View All General Comment Abuse Story Death Story Chronic Pain Story       Please sign our Guestbook Name:Janine Email:[email protected] Type:Death Story Date:8/6/2002 Like my sister and niece who have written comments on here, I have yet to come to grips with the fact that my 39yr old brother is gone. Its no coincidence that he died 2 days after receiving such a high dosage of this deadly Oyxcontin drug. When you are in so much chronic back pain as he was, it seems easy to become addicted. I'm not a great organizer but I'd be willing to help anybody lobby to remove this drug from the market. It doesn't only kill your loved ones but it kills those of our spirits who are still here trying to figure out the senselessness of this drug, the doctors who prescribe it and the pharmaceutical companies who endorse it. I'm so so very sad and mad and want to make a difference. PLEASE, if you know anybody who is in possession of this drug, steal it away! For all you so called Doctors.....STOP PRESCRIBING OXY'S!!!!!   Name:bill Email:[email protected] Type:Abuse Story Date:8/4/2002 Hello,I just wanted to say that ive been abusing opiates of all kinds for the past 3 years or so. I smoked weed alot then and sometimes now but that has no way near the addiction rate than these pills do.Heck i dont even crave pot and all that i cant think about is that wounderful warm cozy high that i get with oxycodon,codein and hydrocodone. Its like my mind is wired and all that it can think about is the drug. Even now i got 15 vicodins and 5 percocets ready to be taken (i know my limit)and im starting to get depressed thinkin that when they are all gone they are gone. But somehow or another i find a way to get em again. I did start legitly with 2 bad molars that needed extraction. This drug is crazy because one thing i will say is that im not afraid to go under the knife anymore because i know that after i will get a bottle of killers.My dentist was even amazed at what a great patient i was ripping out my molars then wisdom teeth.And now i almost got a perfect smile lol.Of course most of the pills i get are not my perscription. WEll all that i can say is oxy is a great pain relief for those that need them but if u abuse em u are messing with fire. I know from experience and not a day goes by that i dont think about opiates at least once even when i havent had them in a month or so.Be careful. If aNYONE can mail me if they understand it would be cool for u to say HI Later on...   Name:JOHN Email:[email protected] Type:General Comment Date:8/3/2002 "COLD TURKEY".....After 2 spinal reconstructions, a pain clinic had me on 60mg of Oxycontin every 8 hours along with 10 mg oxycodone & 600 mg Neurontin 3 times a day. I took these meds about 4 months. As I healed my pain lessened and I found that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't decrease the dose. "Houston, we have a problem"!! I flushed the Oxycontins down the toilet!! The first 12 hours I thought this was going to be easy. 13 hours later, I am so sick!! 16 hours later I've got burning sweats, freezing chills, vomiting, dry heaves, running nose, worms under my skin, spasms & no sleep. I call the Emergency Room & talk to a nurse. She tells me I have to come in for detox. I explain I live alone & have 2 dogs to take care of. 4 hours later the convulsions start & I dial 911. They admit me in the hospital, strap me to a gurney & leave me in a dark room where yelling will get no one. I get mad & leave the hospital & go home. All of the above for 5 days & I feel like I want to die. I've lost 25 lbs. The next 2 weeks I'm able to eat & even smoke a cigarette, but I still have tremors & runny nose & I still haven't slept. For awhile I thought I would end up being dog food. 21 days & I sleep for the first time for 9 hours!! I'm so happy!! It's been 24 days & besides a runny nose, I'm going to be fine!! It's good to have my life back!! Hooray!!!

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