I just came across this site while trying to find information about death by hydrocodone intoxication. Not to put all my business out on front street, but i have had a few friends pass away this year from some sort of drug overdose and the latest was my closest and dearest cousin. The cause of death was listed as accidental, but the reading on his death certificate says accidental drug overdose from hydrocodone intoxication.
I have been addicted to hydrocodone for about 8 or so years. My DOC is Vicodin, but i would take it any way i could get it: be that lorocet, lorotab, percocet...narco's, any of them would do ~ just to feel WELL enough to start my day and keep moving to feel NORMAL the rest of the day. I guess you could call me a functioning addict. Like many of us out here, I have a professional job, a family, and tons of responsibility that i do tend to on a daily basis. However, the people in those facets of my life are unaware that i have a one hundred dollar a day habbit. I take 25 750mg Vikes everyday. I am the typical addict...always counting my pills, breaking them in half so they hit me quicker, taking them on an empty stomache and not eating so that the buzz is better, and always TRYING to make sure i have at LEAST 2 or 3 left at the end of the night, so that i can dose up when i wake up in the morning. If i don't, i can't make it out the bed or even get motivated to do anything.
My life pretty much revoled around pills....ordering the pills, waiting for the pills, getting pills, buying pills, looking for new suppliers, trying to pin down new dealers, doctor shopping, counting the pills, hiding the pills, lying about the pills, and taking the pills, and thking about needing more pills, how i was going to get them, from where, and how was i going to pay for them. I was a real junkie and i had to accept that before anything could change.
I just wanted to share my story with any and all of you because i think it is important to share information. This information has helped me and maybe...just maybe...it will help one of you or someone you know and/or love. I do appologize if the information listed below is something you already know about, but it can't hurt to hear it again.
Have any of you heard of or tried Suboxone? It is an Opiate Analogist. I have had nothing but success with this drug. It is like a gift from god. Not only does it take the withdrawls from the opiate (opiate being any hydrocode, opium, and even heroine) way, but it also takes the cravings away. 20 minutes after taking my first dose, i felt great, had lots of energy and was NORMAL for the entire day. I never even thought about vikes that day. The best part about Sub. to me is the fact that it is opposite of Methadone in that you dose down no up. So you need less and less instead of more and more. When people get hooked on the methadone, some doctors will prescribe suboxone to help break the physical addiction.
If you get a chance and want to learn more, please ask as i am an open book. I don't want to lose any one else to pills. The Detroit News an New York times just released a report stating that Vicodin is not only the number one misused Rx, but also there are more peeps addicted to opiates than crack and cocaine combined. So there are a lot of us out there. Suboxone has saved me, maybe it can save you to. (or at least help you quit if thats what you are trying to do.)
Thanks for listening and good luck to all of you,
jgee