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		<title>By: Annamaria McDonald</title>
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		<dc:creator>Annamaria McDonald</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just to let all of you know who may think of taking Zoloft or think Zoloft is addictive, you are out of your minds.  There have been no studies of Zoloft being addictive or give you any surges or highs!  First of all Zoloft for most may not even work from 2-3 weeks from the time you take your first pill.  Either you are not listening to your doctor or you don&#039;t have a good one.  I believe for sure there are good doctors and horrible doctors.  You have to find the right one for you.  As far as the woman I believe is called Cherie, you may want to ask your doctor about Seroquel.  You may be having more than manic depressive issues, you may be dealing with pschyzophrenia issues.  As for the 20 year old taking Zoloft and drinking like you say a usual 20 year does.  That is and can be a lethal combination.  You may not be suffering from full blown depression but a case of addiction to alcohol.  The risks of drinking alcohol and mixing it with anti-depressants is lethal.  Your doctor and pharmascist should advise you of that and also you should read the pamphlets that the pharmascist gives you with your medication.  People ask questions.  There is nothing more stupid than to talk to your pharmacist or doctor about side effects, contributing factors like alcohol or what you can or can&#039;t take with certain medications.  If any you know, Tylenol is the best pain reliever you can take when being on Zoloft, if you take aspirin based medications or any ibuprofen, it could cause bleeding internally.  How I know this?  I asked my pharmacist!  I wouldn&#039;t even take Imodium AD without asking my pharmascist first.  Your doctors and pharmascists can only do so much, you have to do some of the work and studying as well.  People you are dealing with your lives and your health.  It must be taken seriously.  If you feel deeply in your gut that some medication is not working or you are having problems or side effects tell your doctor and pharmacist immediately.  Not only could you be saving yourself but the others too who may be going through the same.  If you don&#039;t like your doctor, get a second opinion.  I have established a great list of doctors to whom I trust, are knowledeable and actually do care.  I know what you mean about feeling like a number to your doctor or dollar signs, that when you get off your butt and find the ones that don&#039;t look at you like that!  Only we know how we truly feel.  And your health IS NOT A POLITICAL DEBATE!  Thanks for hearing me.  Good Health onto all of you!

Annamaria
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just to let all of you know who may think of taking Zoloft or think Zoloft is addictive, you are out of your minds.  There have been no studies of Zoloft being addictive or give you any surges or highs!  First of all Zoloft for most may not even work from 2-3 weeks from the time you take your first pill.  Either you are not listening to your doctor or you don&#8217;t have a good one.  I believe for sure there are good doctors and horrible doctors.  You have to find the right one for you.  As far as the woman I believe is called Cherie, you may want to ask your doctor about Seroquel.  You may be having more than manic depressive issues, you may be dealing with pschyzophrenia issues.  As for the 20 year old taking Zoloft and drinking like you say a usual 20 year does.  That is and can be a lethal combination.  You may not be suffering from full blown depression but a case of addiction to alcohol.  The risks of drinking alcohol and mixing it with anti-depressants is lethal.  Your doctor and pharmascist should advise you of that and also you should read the pamphlets that the pharmascist gives you with your medication.  People ask questions.  There is nothing more stupid than to talk to your pharmacist or doctor about side effects, contributing factors like alcohol or what you can or can&#8217;t take with certain medications.  If any you know, Tylenol is the best pain reliever you can take when being on Zoloft, if you take aspirin based medications or any ibuprofen, it could cause bleeding internally.  How I know this?  I asked my pharmacist!  I wouldn&#8217;t even take Imodium AD without asking my pharmascist first.  Your doctors and pharmascists can only do so much, you have to do some of the work and studying as well.  People you are dealing with your lives and your health.  It must be taken seriously.  If you feel deeply in your gut that some medication is not working or you are having problems or side effects tell your doctor and pharmacist immediately.  Not only could you be saving yourself but the others too who may be going through the same.  If you don&#8217;t like your doctor, get a second opinion.  I have established a great list of doctors to whom I trust, are knowledeable and actually do care.  I know what you mean about feeling like a number to your doctor or dollar signs, that when you get off your butt and find the ones that don&#8217;t look at you like that!  Only we know how we truly feel.  And your health IS NOT A POLITICAL DEBATE!  Thanks for hearing me.  Good Health onto all of you!</p>
<p>Annamaria</p>
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		<title>By: MrP</title>
		<link>http://www.legalnewswatch.com/244/courts-dismiss-six-more-oxycontin-lawsuits/comment-page-1#comment-2078</link>
		<dc:creator>MrP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 07:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You folks who are talking about Oxycontin or slamming it is a better description, are morons.  I bet most of you have never taken it or if were prescribed were abusing it.  This is a fact: If taken as PRESCRIBED by a PHYSICIAN there is NO WAY IN HELL you can become addicted.  You can become DEPENDENT when taken as prescribed because you need it for pain and your body has become accustomed to it. If taken every 10-12 hours regularly as PRESCRIBED it keeps a steady rate of  pain killing medicine in your system. If you are a moron and take it at NON-REGULARY intervals you will have ADDICTION symptoms.  There is NO SUCH THING as a &quot;oxycontin heart attack&quot;  That is so riduculous I wont even go there.  If you are taking &quot;break through&quot; pain medicines you are headed for disaster.  All you are doing is setting your self up for ADDICTION. elevating or rollercoasting the narcotics in your system.  Oxycontin is designed for a CONSTANT RATE of the drug. THIS IS A FACT. If you go up in dosage you go up GRADUALLY just like you lower your does GRADUALLY.  Those of us who are FOLLOWING DOCTORS PRESCRIPTIONS know this.  So stop blowing smoke up our dresses with this moronic stories that are far more fiction than fact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You folks who are talking about Oxycontin or slamming it is a better description, are morons.  I bet most of you have never taken it or if were prescribed were abusing it.  This is a fact: If taken as PRESCRIBED by a PHYSICIAN there is NO WAY IN HELL you can become addicted.  You can become DEPENDENT when taken as prescribed because you need it for pain and your body has become accustomed to it. If taken every 10-12 hours regularly as PRESCRIBED it keeps a steady rate of  pain killing medicine in your system. If you are a moron and take it at NON-REGULARY intervals you will have ADDICTION symptoms.  There is NO SUCH THING as a &#8220;oxycontin heart attack&#8221;  That is so riduculous I wont even go there.  If you are taking &#8220;break through&#8221; pain medicines you are headed for disaster.  All you are doing is setting your self up for ADDICTION. elevating or rollercoasting the narcotics in your system.  Oxycontin is designed for a CONSTANT RATE of the drug. THIS IS A FACT. If you go up in dosage you go up GRADUALLY just like you lower your does GRADUALLY.  Those of us who are FOLLOWING DOCTORS PRESCRIPTIONS know this.  So stop blowing smoke up our dresses with this moronic stories that are far more fiction than fact.</p>
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		<title>By: Brown Akeeshia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brown Akeeshia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good luck to everyone who takes the drug oxycotin. My mother had chronic back pain for 20 years due to an injury in thee military. She started of on mild pain killers then moved on to something stronger over the years. 5 years ago she was started on 40mg of oxycotin. The docters immediately began to increase her dosage. As of last year she was getting 180mg 2x a day. 2 80mg tablets and one 20mg tablet for a total of 360mg a day. Early September of 2004 she was diagnosed with an unexplained liver failure and neuropathy. My family is convinced this was due to the misuse of oxycotin combined with other prescribed medications. She developed many health problems after talking oxycotin.The doctors said she needed a liver transplant or she would die. Even after discovering such serious health problems the docters continued to give her this high dosage of pain medicine. She died on August 10, 2005. Although it is not a proven fact that her death was related to the use of the drug, in my heart that is what I believe. She was only 44 years old, leaving behind a 21, 19, and 11 year old daughter. God be with those that thoughtlessly misuse pain medicines.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good luck to everyone who takes the drug oxycotin. My mother had chronic back pain for 20 years due to an injury in thee military. She started of on mild pain killers then moved on to something stronger over the years. 5 years ago she was started on 40mg of oxycotin. The docters immediately began to increase her dosage. As of last year she was getting 180mg 2x a day. 2 80mg tablets and one 20mg tablet for a total of 360mg a day. Early September of 2004 she was diagnosed with an unexplained liver failure and neuropathy. My family is convinced this was due to the misuse of oxycotin combined with other prescribed medications. She developed many health problems after talking oxycotin.The doctors said she needed a liver transplant or she would die. Even after discovering such serious health problems the docters continued to give her this high dosage of pain medicine. She died on August 10, 2005. Although it is not a proven fact that her death was related to the use of the drug, in my heart that is what I believe. She was only 44 years old, leaving behind a 21, 19, and 11 year old daughter. God be with those that thoughtlessly misuse pain medicines.</p>
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		<title>By: Steph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been taking pain medicine for chronic pain for about 4 years.  The pain is a result of three severe car crashes 10 years ago of which I got no treatment for a felt basically no severe pain.  But I have put on some weight since then among some other slips and falls, one injuring my hip.  I have severe arthritis in my neck, hips, lower back, shoulder.  I have two ruptured disks and one of my ribs is barely touching my spinal cord.  Needless to say some days are not good.  I started with a Darvocet precription (which didn&#039;t help the pain, then Vicodin (which made me anxious, then we tried percocet.  Until 2 weeks ago my script was for 4 10mg tables a day.  But after 3 years my tolerance was sky high and I needed double that to feel relief both mentally and physically.  They are tied together, the less pain I am in the more fun I am, I will ask my husband to go for walks, we&#039;ll be much more active than without of with a lower dose.  I run out of meds about 1/2 through and I have usually 10 days of withdrawl every month.  As you can imagine my mood swings are terrible and I become horribly depressed.  One time recently suicidal.  My husband confronted my stating that I had a problem and needed to get off of the percocets altogether.  He also takes them for chonic pain due to a job injury.  He is 6&#039;4&quot; and 160lbs, he take 3-4 a day with good results.  I am 5&#039;7&quot; and 250lbs needing 6-8 for good results.  He says I take double what he does and that is a problem.  I think it has to do with our height weight difference.  I need more medication because I am quite a bit larger than him.  Is there any truth to that?  This is the first time I have not been able to just walk away from something, and I stuggle with that, I&#039;m just wondering if I can live a narcotic and pain free life.  Currently my doctor is weening me off percocets, I am now taking 7.5 mg loratab 4 a day.  These do actually work pretty well.  Hopefully his ideas for weening and pain management will make things better.  

I&#039;m new to this and someone to talk to that has something to share is welcome.  I&#039;ve learned a lot from just reading some of these posts.

Best Wishes,

Steph</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been taking pain medicine for chronic pain for about 4 years.  The pain is a result of three severe car crashes 10 years ago of which I got no treatment for a felt basically no severe pain.  But I have put on some weight since then among some other slips and falls, one injuring my hip.  I have severe arthritis in my neck, hips, lower back, shoulder.  I have two ruptured disks and one of my ribs is barely touching my spinal cord.  Needless to say some days are not good.  I started with a Darvocet precription (which didn&#8217;t help the pain, then Vicodin (which made me anxious, then we tried percocet.  Until 2 weeks ago my script was for 4 10mg tables a day.  But after 3 years my tolerance was sky high and I needed double that to feel relief both mentally and physically.  They are tied together, the less pain I am in the more fun I am, I will ask my husband to go for walks, we&#8217;ll be much more active than without of with a lower dose.  I run out of meds about 1/2 through and I have usually 10 days of withdrawl every month.  As you can imagine my mood swings are terrible and I become horribly depressed.  One time recently suicidal.  My husband confronted my stating that I had a problem and needed to get off of the percocets altogether.  He also takes them for chonic pain due to a job injury.  He is 6&#8242;4&#8243; and 160lbs, he take 3-4 a day with good results.  I am 5&#8242;7&#8243; and 250lbs needing 6-8 for good results.  He says I take double what he does and that is a problem.  I think it has to do with our height weight difference.  I need more medication because I am quite a bit larger than him.  Is there any truth to that?  This is the first time I have not been able to just walk away from something, and I stuggle with that, I&#8217;m just wondering if I can live a narcotic and pain free life.  Currently my doctor is weening me off percocets, I am now taking 7.5 mg loratab 4 a day.  These do actually work pretty well.  Hopefully his ideas for weening and pain management will make things better.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m new to this and someone to talk to that has something to share is welcome.  I&#8217;ve learned a lot from just reading some of these posts.</p>
<p>Best Wishes,</p>
<p>Steph</p>
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		<title>By: Don  Meach Jr</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don  Meach Jr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was injured in 1998 at work.In 2000 i was pre scribed oxycontin.It worked great ,i did not feel the pain as bad.I continued to take it all the way to 2005.Then B.W.C decided they did not want to pay for it any more.I had no problem with that.I was redy to get off them.I was never myself when i was on them.In fact my wife left me for a year over them. Well my dr started to ween me off of the oxycontins he lower the dose from 60mg two times a day to 60mg one time a day.the next month he lowered it more.But!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Iwent to the pharmacy and they told me B.W.C would not pay for the script for another 25 days.I called my Dr he did not know anythig about it.I waited the twenty five days the longest twenty five days of my life.I had never detoxed on anything before.I was very close to sticking a gun in my mouth many times.If not for my children i would have.iT WAS A BACK AND FORTH FIGHT EAT A BULLET OR BE HERE TO SEE MY KIDS GROW UP.mY KIDS BARELY WON!!!!!I went back after twenty five days .Now B.W.C wont pay at all.Im still detoxing i go for my dr apt he gets ready to write another script.Says he was not aware of any of this .He starts reading a letter from some B.W.C Dr telling B.W.C its hazardious to abruptly take someone off oxycontin.Point is B.W.C knew it was dangerious to do and did it anyway.Some one needs to stop them from doing that.WEEN PEOPLE OFF THE RIGHT WAY.It allmost killed me i still do not feel right.SEVEN YEARS I TOOK THEM AND THEY STOPED ME IN THE MIDLE OF BEING WEENED WITH OUT DISSCUSSING IT WITH MY DR.this is why people are dyeing .Im very lucky to be here today somebodys looking out for me .As soon as i can find a lawyer who will work with me on a percentage basis .I will be fileing a lawsuit against B.W.C.Someone has to make sure they ween people off oxycontin the right way.They can not be allowed to abroptly stop someone being weened by a dr like they did me.I or my family should never have had to go through what we did.And they are going to kill people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was injured in 1998 at work.In 2000 i was pre scribed oxycontin.It worked great ,i did not feel the pain as bad.I continued to take it all the way to 2005.Then B.W.C decided they did not want to pay for it any more.I had no problem with that.I was redy to get off them.I was never myself when i was on them.In fact my wife left me for a year over them. Well my dr started to ween me off of the oxycontins he lower the dose from 60mg two times a day to 60mg one time a day.the next month he lowered it more.But!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Iwent to the pharmacy and they told me B.W.C would not pay for the script for another 25 days.I called my Dr he did not know anythig about it.I waited the twenty five days the longest twenty five days of my life.I had never detoxed on anything before.I was very close to sticking a gun in my mouth many times.If not for my children i would have.iT WAS A BACK AND FORTH FIGHT EAT A BULLET OR BE HERE TO SEE MY KIDS GROW UP.mY KIDS BARELY WON!!!!!I went back after twenty five days .Now B.W.C wont pay at all.Im still detoxing i go for my dr apt he gets ready to write another script.Says he was not aware of any of this .He starts reading a letter from some B.W.C Dr telling B.W.C its hazardious to abruptly take someone off oxycontin.Point is B.W.C knew it was dangerious to do and did it anyway.Some one needs to stop them from doing that.WEEN PEOPLE OFF THE RIGHT WAY.It allmost killed me i still do not feel right.SEVEN YEARS I TOOK THEM AND THEY STOPED ME IN THE MIDLE OF BEING WEENED WITH OUT DISSCUSSING IT WITH MY DR.this is why people are dyeing .Im very lucky to be here today somebodys looking out for me .As soon as i can find a lawyer who will work with me on a percentage basis .I will be fileing a lawsuit against B.W.C.Someone has to make sure they ween people off oxycontin the right way.They can not be allowed to abroptly stop someone being weened by a dr like they did me.I or my family should never have had to go through what we did.And they are going to kill people.</p>
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		<title>By: brian johnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>brian johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 15:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Many high school students in our area includnig my teen-age son are addicted to Oxycontin.

This is a terrible drug.

There is a reason opiates like oxyontin were made illegal to the general public and were tightly controlled.  They destroy lives, families, and cause social havoc.

Companies like Purdue Pharma who makes oxycontin are not unique.  They are just narcotics pushers like any other street drug pusher.  These drug companies are in it for the money and have absolutely no social ethics and no care for the pain of the addictions caused by the drugs they push.  Purdue Pharma knows that their drug is one of the most abused and addicting drugs available and they are doint nothing to control the sale, distribution, or abuse of the narcotic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many high school students in our area includnig my teen-age son are addicted to Oxycontin.</p>
<p>This is a terrible drug.</p>
<p>There is a reason opiates like oxyontin were made illegal to the general public and were tightly controlled.  They destroy lives, families, and cause social havoc.</p>
<p>Companies like Purdue Pharma who makes oxycontin are not unique.  They are just narcotics pushers like any other street drug pusher.  These drug companies are in it for the money and have absolutely no social ethics and no care for the pain of the addictions caused by the drugs they push.  Purdue Pharma knows that their drug is one of the most abused and addicting drugs available and they are doint nothing to control the sale, distribution, or abuse of the narcotic.</p>
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		<title>By: Eileen Queen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eileen Queen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>About five years ago I developed peripheral neuropathy which is a condition of the nerves where the outer covering of the nerves (myelin) disolves leaving the nerves exposed much like an exposed nerve in a tooth. It is called peripheral neuropathy because it usually affects the small, delicate nerves in the hands and feet (the peripheral nerves).  If you&#039;ve ever had teeth hurt because of an exposed nerve, you can imagine perhaps the pain of walking on bare nerves.  My doctors started me on the regular pain killers that work well for inflammation but did nothing for the nerve pain.  I spent a year in bed before my doctors agreed to put me on oxycontin.  With oxycontin I can walk again.  Not a lot but it&#039;s better than nothing.  In the subsequent four years I have taken 30 mg. of oxycontin in the morning and 30 mg. twelve hours later.  I have taken that same amount for four years.  The insurance company wanted me to take 1-40 mg. tablet twice a day instead of 3-10 mg. tablets twice a day because it would be cheaper.  My dr. and I both wrote the insurance company to get that overridden.  Increasing the dosage of an addicting drug to more than I need to save money for the insurance company is what should be made illegal as should removing an effective drug from the market.  Since I am not an addictive personality, I have not felt the need to chew them nor increase my dosage.  That dosage does not always make me comfortable but it does make it possible for me to live a somewhat normal life.  Three years ago it was discovered that I have MS in my spine and that was the underlying cause of my peripheral neuropathy.  Since there&#039;s not a cure for MS, I will probably have to take pain medication the rest of my life.  For non-addictive people with chronic pain, oxycontin is an effective, safe drug. It is neutral on the liver-something that can not be said of many pain killers.  That is a big consideratin for long-term use.  For addictive personalities, however, it is dangerous.  It may well be that more prescribing restrictions or rules should be imposed.  It seems from some of the posts that the prescribing physician was negligent.  Perhaps it is the negligent physicians or the addictive personalities that are dangerous-not the drug itself.  For me it is a lifesaver not a life-taker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About five years ago I developed peripheral neuropathy which is a condition of the nerves where the outer covering of the nerves (myelin) disolves leaving the nerves exposed much like an exposed nerve in a tooth. It is called peripheral neuropathy because it usually affects the small, delicate nerves in the hands and feet (the peripheral nerves).  If you&#8217;ve ever had teeth hurt because of an exposed nerve, you can imagine perhaps the pain of walking on bare nerves.  My doctors started me on the regular pain killers that work well for inflammation but did nothing for the nerve pain.  I spent a year in bed before my doctors agreed to put me on oxycontin.  With oxycontin I can walk again.  Not a lot but it&#8217;s better than nothing.  In the subsequent four years I have taken 30 mg. of oxycontin in the morning and 30 mg. twelve hours later.  I have taken that same amount for four years.  The insurance company wanted me to take 1-40 mg. tablet twice a day instead of 3-10 mg. tablets twice a day because it would be cheaper.  My dr. and I both wrote the insurance company to get that overridden.  Increasing the dosage of an addicting drug to more than I need to save money for the insurance company is what should be made illegal as should removing an effective drug from the market.  Since I am not an addictive personality, I have not felt the need to chew them nor increase my dosage.  That dosage does not always make me comfortable but it does make it possible for me to live a somewhat normal life.  Three years ago it was discovered that I have MS in my spine and that was the underlying cause of my peripheral neuropathy.  Since there&#8217;s not a cure for MS, I will probably have to take pain medication the rest of my life.  For non-addictive people with chronic pain, oxycontin is an effective, safe drug. It is neutral on the liver-something that can not be said of many pain killers.  That is a big consideratin for long-term use.  For addictive personalities, however, it is dangerous.  It may well be that more prescribing restrictions or rules should be imposed.  It seems from some of the posts that the prescribing physician was negligent.  Perhaps it is the negligent physicians or the addictive personalities that are dangerous-not the drug itself.  For me it is a lifesaver not a life-taker.</p>
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		<title>By: Annamaria McDonald</title>
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		<dc:creator>Annamaria McDonald</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi everyone who reads this.  Back on February 22, 2001 I was run over by a car on the highway.  I had a flat tire and a car lost control from a patch of ice and threw my body about 20 feet.  Although I did not sustain any broken bones, my quad muscle on my left leg was severely destroyed and ruptured.  I was close to bleeding to death.  I had surgery to repair what they could but stitching muscle is like stitching marshmallow.  I had to learn how to walk again.  While I was in the hospital and back home bed ridden.  After 2 months after the incident I started therapy to be able to walk and try to stetch the muscle to allow me to bend my leg.  Because of the enormous scar tissue and the retraction of muscle fibers, I oculd not bend my knee.  So then I started 2 and a half years of painful physical therapy.  Now I am 27 years old and at the time I was almost 23.  I was prescribed Oxycontin and Percocet.  In the hospital I was basically comotose.  I knew the pain wasn&#039;t there.  I didn&#039;t feel high or anything like that.  To this day I have chronic pain in my left leg and sometimes my right leg due to the lack of my left leg and carrying the lack of the left leg.  I cannot ever run again or do stairs.  I have chronic tight stiff back muscles that give me back pain and of course the leg pain.  Along with the depression of the whole incident which resulted in me having severe panic attacks and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  I had no problems when I was prescribed Oxycontin and Percocet.  I stopped Oxycontin cold turkey when my medicine ran out and was given Percocet for the pain, then my orthopedic surgeon stopped me on that as well.  I was fine and dealt with the pain.  I didn&#039;t know that I could ask for a pain killer.  I always just went along with the doctor.  I thought he knew what was best.  Then I started realizing my pain was still there and why was I living with it and had no medication for it?  Tylenol didn&#039;t help, that was like candy without the good taste of candy.  It did nothing.  Then I asked my Orthopedic Surgeon for some pain relief and he prescribed me Darvocet.  I took that but quickly realized I was having nausea and stomach pains.  So I stopped taking it.  Then I saw a Physical Medicine doctor who may I add is a real upfront and caring doctor.  I was referred to him from my Physical Therapist.  These were all doctors and therapists who worked in the same Hospital, one of the best in the city.  They had the a facility that attached to the hospital that all different specialties.  So I went to the Physical Medicine doctor.  He said to me, if he can help me function better then he was going to give me Percocet so that I didn&#039;t have to have pain.  The Percocet worked great!  I didn&#039;t get an addiction I was just relieved I didn&#039;t have anymore pain. I also think that Percocet helped me with the depression I faced because the pain reminded me of my almost near death incident. I was blessed to have the opportunity to have this relief!  Well four years later I&#039;m still in pain, and always will be.  I have gained weight because of my lack to do certain activities.  So my doctor is now upset that I not trying to lose the weight gained and that he will not prescribe me Percocet.  So today he said this is my last chance to prove to him that I have the ability to try to make myself feel better and lose weight that should help my pain.  But the pain was just as bad as it was when I was thinner.  So why is my medications flashed in my face and given to me only to lose weight?  I think if I have pain and regardless of my weight I should be given my pain medication.  We all know it&#039;s hard to lose weight.  I am a mother and a wife and I need to be able to function to do my duties and be the best person I can be.  So I only had Percocet this past year a total of 60 pills.  Which is not alot.  I feel like my doctor is afraid of me being addicted to it in the long run.  I had 5mg of Percocet pills and 30 pills a month was not enough to sustain the pain.  So my Physical Medicine Doctor put me on Oxycontin with no Percocet.  I feel like sometimes he puts me in a position that I feel like he&#039;s the superior and I&#039;m just a young girl that he doesn&#039;t want to have on narcotics for the simple fact of the possible addiction.  But I&#039;m not addicted.  If I was I would of gone to him like a maniac for medication.  Instead I dealt and cried about the pain night after night.  I suffered.  I&#039;ve seen other docs who don&#039;t even prescribe Percocet and of course those meds didn&#039;t work.  So today as I bravely entered my Physical Medicine doctor&#039;s office and mind you I brought my mom for moral support.  Again he brought up the weight issue.  And unless I lose weight he will tie his hands behind his back and see me no longer.  He said I have to help myself by losing weight and going back to physical therapy.  He suggested joining a gym but I can&#039;t afford it.  Plus me and my family have neccesities.  And wasting money on a Health Club is a waste.  So he prescribed me Oxycontin, 10mg a 2 times a day every 12 hours.  I&#039;ve been on this stuff before and I think it does nothing.  I feel pain still and I took 1 pill.  I should have instant relief but I don&#039;t.  I&#039;m going to do therapy for a month and try to obtain results and try to get in a frame of mind to lose weight because I don&#039;t want to lose my doctor because I know he has me in his best interest.  But one thing I have a problem with is this.  Just because I am 27 years old does not make me any less priviledged to take a pain reliever.  If the medication that human kind created for people like me in fluctuating to chronic pain.  Why am I subjected to not being an &quot;IDEAL&quot; canidate for pain relief.  I understand these days doctors are being cracked down by the Medical Boards and Government and Medical Licensing Departments including the DEA.  And I know there are far more worse people than me in a lot of pain.  But I don&#039;t think I should be compared to Joe Shmoe in who is more ideal to receive better pain medication.  And I think my weight should not be subjected to whether or not I receive pain relief or not.  But I love my doctor and I know I can meet him half way on this.  But I sometimes feel like a dog trying to be on his best behavior so that his master will give him a treat.  I will read this statement to my doctor because I am honest with him.  He has seen my tears he has seen my laughter so there is nothing to hide.  I don&#039;t want to take Oxycontin.  For the fact that it does have very severe potential risks that out weigh the use of Percocet.  Plus I do have good days where I may not have pain and I don&#039;t need a pain reliever.  But on those days when I am hit like a truck with pain, I want a quick pain reliever.  I don&#039;t want to suffer any longer.  I am not ever going to get over my car accident and that is something I have to deal with.  But that day in my head and the scars my body bear will always remind me of that day.  How could I not?  Certain things were taken away from me, but I am priviledged to have many good things in my life now.  God saved me that day because if I didn&#039;t jump over a gueard rail I would of been crushed between both cars mine and hers.  Also I could of been paralyzed.  But today I can walk and I am greatful.  But I have continuous pain that yes does fluctuate.  I am a paranoid patient about drugs and medication.  They scare me.  I hate Oxycontin, and it doesn&#039;t work for me.  I liked Percocet because it took away the pain, even if it was for a day or two.  But I want to have the control on whether I should take a pain reliever or not.  So what do I do?  I don&#039;t want to try non addictive new drugs, I don&#039;t want to take pain releasing drugs that are scheduled every 12 hours.  My mind is not focused on a time clock.  I think who ever made Percocet is a genius.  And if Oxycontin works for others than great but it doesn&#039;t work for me and I don&#039;t want to increase my dosage.  When I compare the medication explanations for Percocet and Oxycontin, Percocet is safer.  From reading this website, I learn people dying from Oxcontin, I don&#039;t want to die.  I have a 16 month old daughter and a wonderful husband.  If I know deep down inside what is best, then why doesn&#039;t my doctor listen to my point of view.  I know he is frustrated with me, I am frustrated with myself!!!!  So what do I do?  The only thing I can say is this, I want to be viewed as an individual and not compared to others who may be in worse or better conditions than me.  All I know is what I face everday.  I have seen people go through bad mishaps and have it worse than me.  And my prayers go to them.  But what can I say to my doctor that can earn his trust besides show him I can lose weight.  I think the dangers of Oxycontin are far more worse than Percocet.  If doctor&#039;s and pharmaceutical companies are so damn worried about the High as well with the Narcotics then why put them on the market.  Yes there are addictions and yes there are people who become addicted.  I&#039;ve never had an addiction  to anything, maybe besides food but that&#039;s only because I love food.  I&#039;m Italian!  It runs in our blood.  But how can I earn his trust?  I don&#039;t want to go to another doctor, he has seen all that I went through, the good and the bad.  I know what is best for me and I do trust his medical opinion, obviously if I keep going back to him despite me knowing I&#039;m going to get lectured.  But I want the control of whether I take a pain medication pill or not and like I said before with Oxycontin I can&#039;t.  Now from reading this column I hear people have died from this stuff and people going through rehab and having really bad side effects, but I rather march back up to my doctor&#039;s office, give him the pills and say I will not take these.  I know what works best for me and I know what is the best for me to function and how I can be a better person and live in a normal condition for myself and my family.  The most I worry about is my daughter.  I want to feel relieved and function better, so I will try to lose weight but I am desperately afraid that since I have no control of Oxycontin intake, I fear.  I don&#039;t want to go through withdrawls.  People rob people for this stuff.  I don&#039;t want to be subjected to this stuff.  Even though I have taken this medication before, I am more weary now than I was before.  I took medications because doctors told me that&#039;s what I had to do.  But now I want a partial say in what I can do.  I have taken medications that I didn&#039;t need but the doctors told me too.  I was never a pill popping person, I always let the headache run it&#039;s course.  I even let the leg pain run it&#039;s course in my legs and back and cried the whole way through it. I hate when doctor&#039;s tell me that what I think works for me is not taken into consideration.  And if I come to all my doctor&#039;s appointments and I handle myself as a an upstanding citizen then why do I have to suffer?  My conteplation is this.  Should I continue on Oxycontin and wait til I see my doctor and do my best to lose weight and then tell him I want to go back to Percocet.  Or do I subject myself and just go with the flow of things and just stay on it and hope and pray that I don&#039;t die from this medication.  I have Panic Attacks and I seek therapy for them.  I had a rough pregnancy and all through it I had to take Percocet, carrying a baby was not easy on the legs or back.  I had gall bladder disease during prgnancy and as soon as I had our daughter a month later I had to have surgery.  I have had about 5 surgeries in less than 4 years.  I want to have reconstructive surgery on my leg but right now I can&#039;t afford it and I don&#039;t want to fight with the insurance company to tell them it&#039;s necessary.  I don&#039;t need this added stress.  Now with Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx basically being pulled from the market, I am even more terrified of medication and want to stick with what I know and what works.  I have taken all those medications.  I think to myself did they do any damage?  They didn&#039;t work, I barely have muscle in my left leg for the those type of medications to work anyway.  More than half of the muscle from my calf to my thigh doesn&#039;t even work, it&#039;s dead.  This I guess is my confession.  I have to lose weight Doctor H.  I know!  I will.  But can you feel me, can you feel where I am coming from.  Can you see me as an individual casting out the factors of my age and what is worse or better than my condition.  You have my trust, I want you to have trust in me.  What I faced in my life is a big part of me that unfortunately will never be erased my thoughts or body.  The damage is irreversible.  You are my healer not only for pain but for a peace of mind that I can fight this pain.  God is my healer and I use that as part of my strength, but you have been blessed with an outstanding position to help people.  No one can ever take that away from you.  That is why I come to you and not anyone else.  I have tried to go to a different doctor, but there is no connection.  And although you do lecture me and sometimes the conversation is between us is tough and like a tug of war, I owe you like many of the other doctor&#039;s that helped me get through this.  No one can ever match what my team of doctors and therapists have done for me.  I want the control to know what is best and best for my lifestyle.  All I ask of you is to trust me too.  I am scared of this Oxycontin and I have had great results from Percocet.  I know I am young, and if I could take what happened to me away I would.  But I am put in this position and so are you.  And I want to always be your patient and not have to go to someone else.  The first time I saw you, you said to me and to my husband was, if you can help someone function better and do the things they can do with the help of a pain killer then you are all for it.  You never took my age as a consideration.  Yes I am heavier than I was then, I will work on that, this time I promise.  But I want you to help me to function better and with medication I can be a true 27 year old.  Not a 27 year old who doesn&#039;t function because I don&#039;t have the capability of doing things like chores and exercise.  Medication helps me do those things.  If I had one wish it would be that I did not go through this accident and that I would of been a normal physcial and psychological person.  So please help me to be a better functional person.  Thanks everyone for hearing me out and I accept all opinions.  If you have any insight on the ros and cons of Percocet and Oxycontin please let me know.  Thank You!  Annamaria McDonald</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone who reads this.  Back on February 22, 2001 I was run over by a car on the highway.  I had a flat tire and a car lost control from a patch of ice and threw my body about 20 feet.  Although I did not sustain any broken bones, my quad muscle on my left leg was severely destroyed and ruptured.  I was close to bleeding to death.  I had surgery to repair what they could but stitching muscle is like stitching marshmallow.  I had to learn how to walk again.  While I was in the hospital and back home bed ridden.  After 2 months after the incident I started therapy to be able to walk and try to stetch the muscle to allow me to bend my leg.  Because of the enormous scar tissue and the retraction of muscle fibers, I oculd not bend my knee.  So then I started 2 and a half years of painful physical therapy.  Now I am 27 years old and at the time I was almost 23.  I was prescribed Oxycontin and Percocet.  In the hospital I was basically comotose.  I knew the pain wasn&#8217;t there.  I didn&#8217;t feel high or anything like that.  To this day I have chronic pain in my left leg and sometimes my right leg due to the lack of my left leg and carrying the lack of the left leg.  I cannot ever run again or do stairs.  I have chronic tight stiff back muscles that give me back pain and of course the leg pain.  Along with the depression of the whole incident which resulted in me having severe panic attacks and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  I had no problems when I was prescribed Oxycontin and Percocet.  I stopped Oxycontin cold turkey when my medicine ran out and was given Percocet for the pain, then my orthopedic surgeon stopped me on that as well.  I was fine and dealt with the pain.  I didn&#8217;t know that I could ask for a pain killer.  I always just went along with the doctor.  I thought he knew what was best.  Then I started realizing my pain was still there and why was I living with it and had no medication for it?  Tylenol didn&#8217;t help, that was like candy without the good taste of candy.  It did nothing.  Then I asked my Orthopedic Surgeon for some pain relief and he prescribed me Darvocet.  I took that but quickly realized I was having nausea and stomach pains.  So I stopped taking it.  Then I saw a Physical Medicine doctor who may I add is a real upfront and caring doctor.  I was referred to him from my Physical Therapist.  These were all doctors and therapists who worked in the same Hospital, one of the best in the city.  They had the a facility that attached to the hospital that all different specialties.  So I went to the Physical Medicine doctor.  He said to me, if he can help me function better then he was going to give me Percocet so that I didn&#8217;t have to have pain.  The Percocet worked great!  I didn&#8217;t get an addiction I was just relieved I didn&#8217;t have anymore pain. I also think that Percocet helped me with the depression I faced because the pain reminded me of my almost near death incident. I was blessed to have the opportunity to have this relief!  Well four years later I&#8217;m still in pain, and always will be.  I have gained weight because of my lack to do certain activities.  So my doctor is now upset that I not trying to lose the weight gained and that he will not prescribe me Percocet.  So today he said this is my last chance to prove to him that I have the ability to try to make myself feel better and lose weight that should help my pain.  But the pain was just as bad as it was when I was thinner.  So why is my medications flashed in my face and given to me only to lose weight?  I think if I have pain and regardless of my weight I should be given my pain medication.  We all know it&#8217;s hard to lose weight.  I am a mother and a wife and I need to be able to function to do my duties and be the best person I can be.  So I only had Percocet this past year a total of 60 pills.  Which is not alot.  I feel like my doctor is afraid of me being addicted to it in the long run.  I had 5mg of Percocet pills and 30 pills a month was not enough to sustain the pain.  So my Physical Medicine Doctor put me on Oxycontin with no Percocet.  I feel like sometimes he puts me in a position that I feel like he&#8217;s the superior and I&#8217;m just a young girl that he doesn&#8217;t want to have on narcotics for the simple fact of the possible addiction.  But I&#8217;m not addicted.  If I was I would of gone to him like a maniac for medication.  Instead I dealt and cried about the pain night after night.  I suffered.  I&#8217;ve seen other docs who don&#8217;t even prescribe Percocet and of course those meds didn&#8217;t work.  So today as I bravely entered my Physical Medicine doctor&#8217;s office and mind you I brought my mom for moral support.  Again he brought up the weight issue.  And unless I lose weight he will tie his hands behind his back and see me no longer.  He said I have to help myself by losing weight and going back to physical therapy.  He suggested joining a gym but I can&#8217;t afford it.  Plus me and my family have neccesities.  And wasting money on a Health Club is a waste.  So he prescribed me Oxycontin, 10mg a 2 times a day every 12 hours.  I&#8217;ve been on this stuff before and I think it does nothing.  I feel pain still and I took 1 pill.  I should have instant relief but I don&#8217;t.  I&#8217;m going to do therapy for a month and try to obtain results and try to get in a frame of mind to lose weight because I don&#8217;t want to lose my doctor because I know he has me in his best interest.  But one thing I have a problem with is this.  Just because I am 27 years old does not make me any less priviledged to take a pain reliever.  If the medication that human kind created for people like me in fluctuating to chronic pain.  Why am I subjected to not being an &#8220;IDEAL&#8221; canidate for pain relief.  I understand these days doctors are being cracked down by the Medical Boards and Government and Medical Licensing Departments including the DEA.  And I know there are far more worse people than me in a lot of pain.  But I don&#8217;t think I should be compared to Joe Shmoe in who is more ideal to receive better pain medication.  And I think my weight should not be subjected to whether or not I receive pain relief or not.  But I love my doctor and I know I can meet him half way on this.  But I sometimes feel like a dog trying to be on his best behavior so that his master will give him a treat.  I will read this statement to my doctor because I am honest with him.  He has seen my tears he has seen my laughter so there is nothing to hide.  I don&#8217;t want to take Oxycontin.  For the fact that it does have very severe potential risks that out weigh the use of Percocet.  Plus I do have good days where I may not have pain and I don&#8217;t need a pain reliever.  But on those days when I am hit like a truck with pain, I want a quick pain reliever.  I don&#8217;t want to suffer any longer.  I am not ever going to get over my car accident and that is something I have to deal with.  But that day in my head and the scars my body bear will always remind me of that day.  How could I not?  Certain things were taken away from me, but I am priviledged to have many good things in my life now.  God saved me that day because if I didn&#8217;t jump over a gueard rail I would of been crushed between both cars mine and hers.  Also I could of been paralyzed.  But today I can walk and I am greatful.  But I have continuous pain that yes does fluctuate.  I am a paranoid patient about drugs and medication.  They scare me.  I hate Oxycontin, and it doesn&#8217;t work for me.  I liked Percocet because it took away the pain, even if it was for a day or two.  But I want to have the control on whether I should take a pain reliever or not.  So what do I do?  I don&#8217;t want to try non addictive new drugs, I don&#8217;t want to take pain releasing drugs that are scheduled every 12 hours.  My mind is not focused on a time clock.  I think who ever made Percocet is a genius.  And if Oxycontin works for others than great but it doesn&#8217;t work for me and I don&#8217;t want to increase my dosage.  When I compare the medication explanations for Percocet and Oxycontin, Percocet is safer.  From reading this website, I learn people dying from Oxcontin, I don&#8217;t want to die.  I have a 16 month old daughter and a wonderful husband.  If I know deep down inside what is best, then why doesn&#8217;t my doctor listen to my point of view.  I know he is frustrated with me, I am frustrated with myself!!!!  So what do I do?  The only thing I can say is this, I want to be viewed as an individual and not compared to others who may be in worse or better conditions than me.  All I know is what I face everday.  I have seen people go through bad mishaps and have it worse than me.  And my prayers go to them.  But what can I say to my doctor that can earn his trust besides show him I can lose weight.  I think the dangers of Oxycontin are far more worse than Percocet.  If doctor&#8217;s and pharmaceutical companies are so damn worried about the High as well with the Narcotics then why put them on the market.  Yes there are addictions and yes there are people who become addicted.  I&#8217;ve never had an addiction  to anything, maybe besides food but that&#8217;s only because I love food.  I&#8217;m Italian!  It runs in our blood.  But how can I earn his trust?  I don&#8217;t want to go to another doctor, he has seen all that I went through, the good and the bad.  I know what is best for me and I do trust his medical opinion, obviously if I keep going back to him despite me knowing I&#8217;m going to get lectured.  But I want the control of whether I take a pain medication pill or not and like I said before with Oxycontin I can&#8217;t.  Now from reading this column I hear people have died from this stuff and people going through rehab and having really bad side effects, but I rather march back up to my doctor&#8217;s office, give him the pills and say I will not take these.  I know what works best for me and I know what is the best for me to function and how I can be a better person and live in a normal condition for myself and my family.  The most I worry about is my daughter.  I want to feel relieved and function better, so I will try to lose weight but I am desperately afraid that since I have no control of Oxycontin intake, I fear.  I don&#8217;t want to go through withdrawls.  People rob people for this stuff.  I don&#8217;t want to be subjected to this stuff.  Even though I have taken this medication before, I am more weary now than I was before.  I took medications because doctors told me that&#8217;s what I had to do.  But now I want a partial say in what I can do.  I have taken medications that I didn&#8217;t need but the doctors told me too.  I was never a pill popping person, I always let the headache run it&#8217;s course.  I even let the leg pain run it&#8217;s course in my legs and back and cried the whole way through it. I hate when doctor&#8217;s tell me that what I think works for me is not taken into consideration.  And if I come to all my doctor&#8217;s appointments and I handle myself as a an upstanding citizen then why do I have to suffer?  My conteplation is this.  Should I continue on Oxycontin and wait til I see my doctor and do my best to lose weight and then tell him I want to go back to Percocet.  Or do I subject myself and just go with the flow of things and just stay on it and hope and pray that I don&#8217;t die from this medication.  I have Panic Attacks and I seek therapy for them.  I had a rough pregnancy and all through it I had to take Percocet, carrying a baby was not easy on the legs or back.  I had gall bladder disease during prgnancy and as soon as I had our daughter a month later I had to have surgery.  I have had about 5 surgeries in less than 4 years.  I want to have reconstructive surgery on my leg but right now I can&#8217;t afford it and I don&#8217;t want to fight with the insurance company to tell them it&#8217;s necessary.  I don&#8217;t need this added stress.  Now with Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx basically being pulled from the market, I am even more terrified of medication and want to stick with what I know and what works.  I have taken all those medications.  I think to myself did they do any damage?  They didn&#8217;t work, I barely have muscle in my left leg for the those type of medications to work anyway.  More than half of the muscle from my calf to my thigh doesn&#8217;t even work, it&#8217;s dead.  This I guess is my confession.  I have to lose weight Doctor H.  I know!  I will.  But can you feel me, can you feel where I am coming from.  Can you see me as an individual casting out the factors of my age and what is worse or better than my condition.  You have my trust, I want you to have trust in me.  What I faced in my life is a big part of me that unfortunately will never be erased my thoughts or body.  The damage is irreversible.  You are my healer not only for pain but for a peace of mind that I can fight this pain.  God is my healer and I use that as part of my strength, but you have been blessed with an outstanding position to help people.  No one can ever take that away from you.  That is why I come to you and not anyone else.  I have tried to go to a different doctor, but there is no connection.  And although you do lecture me and sometimes the conversation is between us is tough and like a tug of war, I owe you like many of the other doctor&#8217;s that helped me get through this.  No one can ever match what my team of doctors and therapists have done for me.  I want the control to know what is best and best for my lifestyle.  All I ask of you is to trust me too.  I am scared of this Oxycontin and I have had great results from Percocet.  I know I am young, and if I could take what happened to me away I would.  But I am put in this position and so are you.  And I want to always be your patient and not have to go to someone else.  The first time I saw you, you said to me and to my husband was, if you can help someone function better and do the things they can do with the help of a pain killer then you are all for it.  You never took my age as a consideration.  Yes I am heavier than I was then, I will work on that, this time I promise.  But I want you to help me to function better and with medication I can be a true 27 year old.  Not a 27 year old who doesn&#8217;t function because I don&#8217;t have the capability of doing things like chores and exercise.  Medication helps me do those things.  If I had one wish it would be that I did not go through this accident and that I would of been a normal physcial and psychological person.  So please help me to be a better functional person.  Thanks everyone for hearing me out and I accept all opinions.  If you have any insight on the ros and cons of Percocet and Oxycontin please let me know.  Thank You!  Annamaria McDonald</p>
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		<title>By: ashlea flodell</title>
		<link>http://www.legalnewswatch.com/244/courts-dismiss-six-more-oxycontin-lawsuits/comment-page-1#comment-2071</link>
		<dc:creator>ashlea flodell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just had my dad die two years ago of unknown cause and recently with this whole thing on oxy we have found out that he was on it and it caused him to be very depressed and he was not himself so I went and got his med records and it is proven that it was this oxycontin that killed him, but I dont know how to go about to ask questions about what I should do. If anyone knows any answers PLEASE email me as soon as possible!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just had my dad die two years ago of unknown cause and recently with this whole thing on oxy we have found out that he was on it and it caused him to be very depressed and he was not himself so I went and got his med records and it is proven that it was this oxycontin that killed him, but I dont know how to go about to ask questions about what I should do. If anyone knows any answers PLEASE email me as soon as possible!</p>
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		<title>By: patti</title>
		<link>http://www.legalnewswatch.com/244/courts-dismiss-six-more-oxycontin-lawsuits/comment-page-1#comment-2070</link>
		<dc:creator>patti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I HAVE A VERY CLOSE AND LOVED ONE THAT IS ON A HIGH DOSE {FOR YEARS!] OF OXYCOTIN. SHE/HE TAKES 5 TABS A DAY OF 80MG TABS!

SHE/HE SEVEAL MONTHS BACK THIS LAST YEAR GOT VERY ILL, C/O WERE HANDS AND FEET THAT FELT THEY WERE EMPLODING. IN AND OUT OF HOSPITALS AND ONE HOSPITAL EVEN LABELING THIS VERY GENTLE AND NICE PERSON WITH NOT HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH...YET SHE/HE WAS RESTRAINED WITH LOCK AND KEY HARNESSES TO THE BED IN THE HOSPITAL AND ABUSED SO BADLY THAT NOW SHE/HE WILL NEVER RETURN TO ANTOHER HOSPITAL. SHE/HE WAS THEN HELD AGAINST THIER WILL/THE HOSPITAL FAILED TO NOTIFY ME BEING THE MEDICAL GUARDIAN AND WHEN I WENT THERE I WAS HELD BACK BY SECURITY GUARDS.....ALL 6 OF THEM ATTACKING ME AT ONCE AS I YELLED FOR HELP AND TO GET THIS PERSON FROM THE ABUSE. 

THE DOCTORS HAD SET SHE/HE INTO WITHDRAWLS AND THEN GAVE A HEAVIER DOSE OF THIS MED THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE, AND ON TOP OF IT THEY GAVE THEM TWO MEDS THEY ARE HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO.

THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO SEND THIS PERSON A BILL, AND LABEL THEM &#039;ADDICT&#039;.

HOW SAD THIS PERSON IS, AND ALL BECAUSE OF A REAL PAIN THAT CANNOT BE FIXED MEDICALLY.

SHE/HE IS NOT IN BED 7 DAYS A WEEK, CANNOT WALK WITH OUT PROBLEMS AS SHE/HE CLAIMS THE FEET HURT SO BAD AS DOES THE HANDS/HEART PUMPS FASTER THEN SHOULD/CANNOT EAT/MISSES A DOSE BY EVEN AN HOUR AND VOMITING/SOMETIMES VOMITING NOT MISSING DOES OF THE OXYCOTIN!

SHE/HE SWEARS THEY FEEL &#039;POISONED&#039;

THE PCP SUGGESTED HIGHER DOES SEVERAL TIMES, THERE IS NO EXAMS WHEN THE PCP GIVES THIS MED TO THE PT/BESIDES BP/P

AND WEIGHT!

OXYCOTIN IS KILLING PEOPLE YES!

EVEN ONES THAT TAKE AS DIRECTED AND DOES NOT ABUSE THIS DRUG.

AND TO GET OFF......GOOD LUCK.....NO INSURANCE YOU ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE.

HOSPITALS WILL LOCK YOU UP ON THE MENTAL WARD THEN YOU CAN BE ABUSED BY THE SYSTEM EVEN MORE.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR REFIEF FOR PAIN, NOT A DEATH SENTENCE.

FOR THOSE THAT ABUSE THIS DRUG TO GET HIGH........HIGH YOU WILL GET AND YOU JUST SIGNED YOUR OWN DEATH SENTENCE!

FOOLS!

READ THE LABELS AND TAKE AS DIRECTED? SHE/HE DID/STILL DOES.

AMAZING WHAT GREED OF THE MIGHTY DOLLAR WILL DO TO HUMANS.

SHAME ON THE MANUFACTURE&#039;S OF THIS DRUG FOR NOT LISTENING TO THOSE THAT NEED HELP.

PURDUE..AND OTHERS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY ALL MEDICAL COST PLUS TO DETOX THESE PATIENTS. AND BEWARE DOCTORS OUT THERE....YOU ARE NEXT TO BE BLAMED BY THESE COMPANIES.

WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED IT FAST BEFORE ANOTHER DEATH COMES FROM THIS DRUG.

ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE THAT HAS HAD PAIN IN FEET AND HANDS, MENTAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS DRUG.....

REMEMBER TOXIC POISONING GOES TO THE FEET AND HANDS!

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE THAT HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN ALONG WITH THIER OTHER HORRID SYMPTOMS.

THANK YOU</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I HAVE A VERY CLOSE AND LOVED ONE THAT IS ON A HIGH DOSE {FOR YEARS!] OF OXYCOTIN. SHE/HE TAKES 5 TABS A DAY OF 80MG TABS!</p>
<p>SHE/HE SEVEAL MONTHS BACK THIS LAST YEAR GOT VERY ILL, C/O WERE HANDS AND FEET THAT FELT THEY WERE EMPLODING. IN AND OUT OF HOSPITALS AND ONE HOSPITAL EVEN LABELING THIS VERY GENTLE AND NICE PERSON WITH NOT HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH&#8230;YET SHE/HE WAS RESTRAINED WITH LOCK AND KEY HARNESSES TO THE BED IN THE HOSPITAL AND ABUSED SO BADLY THAT NOW SHE/HE WILL NEVER RETURN TO ANTOHER HOSPITAL. SHE/HE WAS THEN HELD AGAINST THIER WILL/THE HOSPITAL FAILED TO NOTIFY ME BEING THE MEDICAL GUARDIAN AND WHEN I WENT THERE I WAS HELD BACK BY SECURITY GUARDS&#8230;..ALL 6 OF THEM ATTACKING ME AT ONCE AS I YELLED FOR HELP AND TO GET THIS PERSON FROM THE ABUSE. </p>
<p>THE DOCTORS HAD SET SHE/HE INTO WITHDRAWLS AND THEN GAVE A HEAVIER DOSE OF THIS MED THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE, AND ON TOP OF IT THEY GAVE THEM TWO MEDS THEY ARE HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO.</p>
<p>THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO SEND THIS PERSON A BILL, AND LABEL THEM &#8216;ADDICT&#8217;.</p>
<p>HOW SAD THIS PERSON IS, AND ALL BECAUSE OF A REAL PAIN THAT CANNOT BE FIXED MEDICALLY.</p>
<p>SHE/HE IS NOT IN BED 7 DAYS A WEEK, CANNOT WALK WITH OUT PROBLEMS AS SHE/HE CLAIMS THE FEET HURT SO BAD AS DOES THE HANDS/HEART PUMPS FASTER THEN SHOULD/CANNOT EAT/MISSES A DOSE BY EVEN AN HOUR AND VOMITING/SOMETIMES VOMITING NOT MISSING DOES OF THE OXYCOTIN!</p>
<p>SHE/HE SWEARS THEY FEEL &#8216;POISONED&#8217;</p>
<p>THE PCP SUGGESTED HIGHER DOES SEVERAL TIMES, THERE IS NO EXAMS WHEN THE PCP GIVES THIS MED TO THE PT/BESIDES BP/P</p>
<p>AND WEIGHT!</p>
<p>OXYCOTIN IS KILLING PEOPLE YES!</p>
<p>EVEN ONES THAT TAKE AS DIRECTED AND DOES NOT ABUSE THIS DRUG.</p>
<p>AND TO GET OFF&#8230;&#8230;GOOD LUCK&#8230;..NO INSURANCE YOU ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE.</p>
<p>HOSPITALS WILL LOCK YOU UP ON THE MENTAL WARD THEN YOU CAN BE ABUSED BY THE SYSTEM EVEN MORE.</p>
<p>WE ARE LOOKING FOR REFIEF FOR PAIN, NOT A DEATH SENTENCE.</p>
<p>FOR THOSE THAT ABUSE THIS DRUG TO GET HIGH&#8230;&#8230;..HIGH YOU WILL GET AND YOU JUST SIGNED YOUR OWN DEATH SENTENCE!</p>
<p>FOOLS!</p>
<p>READ THE LABELS AND TAKE AS DIRECTED? SHE/HE DID/STILL DOES.</p>
<p>AMAZING WHAT GREED OF THE MIGHTY DOLLAR WILL DO TO HUMANS.</p>
<p>SHAME ON THE MANUFACTURE&#8217;S OF THIS DRUG FOR NOT LISTENING TO THOSE THAT NEED HELP.</p>
<p>PURDUE..AND OTHERS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY ALL MEDICAL COST PLUS TO DETOX THESE PATIENTS. AND BEWARE DOCTORS OUT THERE&#8230;.YOU ARE NEXT TO BE BLAMED BY THESE COMPANIES.</p>
<p>WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED IT FAST BEFORE ANOTHER DEATH COMES FROM THIS DRUG.</p>
<p>ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE THAT HAS HAD PAIN IN FEET AND HANDS, MENTAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS DRUG&#8230;..</p>
<p>REMEMBER TOXIC POISONING GOES TO THE FEET AND HANDS!</p>
<p>I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE THAT HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN ALONG WITH THIER OTHER HORRID SYMPTOMS.</p>
<p>THANK YOU</p>
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