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Hydrocodone is where it is at... Lotabs are Hydrocodone, useless to me. As I said before might as well been eating M&Ms. |
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The way your brain produces and receives neurotransmitters changes on a cellular level if used long term. It can take time for the cells to readjust. Some people adjust fast. Some people never completely readjust.
My girlfriend had to take moderately high percoset doses for 3 weeks before her surgery and then 6 weeks after. She complied with doctors instructions precisely and the drugs didn't take away all the pain by a long shot on many days. When she stopped the percs, she was so restless and agitation was so bad that she couldn't sleep even with other medications her doctor prescribed for the issue including Ambien. The doctor finally told her to take a little bit before bed to help her get off of it. It took 2 weeks to get back to normal. |
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Or oxycontin. Or whatever. I had surgery last week and am in agony, but if I take those damned Percocet pills I feel like crap: nauseous and headache. Who the hell abuses these things? I'm sitting here rolling around in pain rather than take those shitty narcotics. Nobody really loves their first beer either. |
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Hydrocodone is where it is at... That's what my doc moved me DOWN to from Oxycodone . They dont do shit . I need to get her to switch me back . Hydrocodone used to be where it was at. That stuff got powered down because of the way that stuff gets handed out for toothaches. |
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Or oxycontin. Or whatever. I had surgery last week and am in agony, but if I take those damned Percocet pills I feel like crap: nauseous and headache. Who the hell abuses these things? I'm sitting here rolling around in pain rather than take those shitty narcotics. I am with you. I take narcotics and I can't shit. They bind me up like a mother fucker. I have all four wisdom teeth out and took some percocet, wow. I was dazed and couldn't shit for a week. |
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I was on vicodin and percocet for 4 months last year because of a bad burn. The stuff never made me sick but it's not something I want to do in my spare time.
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when i woke up from my joint replacement surgery, i felt pretty sick. this continued for a while, until i realized that it was caused by the morphine button that i was pushing every 30 min or so. switched from morphine to oral lortab, the sickness went away and i just felt gooooood.
prescription pain meds scare me. once i started catching myself checking the clock every few minutes to see if it was dose time, i quit that shit immediately. rehab on only ibuprofin was uncomfortable, but the last thing in the world i needed was an addiction on top of my smoking habit. this all happened 5 years ago, but every now and then i still catch myself thinking "hydrocodone would be fantastic right now". yikes.
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Or oxycontin. Or whatever. I had surgery last week and am in agony, but if I take those damned Percocet pills I feel like crap: nauseous and headache. Who the hell abuses these things? I'm sitting here rolling around in pain rather than take those shitty narcotics. I'm with you Phil, had them a couple of times after root canals, and never again! |
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Can possibly make you nauseous. Valium helps to alleviate that and some other things. I can see the weak minded getting addicted. I felt "good" while on them but I didn't feel like me which is why I didn't care for them and would never get hooked. Did a concoction for about 3 months and then stopped. No big deal to me. You don't know shit it is not "weak minded" people that get addicted it is any one unfortunate enough to have to take them chronicaly for a long pieriod of time. I am sure some internet tough guy like you would not get addicted but there are a lot of people that do and it has nothing to do with being "weak minded". I wll agree that people that go too far like ending up doctor shopping and eating hundreds of pills a day are out for a thrill but it is possible to be "strong minded" enough to keep it in control but not be able to kick it. Doctor shopping is why my state (and many others) tracks all scheduled drug prescriptions in a central database. I love the look on a patients face when I hand them a print out of all the different docs they've been to and all the extra pain pills they have gotten from them. Well the sad thing is that the pillheads make it hard for people who truly need meds like these. There is something rotten in the whole system really when so many pillheads are created then have access to all the pills they want. |
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Might want to ask about ketoprofen. I broke my foot two years ago and was given tylenol with codine and ketoprophen. The tylenol zonked me me out and just made me sleep. The ketoprofen took the pain away and left me without any bad effects nor feeling high.
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Or oxycontin. Or whatever. I had surgery last week and am in agony, but if I take those damned Percocet pills I feel like crap: nauseous and headache. Who the hell abuses these things? I'm sitting here rolling around in pain rather than take those shitty narcotics. I get nasea from Percoset too, unless I eat something with the pill I will vomit. If I take them for pain for a few days (only at night for me) the drug sets off an awful bout of Vertigo with Horizontal Nystagmus. I have to hurt REALLY BAD to ever take Percocet or Oxycontin ever again. |
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I got Oxycontin and Vicodin after knee surgery and that was great. Knocked me right out, no pain, good stuff. I was proscribed Percocet after some dental work and it made me feel like absolute ass. Worst upset stomach I ever had. I took them for a day and tossed the rest of the bottle, got by on Motrin.
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Those types of drugs make my bunghole clamp down tighter than a drum. I can't shit for days afterwards and when I can the shit is almost as hard as a diamond. So true. |
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Those types of drugs make my bunghole clamp down tighter than a drum. I can't shit for days afterwards and when I can the shit is almost as hard as a diamond. So true. Yup. feels like you're giving birth to a prickly-pear cactus . Ya know what works ? McDonalds food. Lubes the turd right up . |
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Those types of drugs make my bunghole clamp down tighter than a drum. I can't shit for days afterwards and when I can the shit is almost as hard as a diamond. So true. Yup. feels like you're giving birth to a prickly-pear cactus . Ya know what works ? McDonalds food. Lubes the turd right up . Magnesium citrate is your best friend when this happens. Just make sure you aren't more than 10 feet from a toilet for the next 24 hours. |
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Different drugs hit different people - differently.
Some narcotics are like being wrapped in a warm balnket, and all your cares go away. Once some people have this feeling - they will do ANYTHING to get it back. |
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Oh don't get me wrong, I get the warm feeling. But the nausea/headache make it unpleasant enough that I don't want it. Maybe I'm lucky in that way
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Can possibly make you nauseous. Valium helps to alleviate that and some other things. I can see the weak minded getting addicted. I felt "good" while on them but I didn't feel like me which is why I didn't care for them and would never get hooked. Did a concoction for about 3 months and then stopped. No big deal to me. You don't know shit it is not "weak minded" people that get addicted it is any one unfortunate enough to have to take them chronicaly for a long pieriod of time. I am sure some internet tough guy like you would not get addicted but there are a lot of people that do and it has nothing to do with being "weak minded". I wll agree that people that go too far like ending up doctor shopping and eating hundreds of pills a day are out for a thrill but it is possible to be "strong minded" enough to keep it in control but not be able to kick it. I wonder how many times you have been critical of Rush or called him a hypocrite. |
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Every reacts differently to meds. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile This. The few times I've been prescribed Percocet I've felt like Superman. Vicodin makes me loopy and only marginally takes care of the pain but 30 minutes after taking Percocet I'm ready for anything. I can see how someone with cronic pain, even mild pain, could easily become addicted. Quoted:
Yup. feels like you're giving birth to a prickly-pear cactus . Ya know what works ? McDonalds food. Lubes the turd right up . Good ol' Mickey D's gut bomb. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Can possibly make you nauseous. Valium helps to alleviate that and some other things. I can see the weak minded getting addicted. I felt "good" while on them but I didn't feel like me which is why I didn't care for them and would never get hooked. Did a concoction for about 3 months and then stopped. No big deal to me. You don't know shit it is not "weak minded" people that get addicted it is any one unfortunate enough to have to take them chronicaly for a long pieriod of time. I am sure some internet tough guy like you would not get addicted but there are a lot of people that do and it has nothing to do with being "weak minded". I wll agree that people that go too far like ending up doctor shopping and eating hundreds of pills a day are out for a thrill but it is possible to be "strong minded" enough to keep it in control but not be able to kick it. I wonder how many times you have been critical of Rush or called him a hypocrite. Rush is a hypocrite. While there's a huge difference between Rush getting addicted after a botched surgery and a junkie, he still supports the very same laws that would have thrown him in jail. I had hoped that such a life experience would have caused him to have a bit of a epiphany. |
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Oh don't get me wrong, I get the warm feeling. But the nausea/headache make it unpleasant enough that I don't want it. Maybe I'm lucky in that way are you eating food with them? Call your doc, they can put you on something else probably that won't make you sick and do the same thing |
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I had 10mg -codones (oxy or hydro, I forget) for two weeks after losing my appendix last fall. Wow, I learned first hand how addictive they could be and how life was just peachy while taking them. I didn't care that I had a huge incision or staples or blew my asshole out whenever I took a shit, I just wanted my pill every 4hrs. The doc said cut the last 10 pills in half and take those to ease myself down, but the cut pills made me hallucinate and feel very high (more than I ever felt on the whole pills) so I dumped them and quit cold turkey.
The 3 days of detox were the absolute worst experience of my life. Kharn Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I had 10mg -codones (oxy or hydro, I forget) for two weeks after losing my appendix last fall. Wow, I learned first hand how addictive they could be and how life was just peachy while taking them. I didn't care that I had a huge incision or staples or blew my asshole out whenever I took a shit, I just wanted my pill every 4hrs. The doc said cut the last 10 pills in half and take those to ease myself down, but the cut pills made me hallucinate and feel very high (more than I ever felt on the whole pills) so I dumped them and quit cold turkey. The 3 days of detox were the absolute worst experience of my life. Kharn Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Sounds like the cut pills were shitty generics that cut down the dissolve time in the stomach. Bummer. |
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Hydrocodone is where it is at... They work ok for a couple of weeks but your body quickly adapts to them and you have to take more and more and they're really only good for moderate pain. I've been taking handfuls of them for the last few months. I went from taking one 5/500 at a time to two-three 10/325's in a very short time in order to get the same relief. Initially I would get kind of sweaty, itchy and somewhat nauseous and I would feel "cloudy" or "fuzzy" mentally, that's the best way I can describe it. That quickly wore off too and I could take as many as I want and I couldn't tell a mental change but I could tell when they started working because it began taking the edge off of the pain. I've really just started weaning myself off of them and I haven't had any cravings, it's just trying to make it through the residual pain that I'm still feeling. I'm basically just tired of taking pills. I don't mind them for short periods but I've been doing this stuff for months and it just gets old. |
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I had double hernia surgery in January. I had some complications and they gave me Oxycontin for the pain. They gave me one pill before I left the hospital and a bottle with 30 of them for the net couple of weeks. The first one did nothing for me, but I was all messed up from anesthesiology and didn't even think about it. I took one more the next morning and another one in the evening. It did absolutely nothing for me, so I stopped taking them.
I guess everyone is different, but they didn't help me at all and I do not see how people could get hooked on them. |
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Oh don't get me wrong, I get the warm feeling. But the nausea/headache make it unpleasant enough that I don't want it. Maybe I'm lucky in that way They do that to a lot of people. I'm one of them. That feeling will go away after a few days or you can have your doc to prescribe you some Phenergan. It works pretty well to keep you from feeling that way. Also, do not take them on an empty stomach and it's also better if you don't just take them with some crackers or something but with a big meal. |
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I'll be honest: I don't like to hurt and I'm a big fan of painkillers. I love the first day I'm on them, but I get bored with the feeling really quick. So I'll take them for one day for a really bad hangnail, but regardless of what the problem is I'm typically back on aspirin or ibuprofen after that, except for maybe a dose just before bedtime so I can get a few hours of sleep.
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Pretty common for one type not to work as well as another.
Tell your doctor, and ask for something else. No point in "rolling around in pain rather than take those shitty narcotics" when there is relief available. Find one that works.
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lots of good replies in this thread.
I had percocets after I lost my fingertip a couple years ago, they helped with the pain....once I ran out and healed up, I never gave them much thought. prescription pain meds kind of freak me out....if losing my fingertip hadn't hurt so damn bad...I would never have used them. I've seen guys hooked on Percocet and Vicodin.....not fun stuff, it's like any addiction. |
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the same way people get addicted to Coca Cola, or eating chalk. It is just another substance that those with addictive personalities use to fill a void. Absolutely incorrect.....but thanks for playing. The addiction is physiological. I was hooked on Oxycontin after major leg surgery. I was taking them for four months straight.....I was eating them like candy to deal with the pain. When I stopped, I stopped cold turkey....didnt realize I was physically addicted. That night my fiancee had to take me to the emergency room I was so sick.......I didnt realize it was withdrawal symptoms. I felt like i was being pulled inside out I was puking so hard. |
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Are you taking them with food bourbon OP? If not you should. Fixed. Love that percocet itch! |
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Love that percocet itch! Drives me nuckin futz ! I rub my dang nose raw sometimes . |
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When I had a tooth pulled I was prescribed those I think. Took a couple without thinking about the fact I hadn't eaten anything. I felt like I was absolutely hammered drunk. Next day no more pain, flushed the rest of them. I could see how people enjoy them, I went from a little pain to no pain and basically numb in a half hour.
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Or oxycontin. Or whatever. I had surgery last week and am in agony, but if I take those damned Percocet pills I feel like crap: nauseous and headache. Who the hell abuses these things? I'm sitting here rolling around in pain rather than take those shitty narcotics. No shit. I had surgery in January, 2010 and had a prescription for 3-5 days of Percocet. I took 3 or 4 of the pills and decided to forgo the others as determined the post-op pain was less than the percocet pain. |
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Because they make me feel awesome.
IF I could get a lifetime supply, I would take those little bastards everyday for the rest of my life. But I can't, So I try and stay away from them because coming off of them when you've taken them for a few days blows ass. Haven't touched one in a year. The funny thing is, if I have something happen to where I get a prescription, I don't take them for the pain, I take motrin, then save the percs for when I feel good. Some people like smoking, some like alcohol, but me, I prefer the simplicity and the feeling of a Perc. |
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I had 10mg -codones (oxy or hydro, I forget) for two weeks after losing my appendix last fall. Wow, I learned first hand how addictive they could be and how life was just peachy while taking them. I didn't care that I had a huge incision or staples or blew my asshole out whenever I took a shit, I just wanted my pill every 4hrs. The doc said cut the last 10 pills in half and take those to ease myself down, but the cut pills made me hallucinate and feel very high (more than I ever felt on the whole pills) so I dumped them and quit cold turkey. The 3 days of detox were the absolute worst experience of my life. Kharn Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Sounds like the cut pills were shitty generics that cut down the dissolve time in the stomach. Bummer. Pretty much sounds like that, Take a pill the way you are supposed to it will dissolve time release cut it and you take the whole thing to the face all at once. |
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Yea, uh... Maybe it's not such a slammin idea to admit to prescription drug abuse on the internet.
And be careful with that shit. If the opiates don't kill you, the acetaminophen might. |
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People who 'know' drugs laughed at me when I switched from Percocet to Vicodone for my chronic pain.... It's all subjective.
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Only ever had hydro, was no help and plugged me up worse than a pound of cheese.
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Can possibly make you nauseous. Valium helps to alleviate that and some other things. I can see the weak minded getting addicted. I felt "good" while on them but I didn't feel like me which is why I didn't care for them and would never get hooked. Did a concoction for about 3 months and then stopped. No big deal to me. You don't know shit it is not "weak minded" people that get addicted it is any one unfortunate enough to have to take them chronicaly for a long pieriod of time. I am sure some internet tough guy like you would not get addicted but there are a lot of people that do and it has nothing to do with being "weak minded". I wll agree that people that go too far like ending up doctor shopping and eating hundreds of pills a day are out for a thrill but it is possible to be "strong minded" enough to keep it in control but not be able to kick it. I wonder how many times you have been critical of Rush or called him a hypocrite. Please explain, I think rush is no better that some junkie on the street he just had the money to support his habit. The worst part as has already been stated is he has never come out as an advocate for treatment of people who are addicted or even suggested easing back on incarcerating people with addictions. |
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the same way people get addicted to Coca Cola, or eating chalk. It is just another substance that those with addictive personalities use to fill a void. Complete and utter tripe. Your post is so biochemically wrong that anyone with basic college physiology training just laughed at you. Anyone with medical knowledge just facepalmed or rolled their eyes. Google opiod receptors & get back to us with your expertise. Narcotics do relieve some pain, due to their effects on specific receptors. If taken for prolonged periods, then the body develops tolerance & physical dependence. Some people abuse them for the feeling and become dependent, and withdrawal from either of those situations is unpleasant. Coca Cola does have a stimulant & withdrawal effect, but that is different. Chalk craving, if not due to mental illness, may be a manifestation of a nutritional deficiency. Don't let me get in the way of your high horse. I'm just a guy who read a wikipedia article & watched a youtube propaganda video. Oh, and went to med school, and detoxed heroin addicts in Baltimore, and did a residency specializing in the administration and mechanism of narcotics & other strong medications. So, you, razoreye, and others with the same opinions, please continue to grace us with your wisdom gained from extensive experience... Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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My brother who abuses them takes about 5 a day. Crushes them into powder and snorts it like cocaine. The side effects is histamine for him. It's like he has severe allergies after snorting them.
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the same way people get addicted to Coca Cola, or eating chalk. It is just another substance that those with addictive personalities use to fill a void. Complete and utter tripe. Your post is so biochemically wrong that anyone with basic college physiology training just laughed at you. Anyone with medical knowledge just facepalmed or rolled their eyes. Google opiod receptors & get back to us with your expertise. Narcotics do relieve some pain, due to their effects on specific receptors. If taken for prolonged periods, then the body develops tolerance & physical dependence. Some people abuse them for the feeling and become dependent, and withdrawal from either of those situations is unpleasant. Coca Cola does have a stimulant & withdrawal effect, but that is different. Chalk craving, if not due to mental illness, may be a manifestation of a nutritional deficiency. Don't let me get in the way of your high horse. I'm just a guy who read a wikipedia article & watched a youtube propaganda video. Oh, and went to med school, and detoxed heroin addicts in Baltimore, and did a residency specializing in the administration and mechanism of narcotics & other strong medications. So, you, razoreye, and others with the same opinions, please continue to grace us with your wisdom gained from extensive experience... Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile STOP BRINGING SANITY AND REASON TO ARFCOM!!! We run on chest thumping, pissing contests, and purse swinging around here and we like it that way. |
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I got knocked in the balls while I was in the Army. Well, balls and stomach. Anyway, apparently I ended up with a rip in my diaphragm, and it hurt like a motherfucker. They put me on Percocet for a month. I had a fucking AWESOME month. I didn't have a problem dropping them once my script ran out, but it was only a month, after all.
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