OxyContin Awareness


Name:Hollie Email: Type:Death Story Date:5/27/2002	I am very sorry for the loss of your son Eddy, I truly understand your hurt, confusion and pain. You see, last Wednesday, April 17, 2002 we buried my 26 year old cousin. He died at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, April 14, 2002. Like your son he had taken Xanax earlier that Saturday and then the Oxycontin along with alcohol. He was out at a club and his wife took him home because he was "passing-out" at the club. She went back to the club to meet some other friends and when she came home he was not breathing. By the time the ambulance got him to the hospital he was dead. I guess he was dead actually when she found him. This was a cousin that I grew-up with, we were raised like brother and sister. We were only 5 years apart. He leaves behind one 5 year old son and one 11 month old daughter and numerous family and friends that loved him so very much. I never knew much about this drug until now...and now is too late. I hope that your website is maybe teaching other kids and adults how dangerous Oxycontin is. People, kids and adults, just don't realize that this stuff will kill you....I didn't until last week. Once again, I am sorry for your loss. I hope that many will be touched and influenced by your website. If there is anything I can help with please let me know. Thank you so much, Hollie

Name:Kara Email: Type:Chronic Pain Story Date:5/27/2002	I'm 17 years old and 2 years ago i had some intense surgery done on my back for Kyphosis, i'm perfectly fine now. When i came home i was prescribed OXYCONTIN for my pain. I agree its a tremendously helpful med for pain, yet i wasn't myself on it. I didn't eat, and i love to eat lol, and most importantly i was getting better that fast. My friends would come visit but i wasn't my normal talkative self i was very mellow and could care less. My mom was concerned so i went to my primary doctor and he said no kidding you feel this way, OXYCONTIN is like the new heroin. I couldn't beleive that he said that. He said to go back to Tylenol and IB Profen. Little did I know gettin off OXYCONTIN would be so difficult. I was experiencing withdrawals you could probabaly cause it. I don't think i ever threw up so much in my life. I was finally able to veen myself off the med....slowly but surely i returned to my normal self. It was like OXYCONTIN was taking over me. I want life to do that not a prescription drug. I hope you beleive this because its very true and i'm very sorry about your son. Kara

Name:Dawn Email: Type:Death Story Date:5/27/2002	To whom it may concern: On December 8th 2001 my twenty nine year old sister was found dead as a result of oxycontin overdose. She was also mixing pharmaceuticals. She was discovered to have had probably six Flexerall (muscle relaxants) as well as an undetermined amount of Oxycodone in her stomach. She lay dead, face down on the floor of her bedroom while her two young sons watched TV in the next room. My sister was an addict. She claimed chronic pain due to an unverified back injury. Our family knew that she was an addict, however the pharmacies and the doctors refused to acknowledge the information that we passed along to them. As a result of a quick fix to her incessant demand for medication she is dead. This death is no less a tragedy than any other. She manipulated a system that is quick to dispense medication to deal with patients. She has been on so many different kinds of medication that when we gathered them all up from their hiding places we were astounded and furious! She had prescriptions for codiene based cough syrups and muscle relaxants, benzodiazepines ( tranquillizers) and other meds that are NOT to be mixed. Prescribed by the same doctor dispensed by the same pharmacy. NO one asked questions, no one verified or bothered to check with anyone else about the obvious problem of mixing these meds! I just want others to know that sometimes we have to take the initiative to QUESTION and ask for clarification. Thanx for listening Dawn

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