I bet he got his painkillers.

Apparently the librul media is lying to us all.

discgolfguru: Apparently the librul media is lying to us all.

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Yeah because nobody ever lies on Facebook

iheartscotch: Incoming csb :
Years ago, I got the LASIK eye surgery. They gave me Valium so my eyes wouldn't move. BEST DAY EVER! I can see how easily you could get hooked on the stuff.

Thus endith the cool story bro.

Yeah, they gave me Valium before mine and all it did to me is make me fall asleep in the waiting room. Now, Vicodin....THAT'S the stuff! Makes you feel good all over and you don't give a f*ck about anything. You can walk around like Leonardo DiCaprio swinging your arms and saying "Not a f*ck was given that day!".

Pucca: My neck is messed up due to a car accident 6 years ago. My doctor knows this and gives me Tramadol when I need it. I strained my neck yesterday and I'm in a lot of pain. My doctor is out of town until next week so I'm screwed.

It's because of drug seekers that I won't even try to go to a hospital to get something. I know they won't believe me even though I have an MRI to prove it.

THIS. I have been on several Schedule II drugs for years and god forbid if I run out and my doctor isn't available. Try going to an ER and asking for morphine or amphetamine. Good luck with that. And my doc can't write more than a 30 day supply for each, so I have to really be on top of making sure that my doctor appointments are scheduled correctly.

ER's have gotten scammed so many times, that people in legitimate pain can't get the painkillers they need. Years ago prior to the docs getting my meds working correctly I had to go to the ER several times with unbelievable pain. They're usual protocol was to inject something like tramadol, which for me had very very little effect. About the only thing that worked was demerol, but God forbid you ask for the drug that works. You are quickly dismissed as a drug seeker and denied. So, I would turn down the tramadol as it didn't work. If they gave it to me then I had a useless drug in my system and it prevented me from trying to take anything else to relieve the pain. If I couldn't get anything for the pain, at least if you drink enough boooze you will eventually pass out.

Chronic pain is a biatch. You need the meds just to function as the pain is not able to be described unless you have experienced it. Unfortunately everyone, except your personal doctor, in the medical industry seems to treat you with suspicion. All because drug seeking a-holes have ruined it for those of us in real pain. I guess they're withdrawal symptoms are a biatch. Which brings me to a queston: How bad is withdrawal for these users? The reason I asked is that the few times where I ran out of meds and wasn't able to refill for a day or two I didn't have anything that I would call withdrawal, no sweating or craving. Just lots and lots of pain.

/Chronic pain sucks donkey balls
//swallows a percocet while typing
///hurts today, going to be a wonderful afternoon

elguerodiablo: zinny: I see this all the time at the hospital where I work (minus the shooting part). "drug seekers" as they are labeled come in with some great, and not so great stories. Some get pretty aggressive when denied drugs, but the giant security guys come and escort them out. Some are so regular in their attempts, they're immediately recognized. I asked one regular "here to try again"? He wasn't amused.

Dont they know they can just buy them over the internet? Even if they aren't internet savvy they can hop a bus to Mexico. The first thing you see when you cross the border is pharmacies.

Sure, they know that. But bus fare costs money and the drugs costs money. If you go to the ER, they will treat you now and bill you later. And you can ignore that bill.

DasSpaternator: Jynxed: Depending on how much you are used to taking it could be a week and a half to two before you start to feel the withdrawal. It begins like the flu. Lots of general aches and sweats and other general nastiness on top of the pain. Best thing you can do is take Diphenhydramine and pass out until it is over.

At the high end of my dosing, I was on a fentanyl patch and had dilaudid for break-through pain. The sad thing is your body gets used to the drug and fights it so you reach a point of diminishing returns on the analgesic effect. It sucks but what are you going to do besides eat a bullet?


Whoa, you were on fentanyl and didn't have immediate withdrawal after stopping? The half life of that stuff is like 2 hours. I've been addicted to painkillers for non-legitimate reasons and what really makes the difference with when withdrawal starts is the half-life of the drug. The amount you were taking when you stopped generally affects how bad the symptoms are. However with really high doses it does take several half lives for you to have little enough of the drug in your system for withdrawal to start.

/IANAPharmacologist

I was on the Fentynal patch for about two years as well. Thankfully my current Doc got me off it. It worked great when it worked, but when the patch went empty it was hell with the pain. There were a few times the patch tan out and I didn't have another right away. No withdrawal here either. The extended release morphine is much better for me. Much more consistent, not so many ups and downs compared to the Fentynal. I use percocet for breakthru.