oxycontin - side effects

[Deb]

my husband was in an accident 4 1/2 years ago and suffered many broken bones including his back (fractured l4) he was on vicoden but had to stop this medication.  he now takes oxycontin (20mg twice a day) along with vicoprofen (as needed)  since taking the oxycontin his personality has gone downhill (not much laughing very very irritable!!) its ruining our marriage.  any suggestions for him or me and is there alternative paid meds that can do the same or more for him that he could try??

[singlemompain]

after 3 back surgeries i was put on 10m oxy evry 8 hours plus percoset every4. i am a single mom and cant cope. but when i try to stop i feel like i will die things crawling on me. vision ect help i have no insurace so treatment or other drugs not a option. help me to do it on my own.

[GoingToMakeIt]

Hey this is a really old post from 2000. Copy and start a new post. (Post a Question button) You will get better responses.

[destroyed77]

I am a 30 year old woman with 4 children ranging from ages 2 4 6 and 11 I am currently pregnant with my 5 child. My baby is due in 8 weeks . All my children are from the same man. My husband has never had any accident of injury. He started taking vicodent with my 1st child stealing my afterbirth medication. He would take 10 at a time. I was very naive and when I would ask him what was wrong or why he scratched his face untill it bled , he would just say something messed up to me like why does your face look like  poop. Anyway through the years which it has been 9 years so far he has used vicoen ,then he stared using needles to shoot up cocaing then it was crack, and oxicotin at the same time and of course the alchol has always been there. I have tried being the concerened wife , the loving wife , the understanding wife, the compasionate  wife. nothing seems to work to help him to make a change. He has no reason to do these things so I am pretty much dumbfounded in the whole situation. Oh yeah He also tried to committte suicide last year and completly siced all of his nerves and tendons in his left arm, till this day his hand is not 100 percent  well but he doesn't seem to care. My husband has a serious problem and so do I .  at least everyone who has writen on this page has some what of a ligitamate reason for starting in the 1st place. My husband I guess is just I don't what. My sympothy and compasion to anyone out there who has to go through the same bs that I do May God give us all strength.

[jackpup]

I was your husband, very similar circumstances for 2 years with the pain meds.  3 back surgeries, no help, and constant pain.  I withdrew from my marriage, I was distant and aloof, and it slowly wore my wife down.  I changed into a person I didn't even recognize, and so did my wife.  I would talk to him and explain how much it's affecting the family.  I finally decided to get off the meds, and I did so cold turkey about 3 months ago.  Lo and behold, in the throes of my withdrawals I found out my wife had cheated on me, claiming it was only a kiss, and it only happened a couple times, but who knows for sure.  We are now getting divorced because our trust in each other has been destroyed, and I will not tolerate infidelity.  I do accept some of the blame, I wasn't mean to her, but I wasn't there for her either.  The last year was basically spent avoiding each other by working late or doing things separately.  I wish she would have said something to me earlier, or that I would have realized the damage I was doing sooner, but in the midst of an addiction you don't think clearly and you don't realize the damage being done.  Those pills cost me a marriage, and that's something I will always regret, but also always use as motivation never to go back to that way of life.  If he chooses the pills over his family you have to leave, staying is worse for you and the kids.  If he chooses to stop and get help then you have to be there for him 100% and put aside your anger, trust me he'll feel  bad enough.  I hope things work out for you, but don't let his addiction ruin the family, that's not fair to any of you.

[takingovermylife]

Well its me again im looking for some advise from a heavy user. aftr i have been driveing myself crazy for the past few months about my husbands addiction the truth has finally come out. I got him to admit that im not really crazy ...and he is still using oxycotten. I found out that my husband is snorting up to 8 oxy 80s a day, + zanex and norcos on occasion. This is the craziest i could have imagined. I didnt even think it was possible for someone to do this much. since he admitted this to me he also admittd that he is trying to quit and saw a doctor and got suboxides. He has been clean for four days now off of everythng and just taking his suboxides.i havent let him out of my site since ,...and i have been helping him do everythng i can. He has taken two suboxides a day for three days and one a day after that. so one on his fourth day. I dont know how he he doing so well tho.... he has beeen feeling bad but  not severly  like i think he should. I just would like some advise on what to look for and what your / anyone who has used to  advise me on what i should do for him. I have done eveything i can possible do for him to make this expierence easier for him, i mean everything you can possible do. Please someone i need some help !...i dont do drugs but they are taking over my life and i cant take this anymore. im wiling to do anyting to help him get clean and be happy, but do you think its ever going t get better.

[colleen1220]

i was taking 80 mgs of oxys twice a day for about 3 years for pain. I did realize i was crabby when my meds would wear off so i said to myself this is not worth it for me or my husband or kids...so i stopped taking them....yeah i felt like **** for a week but i already felt better the first day, I felt like i was no longer a prisioner if you an understand that!!!!As weird as it sound i felt great and still do today......good luck everyone!!!!!trust me you,ll feel a weight lifted off of you.....colleen