View All General Comment Abuse Story Death Story Chronic Pain Story       Please sign our Guestbook Name:mary robb Email:pooh71556 State: Type:Death Story Date:5/19/2002 thank you ed for writing back to me it meant alot knowing i have somebody to talk to who knows exactly how we feel the loss i wrote down the number for st christifers for a support i havnt called yet but i will this is a very bad week for us for it would of been my daughters 21 birthday we went to the cemetery for her birthday and set off balloons for she loved ballons up to heaven where i know she is this is a parents worst nightmare thank you ed for being a friend and knowing you know what im going threw thank you mary   Name:Cindy Email:[email protected] State: Type:Abuse Story Date:5/19/2002 I have been an addict for more than twelve years, and I am forty now. I have been to an inpatient rehab, which is a place that I highly reccomend to anyone, and the only place I reccomend for anyone under thirty five. The inpatient route was very good, except that I had pain in my back and my knees that were VERY REAL even after I was detoxed off of pain killers. I tried everything to avoid taking any more drugs. I had every test known to man to find the source of the pain, but to no avail. I took some vicodin and "WALLA", the pain was gone totally. I then talked to an addiction specialist, and it was pointed out to me that my bodies receptors were whack, and I could either deal with this until they fixed themselves, which could take a very very long time, and deal with the pain, I could go into denial and gobble street drugs which niether of us reccomended for me, but if I were to try to just deal with the pain until my receptors fixed themselves, and more than likeley wind up eating vicodins and whatever, or I could go on methadone, and I could ever so slowly (years we are talking) detox which would eventually allow my receptors to recept. This is a REAL LENGTHY process. I chose the methadone, and I havent regretted a minute of it. I dose in the morning, and thats it! I get on with my day, and I finally feel normal. My body will go through an extremley slow weaning process, so that I won't have to feel any of the withdrawl pain, and meanwhile I work and play, and love every day. I don't take any pills, I don't drink, I have my grandbabies over all night alot. I have my life back. However; for teens and young adults who have not taken drugs for years do not need to take this route, and I am digressing, my reason for writing is to wonder about the oxy's, and why the FDA has not added the naloxone to the oxy's, which would take away the reason why they get crushed in the first place. There is a new long term drug on the market, much like methadone called "Buprenorphine. It is a tablet that is also time released, and its for withdrawl, and to keep people off of opoids. The naloxone in it just sits there, and does no harm to the system at all, it just gets absorbed, UNLESS the buprenorphine is crushed. Then it does two things: it takes away the effectiveness of the buprenorphine and it also makes the person have instant withdrawl symptoms. and knowing this when a person begins treatment, they usually won't tamper with the pill. So why don't the FDA put this seemingly harmless substance into the oxycontins, and if a person takes them as directed, then the naloxone will not do anything to your system, but if a person crushes them, the naloxone ruins the "buzz", and makes you extremely sick as well? That would totally curb that urge now wouldn't it? Also list the oxycontins under the same heading as methadone-you have to go to a special clinic to get them, or to a special pharmacy, I have seen and heard of many of my sons friends who are now addicted to these oxycontins, they are only 20 to 25 years old, and they have new babies at home and here they are all addicted to these drugs...its so sad, and the methadone at that age wouldn't be the right choice, but yet I am seeing a new wave a young at my clinic...   Name:lauralee Email:sweetsxy353 State: Type:General Comment Date:5/18/2002 hi i came to your website because my boyfriend was on oxy's and nw that he is off them (thank god) i was just wondering what they did to him and what happened to him when he went through withdrawl. so i was reading through someof your stuff and it was very sad and kinda interesting what this stuff does. i'm kinda young and my boyfriend is 18 and he was on them and we would hangout sometimes and i would be able to tell he was on them because he acted liek a total jerk when he used so i just wanted tell you this and i'm really sorry for what happened to eddie i know i know you might be sick of everyone's sympathy but i truly am sorry. well just wanted to sign your guest book so well bye.

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