OxyContin Awareness


Name:Julie Email: State:Florida Type:Abuse Story Date:10/11/2006 8:49:19 PM	My son is lying in a trauma ICU with tubes and intubation keeping him alive. He is an oxy abuser. Early Saturday morning he was found unconscious on the floor of a pharmacy. He'd tried to break in through the roof, fell 20 ft and landed on his head. He has several skull fractures, a few bleeds in his brain and a good size hematoma on his brain. He was in a coma for nearly 3 days. He is barely aware when I visit and talk to him. His prognosis is unknown. Oxy destroyed his life. At the age of 20 he had a son. He and his girlfriend were doing well. They each had a car, worked, paid their bills and were happy. They went to school part-time. It wasn't perfect, they were young. Around 3 years ago he was in a car accident and injured his neck. Rather than send him to physical therapy the doctor prescribed Oxy for the pain. My son soon learned that Oxy was good for keeping him active and awake. He liked the "high" it gave him. He told me he could work full-time and go to school full-time while taking Oxy. In the beginning he didn't abuse it much, but soon found himself running out. His girlfriend was also prescribed Oxy for pain. Along with Oxy came Xanax for the anxiety. As life's stresses mounted they both discovered that a little more Oxy could numb the pain. He was soon snorting Oxy. Bills stopped getting paid, they got evicted, he lost his job, they broke up, another car accident. Things were spiraling out of control. The abuse was kept from me for 6 months. I didn't understand why they were having financial difficulties. I was called to the ER, he was being given IV fluids...he'd tried to cold turkey off the Oxy. He wanted to get clean and wanted me to help. I found him a program, helped as much as I could but he wanted the drugs. He got violent, I kicked him out. He was not my son, he was an addict and out of control. He used and abused his family and friends. He stole, he sold, he did whatever he could for that drug Oxy. He had sold his soul to the devil. I knew in my heart that the only thing that would stop his addiction would be jail, death or severe injury. His accidend scared his girlfriend enough that she is seeking treatment for Oxy abuse. She signed custody of her child over to her mother. The future for my son is in God's hands.

Name:Vicky Email:[email protected] State:West Virginia Type:Abuse Story Date:10/9/2006 2:33:26 PM	My son is addicted to oxycontin. He has never been prescribed. He buys them off the street from people who have been prescribed for chronic pain. Most of them are 50 years old or older and they are selling this poison to my child. The addiction has ruined not only his life but mine. He has lied , manipulated, stolen and cheated me to get money for his drug. But I know he is sick. In our state this is a huge problem. So many people live on disability due to their "chronic Pain" and use the medication simply to supplement their income. They go for $80.00 to $100.00 a pill. It makes me so angry! I am writing to my state representatives about this problem. For people with legitimate pain, I'm sorry. But perhaps, you are also an addict. That happens too. Legally prescribed, your body becomes accustomed to it and you have pain, real pain when your body doesn't get it. Also, it is almost impossible to get treatment with money or insurance. They want to send your loved one to the nearnest homeless shelter for treatment. It is a joke! But I am not giving up. I am today going to write to my legislators about this huge problem and pursue any avenues I can. Any suggestions, please email me. Thanks for lending me your ear! Vicky

Name:patricia Email:[email protected] State:Florida Type:Death Story Date:10/9/2006 10:24:56 AM	My son Danny died on July 1st, 2006. He was living in FL with his father. I spoke with Danny many times and had no idea about his drug use. Danny always had a job. He had hundred of friends and every single one could count on him for anything. He was reliable and responsible and certainly did not fit the "drug addict" profile. On the day before he died he updated his myspance.com profile to: oxycontin: will you marry me? Well it did. This drug did marry him. He combined Oxy with cocaine and i think it was just too much for his body to survive. I cannot believe that a drug as addicting as Oxycontin is prescribed so easily and any kid can buy as I buy Tylenol. Oxycontin should only be avail to those who suffers terminal cancer and not fake back pains. I spoke to many of Danny friends and they all said that Oxy is commonly used by all of them.... . Danny died 3 weeks short of his 23rd Birthday. I will never see my son grow older. I hate the fact i never knew he had a problem. I would have done anything to save him. Anything. Now i have to live my life with the memories of my son. Well, i can't call the "memories" on the cell phone. I cannot take the "memories" to the mall for clothes shopping, i cannot hug or kiss the "memories". Memories is just not enough but i know i have to live in this new world. It is hard and at times I get very angry..... i scream Danny's name so he can hear me...... i wish God can also hear me. To describe my Danny to you would take hundred of pages ... he was an extraordinary child since very young. To describe my pain would bankrupt the English language. So, i end this note just by saying that a child's death is the most horrifying experience you can go through. God raises all standards when he puts you through a test such as this. Patricia

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