oxycontin again....

[Sheila]

Audie,

How horrible! I too am so happy Mr. Audie wasn't working at the time this took place. I feel for everyone that was an innocent bystander to this horrific tragedy.

Making a life change is always difficult. Regardless of the circumstances. I'll keep you both in my thoughts. Hopefully, some good ol' SoWal time will be helpful in making the next step easier to make. Look forward to meeting you both soon. Take care!

 

[Mermaid]

Audie, how very unsettling to be so close to a murder. It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about what could have happened. Thank goodness you are coming up to your SoWal vacation. I know you need the time away more than ever.

I'm confused though about this OxyContin. I know it's a narcotic similar to morphine, but what's the attraction if it's not used for pain? I mean, if you're not in pain, what does it do to you? Why would people steal and place their lives in jeopardy for it? Forgive me for being such a dummy but I honestly don't get it.

 

[audie]

Audie, how very unsettling to be so close to a murder. It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about what could have happened. Thank goodness you are coming up to your SoWal vacation. I know you need the time away more than ever.

I'm confused though about this OxyContin. I know it's a narcotic similar to morphine, but what's the attraction if it's not used for pain? I mean, if you're not in pain, what does it do to you? Why would people steal and place their lives in jeopardy for it? Forgive me for being such a dummy but I honestly don't get it.

it is very very potent, i guess it provides a high for people even those not in pain and it's very addicting. and people who are addicted by it off the streets to avoid going to a dr to get a prescription. it is a very high market item in this area, esp. with richmond being located right smack dab between indy and dayton.

 

[audie]

thank you everyone for your kind thoughts, you are a great bunch of peeps !!

who knows what mr audie will decide - i am staying out of it, because i don't want to influence him and have him blame me if he doesn't like it. i feel like that's a decision he needs to make on his own.

 

[Mermaid]

it is very very potent, i guess it provides a high for people even those not in pain and it's very addicting. and people who are addicted by it off the streets to avoid going to a dr to get a prescription. it is a very high market item in this area, esp. with richmond being located right smack dab between indy and dayton.

That's really sad, to want/need something so bad that you'd ruin your life for it...and others who are innocently involved.

 

[audie]

That's really sad, to want/need something so bad that you'd ruin your life for it...and others who are innocently involved.

that's just i - a few are ruining it for the many who actually need it.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Audie, how very unsettling to be so close to a murder. It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about what could have happened. Thank goodness you are coming up to your SoWal vacation. I know you need the time away more than ever.

I'm confused though about this OxyContin. I know it's a narcotic similar to morphine, but what's the attraction if it's not used for pain? I mean, if you're not in pain, what does it do to you? Why would people steal and place their lives in jeopardy for it? Forgive me for being such a dummy but I honestly don't get it.

Take my caffeine away from me and see how I react. ;-) I am not likely to pull a shotgun on the Starbucks clerk, but addictions are nasty little things that ruin many good people. People will do anything to get their fix. I know several people who are heavily addicted to pot. They don't smoke to get high, they smoke to get through their day. I know only three people who are hooked on Oxycontin, two of which are totally messed up. One recently had a stroke and wouldn't let his daughter take him to the emergency room. He wants to die. One of the other two likes to sample many drugs to get high. Recently he had a heart attack and had to undergo heart surgery to have stints inserted into his heart. This guy is maybe 38. I will refrain from telling the terrible story of the third person I personally know who is hooked on Oxy after having been given scripts for it to make it through back surgery. His is the saddest story of the three. Two of these people were written legit scripts to recovery from surgery, the third just likes to get puddled from drugs. All three of these individuals were extremely successful and driven business people and one still is. The other two, that is a different and sad story of loss, hurt, self-destruction, anger, sorrow, misery, pain and suffering.

 

[audie]

a lot of times i think dr's get so busy they don't pay as close attention to their patients as they should. they just keep giving them prescriptions for oxycontin and other addicting meds to keep the patient happy and quiet. the addicts around here tend to choose these drs. we have also had several cases in the area of the dr's being in with the patients, and they write prescriptions for cash made from the sale of the illicit drugs. i don't know what the answer to all of it is.

 

[Beach Runner]

Some people abuse oxy as a form of entertainment. My daughter has basketball injuries to her back from high school and MIT basketball. Now that Vioxx and Celebrex and Bextra are no longer alternatives (and they never helped her much anyhow), all she has is oxy. I see the insurance claims since we're paying for her health insurance, and she doesn't use as much as her prescription allows. But when she's in pain, it's the only thing that works.

Sorry, Audie, about your husband. It's really sad that pharmacists need security guards to protect them from people who take oxy for thrills.

 

[audie]

Some people abuse oxy as a form of entertainment. My daughter has basketball injuries to her back from high school and MIT basketball. Now that Vioxx and Celebrex and Bextra are no longer alternatives (and they never helped her much anyhow), all she has is oxy. I see the insurance claims since we're paying for her health insurance, and she doesn't use as much as her prescription allows. But when she's in pain, it's the only thing that works.

Sorry, Audie, about your husband. It's really sad that pharmacists need security guards to protect them from people who take oxy for thrills.

that is so true - a lot of kids take some oxy then drink til they pass out, unfortunately some of them don't wake up. like i said, it's a shame that a few people have turned a drug that is very useful for lots of people in chronic debilitating pain into something so bad.

i'm sorry to hear your daughter has back problems - that is certainly no fun. my mom recently quit taking the celebrex for her arthritis because of all the problems with the cox-2 inhibitors.