Hooked: the dangers of prescription drug addiction | 7NEWS Spotlight
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- This story originally aired on March 25, 2018.
Hundreds of Australians die every year, and thousands more are hopelessly addicted. But it's not ice or heroin they're addicted to. Prescription drugs, including super-strong painkillers like oxycodone, have become a huge problem around the world - the kind that killed Heath Ledger, and almost destroyed footy hero Matt Cooper. Alex Cullen reports on how Matt was one of the lucky ones, saved at the last moment by his wife and his two little girls.
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People should not judge if they have not walked in someone's shoes!
You are right. We all know Those medications are danger..
I don’t blame the people who don’t understand. I didn’t until I was addicted. The Dr. solution for me was suboxone. Well it’s just as evil as normal opiates. It’s been almost 10 years and I have no idea how I’ll ever get off it.
Patricia Fourie exactly
@@romeowhiskeylima556 same for me. Back injury, Dr prescribed oxy's and then BAM I was addicted. Almost ruined my life but got off with suboxone then was taken off those but you never feel "normal" after. Because of my back injury within a yr I was prescribed pain meds again but not oxy. I was lead to believe I could take other pain meds without any problems...WRONG! Long story short I got off all meds again but still had my back injury and in my search for relief I found kratom! That has saved my life. It's been 4 yrs and haven't talen any meds..not even ibuprofen or Tylenol. What a nightmare
Now your a man , you’ve admitted and put your family first in doing that , well done
You are a hero
😂😂😂😂 and your a Gronk if you think that makes a man a hero, being a junkie around your kids and deciding to get clean. You idiot
@@afghani2891actually think it does make him a hero. He chose his family instead of the pills. Do you realize how many people struggle with that choice daily? This will be a LIFELONG battle for him, trust me there is not one single thing easy about that battle. I am 5 years clean, but all it takes is one weak moment, one bad choice and I will spiral out of control. Addicts know the damage they have done, a lot don't chose to get clean because they can't handle the destruction they have left in their wake. it can be a lot to face head on. So yes, he is a HERO...
I've been there. When God spared my life, I couldn't even believe I did that. Heart goes out to him
Maybe consider that if there was a good that loves you, he never would have allowed it to happen at all. If he is real, the he's not someome to be worshipped as he lets people suffer.
@@pgoughms you're both idiots. God helps those who helps themselves, do you get it morons
God done nothing. What makes you think otherwise?
Your just very lucky it wasn't your time.
Maybe go try it again I bet he doesn't come and help.
What is truly frightening is that if we can lose control to kill ourselves and feel this way, is this how murderers feel after their crimes?
God? Are you kidding? I think youre still on drugs if you think that.
I have two bulging disc 1 ruptured disc bone spurs and yes I was in the unbearable pain. I needed major surgery right away. Once the surgery was done and I came out of recovery I knew right away my neck was fixed because the pain was totally gone. A year later I started having neck pain and headaches if I lifted anything if I wash my hair if I turn my head too hard if I pull down anything. I was prescribed pain pills. Four times a day. What people don't realize it's just because it says 4 times a day doesn't mean you have to take it 4 times a day. I now have hip and lower back problems and have a lot of trouble walking. I just want people to know that everyone deals with pain differently. And of course taking pain pills like that every day you are going to have a problem. Never a problem for me only took the pills when I couldn't bear the pain. This is what people need to remember
@@jdl2180 no, she's simply saying, only use your pain meds when the pain is intolerable because taking them automaticly, will lead to resistance & perhaps abuse of them.
@@zoe9632 what I'm trying to say is that she (like you) completely misunderstands drug addiction.A drug addict has already lost control over drugs. So suggesting that they just manage them better is like telling an alcoholic to have just one drink instead of twenty!🤔
@@jdl2180 Reread both our posts.... 3 times if you need to! (apparently you are unable to comprehend what we're trying to convey)
Ohh & don't assume you know that I haven't had addiction issues.
All the best Dr Africa 😊
@@zoe9632 Dr waako barbie is right. I was prescribed 3 oxy's a day and needed all 3 but after about a yr I found 3 wasn't enough anymore and the Dr wouldn't increase my meds. At that point I was already addicted and had built up a tolerance. I did take them as directed. So for the next 8 yrs I was in hell..found a Dr to take me off and put me on suboxone. You are predisposed to become addicted but won't know it till you take the pain meds
Brenda Wise have you tried a chiropractor ??
I'm there now I've suffered with chronic pain for years . My doc still prescribes me a codeine based painkiller . And I've been on them for years I go through terrible withdrawal symptoms if I don't take them on time it make me feel like a junkie with out her fix of heroine or crack . It's soul destroying.
I understand how you are feeling. I too became dependent on codeine. I still am and I know what you are going through. You are not a bad person, so don't put yourself down. There are probably millions of us out there through no fault of our own. 😊
Hey guys, absolutely been in your shoes. It only gets worse. Ive had chronic pain n the pain nearly took my life but thankfully my family intervened n saved me. Found an out patient program called Clean Slate. They give you a medicine called Saboxone to put under your tongue to dissolve. It helps alleviate some of your pain but most of all you can get off whatever pain med u were dependent on. If I can do it u can do it. How I am alive is only by the grace of God. Please,get help. Ask for it. You are worth it. I'll keep you in my prayers. Don't give up!
I’m in your shoes
I’ve been on norcos for years for a bad back
I’ve never abused my pain killers but when I run out the withdrawals are horrible
As my doctor told me your lucky you get pain killers as almost all doctors have stopped prescribing them
He’s retiring in four years so I’m slowly cutting down on them to eventually get off
I’ll use non narcotics to deal with the pain eventually
@@dondressel4802 well done you. I am surprised at your doc being like that . But you'll get there sunshine 💞💞
I was on opioids (taken as directed), for severe lower back pain. Then I started getting widespread pain and changed opioid medications occasionally looking for a better alternative as it was getting worse. This went on for many years and I got to see the Public Persistent Pain Clinic Dr (I’m Australian), that suggested I may be suffering with Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia. It has been nearly two years of reducing the meds. I still have pain from Fibromyalgia but I’m no longer feeling intense and excruciating electrical, restless legs and arm pain 24/7 (and 10 out of 10 pain) through me. And I can sleep again. I’m not judging people than need them. I did initially too. Long term can be a problem that I’ve learned through experience. It took 20 years before any professional even told me about Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia. That’s why I’m mentioning it.
Hearing that Heath Ledger’s father still has his number in his phone is just heartbreaking.
I still have my daughter's number in my phone even though she passed away in 2016.
@@victoriaeggleston1789 I'm sorry for your loss. 🌹
@@victoriaeggleston1789 I’m so sorry ❤️
Matt you are a real hero. So much respect for you to air your issues in public for everyone to see. You are a true legend. All the best to you and your family !! :)
No hero an idiot
15 years later, myself. There is life again.
Having been there I know how easy it is to get them and how hard it is to get off them. I broke my back in 2 places and required 2 surgeries to fix the damage but they both failed at one point I was taking Endone OxyContin targin tramodol and fentanel they turned me into a zombie ultimately it cost me everything my friends my fiancé and kids as I became someone they didn’t recognise. I’m off all pain medication now and will never touch them again no matter how much pain I’m in. It’s not worth it. Good stuff getting off them mate
Some people take the medication for the right reasons You were obviously taking them for the wrong reason. If you were taking fentanyl you shouldn't have needed anything else. Why such a large mix?
Endone and fentanyl at the same time. Your doctor is a fkn idiot for prescribing both. He should lose his licence
@@benwilliams4035 whoa! How can you jump to such quick judgment?!? For all you know it was 6 years of tolerance that led up to being on all those things at once. Or the original poster didn't literally mean all at the exact same time. Why are you saying they were taking anything for the "wrong" reason? You don't know this person.
@@benwilliams4035 so shut your mouth ben
God bless you. Most Pharmaceuticals are poison to the body. Just like alcohol. All it's good for is disinfectant
I speak from experience, unfortunately, and I admire not only his recovery but his unselfishness in sharing his story. I was addicted to opiates and later, with a vengeance for alcohol. It became a seesaw: I would go cold turkey by stopping the pills and using alcohol to get through withdrawals. My drinking would spiral into insane amounts and then I would use pills to go cold turkey off the alcohol. People radically judged me, saying I didn't want to stop partying or I'd quit for my child. It IS selfish to live in addiction because your substance is all you care about and you feel will die if you don't use it. You're trapped, and not by choice. That's the difference between addiction and merely misuse. It's like being on the window side of a two-way mirror: you see your loved ones and what you're putting them through and it's excruciating to watch. You have an uncontrollable urgebto compulsively use your drug of choice. You want to live a real life with your family but your addictive behavior repels them, scares them and all they see is someone they don't know anymore. A lot of suicides are a manifestation of some people's hopelessness to achieve permanent sobriety that will regain being welcome as a member of their own family. It's a bleak, existence, spiritually fatal, and soul shattering. He's one of the lucky ones who get back what they lost. Most of us won't have that outcome, which is why we need to continue in sobriety for our own quality of life.
Eloquently said.
Jesus can deliver people from those demons in seconds. He did it for me.
It's not something you can do for anyone but yourself. Good job, stay strong!
What a sweet family he has. I'm so glad they made it through
Inspirational matt,speaking out is a strength ✊🏾 you will inspired others to do the same and to know there’s a way out
I have had insomnia my whole life and for 19 years I have taken sleeping pills. 4 months ago I completely shattered my Tibia a Schatzker VI (the worse possible knee fracture). I was supposed to spend 2 weeks in hospital and then 2 weeks in an orthopedic step down facility. I discharged myself after 2 days in the hospital. I received my medication to take till I was to go to the step down facility. The first packet I saw was Oxycontin 10mg slow release. The other two were the sleeping pills I had taken for 19 years which I had complete control over. The awareness of the opiate epidemic made me open the Oxycontin and flush the lot down the loo. In the step down facility I received my sleep meds and an anti inflammatory but I refused all painkillers with the exception of a panado (paracetamol) only when the pain was unbearable and that was 2 every 4th or so day. Opiates kill. Other meds do too but stay away from opiates.
This was hard to watch glad he's better 🙏 he's wife is an angel and he's did it!
It’s scary how opiates slowly take over your life and you do not even realize it until it’s to late
They do help with the pain but the repercussions are not worth it
God bless you Matt and your family. I'm so happy that you were able to break free from the pain meds.
At what point is the person responsible ? Why should medications made to help people suffering severe pain be completely wiped of the earth because of the few who chose to abuse the drugs? They were made for people with chronic fucking pain like cancer, sickle cell, other debilitating illnesses, after surgery for example. not for some with back pain or sports injury, there are so many other milder painkillers that should have been used instead.
Certain medications were made as a last resort, not the first option. Strangely enough, most of those who abuse medications are people without chronic illness but a first time injury according to studies. So with that being the case, why should those with valid health problems have to suffer because of a select few that become addicted after using abnormal dosages & not valuing their lives?!?! WTF?
When you're in pain you just want it gone. When you start taking them you build a resistance. Dr's need to have an option like therapy, chiropractic, yoga, and other things besides just medications.
Yes, but consumers need to look into alternative ways too.
Kids always first!!
Bless them for sharing there story.
I’m not judging anyone for taking pain meds, but my body has endured a fractured skull, nose, jaw, leg, foot, fingers and toes, and brain injury, neck and low spine herniated discs, dislocated left knee, impinged left and right arm, insomnia, torn shoulders and dislocated tailbone and sprained ankles from 3 massive car accidents, sport and fall injuries. Never once have I taken medication. I have treated my pain through natural pain management and multiple different therapies. Pain is a bodies natural response to it healing. I wish the medical community would provide better treatment plans then medical prescriptions.
It's not a competition. Pain tolerance VARIES. Good for you for being iron man, but we can't all be
My husbands brother, Bob, was dying from lung cancer. He only had about six weeks to live but we didn't know that back then. My husband flew up to New York to help him set up treatment and try to save his life. This was in 2010 and his brother lived with and took care of his 90 year old father at the same time. It was a crisis moment to say the least.
We decided to take his 90 year old ailing father back to live with us and set up Bob's treatments and Dr appointments as best we could. My husband went to the pharmacy to pick up Bob's meds at the last minute before he needed to prepare to fly home. He got the drugs and was exiting the store when the pharmacist yelled out to him and motioned him back. He asked my husband if he knew anything about the drug he just handed him.
My husband said, "No"
The pharmacist said," I just gave you the most powerful painkiller known to man. It's a patch. Wear gloves when you put it on him & dont dare touch it with your bare hands."
From there my husband called me and he read the side effects of fentanyl to me. We were mortified that the doctor didn't tell my husband how dangerous the drug was and to wear gloves. If you touch it just once there were many devastating consequences ( it even can cause gambling addictions!)
It was so irresponsible for the doctor to do that to us. My good husbands life could have been ruined along with the many other innocent victims of this awful drug.
I just want to say, read everything you can about anything a doctor gives you. Don't take it till you thoroughly research it. When you see the side effect don't think they "might" happen, think they "will" happen because they are created by big pharma to make a life long sick customer.
Like damn.. I have been addicted to oxy for 6 years and I used to do over 200 mg a day, now I’m down to 20 mg trying to quit, but 28 x 200?! One could get painkillers by just licking a drop of his blood. So sorry that it spiraled out of controll for you. I’m still so happy that I opened up about my problem to my family early on. They supported me so much. So glad you opened up as well my friend. Get well soon❤️💪
I went through the same thing. Over a 5 year period, I had 8 neck and shoulder surgeries. As I built a tolerance, I took more and more. It almost cost me my marriage. All I cared about was getting my next dose. I keep falling and getting hurt worse. It was a relentless cycle. Eventually, I decided to fight the addiction. I weaned myself off of all narcotics and benzodiazepines. Now, I live with horrible pain every day, but my marriage and family are in tact, and I regained my self respect. It was actually more difficult coming off of benzos than narcotics. It was a big bear trap I was stuck in...but with God’s help, I was able to get off all of my meds.
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My god 28 40mg oxycodones a day!!
@Lad Book oxy is stronger than heroin
Ben williams... not sure where you get your info or ur heroin, but no way is it stronger than heroin.
My question is where was he getting 28/day legally? I don’t know any doctor I’ve seen that would give you that level.
@@ShethTora got 2 be gettin em in the street cause yea aint no doc writing that many.
@@rebeccacarpenter1796 pharmaceutical is near pure street gear is cut to shit most the time.
Cannabis is the answer for pain management..than taking any opiates..... Cannabis saves lives opiates destroy them..... Which one would you choose.....
After waTching Sundays episode off Cannabis being a Cure,It got me so very mad knowing that yoh can go too the chemist recive life threating drugs,thats fine,but Cannabis isnt allowed ,omg,smh,irs nearly 2020 wake up,Australia,
I wouldn't choose either
Mark Hardy saved my life! What an AMAZING MAN!!! I can never, ever say thank you enough to Mark.
I to went through the OxyContin and endone nightmare due to extreme pain but I went to a drug clinic in north Adelaide and with the instructions of the doctor bit by bit my dosage got to 200 mg of OxyContin and endone large doses. I ended up at my sisters place and with her beautiful help I went cold turkey off those and other drugs. I would rather die than go down that road again. I’m proud of you-coming through the other side.
I’m here now (for 15+ years) following a TBI and epilepsy - migraines. The only chemical compound to provide relief is Cannabis without the significant side effects and the narcotic associated issues. The Cannabis strain is extremely important, Sativa is required not Indica; I cannot stress this enough after 20 years of research following an unprovoked assault
Unfortunately Cannabis is not always the magic elixir for everyone. It makes some people anxious.
@@petalpinkton8682 but should be availble medically for anyone who needs it,and it works for,not having the option is so wrong,
@@petalpinkton8682 medical cannabis has the anxiety component removed (THC)
And if you can't get Med cannabis... there are LOW THC cannabis out there.
Sativa is for daytime. Invigorating, cerebral, uplifting.
Indica is for pain and the CBD component is sleep inducing.
Hybrid strains are less preferable than pure strains.
Blending is a good way to balance for your needs.
I use cannabis every day for fibromyalgia. So many pain areas and then the depression from the reality that you never get better.
Dosage is most important.
Too much sativa is like speed or caffeine.
Too much Indica and you will sleep deeply.
Dosage is crucial.
I use small doses throughout the day and night as needed.
I grew two plants from seed this past summer. Big as Christmas trees.
Saved money.
No vaping please!
Apreciated for you matt
That's why I refused to take pain killers.
I shattered my left leg in a moped accident. Ended up in the operating room 3 days later, major surgery on my leg.
The pain was intense, vomit inducing pain 24/7.
Doctor prescribed high dose pain killer. I took 1 pill and it made me so drowsy and dizzy that I wanted to vomit. Those pain pills have severe side effect. I didn't like how it made me feel. I was so out of it from the pill.
When the effect finally wore off, I refused to take another pain killer again .
Even though my shattered leg was killing me with pain, I simply suffered through the pain and just bare it the best I could. I took it day by day until my leg started to slowly heal and the pain wasn't as intense. It took a year to heal.
Looking back, I'm glad I stopped taking those pain pills. If I did, I could have been another addict.
Pain pills are very addictive. I try to avoid anything too addictive.
The tragedy of Heath was what he needed was a long rest and lots and lots of exercise
When I was using I had to take all I could get just to keep from getting sick. The high was gone long ago. There is a way out. :)
Pat Earl Kratom should be available to all, saved my life
I have been on OxyContin and Endone for 7 years. I have a permanent back injury. I am only on 10mg of Oxy and 5mg of Endone. It depends on the doctor you have. My Doctor has never increased my dosage and I am glad 4 that. If I miss those tablets though my whole body feels it. I feel 4 this Man because his Doctor knew better and should have done better. He should never have been given so many tablets and at such high dosages.😄
Oxy and endone are basically the same drug but different doses. Taking a stronger tablet and weaker tablet would make your pain pyramid up down. It should be prescribed to keep pain at 1 level not up and down.
YOUR DR IS ALSO WRONG
Long term pill for daily dose and a maintenance drug in between. No matter the dose Doc prescribes, a person can and will abuse if they are unstable, suffering, trying to numb. They will run out before next fill and buy off the streets. So while your Doc has kept you at a low dose, its you that has remained strong and stuck by the instructions of prescription. While you may not know, you are dependant on it and would experience withdrawals but as I said, and you stated, you didn't ask nor given an increase and remained at a level in which you can function and not be on the streets searching for the next, for more.
BRANDY D Thanks. 👍
@@kazsurmiak3086 👍To you for keeping yourself stable and not searching for a high. As I said there is medicine that last longer and has longer half life and then given another for breakthrough pain if needed thru the day. If you have kept your dose as you said and are not searching, that is power, that is strength. You know you need them but found that level that works for you. Pat yourself on the back. Unfortunately, many could not be as strong.
@@benwilliams4035 are you a licensed pain management physician?
I just started this video but I can tell where it is going. I was once too a high level athlete on track to become an Olympian and pro athlete. Horrible knee injury after horrible knee injury resulted in a horrible addiction to pain killers. By the grace of God I got clean and in 3 weeks (September 2nd) I will celebrate 6 years of sobriety. I was the last person to know that I was an addict. I nearly lost my family and unfortunately my mother died 18 months before I got clean. It kills me that she never got to see me sober but i know she is watching me from above. Now with my dad right by her side who passed away two years ago this October. Recovery is possible and you can repair the those relationships that you nearly destroy. Most of my friends had absolutely NO IDEA! I was the perfect image of a goody two shoes. I have to make a choice every day to stay sober and I will be an addict until the day I die. I will ALWAYS be an addict but, I will simply be an addict in recovery. And I thank God for my sobriety everyday. Because without it I wouldn’t be here without it.
God never done anything. You were the weak 1 who became a junkie and finally pulled your finger out and straightened yourself up.
Stop making excuses and stories up. Accept responsibility for your actions and move on.
Nobody cane here to read your life story.
still sober?
Such a slippery road. It can happen so quickly.
And to anyone
There is life after addiction! It works if you work it! Stay strong!
'If you don't fix this you don't have a family.' Why am I not surprised.
I was prescribed oxys by the hospital on my discharge home, I threw it in the bin and I’m forever great full I did.
I was prescribed norco 10/325 from pain management for reflex sympathetic dystrophy I was on them 15 years and you cant help get addicted however I'm 5 months clean off them it's not easy the physical symptoms are gone but the mental part is still hard and no one knew of my addiction and still dont so I dont have no one to congratulate me but I think it's made me stronger addiction is no joke it changes your brain chemistry forever and he is right you end up on them to keep from getting sick
0:46. Know why is big pharma doing this to you. And everybody else.
I actually have a spine pain management doctor that refuses to prescribe one single pill. He addresses the issue. He got me out of a wheelchair TWICE. Using spine nerve blocks and I got a spinal stimulator device that took my pain from a 9 to a 2, medication free. It was a simple surgery and I can function. I am terminally ill so any moments I get with mobility to raise my daughter are priceless. They've offered me insane amounts of pain medication, but I refuse, and I keep it as low as absolutely possible. I've only raised my dosage 2 times in almost 6 years. Once or twice a year, I lower my dose to "reset" my tolerance. I'm so grateful I am responsible with it. I use an app to track all of my medications. I can account for every pill I've ever taken through this app. I can easily see how it can ruin lives. I have so much more empathy for addicts than I did before. I've had my medication stolen from me several times, even by my mother. I now allow no one in my home. It's sad.
Another risk patients receiving opioids aren’t usually told about is Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia. The medication can make the original pain worse or cause more pain throughout your body. Worse than the pain you were taking medication for in the first place.
Its not a good thing to go through. I know exactly what it's like! It's hell
God bless ur wife,ur saviour & mostly,God,who saved u & gave u d will power to speak out & overcome dat demon at last...happy happy family.. God bless u all,Amen
Any great mother always kids before husbands... good for you!! And I’m super happy everything turned out well for you... my husband passed away to overdose on prescription meds
I’m sorry for your loss Jennifer ! 🙏
That reporter is a joke
The only questions he was asking Matt was one line sound bites
Same story...hurt back...I had six children and no one to help while I tried to recover. Pain killers allowed me to continue to care for my two still in diapers! There was no denial for me. I knew I had developed a problem. I sought help right away. But this was before the world was so focused and aware of the opiods crisis. I went to rehab...fought to get in because I had no insurance...and had to leave early because of my children. When treated like it was just an excuse, I asked what I was supposed to do? Let them go to foster care? I chose instead a methadone clinic. Shrinks claim I'm Co-dependant on my children. Because I didn't put myself first. Curious that. I have a mental problem because I couldn't just let my kids go through that? Of course...being a methadone user makes me an automatic thief and liar...you know...classic junky that I supposedly was. Never did drugs. Never stole or sold myself...but that's the label. Maybe there's a reason for everything. Those two in diapers are almost grown now. I moved a couple counties away...and instead of "being honest" I've kept it to myself for 15 yrs now. Perhaps soon those drug companies will find a cure for the withdrawals none of these feel good stories EVER talk about. The one thing that keeps normal pilots, doctors, lawyers, nurses , parents from JUST STOPPING and ruining their lives. The difference between opioid addiction and crack addiction is crack addiction is mental. Opioid addiction is PHYSICAL and MENTAL. Anyways...I'm not crying about it. Sniffle. Nice story😊
This guy is blessed he is not dead, oxycodone is very addictive and deadly
So she was really close to leaving her husband, the one she promised to love and cherish in health and sickness! I bet she wouldn’t have given up on her children though!! He needs a better, more supportive wife!!
His GP should be struck off the medical register. Because he/she must have known how much he was taking and just kept prescribing it.
I believe there is a lot of people who going through the same kind of thing I can say by the grace of God there for gose I I pray for all of us
Im prescribed oxycontin for back pain (i had a motorcycle accident and crushed 5 vertabrae and ruptured 7 disc's) and im extremely careful only to take them when the cannabis isnt enough. Im prescribed 120mg a day but on a repeat prescription but i dont get them every month and ive never had more than 5 prescriptions in a year. I wont take them for more than 4 days in a row and only when im in unbearable pain. I was very suprised i was prescribed them as im a ex heroin addict (well im an addict who hasnt used heroin since 1999) so have to be extra careful i dont get dependent or addicted.
Holy crap taking 28 tablets at 40 mg each is an insane drug tolerance, that’s a death sentence he still looks like he’s on drugs his pupils are huge!
I've been there 6 years ago I tried to kill my self because my Dr prescribed hydrocodone to me and I took those for 11 years until one day I knew I wouldn't be able to do it myself I didn't feel like I was a good grandmother to my granddaughter that I adopted I went to jail I got out and name something had to be done so I took 60 zoma's which is muscle relaxers 100 pain pills and 60 Xanax and thank God the hospital safe nice understand what he's going through
My heart goes out to you I've known alot of people that got hooked on hillbilly smack
Cool video
WHAT kind of pain pills with codine or opiates was she getting OVER THE COUNTER?
Engaging to games like that can force you to take painkillers every now and then because you are making your muscles to do excessive bit of work
So we should take just normal exercise so we can stay fit
Feeling bad for this guy
Those drugs opioids and its derivatives should only be prescribed by specialists such as oncologists,surgeons,trauma speacialists.
Where I live you DON'T get opiods for example a broken leg or arm.. mostly only in hospital.. you need to have like cancer & other really serious conditions.. not "common" injuries that woun't be that painful in a few days.. it's rare to get prescription for it.. this way you have in australia, canada & the US is hard to understand here in northern europe, to us it looks like theese strong drugs are being handed out like candy, like the lollipop some dr handed out in the end of the visit.. We haven't had the same crisis, bcs not nearly as many ppl have had prescriptions.. same with other "narcotics" benzodiasepines, sleeping pills etc etc.. the doctors will always try to help you in other ways than just pills.. maybe come here & learn something, a different way?
This guy was taking 28 (40 mg Oxycodone) pills a day. That's 1120 mg of Oxycodone a day. When I had my addiction problem at my worst I was taking 4 (80 mg Oxycodone) pills day so 320 mg a day. I can't even imagine what this guy must have had to go through when he quit. They probably weaned him off because he has lots of money and probably could afford private detox. Still thats incredible 1120 mg of Oxycodone a day that is just unreal. He probably wasn't even getting high he just had to take that much just to feel normal or to even get a tiny little buzz for maybe an hour at most.
bro 320 mg a day of oxi is madness too... thats a lot
@@unidaspandemia9936 Yeah I know it's why I quit lol But you got to admit 1120 mg a day. That is on a whole other level.
@@Cody0ne5 I still don´t believe 1120 mg a day is possible.. I would never try oxy, i Just took tramadol for pain and it´s evil, it creates addiction
Gotta say I’m shocked you could get codiene over the counter.
CPL, MP, C/O, CPT CL 8m.g per pill here with 500 m.g paracetamol here in u.k over the counter.
Jo Arnold 12.8/500mg is the max over the counter in the uk. I have used these in the past for tooth pain, Solpedeine max. 😊
My goodness! 28, 50, 60 tablets a day for up to 10 years! I didn't get there, but I could have, without the help of The Almighty- He sent me a partner whose only defense was true love. Loving a mentally ill addict! Who does that?
The only problem I have is there are people that need the painkillers. I am one of them. I have several medical problems and I am in extreme pain 24 hours a day. We seem to be left out. My dr gets pissed because she monitors all her patients and the ones that really need The painkillers are having problems getting them because of the addicts. What are the people that have legitimate problems supposed to do. I never hear people talking about that.
I’ve just been given liquid oxycodone after leaving hospital. Is that the same thing they were talking about?
Liquid is not stronger. Dosage is everything.
@Lad Book wtf how is liquid stronger. It all depends on how much and dosage. What makes you think it's fun.
Sound like a junkie 'Have fun'.
Yes it’s the same thing, just in a different format.
The best thing to do is take it only as directed and if you feel like you need more go back to the original doctor.
Ty for your replies especially the well thought out ones 🙂
Be aware for the possible side effect of Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia. Most Drs don’t mention it. I hope you only needed oxycodone for a short while and you’re feeling better.
The man still looks addicted, his pupils are so dialated! Maybe this is why his wife is still crying! Forgive me Lord if I'm wrong 🙏
Oxycodone 40mg, in one dose? Omg.....most patients START with 10mg, and increase if the pain is out of control. He should sue his doctor. I have been on the lowest dose of Morphine 15mg 4 times a day, for 14 years. Never had an increase, never had an early refill, EVER! As an RN, I had massive Radiation exposure that destroyed the bones in my face, then traveled throughout my body....and it BURNS. But to start a patient on high doses of pain killers, is malpractice, and deadly. A good doctor sees that patient every month to evaluate if the pain meds are working.....then that doctor adjusts the dosage. You NEVER start any pain patient on mega-doses....EVER. Seriously....get a lawyer, sue that doctor for dereliction of duty. Mass doses of pain meds are a shock to the Central Nervous System and can cause Neuropathy over time, seizures and death.
So many family in the world should be broke because one of very dangerous, its drug, its a big problems humanity lifes...its true!!
When your medications are not effective enough anymore, you have to go see your doctor and change the dose or the type of medication on his advice only! Popping more pills in your mouth is not the solution!
I blame the doctors for prescribing oxycodone. It should only be prescribed for a very short time. Did Matt shop around at different doctors?
Everyone has a story
Whatever this society offers to soothe or kill your pain has a side effect - addiction and other ills.
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If u were taking that your a baby I had the same thing wrong with my back I got a injection in my spine been on antiimflamtrys for a year and my back it 95 perc3nt perfect and u need a new doctor
How about putting blame where the blame belongs. Dont take prescription drugs away. Arrest the Drs who prescribe way to much. They know better.
Legalized drug that the Dr writes out prescription for Nobody does anything about it , the law Enforcement go after weed smokers, which does not kill people
7 oxys at a time???
The dangers of people who abuse them, not the drugs themselves. Not everyone abuses them.
Stichting NoFap I never abused the Klonopin that I was prescribed. Now I’m completely addicted and the doctors have no solution for me to stop taking them besides micro dosing which can take years. With that first RX the Dr never said anything besides take as directed.
@@romeowhiskeylima556 So you mean that you abused them later after you didn't abuse them? Or you still got addicted while you toke them as directed. So it depends on what 'as directed' means. If it is every day, or 5-6 days a week, it is obvious that you get depended.
Stichting NoFap I never abused them. I don’t know about you but when I get a medication and the dr. says use as directed that’s what I do. In this case taking the prescribed dose caused me to get become addicted. Klonopin belongs to a family of drugs called benzodiazepines. It’s not like opiates where one can just stop cold turkey, feel like having the flu for 5 days and then you’ve detoxed. Doing that with any. Benzodiazepines can lead to seizures and death.
Then you didn't what you called abuse them, but still somehow got addicted. But anyway there's a certain minimum amount of time of taking in a week to get addicted. You were on or above them, but therefore not everyone is unable to stay under that number. Opiates are not that easy to get off from. I don't know if you know what opiates are, but heroin is one of them and takes at least a couple of months to get rid of, deadly as well.
And it still has teeth in his mouth that are real
I just read a few days ago in the County of Northern California where I lived for 38 years than from 2011 to 2018 for a population of 243k plus 54.1 million of opioids were prescribed, no wonder I could not stand the energy around pretty much everybody was under the influence that without having into account the alcohol use and abuse being the land of mass production of wine
Let me tell you your girls pkease ur such a gooddad
Your girls love ye
see drugs are legal just has to be taxable!!!!
The wife looks like Prince harry's wife
She is lying 🤥
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They didn’t kids don’t realize what
People like this makes it hard for chronic pain patients, who take meds correctly to have access to vital medicine that lets them have a quality of life. Millions of people are in massive pain constantly and people like this is harming the welfare of legit CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS. I have never misused one single medicine. It’s to important to misuse them because it’s vital to have them to get through the day. THIS MAKES ME SICK!!! Obviously he didn’t need it. It’s not heroin it may have been to him but no it’s not heroin. I can’t even watch this.
This video and most of the comments are extremely triggering! I need my pills to exist...I have severe chronic pain and that has been my situation for the last ten years 😔 Without my pain medicine my kids wouldn’t have their mother I would’ve ended my life.. Thank you for your understanding comment 💕
True, but I don't blame him.
If you watch the program he did NEED the medication. And if you research the actual effects of these types of medications on the human body, you’d understand how people become addicted to them. This is not only an Australian issue, it’s worldwide
@@h3llnite at first he did, but then he misused it.
I feel like you're not being very understanding. The reason they take so much is due to their body building up *tolerance, so taking 20 has the same effect as initially taking 1.
Edit: he didnt necessarily need it, but taking the recommended amount wouldn't have been been effective anymore. He definitely should have talked to a doctor first though
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If this professional football player needs to take oxycodone, he can’t take seven in the morning and seven at lunchtime and seven at night. What he has to do is stop taking them for an entire day, and then all he needs to take one and he will get that wonderful nice feeling of pain relief.
He needs to take them for two or three days and then stop for a day or so, and keep alternating like that, and he won’t have to take 21 a day, you can just take one or two a day
Rockguitarnow doesn’t work like that unfortunately
The extreme pain from both his injuries and his withdrawals would push him to take them. It would be torture. Tapering the dose steadily over time would be the way to go, but an addict would be driven to continue abusing the medication. Suboxone (through ATODS) would probably offer the most comfortable way to get off opioids.
Everyone is blaming prescription drugs please it's not the drugs it's people that pick them up he knew right from wrong period
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