View All General Comment Abuse Story Death Story Chronic Pain Story       Please sign our Guestbook Name:Kris Email:[email protected] Type:Chronic Pain Story Date:6/11/2002 I hope the author of this web site never needs a strong painkiller such as oxycontin. Because if she did she would realize what it feels like to be treated like a criminal. She would realize what it feels like to beg for pain medication. She would quickly learn that the politics surrounding this medication make 90 % of all doctors unwilling to prescribe it. Most Drs. fear the DEA and medical board scrutiny. Many have lost their licenses for trying to treat pain properly. So, to try and advocate stricter control is sheer lunacy. Go to a Dr. today for a pinkiller and you may come out with a script for Ibuprofen. or some other NSAID. Advil, and similar drugs kill 15,000 people/yr. Tylenol causes severe liver damage and a slow death (1 week) if overdosed. Opioids are one of the safest class of prescription drugs when used properly. They cause no tissue damage. The same cannot be said for Ibuprofen which can cause you to bleed to death at normal dosages, and tylenol, which when chronically used, causes kidney damage. I know first hand the politics of pain. I went through two years of testing for chronic abdominal pain. Although the Dr. could not fix my probem, ( I have Crohn's), he was unwilling to treat the pain just because he did not like to prescribe controlled substances. He told this to me point blank. Since he is a good GI doc, I keep seeing him, but I never have again asked him for any painkillers. For pain relief I have been forced to seek a solution on the web. My first web doctor, David Bryson, was very compassionate and did prescribe Norco. (10mg hydrocodone, 365 mg tylenol.) A year later, the DEA and the state medical board got after him and he lost his license. Now I use another web service. Im sure it wont be long before they too are shut down. Lets leave the hysteria behind, and let our Drs. treat patients as they see fit. The addicts will always find a way. There will always be fakers. We the pain patients are 30 million in number. How dare you try to limit the use of a medication for those in severe pain only. Who judges what is severe. Pain that affects my quality of life deserves to be treated in the most effective manner. If oxycontin is the answer, I would like to have it as an option. Kris   Name:DEBBIE Email:[email protected] Type:Abuse Story Date:6/9/2002 I WAS ADDICTED TO OXYCONTIN, I GOT UP TO 20 80MG TABS A DAY, THEY SAID I SHOULD BE DEAD, BUT I'M NOT, I'M CLEAN NOW FOR A LONG TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO HELP IN ANYWAY I CAN TO EASE SOMEONES PAIN AS THEY GO TROUGH THE TRAP OF OXYCONTIN. PLEASE STOP NOW BEFORE YOU LOSE EVERYTHING..................   Name:Debbie Email:[email protected] Type:Abuse Story Date:6/9/2002 HELLO, MY NAME IS DEBBIE. ABOUT A YEAR AGO SOMEONE MY HUSBAND WORKED WITH GAVE HIM SOME OXYCONTIN FOR HIS CRONIC BACK PAIN. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT TIL THEN NOR DID I KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO GET ADDICTED TO IT. BEFORE THE PILLS CAME INTO OUR LIFE WE HAD A GOOD INCOME BOTH OF US WORKING , MY HUSBAND HAD A GREAT PAYING JOB THAT LET ME WORK PART TIME AND SPEND MORE TIME WITH OUR 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, THEN CAME THE OXY..........I TOOK A FEW PILLS FOR MY MENSTUAL CRAMPS AND UNFORTUNATELY I LIKED HOW IT MADE ME FEEL , BY THIS TIME MY HUSBAND WAS GETTING THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HE DIDNT EVEN HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM, AT ONE POINT WE RAN OUT, THATS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN I THREW UP FOR 5 DAYS STRAIGHT I DIDNT SLEEP FOR 2 WEEKS AND JUST TO BRUSH MY TEETH TOOK ME AN HOUR TO GET UP THE ENERGY TO GO INTO THE BATHROOM.....FORGET ABOUT WORK, THE SWEATS WERE UNBEARABLE AS A MATTER OF FACT LIFE IN GENERAL WAS UNBEARABLE, WE FINALLY HAD TO TELL OUR FAMILY WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE AT THIS POINT NEITHER OF US HAD WORKED IN A MONTH AND WE HAD NO MONEY, SO WE HAD TO BORROW IT FROM OUR PARENTS, MY MOTHER GOT ME INTO AN OUTPATIENT THERAPY GROUP, WHILE MY HUSBAND JUST TOUGHED IT OUT. I CANT EXPLAIN THE AGONGY OF THE WITHDRAWL, I JUST WANTED TO DIE EVERY TIME I SAW THE SUN COME UP, LYING IN MY BED NIGHT AFTER NIGHT PRAYING TO GOD TO PLEASE TAKE AWAY THIS PAIN I HAD PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALY. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE AS BAD AS IT WAS, AND HAD I KNOWN I WOULD HAVE NEVER GONE NEAR IT. WE DONT DRINK OR USE ILLEGAL DRUGS AND WE ARE BASICALLY YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS, WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND WE LOVE OUR DAUGHTER BUT ONCE YOU GET HOOKED IT BECOMES THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE, AND BELEIVE ME IT DOSENT TAKE MUCH TO BECOME ADDICTED. MY HUSBAND EVENTUALLY LOST HIS JOB AND SO DID I, ALONG WITH MOST OF MY FRIENDS, WE ALMOST LOST OUR HOUSE BECAUSE NEITHER OF US HAD WORKED IN ABOUT 4 MONTHS, EVEN THEN WE STILL DIDNT FEEL RIGHT, YOU WOULD THINK WITHDRAWL ONLY LASTS TIL THE DRUG IS OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM, BUT YOU ARE SADLY MISTAKEN, THAT IS ONLY THE BEGINING TO A NIGHTMARE THAT FEELS LIKE IT WILL NEVER END. I HOPE THIS STORY HELPS ONE PERSON TO UNDERSTAND THE DANGER OF THIS DRUG, AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING THE MEDICAL FIELD CAN DO FOR YOU , THEY JUST LET YOU SUFFER THROUGH IT , I KNOW THAT I WILL NEVER TOUCH ANOTHER DRUG LIKE IT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, I STILL SEE A COMMERCIAL OR SMELL A CERTAIN SMELL AND IT MAKES ME SICK BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF THE TIME I WAS GOING THROUGH THAT HELL, IM GLAD IT REMINDS ME IT JUST MAKES ME THAT MUCH STRONGER OF A PERSON . I SYMPATHIZE WITH ANYONE GOING THROUGH WHAT WE WENT THROUGH PLEASE DONT GIVE UP OR GO BACK TO USING BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS FEELING OF HOPLESSNESS, YOU WILL IT MIGHT TAKE 4 MONTHS BUT EVERYDAY IT GETS A LITTLE EASIER AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF YOUR FAMILY IT IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO. GOD BLESS DEB

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