Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 I've talked to my doctor about oxycontin and she won't put me on it b/c there a very much higher risk of becoming addicted to it then morphine (sp?). It's wonderful that you can sleep through the night!!! Just be careful. Marie > My doctor took me off my percocet (well he's still giving me the prescriptions for " breakthrough pain) and put me on oxycontin. I love it. I actually sleep all night (got up at 8:30 this morning) and I wake up with minimal pain. Before, I would wake up, hobble to my percocet, even before I went to the bathroom!! Now I don't even think about it. It's wonderful. Has anyone else gone through this transformation, switching from perc to oxycontin? Did you have this experience or another kind of change?? > Margaret, > Mom to the monsters > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Doctors just amaze me. If we are going to have to be on pain medicine the rest of our life, what difference does it make if you get addicted to one faster than another one?? > I've talked to my doctor about oxycontin and she won't put me on it > b/c there a very much higher risk of becoming addicted to it then > morphine (sp?). It's wonderful that you can sleep through the > night!!! Just be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Most doctors are afraid of losing their license. When they write out a prescription they have to put their DEA number on the script, and they are also afraid someone will use that number to write false prescriptions. The DEA closely monitors the amount of schedule 2 drugs a doctor writes, and if he writes too many they come out and look at his patient files. If they see too many narcotics being written, they'll suspend the doc's license while they investigate.. Last week a country music star (I don't remember her name, it's that old fibro fog) was arrested for trying to get a bogus script for Oxy-Contin filled. When people use it recreationally and break the rules, the people who need the drug are the ones who suffer for it. Doctors give lectures, because they're covering all bases. Before giving me MS-Contin, my neuro made me come in for a special visit. She talked to me for nearly an hour...mainly about the addictive qualities of the drug, as well as setting ground rules. No selling or giving it away (as if I would!), She has to be the only doctor of mine to write prescriptions for pain, plus I had to have a psychiatrist and a regular doctor. It also helped that I saw a rheumy last month. cyn At 12:55 AM 8/14/2004 +0000, you wrote: >Doctors just amaze me. If we are going to have to be on pain medicine >the rest of our life, what difference does it make if you get addicted >to one faster than another one?? > > cyn clmerritt@... " Not bad for my first time with a gun. I shot that sucker right in the gumpy. " -J. Evaovich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 wow. Guess it's easier when you're not taking a strong pain medicine. I'm just on Ultram and the doctor I go to was really only worried about what would work with my asthma. She even refilled my prescription today over the phone lol didn't even have to do a doctor's visit. > Most doctors are afraid of losing their license. When they write out a > prescription they have to put their DEA number on the script, and they are > also afraid someone will use that number to write false prescriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Margaret, I never took Percocet, but I was on Vicodin ES before my doctor switched me to Oxycontin, and WOW, what a difference it made! I was on Vicodin ES for quite a while, but I wasn't happy with the quality of relief it gave me. The dosing was every 6-8 hours, but I was lucky if the relief I got lasted 4-5 hours. I also didn't like how the medication hit me all at once, giving me that goofy, spaced out feeling, only to feel really tired once it started to wear off. And I had to take it sooo many times a day just to obtain relief. I presented all of these factors to my doctor as reasons why I was unhappy with Vicodin as my primary source of pain relief. I told him that I wanted something that lasted longer, didn't make me feel spacey, and most importantly, didn't put tons of acetaminophen in my body that didn't help, and I didn't need. I like my liver the way it is, thank you very much! It was his suggestion that we try Oxycontin or MS Contin. I was apprehensive about using a morphine based drug, so we went with Oxycontin. I was on 10mg for a while, but it didn't quite relieve all of my pain, so in April or May, I went up to 20mg. It's changed my life dramatically. I don't understand why doctors are so hesitant to use narcotics to treat Fibromyalgia pain. Mine isn't, but I have come across a few who have said that they would NEVER use them to treat Fibro. I don't get it, because pain is pain, no matter what the source. Our pain is just as real and agonizing as the next person's who suffers with other forms of chronic pain, and we deserve to have it treated just as much as them. I have heard doctors say that narcotics don't work for Fibro pain, and that is just a bunch of bull! They relieve mine quite well, thank you! And as for the addictive properties, all narcotics have the potential for addiction, but studies show that fewer than 1% of people with chronic pain become addicted to their medications. We become physically dependent, or habituated, from taking them every day, but this is not anywhere near addiction. I doubt any of us even LIKE having to take these drugs, much less crave them! I know I would trade my pain meds for a healthy, pain free body any day! Someone mentioned that they got a " lecture " from their doctor when they started taking Oxy. I got the same one. Don't give your meds away, don't sell them on the black market (as if I could find it!), don't crush, snort, or chew them. Don't take more than one every 12 hours, if your script is lost or stolen, it WON'T be replaced. Oxycontin is a very good drug indeed, when used properly, and I'm grateful to my doctor for letting me try it. I don't know what my life would be like if it was taken away now. I don't even want to THINK about it! Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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