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Anonymous Coward User ID: 32299721 United States 01/25/2013 11:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is not good for the many people who have chronic pain and those who have surgeries and acute pain from various conditions. I used to get bad migraines, and I used to take percocet (hydrocodone) for them. Thank God I don't get them anymore (I'm old) because they will no longer prescribe that medication. I had a friend who had knee surgery, and they sent him home with vicodin which doesn't really work that well. So now they want to limit vicodin too. This is getting out of hand, yes there are people who abuse medications but there are millions who have valid reasons to take them and they should not be denied pain relief. I suspect this had a lot more to do with control and domination of the population rather than trying to help curb drug abuse. I'm seriously thinking of retiring outside of the US so I can have decent medical care in my old age, but our current government has decided to tax 30% of the money taken out of the US. I do think they want us to suffer. I'm not sure why, but they do. |
tiger1 User ID: 6269153 United States 01/25/2013 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My husband is in terrible pain at times, but cannot get prescriptions needed. He gets a watered down version that does not work, or a small amount of pills for a longer length of time. FTR, he needs a knee replacement(both), and surgery on both shoulders. His left leg swells the worst, even when he does nothing but sit. The left hip was broken in 3 places, and the doctors let it heal that way. He has had several surgeries, but they have all failed or had limited success. Praise God from Whom all Blessings flow !!! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 32299721 United States 01/25/2013 11:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I wonder if they are trying to drive people towards taking herion. Not too long ago on the news they had a segment on heroin, they said it was very cheap now, and small packets that last all day are only $10. I remarked to my friend who saw it too that it was like an ad for heroin. One reason we are in Afganistan is to secure the poppy fields. Also we know our governent is involved in the illegal drug business. Perhaps they want people to buy illegal drugs in order to put money in their pockets, and then arrest those people to make even more money off of the whole thing. It just makes no sense to outlaw vicodin (in essence this is what they want to do) as it's the only legal pain medication left that can be prescribed. |
KoFFee_ (OP) User ID: 1373078 United States 01/25/2013 11:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The danger of Vicodin is that it combines an opioid with acetaminophen. My husband was addicted to Vicodin, big time. He also had a drinking problem. That spelled disaster for him. Eventually, all the drugs and alcohol destroyed his liver, just as I suspected it would. He had no problem getting multiple prescriptions from the doctors in this area. And if he ran out, or couldn't get them from me(I hid his pills on him), he would get them from his friends. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20:24 "This man really is the Savior of the world!" John 4:42 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, " says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:7 |
pi User ID: 20063747 Canada 01/25/2013 11:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The danger of Vicodin is that it combines an opioid with acetaminophen. My husband was addicted to Vicodin, big time. He also had a drinking problem. That spelled disaster for him. Quoting: KoFFee_ Eventually, all the drugs and alcohol destroyed his liver, just as I suspected it would. He had no problem getting multiple prescriptions from the doctors in this area. And if he ran out, or couldn't get them from me(I hid his pills on him), he would get them from his friends. Thanks for pointing that out. Tylenol is the real killer at least half the time. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6524811 United States 01/25/2013 11:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Politicaly and philosphicaly i support free and open access to all substances and compounds by anyone with the resources to aquire them. Having said that, I am a stage III cancer fighter who is not using the western medicine system whatsoever. Including their painkillers. Those things suck. They did nothing for the considerable pain im in 24 hrs a day. The first few days were ok but after that unless i started upping administration intervals and dosing all the time, I couldent get any relief. Just the ghost of a shitty high sometimes. Of course doing just that leads to terrible addiction fast. Not to mention because I am treating this cancer naturally, I cannot afford the daily and constant immunosuppression that comes with Delta and MU opiate receptor agnonists. So instead I take the following but not all substances daily. Some I use to take tolerance breaks from the others. All are legally available online as of tonight. Kratom Yellow Horned Poppy extract Myrrh terpene faction isolates Kavalactone from kava Lactucarium from personally wildcrafted and processed wild lettuce. White willow bark Blue Lotus extract meditation prickly poppy extract american and mexican oriental poppy extract red poppy petal extract curcumin and ginger extracts Holy Basil oil Oil of Oregano Will any of these put you down like sister morphene? No. Can I get by on these instead of 60 mg of Dr prescribed Hydrocodone a day? Yes. In fact I have less pain after switching. Many also have some little investigated anti cancer effects and several are immuno-stimulant so they are an active part of my fight and not two steps back. Hope someone in need sees this. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 32299721 United States 01/25/2013 11:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The danger of Vicodin is that it combines an opioid with acetaminophen. My husband was addicted to Vicodin, big time. He also had a drinking problem. That spelled disaster for him. Quoting: KoFFee_ Eventually, all the drugs and alcohol destroyed his liver, just as I suspected it would. He had no problem getting multiple prescriptions from the doctors in this area. And if he ran out, or couldn't get them from me(I hid his pills on him), he would get them from his friends. One must never drink alcohol when taking vicodin or any opioids that contain acetaminophen. That is indeed deadly for the liver. Lots of people take tylenol then drink, or take it for their hangover. This is very dangerous. I had a friend years ago who took darvocet, which also contained acetaminophen, and liked to drink too much. She died when she was 45, her liver was destroyed. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6524811 United States 01/26/2013 12:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The danger of Vicodin is that it combines an opioid with acetaminophen. My husband was addicted to Vicodin, big time. He also had a drinking problem. That spelled disaster for him. Quoting: KoFFee_ Eventually, all the drugs and alcohol destroyed his liver, just as I suspected it would. He had no problem getting multiple prescriptions from the doctors in this area. And if he ran out, or couldn't get them from me(I hid his pills on him), he would get them from his friends. One must never drink alcohol when taking vicodin or any opioids that contain acetaminophen. That is indeed deadly for the liver. Lots of people take tylenol then drink, or take it for their hangover. This is very dangerous. I had a friend years ago who took darvocet, which also contained acetaminophen, and liked to drink too much. She died when she was 45, her liver was destroyed. yeah acetaminophen is the devil in general, not just for drinkers. the max dose for a day is as damaging as a weakend bender. ill not go back on their pills again but if i had to, i would google how to do a simple cold water extraction to seperate out the tylenol from the opiates and just take the opiates. Hint. |
KoFFee_ (OP) User ID: 1373078 United States 01/26/2013 12:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Politicaly and philosphicaly i support free and open access to all substances and compounds by anyone with the resources to aquire them. Having said that, I am a stage III cancer fighter who is not using the western medicine system whatsoever. Including their painkillers. Those things suck. They did nothing for the considerable pain im in 24 hrs a day. The first few days were ok but after that unless i started upping administration intervals and dosing all the time, I couldent get any relief. Just the ghost of a shitty high sometimes. Of course doing just that leads to terrible addiction fast. Not to mention because I am treating this cancer naturally, I cannot afford the daily and constant immunosuppression that comes with Delta and MU opiate receptor agnonists. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6524811 So instead I take the following but not all substances daily. Some I use to take tolerance breaks from the others. All are legally available online as of tonight. Kratom Yellow Horned Poppy extract Myrrh terpene faction isolates Kavalactone from kava Lactucarium from personally wildcrafted and processed wild lettuce. White willow bark Blue Lotus extract meditation prickly poppy extract american and mexican oriental poppy extract red poppy petal extract curcumin and ginger extracts Holy Basil oil Oil of Oregano Will any of these put you down like sister morphene? No. Can I get by on these instead of 60 mg of Dr prescribed Hydrocodone a day? Yes. In fact I have less pain after switching. Many also have some little investigated anti cancer effects and several are immuno-stimulant so they are an active part of my fight and not two steps back. Hope someone in need sees this. I think this is wonderful and I truly hope that what you are doing restores your health 100%. My husband's addiction to pain-killers caused a lot of friction in our marriage. It's not until he passed away, did I truly understand his pain. The past couple of years, I've been suffering severe migraines, some to the point that I wish the Lord would just take me. Experiencing pain, severe pain, prolonged pain, to the point where you can't function, makes it hard for one to think sensibly--they just want the pain to go away. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20:24 "This man really is the Savior of the world!" John 4:42 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, " says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:7 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6524811 United States 01/26/2013 12:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Politicaly and philosphicaly i support free and open access to all substances and compounds by anyone with the resources to aquire them. Having said that, I am a stage III cancer fighter who is not using the western medicine system whatsoever. Including their painkillers. Those things suck. They did nothing for the considerable pain im in 24 hrs a day. The first few days were ok but after that unless i started upping administration intervals and dosing all the time, I couldent get any relief. Just the ghost of a shitty high sometimes. Of course doing just that leads to terrible addiction fast. Not to mention because I am treating this cancer naturally, I cannot afford the daily and constant immunosuppression that comes with Delta and MU opiate receptor agnonists. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6524811 So instead I take the following but not all substances daily. Some I use to take tolerance breaks from the others. All are legally available online as of tonight. Kratom Yellow Horned Poppy extract Myrrh terpene faction isolates Kavalactone from kava Lactucarium from personally wildcrafted and processed wild lettuce. White willow bark Blue Lotus extract meditation prickly poppy extract american and mexican oriental poppy extract red poppy petal extract curcumin and ginger extracts Holy Basil oil Oil of Oregano Will any of these put you down like sister morphene? No. Can I get by on these instead of 60 mg of Dr prescribed Hydrocodone a day? Yes. In fact I have less pain after switching. Many also have some little investigated anti cancer effects and several are immuno-stimulant so they are an active part of my fight and not two steps back. Hope someone in need sees this. I think this is wonderful and I truly hope that what you are doing restores your health 100%. My husband's addiction to pain-killers caused a lot of friction in our marriage. It's not until he passed away, did I truly understand his pain. The past couple of years, I've been suffering severe migraines, some to the point that I wish the Lord would just take me. Experiencing pain, severe pain, prolonged pain, to the point where you can't function, makes it hard for one to think sensibly--they just want the pain to go away. I know the feeling. vaporizing some of the above can give that needed boost without upping the administration interval or dose as well. like if I normally take 6 grams of kratom extract three times a day, but today is ferocious, i can vaporize some myrrh extract to see me through. I dont claim to be an expert though and obviously my situation is not hospice or major surgical recovery so your milage may vary. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 29051298 United States 01/26/2013 12:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The danger of Vicodin is that it combines an opioid with acetaminophen. My husband was addicted to Vicodin, big time. He also had a drinking problem. That spelled disaster for him. Quoting: KoFFee_ Eventually, all the drugs and alcohol destroyed his liver, just as I suspected it would. He had no problem getting multiple prescriptions from the doctors in this area. And if he ran out, or couldn't get them from me(I hid his pills on him), he would get them from his friends. It's much harder now.I know you're a christian as i am also.Please consider people that suffer with pain.I've been in pain for 19 years and I have to jump through hoops just to survive in this pain.Innocent people should not have to suffer for well meaning paranoid people.Abusers will abuse no matter how hard it is for them,while honest people in real pain will live in hell.Good people will have to answer for what they are doing to their brothers and sisters someday.God sees and knows all .Hurting me to stop someone you can't stop is not fair. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6524811 United States 01/26/2013 12:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | as weak, cheap (in price) and as little as possible. i started out making bali in my esspresso maker (two runs of water) to get that super critical extraction of heat steam and pressure. Sometimes id throw in some kratom resin. when my tolerance went up I went with maeng da. When the oral cancer in my mouth got worse and meant i didnt want to drink tea painfully for 40 mins to dose, I went with 15x thai capped. if your in a continueing pain situation, start small but always buy at the highest wholesale level you can to avoid getting raped. its more money up front but its real savings. Hell stock it for SHTF. Kratom resin is one of the most versatile extracts for a newbie and I would guess has the longest shelf life if fully dried properly. |
KoFFee_ (OP) User ID: 1373078 United States 01/26/2013 12:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The danger of Vicodin is that it combines an opioid with acetaminophen. My husband was addicted to Vicodin, big time. He also had a drinking problem. That spelled disaster for him. Quoting: KoFFee_ Eventually, all the drugs and alcohol destroyed his liver, just as I suspected it would. He had no problem getting multiple prescriptions from the doctors in this area. And if he ran out, or couldn't get them from me(I hid his pills on him), he would get them from his friends. It's much harder now.I know you're a christian as i am also.Please consider people that suffer with pain.I've been in pain for 19 years and I have to jump through hoops just to survive in this pain.Innocent people should not have to suffer for well meaning paranoid people.Abusers will abuse no matter how hard it is for them,while honest people in real pain will live in hell.Good people will have to answer for what they are doing to their brothers and sisters someday.God sees and knows all .Hurting me to stop someone you can't stop is not fair. My husband and I both came to an agreement that it was best I kept his pills and give them to him when needed. I would have to hide them from him, and he was okay with this because he knew he abused them. He always took too many. Eventually he had to take oxycontin because his body built up a tolerance to the vicodin and it wouldn't work any longer to take away the pain. Once the oxycontin became ineffective, he ended up on morphine for the last 4 years of his life. I call morphine the "grim reaper" drug. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20:24 "This man really is the Savior of the world!" John 4:42 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, " says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:7 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6524811 United States 01/26/2013 12:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | as weak, cheap (in price) and as little as possible. i started out making bali in my esspresso maker (two runs of water) to get that super critical extraction of heat steam and pressure. Sometimes id throw in some kratom resin. when my tolerance went up I went with maeng da. When the oral cancer in my mouth got worse and meant i didnt want to drink tea painfully for 40 mins to dose, I went with 15x thai capped. if your in a continueing pain situation, start small but always buy at the highest wholesale level you can to avoid getting raped. its more money up front but its real savings. Hell stock it for SHTF. Kratom resin is one of the most versatile extracts for a newbie and I would guess has the longest shelf life if fully dried properly. also the yellow horned poppy extract (glaucine) and myrrh terpene faction alkaloids are nothing to sneeze at. I also made a very effective crude myrrh full spectrum alkaloid freebase. niether are warm and empathogenic like kratom and opiates, but both blunt pain wonderfully. try meditation if you need to feel euphoric with these. |
jack of all trades User ID: 32003632 United States 01/26/2013 12:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | as weak, cheap (in price) and as little as possible. i started out making bali in my esspresso maker (two runs of water) to get that super critical extraction of heat steam and pressure. Sometimes id throw in some kratom resin. when my tolerance went up I went with maeng da. When the oral cancer in my mouth got worse and meant i didnt want to drink tea painfully for 40 mins to dose, I went with 15x thai capped. if your in a continueing pain situation, start small but always buy at the highest wholesale level you can to avoid getting raped. its more money up front but its real savings. Hell stock it for SHTF. Kratom resin is one of the most versatile extracts for a newbie and I would guess has the longest shelf life if fully dried properly. So are some places better to buy from than others? I've looked up bikuk, deepjunglekratom, ethnobotanicals and kratompro. I've never heard of it and am very interested, but I'm not trying to blow a bunch of money trying to find what's good and what's not. I'm looking for something more on the sedative side. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22439663 United States 01/26/2013 01:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | IMO, which could been viewed as wrong, alcohol needs to have limits imposed. It can do all the damage mentioned in this thread without the painkillers even being a factor. It does so much damage, and not just to the person who drinks it. Many innocent people have died because someone picked up a bottle. Note: if you must drink, then don't mix it with anything. That compounds the problem. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 33010374 United States 01/26/2013 01:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The danger of Vicodin is that it combines an opioid with acetaminophen. My husband was addicted to Vicodin, big time. He also had a drinking problem. That spelled disaster for him. Quoting: KoFFee_ Eventually, all the drugs and alcohol destroyed his liver, just as I suspected it would. He had no problem getting multiple prescriptions from the doctors in this area. And if he ran out, or couldn't get them from me(I hid his pills on him), he would get them from his friends. Thanks for pointing that out. Tylenol is the real killer at least half the time. thanks to both. peace. |
Dr. Lecter User ID: 24275310 United States 01/26/2013 01:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you know... you'd think they'd have figured out by now that banning things just doesn't work. "Moral of the story is I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way. I'll never make that mistake again. ==== ESTJ-a (Executive) 93% Extroverted, 82% Observant, 83% Thinking, 82% Judging,72% Assertive ==== |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 25898128 United States 01/26/2013 02:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know several people with chronic pain and they already have problems getting drugs for their legitimate problems, meanwhile I know addicts who can easily get these drugs. More laws will only harm those who legitimately need the drugs and will only further expand the black market as patients turn to the streets to treat their chronic pain. |
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LahLuna User ID: 24334938 United States 01/26/2013 02:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Politicaly and philosphicaly i support free and open access to all substances and compounds by anyone with the resources to aquire them. Having said that, I am a stage III cancer fighter who is not using the western medicine system whatsoever. Including their painkillers. Those things suck. They did nothing for the considerable pain im in 24 hrs a day. The first few days were ok but after that unless i started upping administration intervals and dosing all the time, I couldent get any relief. Just the ghost of a shitty high sometimes. Of course doing just that leads to terrible addiction fast. Not to mention because I am treating this cancer naturally, I cannot afford the daily and constant immunosuppression that comes with Delta and MU opiate receptor agnonists. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6524811 So instead I take the following but not all substances daily. Some I use to take tolerance breaks from the others. All are legally available online as of tonight. Kratom Yellow Horned Poppy extract Myrrh terpene faction isolates Kavalactone from kava Lactucarium from personally wildcrafted and processed wild lettuce. White willow bark Blue Lotus extract meditation prickly poppy extract american and mexican oriental poppy extract red poppy petal extract curcumin and ginger extracts Holy Basil oil Oil of Oregano Will any of these put you down like sister morphene? No. Can I get by on these instead of 60 mg of Dr prescribed Hydrocodone a day? Yes. In fact I have less pain after switching. Many also have some little investigated anti cancer effects and several are immuno-stimulant so they are an active part of my fight and not two steps back. Hope someone in need sees this. I am in need, I have S/P MS and my mother has stage 4 bone cancer-neither of us has insurance, no money and are both in a really bad spot right now (too long to even go into now, but it's bad). We're living together right now and I am at a loss on how to help her. I am going to pour over this post after resting and hope to be able to gather all of the info asap/ Thank you for your post. Big time. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 33044421 United States 01/26/2013 02:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We're living together right now and I am at a loss on how to help her. I am going to pour over this post after resting and hope to be able to gather all of the info asap/ Thank you for your post. Big time. Quoting: LahLuna The American Cancer Society, your local Senior Center, and the Health Dept. may have resources which can help your mother, as well. It never hurts to ask. Check for free clinics in your area [link to www.nafcclinics.org] |
betty189 User ID: 33006386 United States 01/26/2013 02:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i noticed the people who get the best painkillers like oxycontin have been in car accidents using the no fault inscurance,most i know dont even have serious injury,some back pain,some knee or arm pain,they milk the no fault for years just waiting for their lawsuits to settle,its not fair at all! :) |