Oxycontin Express

[scooterbug44]

Oh, I totally believe people and docs are abusing this drug - for a fix or profit.

What I find hard to believe (sad commentary) is that Florida has such a huge portion - where are Cali, NY, Georgia, Texas, etc. in the rankings? 85% just seems so high.

 

[Matt J]

Oh, I totally believe people and docs are abusing this drug - for a fix or profit.

What I find hard to believe (sad commentary) is that Florida has such a huge portion - where are Cali, NY, Georgia, Texas, etc. in the rankings? 85% just seems so high.

Collectively they are less than 15%.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

I just wanted to find the number sold in Fl., but it's a big pile to dig through..........

 

[scooterbug44]

It's that 50 docs in FL are writing 85% of national prescriptions I don't believe.

50 writing 85% w/in the state I buy.

But nationwide - Oxycontin is so prevalent I sorta know what it is, so questioning that stat.

 

[Mango]

My cousin lived in Florida and she slipped at work and had to have several back surgeries. She was always in pain and her doctor apparently wrote her prescriptions for this drug, like it was candy, all the time. Even people who normally do not have addictions can easily become addicted to this drug, which was what happened to my cousin and she passed away last year. She won't be around to see her daughter marry and my Aunt cries everyday still around 7 pm, the time she used to call every evening.
So, I believe the 85% number could be accurate and there is good reason for outrage. Perhaps if there was monitoring of this drug, my cousin would still be here. IMHO, this drug should be banned or only dispensed in a hospital environment in extreme cases.

 

[poppy]

Unbelievable. Take the time to watch this at some point. 85% of all oxycontin prescribed in the entire country is prescribed by 50 doctors in Florida.
What is up with that????

And 85% of that 85% is consumed by Rush Limbaugh.

 

[Beach Runner]

My cousin lived in Florida and she slipped at work and had to have several back surgeries. She was always in pain and her doctor apparently wrote her prescriptions for this drug, like it was candy, all the time. Even people who normally do not have addictions can easily become addicted to this drug, which was what happened to my cousin and she passed away last year. She won't be around to see her daughter marry and my Aunt cries everyday still around 7 pm, the time she used to call every evening.
So, I believe the 85% number could be accurate and there is good reason for outrage. Perhaps if there was monitoring of this drug, my cousin would still be here. IMHO, this drug should be banned or only dispensed in a hospital environment in extreme cases.

That's exactly what the ER docs do here in our town. I was in the ER there for food poisoning, and the place was full. Because the "rooms" were only separated by curtains, I could hear everything that was said in the adjacent rooms. EVERY ONE of the patients complained of pain, and they are were prescribed opiates. Heck, at least once daughter went to the ER after hours for the flu, and they gave her hydrocodone. They definitely give pain meds out like candy.

That being said, I have had a terrible toothache for over a week now. A root canal was scheduled for last Thursday. But I was so stressed and in so much pain that my BP went through the roof. It was rescheduled for Monday. Yesterday I started having severe pain, making me dysfunctional. So I've had to be on pain meds for about 10 days just so I can function and not have to cancel my classes.

So, I won't say "no" to pain meds when I'm in this much misery.

 

[Jdarg]

I have it on very good authority (school contact) that kids taking their parents prescription drugs is a problem around here (apparently there are some war chests of prescriptions in some homes)- painkillers, anxiety meds, anything in the medicine cabinet. Parents might want to check their stock of prescriptions and get rid of anything tempting that is not being used. The problem is with kids taking and selling their parents' meds. SoWal isn't the only place with this problem- it is happening all over the country.

 

[30A Skunkape]

I have it on very good authority (school contact) that kids taking their parents prescription drugs is a problem around here (apparently there are some war chests of prescriptions in some homes)- painkillers, anxiety meds, anything in the medicine cabinet. Parents might want to check their stock of prescriptions and get rid of anything tempting that is not being used. The problem is with kids taking and selling their parents' meds. SoWal isn't the only place with this problem- it is happening all over the country.

Do you mean as in fifty and sixty year olds taking their seventy and eighty year old parent's dope, or a younger demographic, because believe me, this goes on too!

I have much more to say about this, but due to the time constraints of having to earn a buck without doling out dope and snake oil, I gotta go!

 

[Jdarg]

Do you mean as in fifty and sixty year olds taking their seventy and eighty year old parent's dope, or a younger demographic, because believe me, this goes on too!

I have much more to say about this, but due to the time constraints of having to earn a buck without doling out dope and snake oil, I gotta go!

Teens. I would love to hear your comments- I probably have opened up a big ol' can of worms, but this concerned me when I heard it the other day. I am not surprised though- so many meds out there.....