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Re: pain meds
From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jun 18 22:12:42 2007
Just because you take a medicine that is commonly abused doesn't make
you a druggie. I take percocets daily and as long as you take it as
prescribed for what it is proscribed for that's fine. That is why the
stuff is made.-Angie
At Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Candace wrote:
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>Just because you take it does not make you a druggie. Now doing some of
>the things I've heard about on the internet would. I once did a search
>for some medicine I had been prescribed and came across a forum
>dedicated solely to opiate usage. Now those were druggies. I read one
>forum that said some really awful things, and those are the people who
>make people in chronic pain look bad. Your friend has probably only
>heard of the awful publicity of those types of people. If you're not
>compulsively taking it or finding ways to get it stuff like that then I
>wouldn't consider you a druggie.
>
>BTW, I take Hydrocodone/Apap 10/325.
>
>At Mon, 18 Jun 2007, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>How often do you take pain meds and what do you take? I take vicodin and
>>my friend was shocked. It made me feel like a druggie, but over the
>>counter stuff often won't help. I do not take it often but if it gets
>>really bad it is nice to know I have it as an option. Does that make me
>>a druggie?
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>--
>Candace
>
>Wishing for pain free days for all!
>
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