to Shelly in RE to her oxycontin

[Guest guest]

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Your doctor NEVER should have taken you off the oxycontin without tapering your

dosage!!!!! I'm sure you went through hell with the withdrawl, but that still

doesn't make me think that you were addicted. I guess yes, that many people

would call it addiction, and maybe your body was addicted, I'm no doctor, but in

my head, oxycontin is just like any other med that you have to come off of that

you've been on for a long time. I was on only 10 mg of Prednisone (which is a

VERY low dose) for only 3 years, and I had to taper off one mg at a time!

I'm so sorry you went through what you did when you came off the oxycontin

though... that must have been awful.

Sending love, hugs, and good energy your way,

in Iowa

[Guest guest]

:

You are so right about needing to be tapered off medications. Even with

anti-depressants, it says on the bottles to not come off it cold turkey but

to taper off.

Sam

wrote:

Your doctor NEVER should have taken you off the oxycontin without tapering

your dosage!!!!! I'm sure you went through hell with the withdrawl, but

that still doesn't make me think that you were addicted. I guess yes, that

many people would call it addiction, and maybe your body was addicted, I'm

no doctor, but in my head, oxycontin is just like any other med that you

have to come off of that you've been on for a long time. I was on only 10

mg of Prednisone (which is a VERY low dose) for only 3 years, and I had to

taper off one mg at a time!

[Guest guest]

:

You are so right about needing to be tapered off medications. Even with

anti-depressants, it says on the bottles to not come off it cold turkey but

to taper off.

Sam

wrote:

Your doctor NEVER should have taken you off the oxycontin without tapering

your dosage!!!!! I'm sure you went through hell with the withdrawl, but

that still doesn't make me think that you were addicted. I guess yes, that

many people would call it addiction, and maybe your body was addicted, I'm

no doctor, but in my head, oxycontin is just like any other med that you

have to come off of that you've been on for a long time. I was on only 10

mg of Prednisone (which is a VERY low dose) for only 3 years, and I had to

taper off one mg at a time!