Percocet long term use
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Get involved in closed meetings, talk about your addiction. Work the Steps. Get a Sponsor, with long term sobriety. Get their number and call them before you use. Join the ranks of the living. God Bless you. I hope it is your time to get clean and sober. I've got over 13 years now, and don't miss all my drugs or alcohol one bit. You can do this too!!! Freedom has always been worth fighting for!!!
That being said it sounds like you need them for pain, take them responsibly and speak with your doctor about long term use and have him explain dependency so you really understand. Opiates are life saving and necessary for some people, people just do not always educate themselves on what drugs they take and what the long term effects can be.
You will not stop breathing overnight by taking 1 percocet as prescribed by a doctor.
Hope you feel better.
After 5-10 days of steady use you can get dependent. The term dependent is not the same as addict. Why don't you try tapering down so you have minimal WD's...then you can try a couple of months without the pain meds. This way you can truly evaluate your level of pain. Without the haze of opiates. Sometimes pain isn't a bad thing-it lets you know that you need to be aware of what you are doing. Like I said-the opiates will make your pain threshold much lower.
Bobby,
I don't understand your question. Are you in pain? If you are looking for recreational perscription drugs you have come to the wrong place. If you suffer from chronic pain you need to discuss this with your physician.
Do you know how to check your state of hydration by pinching the skin web between thumb and forefinger? Ask your Doc to teach you if you are on good
And at some point, they just quit working except to keep you out of withdraw. In fact, long term users develop a condition called hypermalgia (spelling?). The long term use makes our brains quit putting out natural pain killers and the opiate tolerance has made us develop even more pain to get us to take more meds. Once we have crossed that line it becomes and obsessive compulsive disorder of addiction where all we think about is taking and getting more.
Subs have the longest half life of all opiates, hence the length of time it took for the symptoms to become acute. With long term use it is recommended to taper slowly and allow your body to adjust as you go. Withdrawals can last for months. It sounds like your doctor didn't know what he was doing or didn't care, not uncommon. If I had to work and act normal I would taper. I bought a pill cuter at my local drug store and take a little less every four days.
Hey guys,
I was reading all the comments while browsing for an answer on long term effects on my kidneys from using hydrocodone and oxycontin. Does anybody know? Also, my dr. wants to get me off the pills, I've been taking them for 4 years. She wants to put me on a patch called Duragesic. I don't know if I can handle being off the meds, and I'm kinda scared. Has anybody tried it? How much weight will I gain when I come off the pills? Thanks. I'm so glad I found this site.
HEY EVERYBODY
How come no-one's talking about "LONG TERM EFFECTS" and how it AFFECTS you? (lol)
THIS FORUM SAYS "LONG TERM EFFECTS" at the top.
I wanna talk about long term effects, but it seems like everyone
who succesfuly stops, ALSO STOPS COMING TO THIS WEB SITE!
I'm guessing that this is the case because this "long term" forum
seems to be full of people that are talking about being on their
3rd to 30th day of detox.
Have you tried fiorect or something of the like? That is what I use while pg for my migranes. As far as the percocet, you really need to watch that. I have a bad back, bad enough to get me out of nursing after the injury. While pg, I tend to "throw" it out worse due to the excess weight and looser joints. I was given the okay for percocet only after entering my third trimester and only for short term use. I would see if you could scale back on it.
First of all, what are the actual dangers of long term percocet use? I mean i know its bad....and I especially know that the tylenol is bad. But are there any references that people could direct me to for this? I'm read that the maximum daily dose for tylenol is 3-4thousand mgs? I know that it is bad, but I guess I want some concrete data/info to hopefully scare me into getting sober.
Also I have read many others stories on here too but I guess I do wonder about life after percocet.
Hello Ozworks:
Other than dependance to the drug, lond term use can lead to poor concentration or memory loss. Some Doctors believe that increased muscle & joint pain is a direct result from long term use. Also, tooth decay and aging skin have been noted in long term use of opiates. Other than that, I don't know of anything else that I have heard of.
Suboxone can be very useful and damaging to others. Depends on your use and DOC. How much and how long have you been abusing percocet? Methadone is like suboxone in terms of help with witthdrawl but is also addicting and used for pain so that would be something to think about also. Only a doctor can tell you wich route would be best. I wouldn contact a suboxone doctor, the methadone clinic, your primary and think long and hard before makin any decison to go on any other med.
Although some of us are holier than thou and can endure extreme amounts of pain and take on the term of martyr during pregnancy...however, some of us cannot. Not all of us that use "lose the desire". I get extremely annoyed when people say your supposed to suffer throughout an entire pregnancy. Please do not take this as a go ahead to abuse percocet during pregnancy. No one knows the risks of taking anything during pregnancy.
Vicodin and oxycontin are not good drugs for long term pain because as your tolerance rises so does your use. For long term pain, my pain doc has me on Fentynal patches and immediate release morphine sulfate. I have been on them now for about 4 years without upping dosage. Younger pain docs are best as this has only been a speciality for 20 some years.
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