thoughts on prescription painkiller use
 

inspired by eldiablos most harmful drugs poll, what does everyone think about drugs like vicodin and oxycontin methadone and darvocets, and other presciption medications which are abused for fun. oxycontin seems like it is very addictive, as i have friends who regularly crush it up and rail it like cocaine. vicodin and other hydrocodone derivitives (spelling?) on the other hand seem like great painkillers and are fun to take :P what do u guys think about the subject?

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Never took oxycontin, I have had most of the others in various forms and I like them a lot, and therefore try not to acquire them very often at this point.

I am perfectly happy just to swallow painkillers at this point, in my opinion adults should not crush up and snort anything that wasn't powder already. Just a hangup I guess.

NT

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ZOMG GIMME SOME!!!

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When I cut my finger off, they gave me some kind of painkiller, I turned green, I was so sick to my stomach, I think I had a better time dealing with the pain than feeling like throwing up, so I havve never taken one since.

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I don't use painkillers anymore and I think they are bad news. I use to mix vicodin a lot when I drank which is suppose to destroy your liver. I loved the way it made me feel though but it was dangerously addictive.

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I think they're fantastic!

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I'm taking Vicodin right now for a cracked rib. Taking it as directed really doesn't do much for me -- it takes care of the rib pain, but doesn't otherwise [censored] me up such that I can't function or play poker. Am I missing something?

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I took some 7.5/750 vicodin awhile back after a shoulder surgery. It just made the pain go away and I got tired. When I woke up the pain would be back and I would pop another and go to sleep. This lasted for about a week and eventually the pain was less and I got off the vicodin fairly easily. I was not addicted.

I took codeine for another injury and I was more addicted to that. It did not work as well as vicodin and I had to take more of the pills to get rid of the pain. Eventually I told the doc I was taking about 4 at a time and he switched me to vicodin.

An addicting nonpainkiller is ambien. It is a sleeping pill that really messed me up when I took it. I woke up so refreshed from that. I really miss that feeling of being completely refreshed from sleep.

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I'm taking Vicodin right now for a cracked rib. Taking it as directed really doesn't do much for me -- it takes care of the rib pain, but doesn't otherwise [censored] me up such that I can't function or play poker. Am I missing something?

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They're obviously placeboes. Send them to me and I'll analyze them for you [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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there alot of fun [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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An addicting nonpainkiller is ambien. It is a sleeping pill that really messed me up when I took it. I woke up so refreshed from that. I really miss that feeling of being completely refreshed from sleep.

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Yes, it's a hypnotic and it's absurdly addictive. I have chronic insomnia problems and have had it prescribed a few times, but I am doing my best to naturally resolve the problems with melatonin (it's not going very well).

Ambien (zolpidem) is ridiculously effective, but has a lot of terrible side effects, such as: Sleep nightmares/terrors, sleep walking/talking, severe short-term memory loss, worsening depression/strong feelings, etc. Unfortunately, I am affected by all of them - and that STILL doesn't dissuade me from taking them if I have them.

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When I cut my finger off, they gave me some kind of painkiller, I turned green, I was so sick to my stomach, I think I had a better time dealing with the pain than feeling like throwing up, so I havve never taken one since.

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i had knee surgery last week, and the pain from the headache and stomach cramps (caused by the percoset) was way worse than the knee pain, so i just stopped taking them

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I'm taking Vicodin right now for a cracked rib. Taking it as directed really doesn't do much for me -- it takes care of the rib pain, but doesn't otherwise [censored] me up such that I can't function or play poker. Am I missing something?

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They're obviously placeboes. Send them to me and I'll analyze them for you [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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LOL. OK, will do. Are you still located at 2345 Crackhead Blvd. in LOL Donkament, CA?

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I used to have a connection back in high school for prescription morphine. I remember popping them in my senior english class with a couple friends, needless to say that was the best class I ever had. To those who don't know about the wonderful effects, it left me in a dreamy, distorted state where I just thought happy thoughts for hours. Morphine does make you itch like crazy though.

I never really got addicted either, as soon as my supply ran dry I just gave it up. I didn't go out looking for it, although maybe I should have [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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I'm taking Vicodin right now for a cracked rib. Taking it as directed really doesn't do much for me -- it takes care of the rib pain, but doesn't otherwise [censored] me up such that I can't function or play poker. Am I missing something?

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They're obviously placeboes. Send them to me and I'll analyze them for you [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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LOL. OK, will do. Are you still located at 2345 Crackhead Blvd. in LOL Donkament, CA?

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Don't be getting my hopes up like that.

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Painkillers are my best friend.

(the truth of this statement is depressing)

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I take Hydromorphone HCL (aka Dilaudid) almost daily for a neck condition. I tried the other stuff (oxy, percs, etc) but found they didnt work as well and clouded my head a bit. This stuff is the nuts for pain and it still lets me think clearly. It doesn't really get me high or anything but it's prolly cause I'm used to it but the time I was in the hospital and they gave it to me via IV I was on my ass.

Also it won't show up on a normal opiate drug test so you won't run into trouble with work, etc.

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An addicting nonpainkiller is ambien. It is a sleeping pill that really messed me up when I took it. I woke up so refreshed from that. I really miss that feeling of being completely refreshed from sleep.

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Yes, it's a hypnotic and it's absurdly addictive. I have chronic insomnia problems and have had it prescribed a few times, but I am doing my best to naturally resolve the problems with melatonin (it's not going very well).

Ambien (zolpidem) is ridiculously effective, but has a lot of terrible side effects, such as: Sleep nightmares/terrors, sleep walking/talking, severe short-term memory loss, worsening depression/strong feelings, etc. Unfortunately, I am affected by all of them - and that STILL doesn't dissuade me from taking them if I have them.

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I have had trouble sleeping my entire life. I started taking Rozerem a couple weeks ago and its been amazing. I still spend an hour trying to knock out, but I sleep six or seven hours without waking up. Before this I would wake up every hour at the very minimum. It doesn't seem to work wonders for everyone, but I'd suggest checking it out.

I guess posting this at two doesn't add to my credibility.