I 1st ruptured the disks about 15 years ago and spent a week in the hospital, did rehab for 6 months, got steroid injections and the whole 9 yards. It helped to the point of being able to move around and function but there was a high level of pain daily. I just learned to live with it. The disks never healed properly but i refused to let them cut me.
Fast forward to about 2 years ago and i re-ruptured them again. I went to physical therapy, tried 3 rounds of steroid injections and got nowhere. I started onto lortabs at 5mgx4 and all that did was take the edge off the pain. I move to 7.5mgx4 and that helped a lot, but it still didn't completely take away the pain. I got a referral from my primary physician to see a pain specialist. He upped me to 10mgx4 and started doing Faucet blocks. Those nerve blocks are frickin awesome - but they only last about 30 days and he won't give them more than 4/year so I keep on the lortabs.
I feel for you if you've got 3 of them. I though 2 were bad enough.
Ya seeing that someone did 1100MG a day and is still alive to tell about it is amazing to say the least. Appreciate everyones words and advice. Weaning is the best method followed by a week or two of subox should do the trick. I'm already down to 40mg a day and doing just fine with that. Probably work my way down to 20 for the rest of the week. Hopefully by this time next week a lot of this shit will have worked its way out of my system
Thanks for sharing this. The timing is ironic.
I have a rather modest pill habit myself and decided today to come off them.
I mostly take Tramadol which is a pretty tame pain killer. But I take 4 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon.
I also take 5-15 mg. of percoset or vicodin a day.
My doctor is most concerned with the Tramadol because, combined with my anti-depressants, it poses a significant seizure risk.
It all started with a severe back problem 10 weeks ago. I've been taking pills since then.
I'll taper but I'm not quite sure what to expect in terms of withdrawal.
Anyone have experience with tramadol?
I have a rather modest pill habit myself and decided today to come off them.
I mostly take Tramadol which is a pretty tame pain killer. But I take 4 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon.
I also take 5-15 mg. of percoset or vicodin a day.
My doctor is most concerned with the Tramadol because, combined with my anti-depressants, it poses a significant seizure risk.
It all started with a severe back problem 10 weeks ago. I've been taking pills since then.
I'll taper but I'm not quite sure what to expect in terms of withdrawal.
Anyone have experience with tramadol?
I have so much pain down my right leg there are days I wish I didn't have a leg. I get the shot Thursday so we'll see how that goes. A doc called me last week and told me he writes for the Journal of American Medicine on this topic and he said he thinks he can help me. I just want to be healthy again. I can't run or lift weights and it's driving me insane.
seriousaddiction,first of all it takes a lot of balls to post this on the internet..i drank every day of my life from the time i was 15 til i turned 42...couldnt or wouldnt get off the booze by myself so joined aa and the rest is history..in my experience, group therapy worked when nothin else would...after i'd been sober 3 years i used the patch and quit smokin using the basic principles of aa..... honestly never dreamed that i'd be clean and sober annnd a non smoker.. cant put into words the freedom that i feel.....if your way aint workin,try somethin else...aa,na,church,whatever..it'll be worth it......just remember that we're all in this togther and old hognuts is pullin for ye......'keep the continue'
How much were people paying for Oxycontin on the street? I was curious as to the different regions.
I know quite a few, in fact several years ago, it was selling for a dollar a milligram. I haven't heard of prices like that in a while
Has anyone tried buying prescriptions online? Not just painrelated but I was wondering about some of the Acid Reflux medicine. I remember reading you can get them in Thailand for very cheap
I have terrible allergies and the only thing I use is nasonex.. I refuse to take Allegra as I have heard it can actually make things worse
I know quite a few, in fact several years ago, it was selling for a dollar a milligram. I haven't heard of prices like that in a while
Has anyone tried buying prescriptions online? Not just painrelated but I was wondering about some of the Acid Reflux medicine. I remember reading you can get them in Thailand for very cheap
I have terrible allergies and the only thing I use is nasonex.. I refuse to take Allegra as I have heard it can actually make things worse
$45-$50 for an 80; I haven't seen anything less than that in a while and I have never seen anything more than that. If you go down to the corners in North Philly it is pretty much always $45 whereas in the burbs it is mostly $50. I remember when they first came out I used to get 40's for $5, back before people knew what they had hahahaha.
I've also heard that dollar/mg talk but have never heard anyone actually pay that much. $80 for an 80, fuck all that. I'd just go buy a bundle of H.
in the central new york area the street price has gone up pretty dramatically the past few years. before you could get 80mg oxy contins for $35-40. Now you are lucky if you can find them for $45. avg price is anywhere from $45-60. I guess that's pretty good because in Boston where the drug is rampant you have to pay up to $1/mg, meaning $80 for an 80, which is absolutely ridiculous considering people who use reguarly can do up to 3-6 a day.
