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Originally Posted by ger715
Susanne,
Thank you for your response.
I for one, have been on the same dose of Oxycontin for the past few years, along with the Percocet. I have 24/7 pain from spine/PN issues; but today the level was about 6
(at times has been much higher) Today, I went for my appointment with PM doctor's assistant. I am given a once a month pick-up date for the meds. Without prior knowledge, I, as well as all those on these type of meds, are given a urine test to be sure the meds are not being abused.
If you noticed; I did Not mention being "addicted"; but "dependent"........Dependent for some pain relief so I can at least get thru the day and actully accomplish, laundry, make lunch and dinner. Now my cooking is not as good as it once was because I make the easiest, least complicated meals.
I will be on these meds for the rest of my life. I started on a lower dose which was gradally increased until a tolerable pain management was/is accomplished. As previously mentioned, I have been on the same dose for the past few years.
Never...never....has there been any high; just the ability to be there and enjoy some time with my husband, children, and grandchildren. Fortunately, the Oxycontin/Percocet, does not put me in la la land, but in a place where the pain is more tolerable.
Gerry
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Yes, Gerry, I should have edited addicted to dependent. Addiction is a psychological response and dependency is a physiological response.
I am on 30 mg MS Contin three times a day with 7.5 Percocet for breakthrough pain. I am supposed to start on Baclofen for muscle spasticity, but still waiting on Cigna pharmacy. I have hereditary neuropathy as well as spinal arthritis and the pain is unrelenting and distracting. I would have no quality of life or ability to function even in a limited sense without the meds and I am sure I would be a burden to my family.
There is really no relationship between appropriate and inappropriate uses of these drugs and it is hard for those of us already suffering from chronic pain to be further stigmatized by the assumption that there is.