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re: How to tell if someone is abusing painkillers?
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:17 pm to Pectus
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:17 pm to Pectus
Follow the money. Illicit opiates aren't cheap. If they have a prescription they will run out early. When out they will be irritable with lack of motivation and focus, fatigue, get overwhelmed when stressed and will isolate. This will be followed by opiate withdrawal if a source of opiates is not available which has been described previously. Consider obtaining Narcan if opiate use is ongoing it may save the users life.
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Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:24 pm to LSUtigerMD
Addiction and physical dependence are not the same thing. These are separate processes caused by different problems in different regions of the brain. You can be physically dependent and not be addicted and you can be addicted and not physically dependent. We have confused people by including signs and symptoms of physical dependence in our description of addiction. Addiction usually starts before you ever use a substance.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:36 pm to Pectus
If you feel someone you know has a substance use problem encourage them to get evaluated by an Addiction Medicine specialist ASAP. It may save their life.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:37 pm to Pectus
I was in a bad way w 2 different types, pretty sure no one could tell. Absolute junkies have all kinds of tells which have been discussed. Lots of people are capable of hiding it or denying if caught.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:40 pm to S
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I was in a bad way w 2 different types
didn't know this about you, S...
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Lots of people are capable of hiding it or denying if caught.
i was highly functioning addict for 12 years.... wasn't until i was "caught" caught by my wife that i finally was able to get clean...
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:07 am to SuperSaint
quote:This. Been taking 40mg - 60mg of hydrocodone daily for 13+ years, and no one but my doctor, my wife, and one good friend is even aware.
Good chance someone is taking 4-8 lortabs Orally a day and you would have zero clue unless you saw them taking it.
I can--and do--go days without it. Just load up on Naproxen and bite the bullet for the aches/pains it doesn't touch. Hydro abstinence is a bitch since I'm treating, among other things, chronic leg pain caused by an epic battle I lost with a chainsaw, and multiple blown discs from a parachuting mishap. Regardless, I've been taking the same dose of the same medicine for well over a decade, and I have zero desire to increase the daily dose.
All of that said, I guess I'm technically, clinically "addicted," but hydro allows me to perform my job (climbing poles/ladders/towers and doing other strenuous physical labor) and yet lead a normal, pain-free life. So, I'm fine with whatever label society wants to apply. frick 'em all.
I'm not fine with all the goddamn restrictions the FDA/DEA or whomever continues to add to obtaining my prescriptions.
Although I'd never do it myself, I can certainly understand the desire some folks have to use heroin once the Government makes getting legal prescription meds too damn difficult/expensive. All of that is just one more reason I'm a proud Libertarian: "Legalize it all and let Darwin's law take care of the rest."
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:16 am to FCP
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I guess I'm technically, clinically "addicted,"
no, you are dependent, not addicted... you physically need them to perform your job, and have a tolerance to them, so physically you would go through withdrawals if abruptly stopped, but what you are describing is not "addiction".....
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:18 am to FCP
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40mg - 60mg of hydrocodone
sad to say, but that was breakfast for me
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:38 am to Pectus
Pinprick pupils are the most obvious sign
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:40 am to DecadePlusLurker
Put a handful of Oxy on the table in front of them and see if they squirm and start to vibrate and sweat.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 5:06 am to Pectus
I abused some yesterday, spent 3 1/2 hours in the dentist chair.
Then two Vicodin and a pint of Wild Turkey
Then two Vicodin and a pint of Wild Turkey
Posted on 10/10/17 at 5:56 am to Pectus
Sure, why not. Just focusing on smaller things that normally wouldn't really matter
Posted on 10/10/17 at 6:02 am to Pectus
If you're asking they're probably on it.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 6:09 am to Pectus
Neverousness constipation frequent visits to the MD office for bs reasons
Posted on 10/10/17 at 6:15 am to Pectus
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How to tell if someone is abusing painkillers?
White
Posted on 10/10/17 at 6:15 am to Pectus
They start "borrowing" money.
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