Annoyed at family

[Straitlover]

OP, since it was 8 pills, and you say you're 5 days short, I'm assuming you take it every so many hours. Could you stretch out the time between doses to make them last longer? Or if whatever it is is not an extended-release pill, maybe cut a few in half to stretch them?

As everyone says, you need to lock your meds up. My mother had cancer. My niece (her granddaughter) was stealing her vicodin (plus my niece's DH). Pretty low to steal form you grandma w/ cancer!!!

 

[littleblackegg]

If we are talking daily use of narcotics, I have a distant relative who took pain meds every day of his life (he was thrown from a horse and had back pain) and if one day he claimed he was missing 8 of them there would have been major eye rolls. In fact, sadly, he died of an overdose some years ago. These pills are nothing to fool around with. The majority of drug overdoses these days are from prescription drugs (narcotics in particular) - I saw that on Dr. G!

I have to add to this I really don't get the appeal of these drugs. I was given a prescription for my wisdom teeth - I think percocet - anyway they totally made me nauseous and at best made me feel sick to my stomach like I was hung over! I took advil and was in pain but at least didn't feel sick.

The "appeal" of a substance has nothing to do with one's character. Some people are genetically preprogrammed to respond to certain substances. This is why we sometimes see whole families with addiction problems. Some people require these substances to manage pain. So, when I take an opiate and it causes euphoria and the desire for more, and another person takes an opiate and it causes nausea and vomiting, it has to do with the way the body responds to a drug-not the drug itself. Part of our feelings about these drugs culturally is bound up in how we feel about pain, the expression of pain, and people who experience pain. Not taking any medicine and "toughing it out" is considered a place of moral superiority, even if it really isn't.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

The "appeal" of a substance has nothing to do with one's character. Some people are genetically preprogrammed to respond to certain substances. This is why we sometimes see whole families with addiction problems. Some people require these substances to manage pain. So, when I take an opiate and it causes euphoria and the desire for more, and another person takes an opiate and it causes nausea and vomiting, it has to do with the way the body responds to a drug-not the drug itself. Part of our feelings about these drugs culturally is bound up in how we feel about pain, the expression of pain, and people who experience pain. Not taking any medicine and "toughing it out" is considered a place of moral superiority, even if it really isn't.

Interesting. I was prescribed hydrocodone once after a surgery and I've never felt so sick. The drug was worse than the post op pain so I stopped taking it after a day and a half. Does that mean all opioids will affect me that way?

 

[littleblackegg]

Interesting. I was prescribed hydrocodone once after a surgery and I've never felt so sick. The drug was worse than the post op pain so I stopped taking it after a day and a half. Does that mean all opioids will affect me that way?

Nope, they all bind to the mu receptor in different ways. Some people do get nausea and vomiting with most or all opioids. As long as the prescriber knows that you have gotten severe nausea before, they may give you an antiemetic (especially if you are in the hospital). There's a work-around for this problem.