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Oxycontin, Percocet, Vicodin
Oxycodone, Hydrocodone,
Methadone, Heroin...
and the list goes on and on
ADDICTION TO THESE OPIATE BASED DRUGS IS CAUSE FOR SERIOUS CONCERN
AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED CONTINUES TO INCREASE AT ALARMING
RATES.
Hello...
Do you or someone you know have an Opiate addiction problem? The
problem has become so widespread that the numbers are truly Alarming.
One Hospital Based Addiction Specialist, an MD, once told me that
almost half the staff of Nurses and Doctors were buzzing around,
hooked on Opiates. It is completely understandable to me now, now that
I know the truth. What most people do not know is how and why it
starts.
It mostly happens by accident and
the Doctors mean no harm.
Most people start taking _Opiate-Based_ _Painkillers_ for legitimate
reasons. Usually some physical trauma leads to a patient in pain. Most
Doctors will start the patient on a regime of low dose Opiate-based
painkillers and usually for a short duration. The up-sides and the
down-sides are very similar in that Opiates are an extremely effective
pain management tool and has been for over a hundred years. But,
because they are so effective patients want to have access to them.
Having access to medication that is readily available and effective is
a right that patients should have. However, because these medications
are so effective the patient will continue to request them.
HOW AND WHY THE TROUBLE STARTS.
Since the medications we are speaking about are so effective the
patient will continue to take Them. What quickly becomes evident is
that 'the dose that seemed to control the pain last week no longer
does quite the same job." This is called building up a tolerance, and
it is one of the most damaging side effects since it leads to other
things. At first it leads to the patient asking for more and is either
given more or switched to another type of opiate. This tolerance build
up is what begins to cause the Physical Addiction. Opiates are
Physically Addicting, which means that after the body is fed this type
of drug for a period of time, which differs from person to person, the
body can no longer function normally without it. Leaving the addicted
paitent to suffer from withdrawal symptoms such as feeling really
sick, irritable, sweating/chills, and having sometimes nasty mood
swings. These withdrawal symptoms can last from 2-3 days up to 6 weeks
or more, depending upon what drug the patient is coming off of.
WHY CAN\'T ADDICTS JUST PUT UP WITH THE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS AND STOP
TAKING THE DRUGS AFTER THE PAIN STOPS.
This is the part of the story that some people have a problem with.
You see not only do opiates have very effective pain numbing
properties but in some people they are a most effective mood elevator.
In fact, years ago a number of cases of depression where treated with
opiates and the results were very positive. However, because of the
physically addictive principles and the tolerance effect it quickly
became apparent that another type of medication was needed to treat
depression. But the fact remained, it was a fast acting mood elevator
that was well tolerated.
Herein lies a problem that has concerned doctors for decades.
Self-Medication. That is, when push comes to shove the patients
themselves, will take the drug that makes them feel the best. Since
Opiates act very fast for mood elevation and depression it becomes the
first choice for the depressed patient. Once a person with an
addictive personality gets a taste of what opiates can do for
depression it becomes very hard to quit. Feeling sad and depressed
sucks even for a couple of hours. When the addict like me knows there
is a pill that will make you feel great in 25 minutes or less it is
almost impossible to 'just quit'. Especially if I know I .will feel
great in mind and body! Nobody wants to feel sick and tired and
miserable .
MY STORY
My situation is not unlike many others. Almost 6 years ago I was
involved in a minor car accident. I was struck from behind and I was
left with a minor case of whiplash. After seeing a few doctors and
doing some physical therapy I was ultimately prescribed painkillers in
the form of Percocets. This is not an uncommon practice for people
suffering minor back or neck problems. I started taking the
medication as directed but it felt as though the one Percocet every
four hours was not really helping the pain (the prescribed dose). I
took it upon myself to double up the dose and found that by doing this
the pain did in fact subside (self Medication). At best I had relief
from pain for only one to two hours after taking the medication. So
instead of taking 1 pill every four hours I was taking 2. This seemed
to keep the pain under some control. It also made me feel good and
very energetic. But it seemed as though every day that went by the
effect wore off quicker and quicker. So, again I increased my dosage
to three pills every four hours. It wasn't long after that for the
three pills to turn into four, then five and so on.
IT DIDN\'T TAKE LONG FOR MY PRESCRIPTION TO RUN OUT. THE DOCTOR DID
GIVE ME ANOTHER PRESCRIPTION FOR 60 MORE TABLETS. BUT AT MY CURRENT
RATE OF CONSUMPTION THIS SECOND BOTTLE OF PILLS ONLY LASTED ABOUT A
WEEK. THE NEXT CALL TO THE DOCTOR WAS ONE OF DISAPPOINTMENT AS HE
REFUSED TO REFILL THE PRESCRIPTION AND I WAS TOLD TO JUST TOUGH IT
OUT.
TOUGH IT OUT! I WAS ADDICTED!!! I WAS IN NO POSITION TO TOUGH IT
OUT, NOR DID I WANT TO. IT FELT TOO GOOD. I WILL BE THE FIRST TO
TELL YOU THAT I AM NO STRANGER TO RECREATIONAL DRUGS. I\'VE TRIED
ALMOST EVERYTHING AT LEAST ONCE BUT NOTHING EVER GRABBED A HOLD OF ME
LIKE THESE OPIATES. NOT EVEN COCAINE. IN FACT I NEVER EVEN LIKED
COCAINE. BUT FOR SOME REASON, AND IT MAY BE SOME CHEMICAL THING, BUT I
COULD NOT CONTROL MY CRAVING FOR OPIATES. NOW, ONCE I HAD A
FULL-FLEDGED ADDICTION, PEOPLE BEGAN TO NOTICE.
MY LIFE BEGINS TO FALL APART.
AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME IN MY LIFE I WAS WORKING WITH MY BROTHER AS A
PARTNER IN A SERVICE BUSINESS. SINCE NOT BEING ON THE BEST OF TERMS
FROM A PREVIOUS INCIDENT IT ONLY TOOK A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF
TIME FOR MY BROTHER TO FORCE ME OUT OF THE BUSINESS. HIS REASON WAS
THE DRUGS. I WAS ON DRUGS AND HE KNEW IT FOR ALMOST A YEAR, BUT OTHER
EVENTS CAUSED HIM TO USE THE DRUGS AS AN EXCUSE TO HAVE ME REMOVED. BE
WARNED – OPIATE ADDICTION WILL RUIN ALL OF YOU RELATIONSHIPS EXCEPT
THAT OF YOUR DEALERS. AND WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF CASH THEY SEEM TO
DISAPPEAR TOO. I AM NOW ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH MY BROTHER BUT THE
RELATIONSHIP WILL MOST LIKELY NEVER BE THE SAME.
SO NOW, WITH TWO SMALL KIDS AND A NON WORKING WIFE TO SUPPORT I WAS
LEFT JOBLESS WITH A SERIOUS OPIATE ADDICTION ON MY HANDS. I WAS
DEVASTATED. NO INCOME. A MORTGAGE, FOUR MOUTHS TO FEED AND A HABIT
COSTING ME UP TO $100 A DAY.
I BET THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO MOST OF YOU. I WAS SERIOUSLY
DEPRESSED. HOWEVER, AS LONG AS I HAD MY PILLS EVERYTHING SEEMED OKAY.
MY LIFE NOW, WAS A SERIES OF UPS AND DOWNS. WHEN I WAS ON THE DRUGS I
WAS FEELING GREAT, OPTIMISTIC, CONFIDENT AND PROUD. WHEN THE DRUGS
WORE OFF, I WAS DEPRESSED, ANGRY AT THE WORLD AND ALTHOUGH I\'D
THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD JUST NEVER DO.
MY LOVELY WIFE (MY BETTER HALF)
MY WIFE AT FIRST WAS GREAT. SHE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF MY SITUATION AND
DID HER BEST TO TRY AND STEER ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE PROBLEM
WAS THE ALL TOO POWERFUL OPIATES. THEY CAUSED ME TO LIE TO MY BEST
FRIEND, MY WIFE. HER SUPPORT OF MY SITUATION SURPRISINGLY LASTED FOR
MONTHS. FIRST WITH ME TELLING HER I WAS WEANING OFF OF THE DRUGS AND
THEN ULTIMATELY GOING BACK TO A FULL-FLEDGED ADDICTION. THE CIRCLE OF
LIES LASTED FOR SOME TIME BUT FINALLY THE SHIT THE FAN. NO MORE. I
WAS GIVEN AN ULTIMATUM, EITHER GET HELP NOW OR SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE.
I HAD NO ONE TO TURN TO, NOT EVEN MY BEST FRIENDS KNEW THE SEVERITY
OF THE SITUATION. I LIED TO THEM AS WELL AND THEREFORE THEY THOUGHT
THAT I WAS DOING OKAY. BUT MY WIFE, AND YOU\'RE ALL WET YOU\'RE ALL
WET CARS WOULD DO IN THEIR
BEING AS SMART AS SHE IS, SHE KNEW THE TRUTH AND NO LONGER WANTED TO
BE A PART OF IT. IF BECAME QUITE CLEAR THAT I WOULD LOSE HER AND MY
CHILDREN IF I DIDN\'T TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION. NOT A PRETTY PLACE
TO BE IN. I WAS TRULY FRIGHTENED.
I BEGAN TO SEARCH...
MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT ANY TYPE OF REHAB WAS AT AN OUT PATIENT FACILITY.
ALTHOUGH I LIKED THE DOCTOR THAT I WAS DEALING WITH I DID NOT WANT TO
BE INVOLVED WITH ANY GROUP MEETINGS. I DID NOT WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO
KNOW WHO I WAS AND WHAT I WAS ADDICTED TO THEREFORE I KEPT EVERYTHING
TO MYSELF AND TO MY PSYCHOLOGIST WHO WAS WORKING IN THE REHAB CENTER.
I WENT TO SEE HIM TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK. THE URINE TESTS WERE
RANDOM AND VOLUNTARY. AT FIRST IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS ON MY WAY OUT OF
THIS ADDICTION. BUT AS TIME WENT ON THE RANDOM TESTING BECAME LESS
FREQUENT AND I WAS ABLE TO TIME MY USAGE SO THAT THE URINE TEST WOULD
COME UP CLEAN. I WAS CHEATING. I THOUGHT I WAS CHEATING THE DOCTOR,
BUT ULTIMATELY I WAS CHEATING MYSELF.
DURING THIS TIME IS WHEN I STARTED TO DO INTENSE RESEARCH REGARDING
OPIATE ADDICTION AND HOW BEST TO TREAT IT. I STAYED UP LATE AND MANY
NIGHTS SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND READING VARIOUS MEDICAL JOURNALS
TRYING TO FIND THE BEST TREATMENT FOR MY ADDICTION. I DON\'T LIKE
USING THE TERM DISEASE BECAUSE A DISEASE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN NOT
CONTROL AND I WAS IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF WHAT I WAS TAKING AND WHEN.
AFTER MANY WEEKS OF STUDYING ANYTHING I COULD GET MY HANDS ON I
FINALLY FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM. IT
WAS A NEW TREATMENT THAT JUST BECAME AVAILABLE BUT VERY FEW DOCTORS
EVEN KNEW ABOUT. I BEGAN TO NARROW MY SEARCH AND ULTIMATELY FOUND AN
ADDICTION SPECIALIST AT A HOSPITAL IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE MAGIC BULLET
AT THIS POINT IN MY ADDICTION I HAD MOVED FROM OXYCONTIN TO
METHADONE. I WAS NOT IN A METHADONE CLINIC; I WAS GETTING METHADONE
ON THE STREET FROM A FRIEND OF A FRIEND. I WENT FROM TAKING 1 TO 2,
80 MG OXYCONTINS PER DAY TO 10-20 MG OF METHADONE PER DAY. THIS CHANGE
ALONE SEEMED LIKE A MIRACLE I ONLY NEEDED ONE TABLET A DAY AND I WAS
FEELING FINE. IN FACT I WAS DOING SO WELL ON THE METHADONE THAT I
THOUGHT I WAS CURED. IT SOON BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE SUPPLY WOULD NOT
LAST FOREVER AND ULTIMATELY I WAS TOLD THAT AFTER THE LAST BATCH I
BOUGHT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE AVAILABLE.
I TIMED THIS WITH MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH THE ADDICTION SPECIALIST
AT THE HOSPITAL. I MET THE DOCTOR AND HE WAS GREAT. I TOLD HIM I WAS
TAKING 10 TO 20 MG OF METHADONE PER DAY. HE TOLD ME NOT TO TAKE
ANYTHING FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT. ABOUT ONE TO TWO HOURS
BEFORE I ARRIVE I BEGAN TO HAVE OPIATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. I WAS
SCARED AND NERVOUS AND DIDN\'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. AFTER MEETING
WITH THE DOCTOR FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES AND BEING TOLD WHAT TO EXPECT WAS
GIVEN THE \'MAGIC BULLET\' AND WAS TOLD TO SIT IN THE OFFICE FOR ABOUT
20 MINUTES TO SEE HOW I WAS FEELING. IT WAS AMAZING. I FOLLOWED THE
DOCTOR\'S INSTRUCTIONS AND IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 3 YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN
FREE FROM ALL OPIATE-BASED STREET AND ILLEGAL PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU.
I AM LIVING PROOF THAT THIS LITTLE KNOWN TREATMENT WORKS. AND IT
TRULY DOES WORK LIKE MAGIC. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE TREATMENT IS THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS
DELIVERED AND FOR HOW LONG.
I HAVE PUT TOGETHER A COMPLETE INFORMATIVE AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
SAVING BOOK THAT EXPLAINS…
· MANY DIFFERENT TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW, AS
SOON AS YOU ARE READY.
· HOW WORLD HISTORY CAN PROVE OPIATE ABUSE AS FAR BACK AS HUNDREDS
OF YEARS.
· HOW, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OPIATE ABUSE HAS REMAINED IN OUR
SOCIETY?
· WHY PSYCHOTHERAPY MAY OR MAY NOT HELP?
· WHAT ROLE ALL OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS PLAY?
· WHAT FRIENDS YOU NEED AND WHAT FRIENDS YOU DON’T?
· WHY METHADONE COULD BE THE WORST CHOICE EVER?
· WHY THE BUREAUCRACY OF SOME METHADONE CLINICS ONLY HURT THE
PATIENT?
· WHAT IS LAAM?
· WHAT OPIATES ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS?
· HOW TO SEARCH OUT AND FIND THE RIGHT DOCTOR.
· HOW TO EXPLAIN THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT YOU WILL NEED IN ORDER
TO STAY OFF OPIATES.
· WHAT TREATMENT OPTION IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
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