning addict.

There really isn't any question about the addiction bit either. Once there was a mail order pharmacy mixup, and my father actually negotiated with Fed Ex to go to their office and pick up the package in person at their facility on a Saturday.

I got my wisdom teeth out when I was an adult. I was prescribed Vicodin. I remember taking a couple after the surgery and, after they kicked in, commenting to the soon-to-be Mrs. A. that if my teeth didn't hurt so bad, I'd be having a pretty good high right then.

I can totally see how people get hooked on those things.

Oxycotton - Xanax Bars - Percocet and Lortab
Valiums - Morphine - patches - Exstacy - and it's all up for grab
What you want - what you need - hit me up I got you mane
What you want - what you need - hit me up I got you mane

lil wyte is the shit.

My brother got addicted to Oxycontin... he was stealing them from my parents for a while there. He's a real great guy.

I have taken a couple before, due to back pain that was so bad I literally couldn't stand due to the muscle spasming.

It works very, very well. VERY well. I could see how one could become addicted to those things. In my case, it was like going from nearly unbearable pain, to pain-free at the snap of a finger.