View All General Comment Abuse Story Death Story Chronic Pain Story       Please sign our Guestbook Name:Marie McClellan Email:[email protected] Type:Death Story Date:6/27/2005 Last month, a beautiful spring day I came home from work and found my son Tristan, age 19 dead. In June, 2003 he was diagnosed with Leukemia. Throughout his treatment, he was given pain medication (Oxycontin, Oxicodine, Percocet, Soma, Methadone) to ease his discomfort. It didn't take him long to become addicted to the medication, but it took me a long time to realize he was addicted. Long after Tristan's Leukemia was in remission, he still complained of pain. The doctor's ran test after test not finding a cause, yet they continued to prescribe pain meds. Oddly enough, Tristan always ran out of medication before the prescription was able to be refilled. Once my husband and I realized he was abusing his meds, we decided to take control of his pain meds and only gave him the prescribed amount. After one near fatal overdose in April, I phoned the doctor that was prescribing the meds and asked him not to prescribe narcotics, that Tristan was having a problem and to treat my son with physical therapy and non-narcotic pain meds. The doctor agreed, but one week later, my son was in the hospital again having his stomach pumped again. We made the decision to have him put in a "drug hold" at a detox center. The day he got out was the happiest day of my life - my son was my son again - happy, excited about the future. He confessed he had been taking 10-20 Oxycontin at a time and could take 30 Percocet without it having an effect. He stated how could he felt to feel clean and energetic and I was so hopeful and happy, thinking that the uphill battle was over. Little did I know the power of addiction. The day after he was released from the hospital he went back to his doctor. The day after that I found him dead. It was just last week that the autopsy confirmed that he died of an accidental Oxycontin overdose. He was prescribed 114 Oxycontin the day after he was released from the hospital, by a doctor who knew he was abusing them. There were 95 left. In less than 24 hours he had consumed 19 Oxycontin. It amazes me how freely these time bombs are given out. My heart hurts, my head is confused and I think the world should know how lethal these pain meds are and somehow it should not be as easy to prescribe them - especially to someone with a known addiction to them. I gladly offer to help anyone in any way I can to fight the battle of pain med addiction.   Name:mugu maga Email:[email protected] Type:General Comment Date:6/27/2005 thanks for this site.   Name:Edwin Vazquez Email: Type:Death Story Date:6/26/2005 My son Edwin has been dead now for about three weeks. He died form oxy and methodone overdose. His Birthday is next week and I don't know how I will get through that day. Eddie was only 22. He was a loving young man. A terrible drug addiction took his life. Eddie's friends were shocked. The had no idea how addicted he was. He will be loved forever and never forgotten. My life without him is empty. As a parent I lost the most important thing in my life....my only son. May god forgive the producers and pushers of these ugly drugs, because I can't If you are addicted to oxycontin, please get help before it is too late. Eddie rest in peace; LOVE MOM. Fly with the angels......

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