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You can titrate the pain by cutting the pills into quarters. Take one quarter at a time until the pain stops. Doctors kill more people than guns. I am having the same problem, post operative agony. The surgeon and VA DGAF. If I have to go to Mexico again, I am going to be PO'd. The biggest criminal is the.gov in this scenario.
I read a lot of medical research and stay up to date on the latest developements.
Did you know the VA labotomized thousands of veterans after WWII ?
After surgery to set my broken femur (femoral neck fracture) they gave me a demand morphine setup. I had very little pain and never used it. The doctor comes in, takes a look at it and says "Well, you're not using it, we'll take it away".
He leaves, I look at the GF and tell her "Well, I gotta see what it's like!" and hit the button.
She said five seconds later I was fast asleep. I still don't know what it's like. :)
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Anything can be addictive: drugs, sex, danger, online football gambling, etc. Its that rush, that rollercoaster plunge, that escape for a few minutes from the pain of reality, that orgasm of sensation when the tourniquet is released and that drug hits the brain. Some folks have that predisposition to addiction, most dont. I have 3 decades of experience with patients so I have seen pretty much everything under the sun.
Addiction is a real problem but what I dont agree with is our snowflake society making it into a normal, acceptable way of life. I think the Puppet-masters are happy as Hell to let our country get flooded with drugs and let us rot from the inside. Plenty of money to be made/spent and more reliance on Big Brother to keep em all happy and voting for free stuff.
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Originally Posted by Tor Larson
Here are the latest CDC guidelines. Probably wise to stock up on opioids, antibiotics, and other medications that are necessary in a breakdown of supply chains. The doctors and lawyers have way to much power over us.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/...cid=rr7103a1_w
I'm pretty sure anyone CAN get addicted. However, for sure some people are biologically/genetically MORE prone to addiction than others (particularly those that have a family history of alcoholism or drug addiction.) You may be lucky (as am I) to not be in the population that is more susceptible to addiction but I've seen it happen to enough people that I know it can happen to anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
I was given "the good stuff" for a broken shoulder blade years ago, puked the first dose up and never tried it again. So no idea what it feels like.
If you're in pain, they have a different effect than when you're not. Theres a feeling of nothing bothers me and mild to moderate pain doesn't actually hurt, you feel the nerves saying ouch but it doesn't actually reach your brain as such.
The issue is if you get a script and the doc says its important to take these as prescribed and then you have a few days when you're not actually in pain, you end up getting high.
My issue is they made me not care about the pain. Or anyone else for that matter.
I became a different person on them. Not a good person.
I'm glad to be rid of them, even though doctors kept trying to give them to me even after I went cold turkey.
I hurt still to this day, but I can live with myself in pain better than I can being a shitbag
I am not an addictive personality type. I was prescribed every single pill. I went thru withdrawals during my brothers funeral. I had over done it at the wake with a bunch of marines. To say it sucked was an understatement.
I'd had a closed head injury or tbi or whatever they call it these days. Along with dislocated ribs and a separated should and some other stuff. I had multiple surgeries and had to learn how to walk anand see again.
Pain meds are addictive because pill poppers like to feel good. Just like liquor makes people feel good. Unfortunately, pain pills are easier to take without people knowing. You can smell booze on peoples breath, see them taking a swig. Pill popping is really easy to hide. Both my father in law and mother in law died due to pill addiction. It's amazing the length people will go to get the pills. Went to several docs for the meds. General practice doc, pain management doc, ER doc. you name it. Also had several pharmacies set up with accounts. Went to Mexico with them once and my father in law snuck out and got a bucket of oxy and a bucket of xanax to take home! Damn fool darn near didn't get allowed on the flight home because he was so zoned out. I wanted to leave him in Mexico.
It's a terrible thing to witness. Prescription med abuse is a disaster.
I've had opioids prescribed to me several times. Each time I told them "Don't bother". I hate them. They do nothing for me to alleviate pain. I suppose if I took a dangerously high dose, they might. But even at 2 or 3 times the prescribed level they do nothing for me in terms of pain relief. Side effects, on the other hand, are horrible. Constipation, insomnia and constantly tickles all over my body like someone has a few hairs they're tickling me with. I have several bottles full of oxy and hydro codone. I'm just hanging on to them in case something happens where they come in handy. I have that problem with lots of meds, though, that are supposed to relieve pain of one sort or another. I'm going through what seems like a never-ending trial and error process with a neurologist right now to find something that works for the neuropathy issues in my legs.