For Severe scoliosis,: Best damn pill I ever was prescribed. I have terrible permanent back pain and my doctor 20 years ago titrated me up to the max of 90 80mg oc oxycontin. It gave me my life back. I never abused em because I didnt have to. As long as I had my 3 a day, everyday, I was able to move as a teenager. Due to all the hype about oxycontin in the media and then eventually I was told by my physician that it was discontinued. He put me on these imitations they say op instead of oc. I know its still purdue but it aint the same. I needed double the amount and before you knew it I finally gave in and started taking more at each dose. It made no sense to me. People like me are being punished because certain people had to ruin it for all of us that really benefited from it. Its just a sad sad story and I was hoping it would all fade away and physicians could write opiate scripts again to people that need it. My doctor knew I had this absurdly high tolerance on all medications and safely titrated me to a perfect dose and frequency. I think of it everyday, if they never interrupted what was working for me I wonder if I wouldnt have lost my successful construction business and be where I am today. I remember watching a video recently of these people in a commercial for oxycontin and how they were so happy with the results but then they go years in the future and all of em are in bad shape. Thats the opposite with my story. It brings me to tears literally thinking about how it helped me so much handle the pain I suffer. Its about coping and it wasnt fun. This is a choice i made based on a doctors recommendation. I felt a lifetime on pain meds is worth it to have a better life. People cant imagine what its like to have such terrible pain all day and all night to the point you cant sleep without meds. The thoughts that go through your head are not pretty. God Bless Purdue pharma for creating such a wonderful medicine that helped me so much. I feel sorry for the families that lost love ones from an opiate disease or accidental toxicity and the like but does the good outweigh the bad? How can we know…? I believe the blame is not on purdue pharma for making a miracle drug that could kill but lets face it the fault is in the taker not the creator.

By JoJo on 09 Mar, 2024