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Why don't patients for whom OxyContin does not work 12-hours ask their doctor for some another drug? With smaller interval, generic, and much cheaper? Would a
by guard-of-terra 10y ago
Why don't patients for whom OxyContin does not work 12-hours ask their doctor for some another drug? With smaller interval, generic, and much cheaper?
Would a doctor refuse to prescribe different, much cheaper drug, keeping them on expensive drug that does not work? Should not they then lose licenses?
The whole prescription medicine system always seemed evil to me.
- yarou 10y agoHydrocodone is relatively cheap and anecdotally quite effective. When I broke my ribs, I was told to take both Hydrocodone/paracetamol (Norco) and ibuprofen every day. However, I knew my doctor was trying to get me hooked on it. So I spaced it out, I'd do one day Norco, then the next day ibuprofen, and I didn't really develop much of a tolerance. I did notice, however, when I had some shoulder pain the other day from weightlifting, that Norco is now very hit or miss for me. So I usually end up going with a high CBD edible or strain whenever I have acute pain.
- maxerickson 10y agoIbuprofen is often prescribed (or just recommended) for its anti-inflammatory effects. (opiates and paracetamol do not have those effects)
- yarou 10y agoRight, and I noticed that I was able to function better under ibuprofen instead of the hazy "sleep/wake" state you get with opiates.
- maxerickson 10y agoRereading my post I didn't do it very well, but I meant to suggest that a better strategy might be to take the ibuprofen every day and then add the opiate as necessary.
- _acme 10y agoWhat incentive did your doctor have to "get [you] hooked" on hydrocodone? Why do you think that was your doctor's objective?