I can't stop using Afrin... oxycontin I can use occasionally without a problem; oxymetazoline has had me hooked for many years. At least tolerance isn't an issue with afrin the way it is with opioids.
I've only been taking it about a year now, and I have to say I definately prefer having control over when my nose is clear over before when I had no control. I use 3 squirts before bed, 2 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon... I figured out that I can buy the cheap generic brands with the lame squeezy lids as a refill for the fancy ass name brand afrin bottles... If you get lucky you can even find a 1.5oz container for $2-3...
I've been strongly considering just buying a liter of saline solution and some oxymetazoline powder... 0.05% sounds like a little would go a long way.
I completely agree with Kalt that this is THE most addictive drug on earth... I've smoked meth, snorted coke, snorted oxy, meth, coke and hydromorphone in 1 line, worn duragesics while sucking on an actiq, had morphine IVs, sucked down thousands of whip-its, sucked down tanks of N2O, done vials of K, smoked pot daily, smoked menthol ciggs and cloves, drank 4 mountain dews a day for months and eaten 120mg MDMA pills.
After all this, I can go 36 hours without any buprenorphine no problem, I've gone over a year without touching meth, 8 months without any coke, 4 months without any other opiates, weeks without caffeine, but I haven't gone 24 hours without some oxymetazoline in a year.
This thread reminds me... *SQUIRT*