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Went to Pain Doctor and got my OC's & Percocet.. what to do

Hey All.... I have real issues with Pain .. and have been going to pain Management for over a year ... I am Prescribed Oxyconton 40mg 3x a day and Percocet 10/325 3 x a day. I did fine until about 3 months ago when  I read that people crushed the OC's .. so stupid me tried it.. and liked it of coarse.   Anyway then I ran out of my meds 5 days before my regular appointment ... then this month 12 days before my appointment.  I have very bad pain .. thats how this whole thing started.     Now I am not sure what to do ... I picked up my meds Saturday .. and started taking them as  Prescribed no crushing .. just swallow and take them one every 8 hours and the Percocet for break through pain .. which I am having alot of.    I was just wondering if its me .... but they dont seem to be helping much ... I was on only regular tylenol for the past 12 days and got through it ... I figured once I got my meds again the pain would disappear and .. it hasnt .. why do you think that is ? I am baffled by it .. any thoughts ?  Thanks Von
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Don't even know what to say.  Other than this is why chronic pain patients with real pain get treated like liars and criminals because of this.  Why would you do something like this? Get your head on straight first of all.  Other than that I really don't know what to say.
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I never snorted them ... I chewed them ... I know when you snort them .. they go right to your Brain ... when you chew them ... they take about 45 minutes to kick in ,,, but then you get all the medication at once ( so I read anyway)   I think you are right Sara ... I have built up a tolerance ... so the meds don't work like they used to !  Damn  so what now .. stronger meds ?  I hate to even consider that.     Thanks for listening Von
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you raised your tolerance tremendously by snorting them.
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Ive had that happen frequently- particularly with oxycodone (which i never used much of as hydro was my DOC, ) but sometimes I would get mad when Id finally get my pills and have WORSE pain than I did before and I remember saying "wow when they say PAIN pills i thought they were supposed to take the pain away, not GIVE you PAIN!"   Ive had it happen alot of times with both hydro and oxy but moreso with the oxy..i guess its sorta a rebound type of thing? I really dont know for sure but just wanted to say its happened to me. Now the other issue is.......dont ever snort your pills again! As sarah said once you abuse...no good outcome is likely.
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I would think your tolerance is still built up thats why they dont seem to be working.  why not stay with the tylenol as you said you got thru it?  Once you cross that line of abusing pain meds there isnt usually a good outcome with having more in your possession......sara
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