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I would be very cautious about it quietstormnc. That really is how people get addicted. I have known several folks who had this happen. They sprained a wrist or ankle or had other pain problems and ended up having a really hard time getting off the pain-killers. Happened to my youngest kid's preschool teacher who was a lovely person, but had to quit the job. I also have a relative who was abused prescription pain meds for years after a botched surgery. She was hospitalized multiple times and every time, even though the doctors suspected what was going on, she would deny it and somehow end up with more meds. She's finally clean, now, thank goodness. Opiods scare me way too much to take them unless I am in the hospital or dying. We just took a bunch of expired meds to the police station for collection and I think some unused Vicodin was in there, either from my husband's eye surgery (talk about painful) or my root canal, which also woke me up in the middle of the night.
Thank you for your advice. i have taken hydrocodone three times before for other things and had absolutely no issues. That was three years ago (the last time i took it) and before that, its been ten years. I am not an addict and I do not have addictive habits. And I wouldnt post here about taking hydrocodone if I was heading in that direction. Again, thank you for your advice and I am always cautious when taking medication of any kind.
I hope you didn't take offense. It just freaks me out because I have seen folks I know struggle with addiction to prescription painkillers.
It didnt freak me out at all. I work in the health care industry so I know alot about the problem with opiate addiction. It never really affected me directly till I hurt myself recently and, when I went to Urgent Care, the first words out of their mouth was "we have nothing stronger than tylenol for pain". Then I was told i didnt look like a "drug seeker". It has been an eye opening experience.
Doctors always try to give me opiates for pain. I must look like I won't take them, because... I won't take them.
No kidding. They make me nauseous.
I think the last time I broke down and took some was circa 1998 when I had a really bad toothache that wound up with me needing a root canal, but they could not determine the origin of the pain at first. Even then, I broke those pills in half (it was the lowest dose they made) and took half of one about 3 or 4 times.
That's just me. I really do feel gross with them. I tried to take one after my c-section (like the first day after I got home and was in some pretty bad pain) and I felt so queasy I called my doc to ask for some large ibuprofen and made do with them.
The only time I have ever liked an opiate was when I got morphine injections in the hospital following gallbladder surgery decades ago. They even asked me the day I was about to go home if I wanted my shot that morning and I refused it. I was sitting up all night, eating tapioca and watching reruns of Green Acres and thinking "so... this is how people get hooked on heroin."
Yeah... no thanks.
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In general as long as you take them responsibility you won’t get addicted. It’s when you don’t truly need them and take them that you do. I’ve had multiple surgeries and I can always tell when to stop by when I start to feel stoned. When the pain is severe they just make you feel normal-ish but when the pain lessens you get the high feeling that I guess some people like. For me that’s when I know to try half the dose or switch to ibuprofen/Tylenol. I can also tell by how well I sleep or don’t sleep...if it wakes you up repeatedly and keeps you up it’s jsually time to cave and take the pain med.
Quietstorm, use caution but also don’t suffer if you don’t have to.
Then I was told i didnt look like a "drug seeker". It has been an eye opening experience.
That's a pretty poor attitude on the part of whoever told you that. I'm sure my relative, the middle class mom of three young kids, didn't look like a drug seeker either. She used to work in healthcare, too.
ANYONE can be addicted to pain meds. That's why the problem is so pervasive.
In general as long as you take them responsibility you won’t get addicted. It’s when you don’t truly need them and take them that you do. I’ve had multiple surgeries and I can always tell when to stop by when I start to feel stoned. When the pain is severe they just make you feel normal-ish but when the pain lessens you get the high feeling that I guess some people like. For me that’s when I know to try half the dose or switch to ibuprofen/Tylenol. I can also tell by how well I sleep or don’t sleep...if it wakes you up repeatedly and keeps you up it’s jsually time to cave and take the pain med.
Quietstorm, use caution but also don’t suffer if you don’t have to.
I’ve had issues too, but use them responsibly. You have to know where to draw the line. I half doses as much as possible.
Big trouble with opiates is that they wear out after a while and the patient tries to get more opiates or switch to illegal drugs such as heroin.
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