Jordan Peterson seeks 'emergency' drug detox treatment in Russia

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23. Exactly. Before I retired, I was on 80 mg of Oxycontin & 800 mcg Fentanyl lollipops

3 x daily for approximately 15 years just to keep working full time. When I retired, I was losing prescription coverage and the cost of those meds is ridiculous so I wanted to change meds. I tapered down over a month to nothing in my system with absolutely no problems except drastically increased pain levels. Now I'm on much smaller doses of much less "controversial" and strong pain meds and I'm doing fine. I was and am physically dependent on pain meds, but not psychologically. I don't miss the Oxy or Fentanyl at all and I'm on what amounts to about 1/10 of what I was on before. But then my body reacts to meds differently. I don't recall ever feeling "high" on any of my meds. My pain seemed to suck up all the meds, allowing me to live a normal life instead of balled up on the couch in a fetal position sobbing in pain. That's why I get so pissed off at anti-pain drug people. I can't be the only person that reacts to pain meds that way.