Guest guest Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 I like many of you am on oxycontin and have been on it for a few years now but for me it has been good and I'm not worried. Lately there has been a lot of backlash about oxycontin. My mother who is a Customs Superintendent says it is one of the big drugs now and all these shows talk about people being addicted to it. They chew it, melt it down and shoot it up. I think when they have these shows they forget about people like us who use it just to get our pain level down a bit. When I started using it I was lectured over and over about how dangerous it was to chew. I was also told it was not meant to take away my pain but to make my everyday level more tolerable. I actually e-mail I think it was the Walsh Show (which is the only talk show I watch) after they aired a program about addiction and oxycontin came up and I told them they were forgetting to tell people that there are people who need this drug and use it properlly. I saw that that episode was just aired again last week. Right now it seems to be the perscrition drug along with percocet and vicodin to say how evil they are. I believe that should remind people that using these when you live with chronic pain is totally different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Great point Oxycontin has been a Godsend for me. Over the last 3 1/2 years I have been able to titrate my daily dose down as I began to feel better, but have terrific doctors who know I won't take more than I need. People who have never had the anguish of chronic pain have not a clue about how we must spend each moment of our lives, and if oxy is taken as is prescribed then it is a safe and wonderful medication. We all need to step up and teach (if you are strong enough) when we hear people parroting misinformation...kind of like those urban legends, isn't it? Others don't need to know what meds we personally take, but we can use the " I researched this when I kept hearing how terrible it is..... " Did you get any response from the Walsh Show? Thanks, Sue J. re: oxycontin > > > I like many of you am on oxycontin and have been on it for a few years now but for me it has been good and I'm not worried. Lately there has been a lot of backlash about oxycontin. My mother who is a Customs Superintendent says it is one of the big drugs now and all these shows talk about people being addicted to it. They chew it, melt it down and shoot it up. I think when they have these shows they forget about people like us who use it just to get our pain level down a bit. When I started using it I was lectured over and over about how dangerous it was to chew. I was also told it was not meant to take away my pain but to make my everyday level more tolerable. I actually e-mail I think it was the Walsh Show (which is the only talk show I watch) after they aired a program about addiction and oxycontin came up and I told them they were forgetting to tell people that there are people who need this drug and use it properlly. I saw that that episode was just aired again last week. Right now it seems to be the perscrition drug along with percocet and vicodin to say how evil they are. I believe that should remind people that using these when you live with chronic pain is totally different. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Great point Oxycontin has been a Godsend for me. Over the last 3 1/2 years I have been able to titrate my daily dose down as I began to feel better, but have terrific doctors who know I won't take more than I need. People who have never had the anguish of chronic pain have not a clue about how we must spend each moment of our lives, and if oxy is taken as is prescribed then it is a safe and wonderful medication. We all need to step up and teach (if you are strong enough) when we hear people parroting misinformation...kind of like those urban legends, isn't it? Others don't need to know what meds we personally take, but we can use the " I researched this when I kept hearing how terrible it is..... " Did you get any response from the Walsh Show? Thanks, Sue J. re: oxycontin > > > I like many of you am on oxycontin and have been on it for a few years now but for me it has been good and I'm not worried. Lately there has been a lot of backlash about oxycontin. My mother who is a Customs Superintendent says it is one of the big drugs now and all these shows talk about people being addicted to it. They chew it, melt it down and shoot it up. I think when they have these shows they forget about people like us who use it just to get our pain level down a bit. When I started using it I was lectured over and over about how dangerous it was to chew. I was also told it was not meant to take away my pain but to make my everyday level more tolerable. I actually e-mail I think it was the Walsh Show (which is the only talk show I watch) after they aired a program about addiction and oxycontin came up and I told them they were forgetting to tell people that there are people who need this drug and use it properlly. I saw that that episode was just aired again last week. Right now it seems to be the perscrition drug along with percocet and vicodin to say how evil they are. I believe that should remind people that using these when you live with chronic pain is totally different. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Great point Oxycontin has been a Godsend for me. Over the last 3 1/2 years I have been able to titrate my daily dose down as I began to feel better, but have terrific doctors who know I won't take more than I need. People who have never had the anguish of chronic pain have not a clue about how we must spend each moment of our lives, and if oxy is taken as is prescribed then it is a safe and wonderful medication. We all need to step up and teach (if you are strong enough) when we hear people parroting misinformation...kind of like those urban legends, isn't it? Others don't need to know what meds we personally take, but we can use the " I researched this when I kept hearing how terrible it is..... " Did you get any response from the Walsh Show? Thanks, Sue J. re: oxycontin > > > I like many of you am on oxycontin and have been on it for a few years now but for me it has been good and I'm not worried. Lately there has been a lot of backlash about oxycontin. My mother who is a Customs Superintendent says it is one of the big drugs now and all these shows talk about people being addicted to it. They chew it, melt it down and shoot it up. I think when they have these shows they forget about people like us who use it just to get our pain level down a bit. When I started using it I was lectured over and over about how dangerous it was to chew. I was also told it was not meant to take away my pain but to make my everyday level more tolerable. I actually e-mail I think it was the Walsh Show (which is the only talk show I watch) after they aired a program about addiction and oxycontin came up and I told them they were forgetting to tell people that there are people who need this drug and use it properlly. I saw that that episode was just aired again last week. Right now it seems to be the perscrition drug along with percocet and vicodin to say how evil they are. I believe that should remind people that using these when you live with chronic pain is totally different. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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