Oxycontin.?

Question

I am currently 18 years old, and I am prescribed 80mg Oxycontin tablets. I am to take 1 at 12 am, and 1 at 12pm, this is 160mgs of Oxycodone daily, an extremely LARGE dosage. I take them for a powdered wrist, which resulted from a machinery incident, which means all the bone in my wrist was completely turned to powder. I don't want to take all this medicine, but as you're all probrably aware the pain will make me literally blackout if I don't take medication, and even ON medication it's barely tolerable. Please help!?!

Answer 1

If you need the medication, which you clearly do, there is no shame in taking it. If you are responsible and take the meds exactly as prescribed by your doc, you don't get addicted. You become dependant, which is a much different situation-- addiction is a pattern of behavior, dependance is when your body needs the medication. Diabetics are dependant on insulin but no one calls them junkies. It's the same situation. Chronic pain is a disease that can be as debilitating as cancer, and the medications you take to control your disease are pain medications. There's nothing wrong with that. If your pain isn't under control, talk to your doc. There are medications out there other than Oxycontin like Duragesic, Kadian, Avinza, etc. No one should have to live with pain.

Answer 2

When I was growing my wrists kind of fused themselves due to Juvenile Rheumatoid arthritis. When I was in my early 20's I had to have them surgically fused becasue the arthritis didn't fuse them in a position where they wouldn't hurt. They hurt so bad. During surgery they thought they would take those little wrist bones out and clean the arthritis gunk(for lack of a better word)off of the bones ooops they crumbled, turned to powder. They couldn't put them back in so they fused what was left. I'm 38 now and have had a total of 46 surgeries on hands feet, and leg. My wrists have been hurting really really bad and I know that means more surgeries to help decrease the pain. Well, I'm sick of surgeries, you can see why, so anyway I've been using Lidoderm Lidocaine 5% patches on them with unbelievable relief. It's been working for me. Everyone is different but its worth a try. Lidocaine is like novacaine. These patches have worked on my other joints as well. good luck, talk to yourdoc pammi

Answer 3

Oxycontin, is a time release drug, that works fairly well for pain, but I had a friend who had to take this medication, and she had terminal breast cancer, and was on 960 mg. a day. The Dr. said, anything over 1000mg. a day you will overdose, so what you are taking is ok for now, until they decide what to do with your wrist, bones nerves etc. I get nervous too taking pain meds, and it is good you are concerned. You should ask your Dr. what alternatives you can do for pain management. good luck.

Answer 4

It sounds like you have a low pain threshold which may explain why the strong dosage of the Oxycontin. My suggestion is to consult a Pain Management dr if you haven't already to see what other suggestions they may have that could be of help to your pain.

Answer 5

with an injury like that, you need your pain medication...just be careful and only take it as long as you need to...you might also want to talk to your doctor about a pain management consultation. When you are in severe pain, you cannot function well and you are susceptible to other injuries etc....so you need your medication. good luck

Answer 6

SOUNDS like you take it responsibly, i take it too, i had throat cancer, and due to the radiation treatments my throat was left burned and raw all the time, just don't abuse yoyr meds and I'm sure you will be fine, best of luck, sorry about your wrist, i know all about pain.

Answer 7

Great, just what the world needs...another drug dealing doctor and a soon to be brand new opiate addict!! BRAVO to doctors everywhere...all the pharmaceutical company stockholders love you!! Not to mention all the other people who profit off an addicted populace....Local law enforcement, the DEA, the FBI, hospitals, detox and rehab centers.......keepin' the gravy train movin' along, the A.M.A.!