... high. I do; however, take serious pain medication due to a spinal cord injury I got while boxing last January. I take my meds as prescribed and work with my AA sponsor closely. So here is my question today folks. Since my bowel does not work (flaccid bowel due to SCI) I take some stuff to help with softening stools and do an enema almost daily. I take Oxycontin 2x daily and oxycodone for break through pain. Lately the ozycontin is coming out of me whole, hard coat missing and if i place it on the counter and press down it just crumbles. My pain is up and down so I do not think it is coming out all of the time but it scarfes me because now I can not tell my true dose and my mood is affected, my pain is affected and I can not afford to go to the doctor for a bunch of tests to see what's up. The pharmacist's have a whole bunch of different answers. Do you have any ideas? I am afraid to cut the long acting drug up and take smaller pieces at various times to equal the dosage but I don't know what else to do
Oxytocin - I am in recovery from alcohol/drug addiction for 1/2 my life so I am not looking to get?
- Posted:
- 19 Nov 2009 by boxerboi56
- Topics:
- pain, oxytocin, spinal cord trauma, spinal cord injury
Answers (4)
tyson3152...19 Nov 2009
high boxerboi56,there is actually a couple solutions i could reccomend.i also take pain meds daily,[methadone 40 mg] as i had avarious knee surgeries and what not.the 1st would be,take a coffe cup of hot water,not boiling just hot,take the coating off ur pill, then put it in the water til ur oxy dissolves by stirrin it/and ya got urself sum homemade oxy juice,the 2nd way which is what ppl do to abuse it would be crush it up and sniff it.now idk how either will do for ur bowels but those were my immediate thoughts.good luck!
itsmetoo219 Nov 2009
You may look into Subutex as this is taken sublingual . Now the great news it is now generic. That means that the price has dropped so much. With you not having insurance it seems right down your alley. Subutex is continually been prescribed for pain. It works quite well.
So maybe you can try this.
I wish you the best
20 Nov 2009
Be very careful, these drugs will creep up on you... It's not a matter of "addiction", per say but rather your body will become dependent. See, once you start taking opiates you body halts production of your 'internal opiates', endorphins (greek for the morphine within us). These are your natural, feel good , pain relievers and once your body has the external opiates, there's no way to relieve pain naturally. Your body will need more and more as the receptors fill up with opiates-and then there's you tolerance and it will grow quickly.
Just to function, you will need more and more of these drugs and eventually you will live enslaved to these tiny pills. Opiates pose an intensely painful and lengthly withdrawal which makes it so hard to stop. It's no way to live.
12 Feb 2010
Hi. My names Mykinzie and I just wanted to tell u I really appreciate your honesty. I also am an alcoholic and have serious back pain which has me taking the fentanyl patch. I'm in recovery myself and have an aa sponsor as well. I just wanted to introduce myself and encourage you as I think we can be positive support in each others lives. I don't know the answer to ur question but just wanted to say Good Job on your honesty n for encouraging me to do the same as well. My real name is Marla and I'm new to pain management and the forum here also. Keep up the good work and we soon find out how much love and support we have don't we? Sincerely, Your sister in Recovery. Marla
boxerboi56
2 Apr 2010
Maria,
i just found your comment. Thank you so much for your support. You are very kind to take the time to answer my request. I actually found out that it is normal for this particular pill to come out appearing whole. The medicine is absorbed into the body and what comes out is empty but looks like a whole pill. It has been over a year since my SCI and luckily i have not had to increase my meds very much but I HATE being on them. I can feel they do effect my mood and on top of that i am in tons of pain any way. I have another surgery set for May so we are hoping this might decrease some of my chronic pain. Good luck with your back. Maria. We are so lucky to be in recovery. Imagine trying to handle all this alone!
Patrick
boxerboi56
2 Apr 2010
Sorry. Thank you MYKINZIE!
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Thanks for reminding me. I am well trained in drug interactions as I studied substance abuse and worked in a rehab for over a year. Since I will have serious, chronic pain due to the SCI and complications there of, I will have to be on pain meds most likely for the rest of my life. I have been on a level of 90 mg Ozycontin/Ozycodone combination for almost a year with no need to increase. I am currently titrating off the Oxycontin due to this absorption issue because I do not plan to keep increasing the dose in attempting to get it into me. We are going to use only Oxycodone fast acting until the GI specialist figures this out.I also use exercise, stretching and meditation/visuization to decrease pain.
Thanks again for your concern and info.