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dmallind

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6. painkillers are weird things

Tue Mar 13, 2012, 12:02 PM

Mar 2012

Percocet and Vicodin I've tried with barely noticeable dimunition of pain and no side effects at all. Dilautid turned off the pain absolutely like a light switch, in not much more time than a light switch, and left me perfectly cogent and functional.

I don't really have an addictive personality. I'm a frequent drinker who frequently goes quite a while between beers but still has a half full bottle of good scotch that's two years old (about 60 really, but been open for two), but if that stuff were available on the open market I can't deny I'd be tempted to use it frequently. No idea of the side effects over time, but I'm guessing they should be avoided so it's a good job.

What works for some leaves others untouched. I've heard people say Vicodin at half my dosage knocks them out, but does bugger all for me.

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Oxycodone is a really cool drug, but I STILL can't figure out why it would be used it recreationally [View all] HopeHoops Mar 2012 OP

I only know percocet. kentauros Mar 2012 #1

Have you tried sleeping on the floor? Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2012 #7

I don't really have the room to sleep on the floor. kentauros Mar 2012 #9

Percocet is the brand name. Same thing. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #16

I may or may not have known that (at one time) kentauros Mar 2012 #25

Thanks. Unfortunately, today isn't turning out to be one of those "functional" days. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #28

massage & ibuprofen WolverineDG Mar 2012 #36

Oxycodone makes me puke siligut Mar 2012 #2

Yeah, I can't to Fentanyl, and Hydrocodone doesn't do enough for the pain. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #17

Vicodin... geardaddy Mar 2012 #3

Not to quibble RiffRandell Mar 2012 #4

Gah! geardaddy Mar 2012 #5

Or, Vicoprofen cliffordu Mar 2012 #24

I can't take NSAIDS. geardaddy Mar 2012 #26

Heroin. cliffordu Mar 2012 #31

Now you made me think of the Velvet Underground song. geardaddy Mar 2012 #37

LOL.... cliffordu Mar 2012 #39

... geardaddy Mar 2012 #40

Vicodin is Hydrocodone, not Oxycodone. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #18

It does to me the same as described in the OP csziggy Mar 2012 #14

I could definitely see how it would affect some people. geardaddy Mar 2012 #15

I've had it after every major surgery - and a couple of injuries csziggy Mar 2012 #32

painkillers are weird things dmallind Mar 2012 #6

I think you are right n2doc Mar 2012 #8

Curiously, Oxycodone keeps me awake. Larazapam takes care of knocking me out. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #19

have done them before JesterCS Mar 2012 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Mar 2012 #11

Oh yeah - and a buildup of tolerance. I take breaks between using them. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Mar 2012 #38

I haven't had through the day need in a while. This is one of them. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #42

Perhaps you'd get a better idea if you posted this at the Rush Limbaugh Fans Forum LynneSin Mar 2012 #12

Too slow. Oxycontin is the time-release form. (same drug). HopeHoops Mar 2012 #22

If you have enough real pain libodem Mar 2012 #13

I had some of that about a year ago when I tore a rib cartilage, hifiguy Mar 2012 #21

Same basic idea, but Larazapam kicks in sooner as Valium and doesn't last as long. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #23

I took some last year when I had kidney stones NewJeffCT Mar 2012 #27

I get weird visual and hearing distortions. Not as bad as Fentanyl, but still. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #29

it's one of only two painkillers that work on me LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #30

..mostly gives me constipation . . annabanana Mar 2012 #33

It doesn't do anything for me except kill the murielm99 Mar 2012 #34

Codeine really cramps me to hell. Archae Mar 2012 #35

Well.... zabet Mar 2012 #41