Purdue Pharma faces its first OxyContin class-action lawsuit after an Ohio District Court of Appeals affirmed certification of a lawsuit brought by more than 1,000 Ohioans that claim they were injured by the drug maker’s highly addictive painkiller.
The lawsuit accuses Purdue Pharma and Abbott Laboratories of irresponsibly marketing the controversial painkiller to Ohioans for wide use “despite knowing that OxyContin was unsuited for most patients.”
“Class certification is the only way these victims will be able to fight the defendants and protect their rights,” said Stanley Chesley, the attorney representing the plaintiffs.
“Purdue and Abbot knew that OxyContin was the equivalent of morphine and yet it marketed OxyContin as if it were little more than a simple pain medication instead of a dangerous narcotic, even more dangerous than heroin,” he said.
(via The Associated Press)
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HAD BEEN TAKING 40 MG 3 TIMES A DAY
THAT KEPT ME COMFORTABLE FOR DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE.
MY DOCTOR DECIDED TO TAKE ALL HIS PATIENTS OFF O.C.ALL OF A SUDDEN.
I WAS PUT ON THE PATCH 75MG WHICH
GIVES ME PARTIAL RELIEF BUT, I
STLL CAN’T GET FREE OF THE O.C.
AND THE ONLY OTHER AVALABLE DRUG IS
HEROIN.
OXYCOTIN HAS KEEP ME PRISONER FOR 3 YEARS AND I AM SCARED TO JUST GIVE IT
UP. SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.
IF I KNEW IT’S CLAWS WOULD GET SUCH A HOLD ON ME I WOULD NEVER HAVE ACCEPTED IT. THIS DRUG IS FOR TERMINAL PATIENTS
AT THE END OF LIFE NOT FOR THOSE WHO
STILL HAVE A FUTURE. TRYING TO GET FREE
IS HELL ON EARTH. STAY AWAY. PLEASE.
IS THERE SOMEONE WHO CAN CALL ON ME ABOUT MY SUFFERING WITH THIS ADDCTION ? I AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT CLASS ACTION.
MAYBE THIS ISN’T MY FAULT AFTER ALL. I FELL LIKE A SCM BAG.
My story is a little different. I started on oxycontin about 4 yrs due to a foot surgery.I enjoyed the pick me up drug. But it was not controled, my Dr gave me as much as i wanted. Then was put in jail. So now what? Well i found a pain clinic where you could buy Bupernex which is a opiote based injectable. That was my answer. But just like the oxy very addidtive. This friggin place was a money making cattle drive for junkies. I am a mother and had a great career. Money was going towards this because the clinic was cash only. On April 23,2005 i had enough did my last shot and waited for hell. Believe me hell came, 4 nights of the worst pains and cramping i thought i was going to die. I would give birth 100 times compared to this. I detoxed at home and still feeling bad. The sad part is for the 3 yrs i went to this clinic they never asked for records, x rays, etc… but then i didnt care. There are so many addicts there getting what they want and it all comes down to the old mighty dollar. Cattle heard for junkies. I am going to make it and never look back …. GOOD LUCK TO ALL AND ONE DAY AT A TIME
As i continue to read these stories i hear alot of you upset that we did not READ UP !!! But please remember nobody chooses to allow a substance to run or ruin their lives it is a very hard thing to com eto terms with and yes there are people who need this. I am pissed at all the clinics that claim to help.I just want to get my voice out there that you can overcome this.
THIS GOES OUT TO HAROLD !!!!!! i know what you went through and feel for you. I also have a 13 yr old son and during the nights of HELL he gave me the strength.
This goes out for anyone taking strong pain killer’s Ok & it goes just like this without no lies or misunderstandings of the price you will ahve to pay for taking pain kiler narcotic’s, if you’ve had surgeries on any of your bones? and they start giving you addicting pain meds, you’d better be off them before 2 weeks is up! after that ya gona get hooked! and then pay back is a bitch they say! this si what happens to you! you begin to get shakes all over with huge goose bumps, then folling by extremely serious red hot burning flashes all over you entire body! you will be running to the bathroom 24 hours non stop! throwing ya gutz out and craping diahera at the very same time! which your head and butt both don’t fit in the tolitel bowl at the same time! meaning you’ll have a choice with way you want to let out the relief for the moment? or your body will not be able to hold it off till you make it to the bathroom! it gets real ugly! then twitching begins horribly to say! and you’ll be up without sleep for days uncounted! and all this will continue for weeks & perhaps for months, and you will get awfully weak & very sick with flues symptoms ect. and real serious dizzy speels & huge hang overs all day & night till God only knows when Ok now if this isn’t a beaten of your life? I don’t know what is? your gonna be praying for God to either kill to end this terrorfing experience to end! and it don’t end! it’ll go oin for months & months & theres nothing yo can do about it! now this is way more torture than Jesus Christ went through the 3 days before they hung him up on that cross to die! are you ready to pay that price? well I just did, and never ever again will I ever take Morphine or Kadian Morhine sulfate & Ms cotin, its been over 3 1/2 weeks now for me! and I,m still suffering terribly form all the withdrawls & still running all day & night to the bathroom!!!! and living off 3 hours of sleep if i can even get that much a day? pian killers are called pain killers for that reason! they kill you sooner or later!why do you think their called pain killer’s, but only one pron buddies out there! the pain manament doesn’t tell you about this awfull experience your gonna have to deal with afterwards, after he prescribing you extra strong pain meds Ok why do you think they are always open and in business? To keep you addicted & paying the bills!!!! Be smart! get off of them, go to a detox, most of them are free! at almost any local hospital, do the 7 day detox! don’t try to fight it at home! its very dangerous & dum! but be very careful not to tak showers in them detox places, as they don’t clen them very well & you might wind up with another serious problem! if ya know what I mean? take bird baths in ya room in the bathroom their & be safe if your already have a good clean bill of health from ya doctor, such as Aid’s free! ect. if this doesn’t scare you to death? I feel very sorry for you! get professional help at a detox center and get your life back once again & live free once again! Ok now I think you get the grand picture to what to expect in what is going to happen to you now from detoxing withdrawls from narc’s pain killers!!! Good luck now, Coz its a real living hell you’ll never ever forget for the rest of your entire sweet and once happy life! youonce had before you go into this big awful mess! But don’t give up! go detox & save your own life! no one will do it for you except ya self people! bye noe.
Posted by: melissa on March 22, 2005
i agree with everything u said melissa,aint nobody putting a gun to your head making u take oxy,or any other opids,ive been on them for a real long time,due to my dumb ass drinking and hitting a car on my cycle back in 1987,if it wasnt for the meds id put a gun to my head,cause im pretty much house bound,i have a big building that i had built,a stage and all,and had over $20.000 worth of music equipt,playing guitar or drums is a hobby,but not like it used to be,due to my then 28yr old son who was the front man in our band had got all jacked up on crank,crank,u name it and it costed him his life as in nov,14,2001 he put a shotgun to his head,i went down that drug road,but got help when i was 20,and been clean from the old 60s street drugs,but shooting drugs from age 13 till i was 20,fried my head,ill tell u what i have to take daily to get through it,plus dealing with the loss of my only son,im 53,if it kills me ill be out of this pain,i take 160 mg daily,4percocet 5/325 daily.lorcet 10/650 4 daily,xanax,2mg,4 daily,valium,10mg,3 daily,adapin,50mg,4 at bedtime,altoprev,60mg,1 daily for blood pressure,and ya theses are additive,im a big boy and i made the choice to take this,theres days where i dont have to take so much,but theses junkies that are chewing or snorting or shooting them are messing it up for the people that have to have them,i had some buddies that i let go cause there doing just what i had said about abuseing there meds,most of u are blameing purdue cause u got hooked on it read what it says before u take something,i have a medical book that check up on different meds,cause back in my 20s i was just being used as a ginne pig,and had alot of bad effects from some of theses drugs they were trying to give me,so i got the book and read all the side effects of the drug,im in bad shape or else the judge wouldnt have gave me my disabilty some yrs back,i used to restore old cars into show cars,but due to the bike wreck that put and end to that,and ive always had ponytail way below my but,but and hour taking a shower doing the shampoo and cream rinse thing for and hour,then another hour getting the tangles out,my back just couldnt take it anymore so id leave it in a ponytail and cut it off,i love long hair ever since the beatles came out,i never felt right without my hair so bout a year later id start letting my hair grow again,so after some yrs id have another tail,then the back thing started back like before,then id cut it again,plus the older i got the pain in my lower back legs and spine,was getting real bad,so i had just 2 of my tails hanging on some of my leather work that i used to do in my logcabin my son and i built in 1990 down here in the ozarks,id hunt and trap my own deer and other varments,then id skin them out and tan there hides and eat the meat,but 1996 that came to a hault,my legs just gave out on me,i ended up walking with a cane,plus my oxygen count was low so now im on oxygen,not constant but i know when i need it,im just glad i have medicad,theses drugs are outrageous,id do the same as my son had did if i had to pay for them every month,i just cant get that u are trying to get things banned,i dont see it happening,but one day when you need what ever it probably wont be there,sorry bout the rambling on,but i set in my building day and night not having no one to talk to,cause like i said theses guys i thought were friends are just junkie freaks,oxy heads to the max,i dont hang with thoses type of guys,ya and i seen them sick after 4 days not having there oxys,they looked like death,and i look for them to be in the local news here that they had overdosed and died,i tried talking to them but they dont think it could happen to them,i said my son thought the same thing,well i hope that all the people that really needs there meds get them,not the abusers that have gave meds a bad rap,and the dea has taken charge,u used to get your refills a few days ahead of time,but the dea has put a stop to that,among other things,later,peaceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,hairycreature,mon,may,23,2005
THERE IS A NEW DRUG OUT FOR PAIN AND ALSO USED TO DETOX YOU FROM OPIATES !
READ ON PLEASE………….
I have been on Oxycontin and MS Contin for 8 years. Currently I take 400 mgs. of MS Contin daily.
For those who have true INTRACTABLE pain, opiates give them life and hope!
Honestly, I cannot even walk or dress myself due to severe pain. The MS Contin allows me to function..But that is it- just function….DUE TO THE HIGH DOSE I HAVE NOW REACHED…
Narcotics enabled me to send my daughter to college, run a business and keep my life going – after seven spine surgeries.
HOWEVER, I have reached my limit as to the amount I will take (or can tolerate and stay awake any longer) as the side effects are becomming too bothersome, mainly sleep disturbance and excessive daytime fatique. All opiates in high dosages will cause sleep disturbances.
When I was taking 120 mg of Oxycontin a day the side effects were minimal. AFter 8 years and increasing tolerance, I have reached MY limit. Your may be much higher as I have other medical issues and I am on other medications.
NOW WHAT—BUPRENEX….to dextox and hopefully replace the full opiates. I beg all of you, those who want to detox, those who want to change to a safer PAIN drug to research BUPRENEX or email me directly for links…It is not just a herion detox drug—-it is a great pain medication..
The drug is called BUPRENORPHINE….It is still a PHYSICALLY addicting drug, however, there is no FEEL GOOD property so it is not a drug that any type of addict would abuse. NO HIGH – - but pain refief!!!!
I have always been a responsible pain patient. I have never run out of drugs, lost my drugs or increased my dosages… Same doctors for 8 years, do not doctor shop…People who take a month’s RX in 2 weeks are either addicts or undermedicated and suffering severe pain. Only person who are suffering from true pathology and severe intractable chronic pain should be placed in long term narcotic therapy.
Those who do not abuse narcotics have NO problem when they stop taking them –only if they stop the proper way. That is tapering VERY SLOWLY 10% of the dose per MONTH………OR……….using BUPERNEX – UNDER the care of a detox physician or actually going into a in patient detox center to detox.
PLEASE NOTE there is a medical difference between addiction and physically dependant….The addicted persons require on going help (phycological) to fight their additions.
Medically dependant pain patients detox very quickly – with no desire to take narcotics — as they were ALWAYS only using them for pain…Less then 3% of all chronic TRUE PAIN patients become addicted mentally.
Everybody becomes physically addicted. Everybody knows that BEFORE they put a narcotic in their mouths. So why the lawsuit?? Again, TAPERING down solves the physical dependance when the pain is resolved.
I wish everyone well in their fight with narcotics – whatever that may be. I judge no one and will remind all of you that only the BIG PAIN KILLER in the sky can help you through lie!
God Bless
Jane
I have been reading all of your negative responces to people who are addicted. To all of you Holier than thow how can sit there and put people down. Ever consider the Doc’s in these situations??? I went to a pain specialist and a pain mgmt. program. The “Pain Specialist” advised me that with my nerve pain from 2 back surgeries I should stay on Opiates and put me on the Oxycontin when I was there to stop Opiates all together and find other ways to deal. So to all of you, everyone has a unique situation, so think about it before you sit there and judge others, your not God! As far as I’m concerened when this damn Oxy came out, and still it’s all a money maker for the Pharm. Co’s., and the Doc’s. They were and still are prescribing it to every Tom, Dick and Harry. Money talks….My own stupid Doc has been prescribing me with both Oxy, and Methadone, and is now retiring. I had to let him know that I’m on both and that I want to get into a detox (inpatient), he has me on such a high dose of Methadone that I can’t even get into a program until I’m down to 30mgs. a day, and my doc has my instructions 5 pills 3X daily!! I can’t wait that long to get into a program, so I’m cutting out the Methadone and using the Oxy only. Please don’t sit there and judge, and stand up for the Pharm. Co. who make billions off of us “addicts” as many of you put it. Do you think they really care about us?? Do you think they would pay the $13,000.00 do get into a 28 day inpatient program to get off of their addictibe medication?? Do they warn us how deadly, addictive their med’s can be, espc. the Oxy? I never read on my label from pharmacy highly addictive,if you stop use without weaning you can die!! I thought I knew every pain med out there, but when I was put on Oxycontin I had no idea what it was, except the specialist told me it was much better than percocet because it didn’t have the tylonal in it which for a chronic pain patient for long term can damage your liver. Then to also put me on Methadone to try and back off the Oxy after I had learned more about it, I have found out that Methadone is the #1 hardest med to detox from. 2nd. is Oxycontin, 3rd. is Heroin!! That makes me sick that I’m put into the same category as Heroin. I never bought my medcine off the street like a drug addict, mine was given to me by my doctor, But all of you sticking up for the drug companies make the rest of us sound like street junkies. You all must work for the drug companies. So, until you walk a mile in any of our shoes, hold your mud, which means basicly, keep your negative comments and try to be supportive. Espceially to people like me who was just rying to find out exactly what I’m in store for when I go into detox next week. Either be supportive and positive for people who lost control as their tolerence went up and are now trying to get our life back after going to hell and hopefully back to God. I pray for everyone out there who is going thru the same battle as I am, and as far as the critics go, Oxycontin, Metadone, should only be prescribed to the Cancer patints who are suffering such a tremendous pain, but do not have a future. Let thenm die with dignety. As far as these damn Methadone clinics, and Doc’s who are now using it more and more for chronic pain becuase it does last so long in your system, let them also pass a law on Methadone too. It also should only be used for Cancer patients, or anyone suffering from a non-curable disease. As far as Heroin users, these methadone clinics should only have in-patient short term Methadone use. No one on Heroin should be prescribed an even worse drug to get off of than Heroin, and should never be able to handle their own med’s. I bet all of you critics drink alcohol too! Alcohol should be as illegal as these drugs. I think anyone who drinks is using a drug to dull the pain, even if it’s a glass or two of wine every night with dinner, alcohol is a drug too. God Bless to everyone who is in the same boat as me. Sheryl
I’ve looked into the buprenorphine detox but am having no luck. Either the certified physicians aren’t taking new patients or they don’t know what I’m talking about or want to help me. Any suggestions on how to detox with the bp legally, and without health insurance?
I was on Oxy for years due to severe pain in my back after an accident at work… three back surgeries later, i had no choice but to medicate…so they put me on that terrible pill and said my life would be whole again… well with pain, comes depression too so between the pain doc’s and the phyc. doc’s, i lived on pills… as I got sicker and sicker…I was not sure if i was even going to make it…I went to the hospital with some strange pains in my gullbladder… ended up loosing it, not sure what happend they said, seems the gullbladder was just sludge, when asked if it was sent to the lab, or if there were stones, my husband was told we don’t know, we just through it out. Now tell me why i didn’t get better after that, i continued to grow sicker after the gullbladder was removed… couldn’t eat, pain was getting worse, doc told me i needed to get off the oxy, to have surgery… well what good was that, it had already turned things to mush litterely… I started loosing so much weight that i saw another doc… always bright yellow , like antifreeze bile comming from my liver…so hard to live that way…I went to the other doc. and he did a scope, both ways, two times… first time nothing, irritable bowel they said meds, and more meds… well then more weight loss, great to loose weight, but why… still couldn’t eat…so went in to the hospital after some tests and had my Liver cleaned out of the sludge…I asked questions, and I followed the whole sickness, still not sure if the liver made the gullbladder bad, or visa versa, but will say after my surgery, the doctors where acting funny. I started having problems getting my perscripts… even was made out to be a drug addict just looking for the oxy…Not so, was taken off oxy. cold turkey for 30 days from the doc who got me on the ammounts…missed an appointment and they would not give me another for 30 days…was missed due to being given wrong date, so i was late…funny how that works huh… well I went to family doc after 2 days because i was ill, wanted to die…he gave me one months worth till I could get into the pain clinic of another place…i went they said they would call and tell me, well the old pain clinic called and asked if i wanted to keep my appointment… of course i did untill i could find a doc that would take my case…not that i wanted several of them…was so sick i didn’t want to die like that…well that made it look like I was doctor shopping…so not true… but was refused by my doc, and the new one to be put back on it…i was in deep trouble now…hooked on a pain killer, liver was a mess, and no pain killers… took me 3 months to get where i felt like i might live…Had my liver opperated on to remove the sludge… all hush hush I feel… I feel by the grace of God i got off those, or I would be dead…Have your liver enzimes checked by more than one doc…it might save your life…ask for tests to make sure… and demand to see the results…Still pretty sick with the liver… but i do not take any pain killers at all…i now live with the pain, and the liver too…don’t count on a cover up not happening, it happens everyday…Now find a lawer that will help you prove you almost died from the stuff…I don’t know of any that wanted to do it… or maybe it was just the Ohio thing…still sick in Ohio…
I have been on oxycontin for about 3 years. I sarted out with 40mg twice a day and now I am prescribed 320mgs twice a day. the withdrawls I have after not taking any oxys for about 12- 16 hours are horrible. I was wondering if there is anything to take the edge off the pain of withdrawls. thanks for any help you can give.
I am wondering what is being done in Michigan to stop the madness and hell of oxycontin?( the crack of the 90’s and 2000’s ) I am prescribed 240 80mg oxys and 240 30mgs of roxicodone per month and I cant get off this stuff. I have been a drug and alcohol couns. for 7 years and never thought this could happen to me. I like many started off with a low dose and over the last 2-3 years have been increased.
I have heard I am on prob the highest dose possible.What can I do? if I stop the withdrawls make me want to die .I dont sleep or eat. I yawn constantly and have severe diaherra. Please help is there and over the counter med that can help or a combo of meds to stop the withdrawls?
I just dont get it, I feel sorry for those of you who are having so much trouble with OCs,but I have to agree with the guy who said you must be abusing them. I have been taking 20mg 2x daily with 5mg oxy IR for 5 yrs.I might have taken 3 a half dozen times . In the past 3 months my nephew has stolen my meds 3x,each time I reported it to the police and my Dr and had to wait 1wk for a copy of police report in order for my Dr.to refill my meds.This last time I was told by Dr that he could not refill even with police report.That was on 7/6/05.The point is ,I never abused my meds and I,m okay.That doesnt mean I,m not in pain ,but I’m not going crazy either.I’m not out on the street looking. Its been 14 days,surely I should be a mess by now according to what most of you say. Its just not the same for all of us I guess. I cant believe any of you are trying to act like you didnt know any better.
I am a legal assistant in Texas. What I have found the most disturbing in my quest for someone to take responsibility for the destruction of my husband and our family due to Oxycontin — is THAT THE DOCTORS PRESCRIBING THIS MEDICATION, HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO TURN THEIR PATIENTS INTO ADDICTS. They have a free ticket to turn you and anyone else into an addict – AND THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE as long as they “prescribed pain medication to a person in pain”. In our instance, only Purdue and the physician were made privy to the side effects of this medicatoin – wrote a prescription for pain —- it was simply like a pediatrician writing a prescription for your kid’s earache. He was a pain management doctor for God’s sake — I have researched for 5 years — I have consulted with attorneys — This current class action will have to go to trial – all others will be watching the outcome. It still amazes me that a physician HOLDS ABOSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBLITY ALL THE WHILE PRESCRIBING MORE AND MORE OF A MEDICATION THAT IS IN ESSENSE GOING TO MAKE THE PATIENT WORSE — Not only, if they are lucky enough to live through the hell, if they finally get off the medication – they are still in pain. (Seems like a situation where everyone makes money — but….the price i paid was too high)
I have been on oxycontin for four years 20mg 4x a day, recently the nurse practioner added percocet 4x aday for break thru pain. I have had 2 surgries from L5 to S1 I have 10 srews and 2 rods. I have been going to this pain management facility for 6 years and at first I saw the doctor and he gave me epidural and facet joint injections and then he suggested I take methadone which I refused to take and then Oxycontin so that I could live a normal life without pain which is not true. I did function more but the pain is always there. Hee became the director so I never got to see him only, when I would get epidurals. The nurse practicioner would give me my scripts. Last week I got there 20 minutes late and I was told that I had to make another appointment and come back but after driving 25 miles to get there I was not about to take this without an argument and I insisted that I wanted to see the doctor. To make a long story short I made another appointment and was tod by the nurse practioner that being late was not acceptable and that maybe I should find another doctor, two days later I got a letter telling me that I should find another facility and that they could not treat me anymore. I just cant believe that they could do this. After 4 years of these people putting me on all these meds and just like that they decicded to ruin my life where can I go now who will pick up the peices. The realization that have this control just blows me away. I really didnt know much about oxycontin unitl I went on line and when I realized what the consequences are and all the horror stories I have read I am sick. It just so happens I never used all the percocet she precribed so I have something to fall back on but I am so afraid and I just dont know where to turn. It seems to me that this is a malpractice. Can anyone help me or advise me. I am 68 years old and I have never taken a drug in my life. PLEASE HELP
my dr got me addicted to oxy then drop me as patient left me cold and dry
ok here it goes i’ve read most of these and have to agree alot of ppl who say the ones going threw hell must be abusing. I suffer from fibromyalgia med. case i believe i feel like hard case. I use to take drugs when i was younger and abused them got off it and did well…Now i’m 42 yrs old and back on drugs by no choice of my own but i have kids and a husband and have to be able to function. I can’t function at all pretty much without the help of my meds. I’ve been on hydromorph and dilaudids then switched by dr. to kadian oyxcocets(percs) , switched again to oxycontin and oxycocets. the problem is they work for a few months but then it seems like nothing works again. I don’t know if it part of my health problem as we have a high tolerance for meds i refused anti depressants as i feel i’m on enough drugs and believe me i wouldn’t take anything if i could. As for the withdrawals well ya i got them but u have to be properly weaned by ur doctor i currently am under 3 drs care. after this appt on the 6th of sept i hope to be only dealing with 2 dr.s as the 2 i want i fully trust they work with me and help me wean to the other meds. whereas one dr. just told me to go with the flow pretty much and guess. not those words but close enough. so no trust left with him as i suffered. i take 40 mg oxycontin twice a day and approx 6-8 percs a day for breakthrew .. now why i say addiction and abuse .. i have many friends who have been on oxycontin and i was scared to death and it took the drs along time to get me to switch over. as i seen what happened but i know for a fact as i watched them either take alot at once or snort them.. i take them the way they are suppose to be taken. i don’t get a high whatsoever it is not why i take them. so i think that is what the difference is.. when they do switch me off i will come back and let u know what happens u never know i may have the same problems or i may not go threw what alot of u have gone threw. just my opinion and my heart and prayers do go out for the addicted ones as i’ve seen what happens .. and yes they my friends have effected me also with what has happened to them.. but plz unless u know for sure don’t give the pills a bad name and make it harder for the ones who really need them .. such as myself. signed tormented by pain daily i just want to be able to cope.
sorry i forgot to add i also tryed the patches fentanyl i believe i was allergic to the adhesive and it didn’t work. 100 mg i don’t get the nods or anything i live an almost normal daily life now on oxycontin and oxycocet without meds i can’t walk or move my hands or neck etc. and my back rips with pain. i am really immobolized without the meds. now i can take care of kids and husband not fully but at least i can still do some things. i don’t feel like a burden most of the time i just take my time. I feel bad for those who can’t get proper scripts because dr.s are scared i can relate as my doctors are nervous too i have to keep a log on pain level and what i am taking. for their safety as well as mine. and do periodic drug tests i have no problems with this. never have lost prescriptions or had them stolen. i still don’t get enough meds but i’m happy i get what i get. may god be with those who need them and help those that don’t.
I am male 21 years old. I been on oxycotin for 1 year snorting 80mg pills everyday and man does it feel good. I beat my wife because she works at a pharmacy, and if she doesnt bring my prescription i go crazy because of my temper. The pills are very addictive but when snorted I become relaxed and in paradise. I wish I had an unlimited supply so that i could rail 2 a day instead of one. Please help and send me a 100 count bottle for a man with back pain. Please.
I had spinal surgery for scoliosis about 7 years ago. Ever since the surgery my pain seems to be getting worse and worse. Having two children since, hasn’t helped. I went back to my surgeon as well as several other doctors in search of an answer. But, to this day they have no answers for me. I finally went to a pain specialist a few years ago. I explained to her that at that time at the age of 24. I had three children. Most of the time I was not able to pick them up without severe pain. I had taken them to the park a few days before. I chased my 2 year old and picked her up and swung her in the air.I came home and cryed for the rest of the night because of the pain. I told her I don’t know what I am supposed to do. I can’t just stop being a mom.I can’t quit my job. Unless my family decides they want to stop eating. She perscribed me oxicontin and loretab for break through pain. I was finally able to live a normal life. I definitly still experienced pain. But, the pain was not taking over my life, and ruining the lives of my family. Well, it has been about three years now. My husband recently changed jobs. Our insurance was through his employer. We have insurance. But, it has changed to cigna. They have so many rules and only certain doctors that you can see. Well ofcoarse my doctor is out of my network! I still go to her, but,I have to pay out of pocket. I just now found out that they have denied my doctors authorization for my oxicontin because I am prescribed more than 180 pilss. Wich is the max that they will fill. Now in about 3 days from now I will be out and beginning with withrawls and my exruiciating pain. I wont even have anything to wean myself off. After 3 years I have to quit cold turkey, and I will have three children under my supervision in the meantime. I don’t know what I am going to do. If only the insurance people could go through just 1 day of my pain, and 1 day of withdrawls.I don’t want to live through another day of the pain I had to suffer through before I had a little help fom this medicine to get through my days. What can I do. If anyone has any answers,please contact me. Every day that goes I am laying here suffering.Contimplating if I should just end it all.
I have read these stories because a woman that i knew was also addicted to the pain med oxycontin (not sure of the spelling) I am truely sorry to all of you who have had these experiences and as a recovering addict of other prescribed drugs i can sympothize with you!! The reason i am writing this is that it seemed the only ones defending the drug companies and the docs who prescribed them are those who are still caught in the addiction itself…lots of you said it was only because of abusing the drug that you were having these problems…did you not read all of these?? Some were abusing them but alot WERE NOT!! The woman who died only after taking two of them!! These people were telling you that they were taking them only as prescribed!! As all medications,each person reacts to a drug differently…there is a drug that did nothing for me when i was an addict but made someone else slur thier words and could not function…it was not for abusing them…these factors should have also been taken into effect by these companies…alot of people who took these with serious consequences were diebetics,that should have also been taken into account when they tested this drug..did they? So those of you who are taking the drug,yes maybe they are dulling your pain but have you realized the cost yet or because of the way your body reacts have you not had the chance to experience the bad effects of these pain medications….and those of you who said that a person would not experience these effects because they only take them as prescribed…have you gone 30 days without them to see if you wouldnt go through withdrawels after a long time going without?? All im saying is please dont judge all of these people as addicts!! I was an addict and i abused many many prescription drugs and none of these did to me what oxycontin (SP?) has done to these people and i took many many many times the amount that i should have!! So defend the fact that you have not experienced these (yet) but dont defend the people who did not lay all the cards on the table about this drug…they only said what they wanted to and withheld much information! Good luck to all of you and your chronic pain also!! Oh by the way, the doctor that over prescribed me these meds for years and years just died of an overdose himself so the docs are being hurt by this drug also!!
I have suffered with back problems since the day I can remember. 3 years ago I had gotten pneumenia and was hospitalized because my Dr. thought I had an emboli in my lungs. It turned out to be pleuresy, and I had 2 more relapses within 2 months. While I was in the hospital for the pleuresy, I started getting strange, electrifying pains throughout my body. It was as if electric currents were going haywire within my entire body. My Dr. ran every type of test possible but could not find any diagnosis. He sent me home saying I had fybromiagia and he also thought I was insane. Several days later, my back gave out. I could not walk. The pain was excruciating. After visiting several different Drs. it was apparent that back surgery was necessary. L5- Si with fusion. Unfortunately, my bones never fused and the pain I was in was 24/7 around the clock. I was given every type of pain killer known to Drs.In addition, I was also given Xanax, Fentalyn patches 3×100 patches changing them every 48 hours. I was also given Ativan, Dilaudid, Morphine, Methadone and sleeping pills. My pain still remains chronic and my quality of life is poor.
I currently take 3×80’s of Oxycontin 4 times a day. That amounts to 960mg daily. I take Dilaudid for breakthrough pain and Zoloft 2×100 for depression. I always forget to take my meds and realize it when my level of pain climbs. I don’t think I am addicted to the meds because I take them for pain only. My family thinks I am addicted and I was called a junkie from several people. I know compared to many people I am blessed because I can walk and I am otherwise in good health. I see people with no legs and horrific medical problems and I feel bad for complaining about my pain.
I think most of the people taking Oxycontin are aware of the danger and terrible side effects but take them anyway because the pain outrules the danger. People that are now involved in lawsuits have noone to blame but thenselves for taking the meds. We are too foolish to accept this so we blame the drug industry for lack of being honest with themselves.
I have two options now. Another surgery which involves going through my stomach and back removing the screws and rods and trying again to insert them properly or going for the morphine pump. I even tried the “thing” Jerry Lewis raved about but it did not work for me.
Painfully yours,
Elizabeth
i have read all the alleged bad news stories here and i have to disagree. i have degenerative disc disease fibromyalgia migraines carpal tunnel and more.im 48 yrs old all my life i have done hard work but now i cant work anymore. im fighting with workers comp for a settlement but i will be waiting a long time.for me surgery is no way.i did epidurals i took vicodin and vicoprofen some neurontin etc for years.LET ME TELL YOU all of this is much much worse than ms contin or oxycontin. all the other stuff will ruin your kidneys liver and teeth. pure morphine is easier on yor system. i dont get high on it i take two 20 mg pills a day and it makes all the difference in the world i still have pain but its significantly reduced. do i care if i get addicted? NO I DONT it isnt any worse stopping this than quiting smoking in fact two weeks of percodan after periodontal surgery helped me quit for 8 yrs!. yes some day i will have to get off it but right now its not a big deal.it bacame a big deal because of all the conservative nonsense about how bad it is but thats because there are people that do abuse it and hurt the peeople like us who really need it.you cant just outlaw potato chips because it makes some people fat right? see my point?i actually do ok with chiropractic using an inversion machine sitting in a hot tub 3 times a day and simply not doing any heavy lifting twisting bending climbing or have too much stress than its manageable. unfortunatley workers comp cut off my chiropractic and only wants me to du fusion i dont want that and they dont like it i dont care too risky! i want to settle and go overseas for at least two artificial disks but of course they dont like that either. the ms contin has gotten some of my life back and if an employer would let me work taking it i would go back to work.yes at first it impaired me some but now muy body has adjusted to it and yes eventually i will have to go on highrer dose but so what? there are many maNY more worse drugs out there than this one including legal ones alchohol and tobacco are the worse by the way. ok i might be pissing some people off but its like this one vicodin es or vicoprofen costs insurance co about 7 cents an oxy tab is about 10 dollars or more/do they care about your liver or kidneys? i think not sorry but its medical and politacal politics and its mostly about money not treating pain for many who need it. it also helps your mental health and gives you some energy so whats so bad about it?many pain patients resort to needles methamphetamine alchohol and other nasty things just because most doctors are afraid to prescribe for fear of the dea givint them a bad time sorry but oxycontin ms contin isnt so bad of course thats myopinion and personal experience the only bad side effect i get from it is some constipation and some add but i think i have that anyway. i would post my email adrr but its the same problem people will abuse that and spam me. i hope my doc doesnt cut me off if he does i will try to go to fentanyl patch herniated discs and chewed up facet joints hurt! fusion is risky,epidurls are risky and i dont think they work either
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