OxyContin: The Giuliani Connection

My nephew died at the age of 23 in November from Oxycottin! This drug has killed 6 teens this year in our small town Thousand Oaks, Ca.

Rudy, ever the friend of Repup slimebags, was just helping Rush maintain his supply of OxyContin. Without that drug, Limbaugh might lapse into reality – or even sanity – and then the right-wing would lose their “voice”. Rudy just couldn’t let that happen to his pal.

‘Breaking news’?…Are you kidding? Was this a secret? Are we to believe that if Giuliani has met with disreputable people at any point in his life, he’s tainted? As the head of Giuliani Partners, a PR/consulting firm, you tend to have clients that need help with their image…generally something is wrong if they need such a firm.
He was also a prosecutor…so I guess Brian Ross & Co. will soon have ‘Breaking News’ that Giuliani had at one time met with prostitutes, murderers and gamblers.

Americans DO deserve better.
Unfortunately, we get the worst.
Watch your nightly news, and count the number of drug-commercials you see.
Blame the republicans, Fine. They are not the ones throwing it in your faces every 10 minutes during the commercial breaks.

As a person who had unsuccesful back surgey in 2007 and have been taking prescribed Oxycontin ever since and am able to continue to work (rather than be forced to quit, sign-up for disability and have to live off of the tax payers) due to the daily doses of Oxycontin, knowing full well that I am physically and mentally addicted to the medication I still would rather be able to function as a meaningful member of society than to do otherwise. And, no my job is in Engineering, not behind the counter at McDonalds! Unlike what most people think it does not make you completely stupid. I could not do my job or much else without it! Yes, it’s addictive, however the thought of having it removed from the market makes my blood boil!!! It is a great drug for those of us who actually need it…

Troy M., It pains me to say this, but give it time. Anyone I know to have ever taken it for any period of time has paid the price for it. If have hopes for a long and happy future, please find an alternative.

Drug companies started running all these TV ads in 1997 when the Clinton administration loosened up restrictions on that kind of advertising. Before that, no prescription meds were allowed to be advertised on TV in the U.S. Don’t blame the Republicans for this mess.

Thank you Howard, these politicos-wanna-bees just blame everything on the republicans without even thinking. (Hmmm, I wonder where that comes from…)
It’s like, democrats and the news media haven’t made a penny off of drugs like these.
What a crock, next time, try looking out of BOTH eyes, instead of just your left or just your right.
This affects EVERYBODY and EVERY politician has a MORAL obligation to stop these destructive drugs, but a POLITICAL obligation to defend them.

Gee, I wonder if McCain…or some of the other Republican candidates…might mention this during the campaign? Hey, at least it doesn’t have anything to do with Iraq or 9-11!

anyone who spent a fortune going to med school should know this and should have informed their patients about it.I agree with Phyllis! I’m sorry that Speakout has lost her/his father due to the negligence of the Company and his Doctor.

I recently had open heart surgery and was given Oxycontin. I found it to be no more efffective than Lortab. I personally don’t understand the flap about addiction. I believe that most people who are addicted to it are abusers and therefore deserve no more attention then those on crack.

You are right at least Republicans Have backbones, and can be find unlike the Democrats are wolves dressed in sheep cloth.
You think about it. Once you really see the Democrats for what they are you will realized how much energy you lost following those that want to pull out out of conflict like Vietnam…Yea, I remember they where Democrats back then, again no backbone.
I said this again, this is liberal media.
For the record this media does not speak for me.
Just like the recent congress does not speak for me.

It is interesting to me that the FDA’s own information about OxyContin is that concerns of addiction should not prevent patients from takig OxyContin. Maybe the FDA would like to make certain it too represents this drug properly. The government doesn’t seem all that concerned with its own misstatements.
They state: OxyContin is only intended for moderate to severe pain that is present on a daily basis and that requires a very strong pain reliever. Patients with this type of severe pain condition require daily pain treatment. Taking OxyContin daily can result in physical dependence, a condition in which the body shows signs of narcotic withdrawal if the OxyContin is stopped suddenly. This is not the same thing as addiction, which represents a situation in which people obtain and take narcotics because of a psychological need, and not just to treat a legitimate painful condition. Physical dependence can be treated by slowly under the advice of a physician by slowing decreasing the OxyContin dose when it is no longer needed for the treatment of pain. Concerns of addiction should not prevent patients with appropriate pain conditions from using OxyContin or other narcotics for pain relief.”

When a “company” in the USA pleads gulity to any charge brought before them, It’s usualy just to end the matter. Companys are in the busniess of making money and if it cost less to plead gulty they will end of story. What idoit dosent know pain killers are usualy additive.

Umm….so what?

Add me to the list of accident survivors who would be in unbearable pain without Oxycontin. Yes, I know it’s addictive. So? It stops my pain, that’s all that matters to me. I can live a semi normal life thanks to this pain killer. You can’t legislate stupidity.

I don’t understand why 9/11 made Guiliani such a hero to Americans outside NYC. All he did was make the sorts of sympathetic statements that Miss Manners would recommend following a death. Perhaps not sitting stunned like a deer in the headlights listening to a reading of My Pet Goat is all it takes to be a hero to Americans?

I begged and begged my Doctor to put me on Oxycontin due to uncontrollable back pain because the pain was unbearable…!
I stayed on this drug for over two years until I finally found a surgeon who would agree to do my delicate back surgery and relieve my pain…
That was over 5 years ago… I’ll admit it took awhile to get off of Oxycontin.. BUT IT ALSO SAVED MY LIFE…!
So… leave people alone that need this drug. I’m talking about the ones that really need it and don’t abuse it! Believe me I’ve when I say it saved my life.

Those that blame this on political parties are short sited and destined for a let down in life….Individuals abuse drugs…not Companies, not politicians…
Get a life!

Well now we know who Rush is going to campaign for — Rudy Giuliani!
“I’m Waiting For the Man” makes for a neat campaign song.

Corporations,as well as medical and legal professionals are forever touting their ability to self-police. I’d sure like to see some of this self-policing. Alternatively, maybe government is the only entity powerful enough to legislate such policies.

You sound like you think its funny,

After reading everyones comments I first want to say how sorry I am to the ones that have lost someone from oxycontin. But I also have to say that if it wasn’t for oxycontin I would be in a bed 24 hrs a day. I have major nerve damage that nothing can fix or cure. I went from being a normal person working 40 plus hrs a wk to being out of work for the past 7 yrs. I refused for many years to take major pain pills as I didn’t want to have to go thru drug rehab along with rehab for my nerve damage. Finally all of my doctors sent me to a “head doctor” to get me to take these drugs. All I have to say now is THANK GOD they talked me into taking oxycontin! From not being able to have a life, to being able to lead a life again from a pill! Thank GOD!

I can understand people wanting to ban an item like a handgun, which has only one use – to kill other humans. But the idea that anyone would want to deprive law-abiding people with crippling pain, who have never abused their medication, of strong pain medication by a blanket ban on narcotic pain meds seems to me either ignorant or remarkably selfish.
In the late 1990s, the law in Washington State [among others] was that only patients with conditions that were temporary could be prescribed any opiate-based pain medication. So, if one had a broken leg, one could have Vicodin, Percocet, etc. But patients with permanent painful conditions were forbidden by statute from being prescribed opiates. This was changed in the early 2000s, because non-opiate meds were insufficient in too many cases.
I suggest that anyone who thinks there should be a blanket ban on these medications contact the American Pain Society, or and ask the opinion ofmedical doctors who work in pain management.

Giuliani Please explain why WTC 7 fell like it was imploded like the other two towers. This was a controlled demolition, a crime was committed by our government including Giuliani, now there is discussions of him running for president, when we should be discussing weather he should be put in jail for life for his treasons acts against the USA, He is a criminal and terrorist and should be treated as such.

This is very troubling news. I cannot believe that Giuliani sought to help a company that lied to the American people about a health risk of this magnitude.

I just want to say I and my family members spent quite a few emergency hosp. trips because my son was hooked on this DRUG!!!!!!!!! I hate it and the last hosp. visit I thought I was loosing him, he was not breathing and blue when the EMS picked him up from a friends house, he was in a comma and through pray and belief I still have my son. My point is this drug and teens don’t mix along with alot of other drugs, what I want to know is why are these types of addictive drugs soooooo out of control and easy access for our children!!!!!!! WE America need to get a hold on the whole perscription distribution system, it is a free for all……….

i’ve been on oxcontin for almost two years because of a back injury and since i’ve been on the medication not only have my memory became bad so has my speach and i can even get out the bed with taking this drug.and aslo along with this my vision is bad and as far as insurance is concern i can only get insurance for 6 months because of the oxcontin there’s lot of side affects to this drug that i don’t think even the makers of the drug knows.they should be a shame of what this drug has done in people lives just for the love of MONEY.

Ron Paul and Mike Gravel are the only two running for President who are capable of not working for the pharmaceutical industry. Hillary Clinton is too serious about winning to really oppose them.

Before he was mayor, Rudy used to go after corrupt businessmen. (But he did this to make a name for himself.) Once elected, he did a 180 flip flop and catered to any and all big business. Once out of office, he got paid to help corrupt businessmen. And no republican has any problem with this? Of course not. The GOP stands for flip-flop, whether it was Reagan (who hated democracy and illegally funded terrorists with my taxes) or Dubya who keeps none of the promises he makes. (I love the one where he said Saddam’s billions would pay for the war and not my hard earned money.) Giuliani has more scandals than any of you will ever know. Do your homework. PLease?

Jackee, If Oxycontin is ruining your life, then only an idiot would keep taking it. Get off the medication. Every medication isn’t for every person. You clearly need something else.
Kathy, these drugs aren’t available for children. They’re available by prescription only. If your kids are getting them from drug dealers, perhaps you need to look at your parenting to see why your kids are buying pain meds from dealers. OxyContin is meant to aid in pain relief, and just because idiots smash it and take it for fun, doesn’t mean it should be taken away from the people who use it properly.
“Oxycontin and all of the drugs equally as dangerous and addictive should not even be legal then alone offered to patients already faced with horrible pain and depression from injuries.”
WTF??? Those of us with horrible pain and injuries would like you to leave our pain meds alone, thank you very much. If your family members became addicted, I’m sorry, but either they were using the drugs improperly or something went terribly wrong. Sometimes things going terribly wrong, like poisoned salad mix. That doesn’t mean we ban salad. Speaking on behalf of those with chronic pain, pain meds give us our life BACK. If I didn’t have my pain meds, I couldn’t work or have any sort of quality of life. Don’t let people who abuse drugs take away MY MEDICINE. It’s not my fault.

Nancy – I’m with you. The amount of suffering that has been eliminated with opiates is one of the greatest success stories in medical history. These drugs allow many law-abiding citizens to be productive and happy members of society.
I am appalled at how many people are willing to punish law-abiding pain patients by banning these useful drugs because of the misbehavior of *others*. Why should our medical procedures be curtailed because people who have no medical use for these drugs misuse them? Why should we act based on the claims of people who are caught for other crimes [violence, stealing, embezzling] and *then* claim recreational drug use causes them to abandon law-abiding lives for crime? Why should we just take their word that the criminal acts & attitude did not come first?
In poor countries, people kill themselves with caustic chemicals, antifreeze and battery acid, and nobody is proposing banning those. Lots of people die from carbon monoxide. And yet no one is calling for a ban on cars or combustion-based home appliances.

So now Giuliani AND Rush Limbaugh are to blame. The Dems and left wingers are once again the model of hypocracy. Remember Bill Clinton? Before you start throwing stones and Giuliani, look in the mirror. I noticed that quite a few people writing in who had very ill loved ones pass away while taking the drug blame the pharma company for their death. While tragic, there is NO proof it caused death other that for addicts. Its already getting blown out of proportion. Par for the course.

Hey Bob…
Guiliani likes to dress up like a woman?
Well, Hillary likes to dress up like a man and she’s the Democrat front runner! I wouldn’t vote for either one of them. Ron Paul or Tancredo! As for the rest of them (on either side)… they either are on oxycontin or should be!

WAKE UP PEOPLE, THERE IS MORE TO RUDY GIULIANI THAN MEETS THE EYE. HE’S GOT MORE SKELETON IN HIS CLOSET THAN A PIRATE. NEXT TO COME OUT WILL BE HOW GIULIANI HAMPERED THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT IN NEW YORK BEFORE 911.

I am sorry for the people thatlost family members from this drug. But, the bottomline is we must all take responsibility for our own lives and stop blaming everyone else for things that go wrong.
Parents needs to be in control of their children at any cost.
As we all know we can lead a horse to water but, we cannot make him drink.

I find a remarkable lack of common sense in people who would confuse a drug abuser with a legitimate, chronic pain patient. I do also feel sorry for anyone’s loss of a loved one. However, on the flip side there is “personal responsibility” lacking in people who cry foul when their children “take” Oxycontin and other strong pain medications. Where did the get them? An adult who finds his/her use out of control to the point of stealing and mugging, etc. has a addiction problem and if not addicted to one opiate or another would find a ‘street substitute’. As for those who blame a company? They sell NO drugs directly to the public. Who to blame? Doctors? No, not when abusers will by opiates, going “doctor shopping” to support their habits. The use of Oxycontin was expanded to include long-term, chronic pain patiets because there is a NEED for strong pain killers in that subset of people. Because you know Bubba’s uncle’s cousin who was buying them on the street, going from doctor to doctor to find his/her supply, you would punish those of us who get and use strong pain killers daily in order to function, despite the pain that fills our every waking moment. Yet, the biggest killer of all addictive drugs, is alcohol…we tried banning that, but WOW, wonder of wonders, it’s back. How many of you would suggest giving up your bottle of wine or your 6 pk of beer? No one NEEDS a martini, pain patients, from all walks of like DO need pain relief. Or would you rather we not function in society and hop on the SSDI dole. My thinking is that you’d complain about that, too. There are many politicians with fingers in pots where they don’t belong…Guilianni may be one of those. I was never pushed to take Oxycontin, rather I resisted for 9 years, because of negative publicity. That is until my life became my bedroom, my vacations became nightmares, I couldn’t work or care for my family. This drug, in a class with several other perfectly good long-term opiate pain relief is being denigrated, those of us who NEED this drug denied due to fear of scrutiny of the compassion doctors who ARE fully informed and DO inform their patients of the hazards of the drug are being harassed at every turn. Do not tell me it’s a bad drug. Do not tell me it’s a bad gun. Do not tell me it’s a bad car. Bad, negligent, irresponsible and illegal acts occur because of the people behind them. If you think this drug is adminstering itself to “young boys” and “our children” I suggest you look in the mirror and see it for what it really is: a negligent society that refuses to take responsibility for it’s bad, negligent, irresponsible behavior, particularly when it’s certainly easy to point to a little pill and say: That pill kill/maimed/damaged my child.

74 deaths in a 26 community circle by opiates….OC and Heroin in Massachusetts…..We have a heroin epidemic here now thanks to the reckless behavior of Purdue. Cancer patients need it. It should have had restrictions on prescribing meaning…IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TERMINAL CANCER YOU DON’T GET OC….Now we have this epidemic here….begain with OC in 2001 in this area..so many deaths…too many deaths…..it’s been a problem for far too long….families are destroyed…..lives are forever changed and lost……jail time….well, I am not surprised by this news….I never thought he was a hero anyway..the whole city of New York are heroes….he just happened to be mayor….

Didn’t Guiliani cheat on his wife, alienate his marriage, and destroy his family in the process? Isn’t that reason enough not to vote for him? Please let me know if/where I’m wrong.

Good morning to my fellow chronic pain sufferers. As said above Oxycontin has saved my life as well! I awoke this morning and took my meds which I am not addicted to, I am “dependent” on. For the last 7 years from a car accident resulting in back troubles that I could have surgery for. Yep they could, cut me open break off a section of my ribs, deflate my lungs and place much titanium screws and a cage holding me all together.. Sure, and the surgeon states in the end after surgery it would be 50/50. Thats, could be better and could be worse.Thats also not considering scar tissue and its effects! As is right now before taking oxycontin i cant work, cant stand without sitting every few moments,cant sit without standing every few moments.can only think of the things i cant do.cant lift a pot of coffee, sound depressing yet?Its CHRONIC PAIN, NON CANCEROUS.. It means for the rest of your life you cant concentrate on much else but your pain.The pain runs and ruins your life. Now,within one hour after taking my meds not only can i lift the coffee but i can walk to the store to get milk, carry 1/2 gallon of milk home and bring my wife coffee in bed up the stairs! I can then go to work , the same field ive been in my whole life. Trust me, its a high stress job that involves concentration and depends on full brain function . I can work my full shift and thus support my family of 6. Sure there is a period when starting to take the drug your body needs to adjust to it and you need to adjust the dosage to fit your needs. But as i said ive been on this wonder drug for the last seven years and the same dose for the last five.It doesnt exactly take all the pain away but it dulls it so we can continue a productive life. Absolutely some abuse this (and other) drugs but because some abuse and die from cough medicine should we take it off the shelves? How about cars? do we all ride bikes to work becaus some idiots cant drive? wake up people, Oxycontin saves more lives then you bashers give it credit for.. take it away and watch the suicide epidemic.. Hope everyone can have a pain free day..

I also read Rudy Giuliani made a name for himself by going after Michael Milken and inaugurating the SWAT team arrests and perp walks for his white collar targets when he was a DA. Is there a Democrat out there who really wants to bring the troops home and not just pretend or a Republican who is really for small government? It seems this Ron Paul combines both attributes but the press does not mention him. Why? What would his position be on this oxycontin issue?

the fact that pain doctors across the country whom prescribe this popular pain releif drug are making their patients sign a form that allows them to do drug testing on them at their discreation as a means to protect their practice, should be a red flag that this misapplication drug that has slipped through the cracks is a killer.

Oxycontin is a derivitive of morphine. It’s actual strength is 8-10 times stronger than morphine. Yes, many people abuse it and other narcotics because it’s a drug that causes euphoria–almost every prescritpion pain med does. If it’s prescribed for severe pain, it’s ALWAYS going to be dangerous, but it’s a very potent drug that can change the quality of life for many people living with chronic pain. Quit blaming the drug companies.

First off, I apologize for jumping in on this conversation a little too late. I also truly believe that the $600 million clams that “Purdue-Pharma” is shelling out to…….oh, that’s right nobody exactly knows is simply a tad too late as well. No amount of money will ever bring anybody’s (father,mother,brother,daughter) back from a very serious thing called addiction. I realize that this “wonder” drug can really improve the life of bed-ridden people. When used correctly I am sure that is true. The reason I am last on this blog is that I have struggled with drug addiction for the last 10 YEARS! And I am fresh out from yet another trip to a rehab facility. When I mentioned that when used correctly it could help the people that really need this pill…..correctly is what 2-5 times a day?…..Right? I have had numerous presciption drugs and they “need” to be taken EVERYDAY more than once per-usual. So regardless if you need this medication or not you ARE addicted.I graduated from High School in 1996 and grew up in the suburbs of Boston. I, like many of my peers drank beers, smoked weed, and used other drugs. I was not an ADDICT! As a teenager it could be a number of reasons why my group of peers decided to drink where some other groups did not. Let me state here that my peers were NOT the minority. Was it a rebellion thing? Curiousity? Looking to fit in? Searching for an escape of reality? or all of the above. I guess I will never know. But just like our parents of the baby boom era….With the groovy 60′s baby or the heavily cocaine induced 70′s disco days…..we were young…and now just 10 years out of High School and I have been to more than 20 funerals and missed about 10 due to my own addiction…my whole area is flooded with HEROIN and OXYCONTIN. My state of Mass. is so bad on opiates that many addicts can’t even find beds in rehabs. Addicts my age (29) were somewhat lucky to at least enjoy the Friday night keg party in the woods or the pick-up basketball game on Saturday, working off the hangover. Now kids are 19 years old and they have been shooting herion for 4 years and abusing oxy’s for even longer. I could not imagine not being able to go to SCHOOL because you were dope-sick.My prayers are with the loved ones who lossed. I don’t have an answer to this and many people have made some solid points. But, what I do know is when oxy’s came out around 1996 my family was never the same and you could get the same answer from 95% of the people that live in my town. Oxy’s got too expensive so really herion is now the #1 problem, but it all stemmed from a drug that a company made for the “select” few that actually have had their lives improved from this drug. If that’s the case why do these pills run rampid on the streets? Are the people that NEED them selling them…where did they all come from? Trust this as fact….the lives that have improved from this pill are in the minority.

Honesty, integrity and a persuasive mentality are the most important qualities of an elected official

I wish that these OxyContin “holier-than-thou” bashers would shut up and go away. I suffered a terrible on the job accident, which eventually led to the amputation of my leg below the knee (shattered ankle). over the course of 9 years between the injury and finally the loss of my leg, the last 5 years I was taking OC – AS DIRECTED!! It is the only med. available that let me sleep thru the night due to its time release feature. I did not crush, snort,chew or shoot it, just took it EXACTLY as prescribed by a PAIN MANAGEMENT doctor. When the source of my horrifically debiliting pain was finally amputated after 7 surgical attempts to repair it,my doctor gently (6 months) tapered me off of it. Done. end of story. It was as many other TRUE chronic pain sufferers on this blog have mentioned, a godsend. I am sorry for those of you who have lost loved ones (espically children), who ABUSED this drug, but abusing ANY SUBSTANCE is a personal choice, so don’t blame the drug, put the blame squarely where it lies, on the shoulders of the ABUSER. Don’t deny people like me and those with no end in sight to their pain a tool which when used PROPERLY allows us some semblance of a normal life. Those that abuse any substance obivoisly have other issuses, as happy, well adjusted people do not drink to excess or use drugs, so if your goal is to protect these people from themselves, then you better be ready to ban EVERYTHING from beer to paint thinner. Don’t take your frustrations on those who, like I was, already in enough pain.

After I had my 4 wisdom teeth out, I was given Oxycontin. I remember accidenlty not taking it and not even being able to swallow liquids my jaw hurt so badly. It is a truely important drug.
Now I have had a Pelonidal Abcess Extraction and basically have a large crater shaped wound over my tailbone. Without Oxycontin I would have to stand or lay on my stomach for the 4 week healing period becuase of the pain. Its amazing how we take sitting down for granted.
I’ve never felt addicted to this drug or any drug for that matter. Its all genetic.

I am so sick and tired of reading accounts from people who claim that they became “addicted” to OxyContin without knowing that this could happen, and who then condemn this drug and who then do everything in their power to force it from the market. Fortunately, a sufficiently large number of genuinely needy patients and intelligent doctors exist to wage an all-out war should the government threaten to force this drug off pharmacy shelves.
I am 43 years old, and have Marfan syndrome. In my case, the presentation is unusually severe. I have chronic back problems and am not a candidate for surgery because I am also osteoporotic. I have scoliosis secondary to Marfan syndrome. I present with annular bulges, prominent Schmorl’s node formation, prominent spur formation, bone marrow signal changes associated with fatty degeneration, bone infarcts affecting both knees, severe pains in several joints, and numerous other problems. OxyContin has made it possible for me to live a normal life once again — instead of having to take hydrocodone preparations (Norco 10 / 325) (up to eight tablets every 24 hours, in divided doses) which would obstruct my thought processes and make me sleepy, I now take one 80 mg OxyContin tablet twice daily. I never suffer the excruciating pain that was once my constant companion. I am once again able to walk without worrying about where the nearest benches are located. I can go into work and deliver the finest quality analysis (I am a systems analyst), not suffering from any mental clouding or impaired judgment. I am able to contribute to society and to derive genuine enjoyment from living life on my terms once again.
Of course, there is a risk of addiction. Certainly, if my doctor were forced to stop prescribing this drug to me, he would have to reduce the dosage by degrees of at most 10 mg – 15 mg per day over many weeks, allowing for at least two weeks to pass between each decrement. That risk is common to all opioid therapies. That is a risk that every person must take into consideration and deal with, or refuse to take the drug. Nobody forces this drug into anybody’s mouths. People take OxyContin because they want to – because it is an excellent and extremely potent analgesic. Please, let’s stick to the facts here. The consumption of any opioid over a lengthy period of time will result in the formation of physical dependence (as distinct from addiction). This can be dealt with provided the patient is as open and as honest with the physician as the requirements of the situation dictate.
When OxyContin was first released, it was prescribed only for those people (such as cancer patients) who suffered intractable pain and who were considered to be terminal. There can be no denying the fact that aggressive marketing of this drug played a major role in broadening the prescription base to people other than terminally ill cancer patients. I am profoundly grateful for this shift in the marketing of this drug. Had this drug not been made more readily available to persons other than end-stage cancer patients, I would still suffer on a daily basis.
The bottom line has not changed and will never change. If you are going to take a drug that is addictive but powerful, make your decision after careful, thorough assessment of the risks and benefits…
PHILIP

I had a spinal fusion due to severe lifting of very heavy outsized items at work for many years. I took many Motrin and and excedrin to the point of a bad ulcer. After the fusion that failed i was in even more pain 24 hours a day. I started with vicodin and as the pain got worse i was given OC. It, the pain is so bad that if i didn’t have my meds i would be thinking about ending it all or looking for street drugs. Until you’ve walked in the shoes of a person with pain that bad, shut up.
If a person is abusing drugs of any kind i shouldn’t be punished for it.
I take an amount so that i still hurt so as to not get addicted but the pain is tolerable. I can’t even stand for more than a few minutes with the meds. I could take more and i wish i could believe me. Please don’t punish me for the recreational addicts!!!!

I guess we have now found someone we can blame all the worlds ills for in Rudy Giuliani.
We hear about how he treated his wife and family but it was okay for good old Clinton to get a little oral sex in the White House…and by the way…he only got caught once, so God only knows how many times this charade went down.
Its just another smear campaign by the libs to discredit someone who can finally lead our country in the right direction. Go Rudy!

I was on oxy for over 3 years and it was amazing after I found out how to fit it into my life.I was doing 480mgs a day and worked on heavy equipment and electronics and without it it would not have been possible.I am still on 360 mgs of morphine a day and have had the same wonderful results but there is a major diff.between need and want.

The Drug controvercy on oxycontin, is nothing new…Look at history and you will see there is always ‘something’ that is blamed and stigmatized…It’s always easy to blame ‘something’ for problems people would have with ‘anything’…..I think if you decide to take the drug and it works,then you are making your life with chronic pain-much more bearable..or terminal a means to and end….people who abuse drugs would abuse reguardless(There are lots of addictions that have nothing to do with drugs and desroy lives) and thats freedom of choice and I have the belief that we should use these drugs with skill and judgement…..like guns,automobiles,TV,Gambling,and alcohol which desroys ten times the lives of Americans…

I haven’t been up to much lately. So it goes. What can I say? I’ve just been letting everything wash over me recently, not that it matters. I just don’t have much to say these days.

I was just today precribed oxycontin for the first time, 10mg twice a day. I already know that I will become dependant on it. I need something. The last few years have been a haze of debilatating pain and ‘chasing the dragon’ of pain relief through codiene. I was taking so many tylonol 1′s a day, that my last liver test shows twice what it should be. I was finally able, in the last year to supplement with pure cdiene 30′s. I was taking around 200 – 300 mg a day. The constipation is horrible. Now I’m scared to take the oxycontin that my Dr has precribed. I’m scared of being another stat. I need to do something tho. I’m in soooo much pain. I have been for 5 years. Since the birth of my 4th child. Birth accident, or just too many babies too close together? I don’t know, I only know that I hurt constantly. I can hardly crawl out of bed in the morning, and I have 5 little children to take care of. What am I suppose to do? The codiene was NOT managing the pain. My MRI says that I have compressed disks, the type commonly seen in 50 year old men who drive truck for a living, and I’m only 29 years old. What the hell am I gonna be on when I’m actually 50? I’m scared to take these meds. I don’t wanna become and addict, but, my life is unmanagable as is. It hurts so bad. Thanks for all the info. I have enough of my regular dose of codiene to get me through the next few days while I seriously consider taking the plunge into this Oxycontin world. I hurt so much just sitting here that I want to run to the cupboard up-stairs and take the pill, but, wow, after everything yall have said, I’m so scared. I have a 12 year old, an 8 year old, a 5 year old and 1 year old twins. I have never even been able to take my babies for a walk, and they just stared walkin on their own 2 feet! I’m hoping that oxycontin is the miracle that I have been seeking. I guess we’ll see. Thanks again for all the opinions….

Boy is there ever a plethora of oxycontin mis-information on this site. I have been a chronic pain patient for four years now. I suffer from severe fibromyalgia as well as two herniated lumbar disks, herniated thoracic disks, and severe degenerative arthritis in my lower spine and facet joints. I have tried many therapies for my constant pain and have found pharmaceutical intervention to be the most effective and affordable for my multiple problems and my pain management doctor agrees with this summation.
I went into narcotic therapy fully aware of what I was getting into and looking forward to being able to function again with acceptable pain levels. This decision was not taken lightly. Not surprisingly, I found very good pain relief from these meds and was able to pull my life back out of the chronic pain gutter. I have been on methadone, Kadian, Percocet, Lorcet, and Oxycontin ( not all at once ) and got relief from all of them. Oxycontin, however has worked best with the fewest side effects. I have sound relief. I work at a police dept. as an emergency dispatcher that has to be able to make life and death decisions daily, so I need my full faculties and have them on these meds.
I don’t abuse my meds and see my doctor monthly for my scripts as anyone on these meds knows that they are schedule II and no refills are allowed. I have been treated like a drug addict from all sorts of clueless people who don’t know what they are talking about and I see the same stupid ignorance here.
People can’t seem to take responsibility for their actions or place blame where it squarely belongs. Kids who die from oxy abuse are just that, abusers!!! I don’t mean to sound harsh, but mommy just can’t seem to understand that “Johnnie” was an addict. She wants to punish all legitimate pain patients because she refuses to see that her child was not perfect. She wants to label Oxycontin as some evil substance that somehow forced its way into “Johnnies’” system causing him to “od” as he innocently consumed his milk and cookies. Let’s ban all narcotics and make innocent people, who want a few moments a day without pain, suffer a horrible life and death. How selfish and ignorant can you be?
I would love to see all of these people walk a mile in any chronic pain patient’s shoes and then we will see if there song and dance changes.

I was a weight-lifter for 6yrs., I to had back surgery. I had a lumbar fusion, 2 rods put in my lower back. I am currently taking oxycontin and it has done wonders for my life. I am taking 120mgs 3 times aday. I have a doctor who understands what pain really is. Since I have been taking the medication I can go to college and not half to worry about the pain.

My name is Kim A and i would like to show you my personal experience with Oxycontin.
I have taken for 3 years. I am 23 years old. I think it is the best pain killer there is. Although it’s coming very abused, I think that it is a very powerful reliever and that more doctors should look into it for pain relief.
I have experienced some of these side effects-
mild dependency and constipation
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Kim

To control the pain we must attend to the specialist because we can give him what is appropriate and what we need, for example I take oxycontin, vicodin which is medicine used to counter the chronic pain that I have for years, but I rioja prescribing doctor, I take it in moderation because I read which is a medicine that causes anxiety, and we must control it as it can affect your nervous system, so do not take medicines without consultation because it really can be dangerous.