IMPAIRED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS?

[sissy101]

This is my story.  Yes, I can say I'm addicted to opiates, but the strange thing is that it's just when I work.  When I'm not at work, I really have no desire!  I don't "drug seek" aka going to MD's for prescriptions, etc.  I don't go through withdrawals, I guess you could say its "recreational" use.  However, this is my livlihood so of course its a dangerous situation.  I have not gone to NA or anything, I was just wondering if anyone here had an opinion as to why this is with me.  There have been times when I have not worked for months and months and still I didn't "drug seek".  I just don't get it.  I have been reading a lot of posts on this forum recently and I admire so many of you who have gone through such hard times- physically and mentally.  I'd love some opinions on this.  Thanks.  RNinPA.

[hippy]

10 reasons why drug addicts use drugs to escape.
#1 i hate myself
#2 i hate myself
#3 i hate myself
#4 i hate myself
#5 i hate myself
#6 i hate myself
#7 i hate myself
#8 i hate myself
#9 i hate myself
#10  i hate myself

[mrmichael67]

****I copy/pasted this from a thread way down below:

The hydrocodone as a single entity issue has come up quite a few times. I have gone to the FDA website and they have an Orange Book search that has all of the drugs approved by the FDA in it and they list no products with only hydrocodone in them. Here is the site: http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/docs/queryai.htm

I also called a few pharmacies and they said no also. One of them was a compounding pharmacy and they said the only way it can be done is if it is compounded. They mix the hydrocodone with fillers and put it in a capsule. The pharmacist told me there is no limit on the milligrams allowed in them. If there is one out there, I would love to know what it is. It would be helpful because there are people who could benefit from that info. Can you call your pharmacy that you got it from and get the name of it? They would have it on record in their computer. I have honestly done hours of research on this subject and came up with nothing. Even the compounding pharmacist told me that it is absurd the amount of vicodins that doctors are prescribing their patients. Patrice even said she knew of one and that is what got me started on this at an earlier date...a couple of months ago. And, please call your pharmacy. It would help me greatly to have that info.  And, I am not saying I don't believe you, I just have done a lot of looking into it and have come up with nothing.

[GOD]

Howdy, mm67

I live in the same state the Skipper lives in, and I too am interested in the same Hydrocodone WITHOUT any Liver-damaging Tylenol, Etc in the preparation.

As I'd mentioned before, My Aunt is currently taking MS Contin for Pain, and MSir for breakthrough... Anyway, shes planning to begin a taper to guage where, Exactly, her pain level is. (she was taking Oxy, but her Doctor wimped out, and switched to the Morphine without giving her a decent explanation...) I called him Myself to inquire about her medications, and he implied that the medical community around here was getting heat from the DEA... Imagine that! Pain patients find a GREAT medication that REALLY works well (OxyContin), and because the media is attacking a this certain Pain Med because a few Idiots killed themselves with it, people who REALLY need it are getting screwed.

Anyway, the reason I ask is that her Doc was going to switch her to Vicodin for breakthough pain in place of the Morphine IR 15 Mg tablets. If she normally takes 2 doses of MSir 15's per day, she'd be taking the equivalent of 6 Vicodins with 3000 Mgs of tylenol thrown in (right?)! That's way to f-ing high!

So, Skip, I agree with MrMichael... If it (hydrocodone without acetamenaphen) is out there-- Where is it to be found, and what is it called?

Thanks a Million,
Jess

[the jackel]

hiya everyone out there,Well heres a little about wot iv`e been through.When i was 18 yr`s old my mum`s face changed when she came into my bedroom to ask if i wanted breakfast, as she noticed a half pint tumbler next to my bed on floor as i needed that tumbler to spit into as i was outloading half a pint of green mucas every day,so my mum foned 999 emergency number& about ten minutes l8r i was rushed away to hospital,after 3day`s o being inn hospital they told me there was a very small particle of a peanut stuck in the tubes of my lungs,so they said to me that they need to put2tubes down through my mouth&into my lungs 1 was a camera&the 2nd was a suction hose to try &remove the small bit of peanut(but it would`nt budge:(now they tell me i`m going for a major operation which left me with only 1&a half lung`s & 4`of my ribs cut away.I realy thought i was dieing&i was, but now i`m on 2inhaler`s&sometimes a doc prescribes me prednistalone"but i find a nice bit of grass or bud`s etc allow me to breath more easily without any wheazing",than any steroid would &i was lying on my death bed with pnuemonia & plourasay.I live in the UK& marijuana is a class=c& illegal,but it`s the only thing that realy helps,bud is so deer any1 got any sugestions(can i grow my own plant instead of paying heavy buck`s for this without getting into any trouble?.

[mrmichael67]

You can do either, just don't get caught.  Do whatever you think is safer.  I do feel for you as I think they should legalize marijuana....at least for medical reasons.

[I'm Done]

I am new to this forum. I have been reading for a week or so but now want to post some questions. I am now addicted to vicodin 10/325. I have been taking for about 7 months without a break. I have obtained from several sources to maintain the addiction and have not had the need to go through withdrawal. Well... I am so tired of this! Like an idiot, I thought "it can never happen to me!". My dosage went up from about 6 pills a day (60mg of hydrocodone) to about 30 (300mg of hydro). I have been on this high of a dosage for about 1 month and just said ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I looovve the pain relief and the way it makes me feel but I cannot take the lows! I am fighting severe depression (never a problem before this). I started noticing that my body is just aching and if ANY time goes by where my body starts to feel the withdrawal! Wow! I can only imagine! Anyway, I am deperately trying to taper this ugly monster and rid my life of it (if possible). I have about 120 pills or so and over the past 3 days have gone from 220mg > day 1, 180mg day 2, 90mg today and I am feeling it BAD! It is about all I can do just to sit in bed and veg! My body is writhing in between dosages, sweats, chills, no appetite, diarrhea, stomach pain, crawling out of my freakin skin and my mental state, wow! All I can say is that I have NO positive mental thoughts EXCEPT just after I dose, then I feel "normal" for a few hours. I am married and told my wife what I am doing and she is happy although she just cannot understand what I am feeling. Someone please help me...

How long do these symptoms last? How did you people stop and work at your job at the same time!?! I feel useless! Can someone advise me on a practical time table for tapering and any other advise that could help?

I am feeling so alone and desperate right now.

   -- I'm Done