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My mom and dad both on them.
Dad needs 2 new knee's and has 3 discs giving him issues in his back on percocet.
Mom had a cyst form on her spinal cord, had to have a piece of vertebrae taken out to get to it, has and always has had osteoperosis bone will not heal like a normal person, has severe back pain and is on morphine and has been for about 12 years since her surgery. It was either have the surgery and not become a paraplegic or have the surgery and be able to walk and hope the bones healed correctly which they didn't now horrible pain but she can walk and make it through the day.
I hate it for both of them, it affects their personalities.
I was on percocet for about a year when I had a slipped disc and when I had my fusion came off of them cold turkey about 2 months after my surgery, I was addicted to them too it was a little rough but didn't need rehab or nothing.
I can understand how people get addicted to them especially if they affect people like me and my dad, both of us they make hyper and we feel like we can do anything, my mom and wife however go straight to sleep most of the time.
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Sir, I would just like to point out something if I may. First of all I feel for your parents and others with severe chronic pain.
But you were not an addict. You were physically dependent. There is a difference. An addict is someone that takes something solely for the high or buzz and is often times willing to do unscrupulous things in order to achieve that high.
Somebody that is physically dependent is a person that took the meds for relief, and your body became adjusted to having them. Meaning it was a hard come down similar to what an addict would have. But you quit taking them and worked through it. Physical dependency can lead to addiction, and it may sound like I'm splitting hairs, but I promise I'm not. There is a difference.