I'm wondering if I may be the only one still getting oxycodone (30mg) from my doctor?
I was diagnosed with an autoimmune polyarthritis disorder about 7 years ago. I started getting hydrocodone (7.5mg) from my rheumatologist and over the years my dosages increased. I also took low dose chemo drugs to kill off white blood cells (since these WBCs are what's attacking my joints and connective tissue).
I am in moderate to severe pain all day. Some of the very worst pain is during the time I sleep and a few hours after I wake. My knees, hands, left hip, spinal joints and sacroiliac joints are all affected.
I am married and have 2 children. I'm married to my high school sweetheart and we'"" celebrate 13 years of marriage in a few months (and 20 years together in a few more). Without the medicine I would not be able to work. I would not be able to do many things with my children. It is truly a life changing medicine.
She knows all about my pain medicine intake (for the most part). Her mother has Rheumatoid Arthritis (a very similar condition to my Psoriatic Arthritis) and so she know just how debilitating this pain can be.
A few years ago I got a little bit messed up on these pills and was taking them more often than prescribed. I worked through it and now take quite a bit less than prescribed.
About 2 years ago I got super constipated and wound up in the ER. Several enemas and medications later, I was able to go. Over the course of about 4 days leading up to the ER trip, I started taking dramatically reduced doses so as to help reduce the constipation. It helped and ended up reducing my tolerance (along with some loperamide given by ER doc).
I still take the oxy every day. I just take less. I never told my doctor that I started taking less so I started saving a few pills here and there.
I still get them from my doc. I get 8 30mg pills each day. That's down from 12 30mg pills each day a couple months ago. I got 360/month for years and would take every one of them. Luckily, im now taking about 5 each day. The doc cut everyone in his practice down because of worry about the FEDs.
Am I one of the only ones still getting these at this dosage/quantity? I'm sure there must be a chronic pain group here. I am a member of a few other online groups and pretty much everyone I know there has had their meds cut back so far or cut off completely. They say they are responding to the "opiate crisis" but what they're doing is sending people to the street to get Heroin. Not smart.
I was diagnosed with an autoimmune polyarthritis disorder about 7 years ago. I started getting hydrocodone (7.5mg) from my rheumatologist and over the years my dosages increased. I also took low dose chemo drugs to kill off white blood cells (since these WBCs are what's attacking my joints and connective tissue).
I am in moderate to severe pain all day. Some of the very worst pain is during the time I sleep and a few hours after I wake. My knees, hands, left hip, spinal joints and sacroiliac joints are all affected.
I am married and have 2 children. I'm married to my high school sweetheart and we'"" celebrate 13 years of marriage in a few months (and 20 years together in a few more). Without the medicine I would not be able to work. I would not be able to do many things with my children. It is truly a life changing medicine.
She knows all about my pain medicine intake (for the most part). Her mother has Rheumatoid Arthritis (a very similar condition to my Psoriatic Arthritis) and so she know just how debilitating this pain can be.
A few years ago I got a little bit messed up on these pills and was taking them more often than prescribed. I worked through it and now take quite a bit less than prescribed.
About 2 years ago I got super constipated and wound up in the ER. Several enemas and medications later, I was able to go. Over the course of about 4 days leading up to the ER trip, I started taking dramatically reduced doses so as to help reduce the constipation. It helped and ended up reducing my tolerance (along with some loperamide given by ER doc).
I still take the oxy every day. I just take less. I never told my doctor that I started taking less so I started saving a few pills here and there.
I still get them from my doc. I get 8 30mg pills each day. That's down from 12 30mg pills each day a couple months ago. I got 360/month for years and would take every one of them. Luckily, im now taking about 5 each day. The doc cut everyone in his practice down because of worry about the FEDs.
Am I one of the only ones still getting these at this dosage/quantity? I'm sure there must be a chronic pain group here. I am a member of a few other online groups and pretty much everyone I know there has had their meds cut back so far or cut off completely. They say they are responding to the "opiate crisis" but what they're doing is sending people to the street to get Heroin. Not smart.
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