Posted by shelliR on October 9, 2001, at 23:11:07
In reply to Re: hanging in there » shelliR, posted by Lorraine on October 9, 2001, at 9:36:58
> Shelli:
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> I don't think he understood that I was talking about pain killers and it wasn't important to me, although he is adventurous.
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> I did run across an article yesterday on pain killers used in the management of pain and the potential for addiction as opposed to withdrawal difficulties. Here is the article: Drawing the Line Between Pain Management and Addiction:
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> http://www.medscape.com/Manisses/PU/2001/v12.n09/pu1209.01/pu1209.01.html
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> > >Thanks. I never have confused the two issues of pain control vs getting high. The big deal about oxy is the time release and the deaths were caused by crushing it and either snorting it or shooting it. Still, in retrospect, I would have chosen another, lower dose pain reliever, but too late now. If I become stabilized, I have already talked to my pdoc about switching pain meds. Elizabeth wrote in another post about it being available generically--because besides the high dose increases, it is incredibly expensive--I literally spend several hundred a month out of pocket.
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