Big change to make it harder for patients to get pain killers like Vicodin

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58. I've been on hydrocodone twice for several weeks following major knee surjury. I admit abusing

it a little. I figured out both times that the stuff wasn't letting me sleep really. So as soon as I could stand it, I cut the dose at night, even sleeping with an ice pack to numb the pain and try and get a little sleep. This left me with a few extra to double up on occasionally to get a nice buzz. I really like that stuff but knew I didn't want to develope a real habit.

When my doctors nurse cut me off, I was tempted to whine and claim I was still in serious pain to try and get one more refill. I didn't though. I suspect she would have known what I was up to and denied me anyway. I went as far as to enquire about buying some illegally but never did. I think at that time, they were about $2.50 apiece frrom my source.

I think they really have their cutoff day timed about perfectly. For about the next day or so, I had mild symptoms like maybe coming down with the flu. I got just a taste of what I'd have to deal with if I kept buying the stuff illegally. I'm really glad I didn't ever do that.