Re: Robin, oxycontin withdrawel
From: Sally Grigg (LostCst@mcn.org)
Wed Dec 18 15:17:45 2002
At Tue, 17 Dec 2002, cathy:- wrote:
>
>I have read many different sources and many different experts about the
>effects of the proper long-term use of narcotics for chronic severe
>pain. Every one of these experts has said exactly the same thing: if
>you wean off of the drug slowly enough then you won't experience
>withdrawel. And "slowly enough" depends on the size of the dosage you
>are on, but it is usually somewhere along the lines of a couple of days
>to a couple of weeks.
>
>The experts from the other side are members of this group who have found
>themselves pain-free for some amount of time, and have confirmed that
>they had little trouble weaning off of quite high doses of oxycontin, as
>well as other opiates. As long as they did so sensibly.
>
>If your doctors forced you to quit the oxycontin cold turkey, I sure
>hope they had an excellent reason. And no, the following are NOT good
>reasons: a) the doctor was lazy, b) the doctor doesn't believe
>withdrawel is real, c) the doctor doesn't believe that people deserve
>pain relief, and that withdrawel is the appropriate punishment because
>you got some quality of life back from the narcotics, d) since all
>doctors are perfect, and it is impossible for any procedure to have
>effects that the doctor didn't want, the ARD sufferer is an affront and
>an insult to doctors, and so ARD sufferers ought to be punished whenever
>possible because we make doctors feel bad by having symptoms which prove
>that they are not all-powerful and perfect.
>
>One thing that is for sure... When a surgeon is operating on your
>belly, there is no thing that he/she can do that will prevent you from
>getting adhesions if you are going to get them. (At least nothing that
>can be done in countries where spray gel is not approved, anyway.) But
>the thing that EVERY doctor has completely within his/her power is the
>choice of whether or not to treat you like sh**. We can't hold doctors
>responsible for giving us adhesions (unless the surgery they were doing
>was unnecessary) but we can always hold them responsible for treating us
>competently and correctly.
>
>At Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Robin Duffy wrote:
>>
>>Please be careful with the use of Oxycontin. I just got home from the hospital after withdrawls from the stuff it wasn't fun and will still deal with some of the symptoms. I know the pain is great but, it you can find anyother med but the hards stuff. Biofeedback really does help as I am back on my schedule with that. God Bless and I hope your pain gets better
>
>--
>cathy :-)
>
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Hello, I just wanted to say that no one should be asked to
suffer from going off long-term strong doses of oxycontin
cold turkey, so to speak. But having said that I did get
off them faster than my husband wanted, because without that
agony, I didn't want them. It was easy. Maybe, I'm kidding
myself, but I don't think so. No agony, no desire for strong
opiates. I have a patch on that administers a little opiate
to my system and that pleases everyone. I'm still a mess of
incisions from all the surgeries, but everyday it gets better.
So with great hope for everyone, God Bless You All. Love, Sally