- Nov 16, 2017
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It was before it became public knowledge how dangerous prescription drugs could be, but I had my own brush with it. Really the only thing I had ever heard about it was the Brett Farve thing - but I didn't really have any details on that other than it was prescribed.
I was prescribed Oxycontin for some pretty painful injuries I suffered when a ladder I was working on collapsed after being struck by a tree limb. I didn't have any broken bones but there was swelling in my left knee and elbow that basically immobilized me for a bit. They sent me home with the pills. First week, no problem I took as needed when the pain started peeking through. Pretty soon though I found myself watching the clock for when I could take them even after the pain was mild enough that I wouldn't normally even have bothered with a packet of BC. It's about that time that through the fog I realized what was happening. I threw them in the trash. Now I consider myself as a guy with a pretty firm constitution but I swear to you it was all I could do to force myself to not dig them out of the trash. As disgusting as that is it was almost the only thing I could think about. I had to make my wife carry the bag to the truck and go with me to the dump to get them out of reach.
The stuff is dangerous and probably should never be given to anyone that isn't in a hospital under the direct supervision of a doctor.
I was prescribed Oxycontin for some pretty painful injuries I suffered when a ladder I was working on collapsed after being struck by a tree limb. I didn't have any broken bones but there was swelling in my left knee and elbow that basically immobilized me for a bit. They sent me home with the pills. First week, no problem I took as needed when the pain started peeking through. Pretty soon though I found myself watching the clock for when I could take them even after the pain was mild enough that I wouldn't normally even have bothered with a packet of BC. It's about that time that through the fog I realized what was happening. I threw them in the trash. Now I consider myself as a guy with a pretty firm constitution but I swear to you it was all I could do to force myself to not dig them out of the trash. As disgusting as that is it was almost the only thing I could think about. I had to make my wife carry the bag to the truck and go with me to the dump to get them out of reach.
The stuff is dangerous and probably should never be given to anyone that isn't in a hospital under the direct supervision of a doctor.