Oxycodone and Fibromyalgia : no longer want the high, but pa Posted: 10-11-06 10:40am
i was using oxycodone for a year around
180mil aday i went to treatment and do not
want to abuse painpills any more for the
"high" the problem is now i am left with
chronic pain i never had before and am
tierd all the time were i cant get out of
bed. I have all symtoms of fybromialga
joint pain etc.... this has been going on
for 6 months i now have gone back to
taking pills for relief . when i take
methadone i dont feel the high up and down
i just feel normal and only take 10-20
mill a day am i better of on that then
oxycodone and why do i have all this pain
every dr says just wait it will get better
well it doenst. Can oxy abuse cause long
term illnesses???????
Oxycodone is an opiate painkiller and its
long term usage can cause dependency.
Over time, the effect of oxycodone becomes
weaker (tolerance) so that the daily dose
has to be increased in order to feel the
same effect. In time, you can no longer
feel in good mood without the drug
(psychic dependency). Psychoc dependency
then turns into a physical dependency,
because without the drug you can’t
function properly at all. When you stop
taking the drug, you feel symptoms of
abstinent syndrome (strong pains,
vegetative symptoms like nausea, vomiting,
etc). Abstinent syndrome is a real horror
for the abusers and forces them to do
anything to get more drugs only to avoid
the abstinent crisis. The strong pain in
the joints that you have experienced after
stopping oxycodone can be due both to the
previous condition (fibromyalgia) and
abstinent syndrome. Methadone is also an
opiate painkiller but much stronger than
oxycodone. It is now possible that you
become addicted to methadone instead of
oxycodone. I recommend you to ask for
expert help from a drug treatment
specialist for help with questions about
long-term illness and detox options.
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