If abused, how long does the "high" of prescription pain killers last?
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The high depends on how much you took. Of course, you should never overdose on any medicine.
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Nothing, unless you take more than the recommended daily allowance or do it regularly. If you take painkillers regularly you'll end up with a headache when you don't take them, due to withdrawal effects.
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In your own words: "I would gladly be addicted to opiates for the rest of my life if it means I can be out of this pain."  The doctors are right to protect you from yourself.  Have you tried therapeudic massage, thermal water treatments, etc?  I wish you luck.  Living in pain is certainly very depressing.  You have my sympathy.
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A pharmacist will tell you that 6 months is about as long as you should keep it. However, it doesn't actually go bad. It just loses its potency. I've had the stuff left over from surgery that I took a year later. It still did the trick
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http://www.red40.org/pages/drugs/pain.html check this site out it may help. good luck!
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Think about it.  They drilled out the screws that were in your bones.  Of COURSE it's going to hurt like h*** for a few days.  I had the plates and screws taken out of my ankle a few years back.  I was much better about 4 days later.  \n\nKeep it elevated, take your pain meds when you are supposed to for the first couple of days.  If it says "every 4-6 hours" take it every four.  Once the pain gets out of control, it's much harder to get it back down again.  Trust me on this.
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I fell down the stairs, and bruised my tailbone.  It took almost 2 months to heal.  All I could do was stand up and sit down.  Not much sense in going to the Dr.  He won't do anything except tell him to take tylenol or something.  I suggest naproxen.
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Often, these are removed in the office so you can resume your normal life immediately.  You will have to keep it dry for 24 hours and can just take tylenol or advil for pain (it won't be bad).
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It can lead to hemorrage (sp) and other problems, but if it's monitored, it's really not that bad......or mine wasn't, I don't think.  They stay kinda loopy for a year or so, off and on.  I bled a lot, and had some pretty serious depression for several months, off & on.  I would advise anyone looking to quit the dope "cold turkey" to find a 6 month inpatient program, if not a year-long one.  It's HARD to stay off when it's become such a.........well, around here it becomes a way of life.  It's hard to turn your back on the only thing you know.
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Depends on the state you live in. Check with your local pharmacy.
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My son is asymptomatic. He has no current pain. But he has had two major abdominal surgeries (one experimental)  which required a Pain Management team. I believe he used fentanyl after one surgery and a personally controlled dilaudid after the other. He doesn't really like being hooked up to the pain meds and quickly weaned himself by yanking them out. Anyway, he was originally diagnosed with stage IV high grade desmoplastic small round cell tumor (rare, aggressive sarcoma that predominately affects young males) with multiple large and small tumors in abdomen, spleen, large and small intestine, liver, chest wall, lympth nodes, and right diaphragm. After 18 months of chemotherapy, debulking surgeries, and intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion he was in remission for 8 months.
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It has that as a possibility if taken over a long peroid of time.  Most rx's are for 5 days which usually doesn't cause a problem.
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I was told this is safe to do, alternating every 2 hours.  (EG 10 am take advil, noon take tylenol, 2 pm take advil, etc.) And so you don't exceed the daily requirements of either.  However, vicodin is pretty high powered stuff, so I would make a quick call to your doctor or pharmacy about this first.
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If the medication was stored in the container in which it was received in an indoor cabinet but not in the bathroom medical study suggests that nearly all medications retain nearly all of their potency for at least 5 years after their expiration date.  I hope that your headache goes away.
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It depends how good the doctors are in the ER.\n\ndrugs are unpredicatable especially when you are destroying the built in time release. \n\nAlso any health conditions can easily be magnified by high dosages of any drugs.
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Ovewr the counter you can but rx no, A doctor has to rx it out to you. personally i don't use and synthetic drugs. Try going to the health store and gettign a homeopathic  pain remedy
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Hi gaylon e,\n Please don't listen to the first 3 answers! \nI've been on methadone for over 5 yrs. now. It's the ONLY thing that keeps my pain manageable.Yes, it's physically addicting,but it is the only narcotic that provides relief without getting a "buzz" from it. I had brain surgery 9 years ago and had metal inserted into my aneurysm to fill it up.The neck of it reopened causing the  metal coils to  compress, and the result is "systemic vasculitis". In layman's terms, it means my cerebral arteries are inflamed.It's inoperable at present time, but I keep hoping for a miracle!\n  I was sent to a pain clinic and the doctors there offered this drug. I had complained that drugs such as vicodin and oxycontin didn't work unless I ate them like candy. They also made me feel "high". My quality of life sucked back then. Now, I am finally able to manage my pain and my quality of life is much better. Also, being on disability, it is hard to manage the newer medicines because of cost effectiveness. Methadone has been around for years and it's cheap. There's a pain medicine called  fentynal  that comes as a patch and you change it every 3 days or so, but the cost is astronomical without prescription coverage.\nIt is simply not true that methadone is unavailable outside of hospitals and that methadone's only use is for withdrawal from heroin. Please get your facts straight before spreading these myths.\nThe doctors at the pain clinic changed my life for the better. I no longer suffer in silence. If methadone is working for you, stay with it. From experience I can say the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. Check out the link below for more info. Good luck to you!