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If you were given narcotics in the hospital, then there must have been a reason. I said that if you have pain, and the drug takes it away, it feels good.
by mtdewcmu 10y ago
If you were given narcotics in the hospital, then there must have been a reason. I said that if you have pain, and the drug takes it away, it feels good.
- elevensies 10y agoIn once case it was prior to the pain being inflicted -- for a scheduled medical procedure.
- mtdewcmu 10y agoI believe you. I don't think the buzz would happen consistently if you tried to replicate it over and over. It could have been your anxiety going away, or it could have been the placebo effect. One could easily resolve the question of whether opioids cause euphoria by doing a double-blind clinical study. I would love to do that study, in fact.
- opiate_eng 10y agoThey already do these studies to test opiates vs other painkillers. Opiates kick ass. Or maybe you're right: they just take away pain. But it turns out a lot of us have existential pain so it works all the time.
- mtdewcmu 10y agoThe worse you feel, the more you will enjoy opiates.
- mtdewcmu 10y agoActually, I remembered that there are relevant results from clinical studies that are available. Here are the side effects of OxyContin.[1] (Euphoria is considered a side effect.) The most commonly-reported side effects were constipation, nausea, and somnolence. If you look down further, you can see that both euphoria and dysphoria were reported rarely. [1] http://www.rxlist.com/oxycontin-drug/side-effects-interactions.htm http://www.rxlist.com/oxycontin-drug/side-effects-interactio...
- Nursie 10y agoI wasn't in hospital, or in any pain. The euphoria is very real. For the benzodiazepine class of drugs it's a little less clear cut - people who take them recreationally may well be alleviating stress or anxiety and finding that pleasurable. Opiates.... nah.
- mtdewcmu 10y agoNote that there are many reasons for why anecdotes don't count as evidence. I thought that I felt euphoria the first time I took codeine (but I honestly wasn't sure). I have taken codeine since and was never able to replicate that euphoria. IME with opioids, there will be times when they feel good (or seem to), but those good feelings are frustratingly hard to replicate. I've taken a skeptical look back at all my use and concluded that the drugs simply don't have the power to cause euphoria all by themselves. They can be sort of like a social lubricant, and they can be reliably good when I feel like complete shit. But I never figured out a way to conjure euphoria on command using just opioids.
- Nursie 10y agoI've had codeine euphoria multiple times. I'm pretty sure the euphoric effects of opiates are quite well documented. I'll throw it right back at you - your own personal experiences are worth about as much as mine when it comes to medical evidence, not a lot.
- mtdewcmu 10y agoThere is hard evidence here[1]. Less than 5% of people reported euphoria in clinical studies of OxyContin. [1] http://www.rxlist.com/oxycontin-drug/side-effects-interactions.htm http://www.rxlist.com/oxycontin-drug/side-effects-interactio...