Posted by jerrympls on April 4, 2005, at 20:31:25
In reply to Re: Oxycontin for mental health....WOW!!!!!!!!! » jay, posted by Larry Hoover on April 3, 2005, at 9:57:54
> > Last weekend at a friends place, and he gets giant pills of Oxycontin every month for a work-related disability. So, I have a *wee* headache (ha, nice excuse!) and decided to pop 2 back. (I think that was 20 mg's..not sure..doh!) Well, I never, ever felt better than ever, all of my tension released, relaxed, got home and had the best sleep ever. I am so confused about this...in their use for mental illness, would we develop a tolerance? What do you guys think?
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> > Thanks,
> > Jay
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> Here's the problem for psych use. Tolerance.
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> You will only get the effect you describe if you use the drug occasionally. Occasionally can mean different things to different people, but once weekly may be too often for most.
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> The active ingredient, oxycodone, is very addictive. Next to heroin, (and maybe even ahead of it now), oxycodone is the most abused opiate or opiate-related drug. It is a very slippery slope, and you have one foot firmly planted on it. Taking two is already drug-abusive behaviour. Beware.
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> Lar
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>I disagree that taking 20mg of Oxycontin is drug abuse behavior - and while tolerance is an issue - it doesn't happen all the time. I'm going on 5 months continuous treatment with an opiate PRESCRIBED by my pdoc for my depression. Still works like day #1.
Jerry
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