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I don't think you know what you're talking about. For how many weeks were you on the medication? For how long were you in withdrawal? Heroin, hydromorphone, ox

I don't think you know what you're talking about. For how many weeks were you on the medication? For how long were you in withdrawal? Heroin, hydromorphone, oxycodone, etc the withdrawal lasts 5-7 days. Were you in withdrawal for that long? I guess the point I'm trying to make is that most addicts are on much higher doses for much longer periods of time -- and the withdrawal is insane. Furthermore, there's a big difference between physical and psychological addiction. If there weren't, then everyone who takes prescribed pain meds for any length of time would be "an addict" because they'll experience a degree of withdrawal. If you identify as a drug addict, that's fine (though I certainly hope you aren't one!). IV Hydromorphone is also, by the way, 5x stronger than IV morphine. Granted, that's a lot, but nowhere near 100x!

hirsin 10y ago
Personally speaking I was on hydromorphone (orally) for a shattered ankle, and just 72 hours of taking it (at 66% max dose) was enough. Dropping from 2 pills to 1 caused some withdrawal symptoms, and 1 to 0 definitely caused nausea and insomnia. The surgeon nodded when he heard about this and said yep, that's expected. It's addictive over that short a timespan.
- agjacobson 10y ago
  Thanks. I'm indeed not crazy.
agjacobson 10y ago
Your last sentence is correct, I made a mistake. The rest of what you said kind of supplements my post. One evening of self-medication was enough for to me, a formerly non-opiate addicted person, to experience extremely unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. In a person not particularly susceptible to addiction. Your eagerness to debate me about whether I was addicted mirrors the behavior of those nurses.
- coleifer 10y ago
  I confused you by making two points in one comment. The first was that you had a whiff of withdrawal, but only a whiff. Its disingenuous to compare yourself to the daughter in this article. The second was that physical addiction is very different from psychological addiction. Psychological addiction, for opiate addicts, is reinforced by physical withdrawal, not the other way around.

hirsin 10y ago

Personally speaking I was on hydromorphone (orally) for a shattered ankle, and just 72 hours of taking it (at 66% max dose) was enough. Dropping from 2 pills to 1 caused some withdrawal symptoms, and 1 to 0 definitely caused nausea and insomnia. The surgeon nodded when he heard about this and said yep, that's expected. It's addictive over that short a timespan.

agjacobson 10y ago
Thanks. I'm indeed not crazy.

agjacobson 10y ago

Your last sentence is correct, I made a mistake. The rest of what you said kind of supplements my post. One evening of self-medication was enough for to me, a formerly non-opiate addicted person, to experience extremely unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. In a person not particularly susceptible to addiction. Your eagerness to debate me about whether I was addicted mirrors the behavior of those nurses.

coleifer 10y ago
I confused you by making two points in one comment. The first was that you had a whiff of withdrawal, but only a whiff. Its disingenuous to compare yourself to the daughter in this article. The second was that physical addiction is very different from psychological addiction. Psychological addiction, for opiate addicts, is reinforced by physical withdrawal, not the other way around.