you're in denial
he's addicted
oxycontin is only meant to be used as a very short term pain medication...ie, surgery, serious injury, etc....
there is no reason to restrict hydrocodone like they do.
you are simply wrong...
oxycodone ie highly addictive and has serious, life threatening side effects
Oxycodone
oxycodone hydrochloride tablets have been evaluated in open label clinical trials in patients with cancer and nonmalignant pain. oxycodone hydrochloride tablets are associated with adverse experiences similar to those seen with other opioids.
Serious adverse reactions that may be associated with oxycodone hydrochloride tablets therapy in clinical use are those observed with other opioid analgesics and include: respiratory depression, respiratory arrest, circulatory depression, cardiac arrest, hypotension, and/or shock.
The less severe adverse events seen on initiation of therapy with oxycodone hydrochloride tablets are also typical opioid side effects. These events are dose dependent, and their frequency depends on the clinical setting, the patient's level of opioid tolerance, and host factors specific to the individual. They should be expected and managed as a part of opioid analgesia. The most frequent of these include nausea, constipation, vomiting, headache, and pruritus.
In many cases the frequency of adverse events during initiation of opioid therapy may be minimized by careful individualization of starting dosage, slow titration and the avoidance of large rapid swings in plasma concentration of the opioid. Many of these adverse events will abate as therapy is continued and some degree of tolerance is developed, but others may be expected to remain throughout therapy.
In all patients for whom dosing information was available (n=191) from the open-label and double-blind studies involving oxycodone hydrochloride tablets, the following adverse events were recorded in oxycodone hydrochloride tablets treated patients with an incidence > 3%. In descending order of frequency they were: nausea, constipation, vomiting, headache, pruritus, insomnia, dizziness, asthenia, and somnolence.
The following adverse experiences occurred in less than 3% of patients involved in clinical trials with oxycodone:
Body as a Whole: abdominal pain, accidental injury, allergic reaction, back pain, chills and fever, fever, flu syndrome, infection, neck pain, pain, photosensitivity reaction, and sepsis.
Cardiovascular: deep thrombophlebitis, heart failure, hemorrhage,
hypotension, migraine, palpitation, and tachycardia.
Digestive: anorexia, diarrhea, dyspepsia, dysphagia, gingivitis, glossitis, and nausea and vomiting.
Hemic and Lymphatic: anemia and leukopenia.
Metabolic and Nutritional: edema, gout, hyperglycemia, iron deficiency anemia and peripheral edema.
Musculoskeletal: arthralgia, arthritis, bone pain, myalgia and pathological fracture.
Nervous: agitation, anxiety, confusion, dry mouth, hypertonia, hypesthesia, nervousness, neuralgia, personality disorder, tremor, and vasodilation.
Respiratory: bronchitis, cough increased, dyspnea, epistaxis, laryngismus, lung disorder, pharyngitis, rhinitis, and sinusitis.
Skin and Appendages: herpes simplex, rash, sweating, and urticaria.
Special Senses: amblyopia.
Urogenital: urinary tract infection
staying on oxycodone for anything more than a very short term nececessity is a recipe for a slow death
i have a friend who is an attorney who gets prescription drugs (opiates) from several doctor clients of his....
to look at him, he is the picture of health, but he is totally addicted...he just turned 60, i doubt he will make it past 65 or 70...i've watched him pass out after ingesting drugs to the point that i thought he was going to expire...
if your BF is taking opiates that he gets by purchasing without a doc's prescription in mexico (meaning not under a doctor's care)...he is literally playing with his life....his back pain is fully treatable without using drugs.....it' s not easy and will take some effort on his part,but he can work his way through it and live a healthy life....but forget it if he's taking hydrocodone chronically....the combination of his excess weight and the opiate addiction will destroy him
ultimately, it will kill him |
