Pain Management

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by gloryseeker

Thank you for making my point, but I appreciate your input

You missed the context, didn't you?

It may cause addiction, and that's because people abuse it. It's no different than any other drug, including illegal drugs, alcohol, and even caffeine. But it's the abusers who end up addicted.

[Savedbygrace]

Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne

You missed the context, didn't you?

It may cause addiction, and that's because people abuse it. It's no different than any other drug, including illegal drugs, alcohol, and even caffeine. But it's the abusers who end up addicted.

I definitely am not trying to argue but I must disagree with your comment about its only abusers that end up addicted.

My husband has had 2 major back surgeries and is going to have another in June. He is a retired police detective who hurt his back in the line of duty. He cannot stand to take pills of any kind. The only kind of medication that gives him any relief at all is oxycontin. He is prescribed it 3 times a day. Most days he gets by with only 2 and usually takes 2-3 percocets( also given by dr ) for break thru pain. But let him miss a dose or be much longer that 12 hours since his last oxycontin and he will definitely start into withdrawls. It scares him because the withdrawls are so severe. He says he can't imagine having to go thru full withdrawls from this. Now, this is a man who up until this injury, had never taken anything but tylenol or aspirin for his pain. So to say that if it is only taken as needed for pain that you won't become addicted, simply isn't true with every one. I'm sure most people who have ever taken this drug would agree.
Debbie

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by Savedbygrace

I definitely am not trying to argue but I must disagree with your comment about its only abusers that end up addicted.

My husband has had 2 major back surgeries and is going to have another in June. He is a retired police detective who hurt his back in the line of duty. He cannot stand to take pills of any kind. The only kind of medication that gives him any relief at all is oxycontin. He is prescribed it 3 times a day. Most days he gets by with only 2 and usually takes 2-3 percocets( also given by dr ) for break thru pain. But let him miss a dose or be much longer that 12 hours since his last oxycontin and he will definitely start into withdrawls. It scares him because the withdrawls are so severe. He says he can't imagine having to go thru full withdrawls from this. Now, this is a man who up until this injury, had never taken anything but tylenol or aspirin for his pain. So to say that if it is only taken as needed for pain that you won't become addicted, simply isn't true with every one. I'm sure most people who have ever taken this drug would agree.
Debbie

How long has he been taking it? If you read my posts where I talk about chronic pain, you will see that I exclude those people because of the long-term usage. I also didn't say that only abusers end up addicted, but that is the case with most.

I'm sorry for your husband's pain. There's nothing like chronic back pain to mess up someone's life, as well as the lives of those who care for them.

[Savedbygrace]

My husband has been on it about 7 years. He has known for a long time that he needed another surgery. He just tried to put it off as long as possible, but he has finally given in. I feelso sorry for him. The pain has robbed him of so much in his life. I justr pray that this will help got him some relief so that he is not in as much pain all the time. I'm sorry if I sounded short. I did not mean to at all.

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by Savedbygrace

My husband has been on it about 7 years. He has known for a long time that he needed another surgery. He just tried to put it off as long as possible, but he has finally given in. I feelso sorry for him. The pain has robbed him of so much in his life. I justr pray that this will help got him some relief so that he is not in as much pain all the time. I'm sorry if I sounded short. I did not mean to at all.

You didn't sound short at all. I deal with people in chronic pain all the time. The state and insurance requires that every so often, we titrate them down off their meds, but most of the time, the pain increases, so we have to move them back up to where they were for the highest pain control possible.

Looking back, there are several things in this thread that need clarification that should have been done long ago on my part. Kinda late now unless someone brings it up again...LOL!