#29841 - 02/21/06 02:34 AM
Oxycodone & Alcohol
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Joiee
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Registered: 08/29/05
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Anyone chase their pain meds w/ alcohol?? Do you consider this normal?
My hunny has AS and comes home and crushes 5 tablets....not all at once maybe every 1/2hr or less. I believe 2 40mg and 3 30mg. Chases w/ 3 shots of tequila and 5-6 Coors Light a night. I say within a 3-4hr time frame. It's getting to the point where he has had accidents like breaking his foot and falling on his rib cage. I know he is in alot of pain, but the alcohol seems to be doing more damage than the AS. He takes his pain medication he seems fine but when he starts drinking he is just way too high.Im concerned of him ODing. Being new to this and w/ his high tolerance of Oxy I really don't know what to expect or what to do.
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#29842 - 02/21/06 05:18 AM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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ab3
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joiee,
im no doctor but that is a dangerous combination your husaband is playing with... the combination of drinking alcohol and taking a narcotic over a period of time will do great damage to his liver and other vital organs. not a real good combination to get behind a steering wheel either.. i'm not judging, god knows i am not perfect and made plenty of mistakes, but get your husband help asap,, i assume this is why you are soliciting this board...
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#29843 - 02/21/06 05:40 AM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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chattermouth73
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Loc: NY
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I agree with Ab3 my dad was on oxycodone when he was at his end stages of cancer and the doc forbid any alcohol because he could hurt himself. I would advise talking to someone confidantaly and at least be able to approach him with the risks, unfortunatly you can only go so far with it because you are not the one drinking. best of luck to you.
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Me and my kids, Anthony is 14 diagnosed with AS but now docs are undecided as to what he has! 
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#29844 - 02/21/06 05:56 AM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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Andie
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Yes, very dangerous behavior. Mixing alcohol with narcotics can be toxic to the liver. Also, he should not be crushing the oxycodone. Oxy is designed to be time released, by crushing the tablets he is releasing all the medicine into his system at once. If his behavior continues he will eventually overdue it and OD. Please seek help.
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#29845 - 02/21/06 07:08 AM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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pratherken
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Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Hey Joiee
Absolutly a very bad move, and in some cases can be a fatal move. Not to scare you, but this is a very serious issue that your husband has got himself into. Im not a doctor, but I am a recovering alcoholic who has seven years of sobriety. Im also an Alcoholic and Drug Abuse Counselor for the Salvation Army Rehabilatation Center. My program is a volunteer program, and is held in a classroom setting and one on one.
Your husband is playing with fire on this one. Oxy itself is an extremely addictive drug that will eventually along with the Alcohol destroy the Liver. Beer would be bad enough with Oxy, but chasing with Tequila is even worse. I would hope that your husband knows what hes doing here, but I also understand the intense pain he is in and why hes doing it. But heres the double edged sword as they say. Even if his pain would completly go away some day ( and it will ) he would at that point if he survived the Oxy and alcohol togeather, be more than likely to have become totally 100% addicted to Oxy and alcohol, if he already isnt. Then you have an addiction that is even worse than the pain of A.S.
Once an addict goes full circle in the addiction process, theres only one person that can make him/her stop, and that is themselves. Good luck to you and your husband, and you might ask him to talk to someone who might help him out. I know, because I walked the same path he is on about 8 years ago, and the more he drinks and takes Oxy the more narrow the path will become. Only solution, get off the path.
S.A.A. Indiana and Ohio Cord.
Ken
P.S.- I never took Oxy, but I consumed way to much alcohol. Im now 56 years old, no drinking for seven years and IM PAINFREE.
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#29846 - 02/21/06 07:23 AM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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jennyintexas
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Loc: Lubbock, Texas
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My husband's brother is having a similar problem. He broke his hip about 12 years ago and has been on various pain meds and alcohol ever since.
Let me say this: He should NOT be crushing the oxycodone! And with the alcohol on top of it, he is a headed for trouble. You can look up oxycodone/crush/addiction on the net and read what the effects are of doing this. It is deadly!
I'm sorry he's in so much pain, but it sounds like he needs to start from square one. You didn't mention what other medications he's taking for AS. Pain meds is not how AS is treated. You can look on this site and find out what options for medications that are used for AS, and how they help.
Let me also say that people who are adddicted to oxy often have serious pain in their bodies whenever they haven't had their "fix". The pain is real, but it is caused by the withdrawals of the drug. So what he thinks is horrible pain from the AS may just be that his dependency to the drug is growing and his body is reacting to not having more and more, and more frequently.
I wish you and your husband the best.
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No I am not a doctor, I only play one on the internet. Seriously, I'm only as reliable as your next door neighbor. My views are not necessarily the views of SAA or its' members.
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#29847 - 02/21/06 08:05 AM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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Charlie
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Hi Joiee
I agree with everything the others have said. Although it is very worrying, your hunny is still here and probably reasonably experienced in how much he knows he can get away with. What I mean to say is the danger of overdose is probably not as high as for someone who just suddenly took a lot of oxy w/alcohol. Since he is regularly doing this, his tolerance to the narcotic will be much higher than a normal person's.
Thats not to say you should be casual about this, he is clearly abusing both the medicine and the alcohol. Over time, this will be doing his internal organs a great deal of damage. It may be as a result of the terrible pain caused by the AS, but as others have mentioned there is more than pain relief available as far as medicines for AS go.
Good luck, sounds like a minefield for you. I doubt he is going to be very pleased to be confronted about it. Specially not if he doesn't see it as a problem. Unfortunately, this is the self-delusion of addiction talking. As Ken said, really, its only him that can sort this out. That starts with being honest, and admitting there is a problem.
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#29848 - 02/21/06 09:13 PM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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mariposa
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I'm not sure I agree that people who regulary use narcotics know what they can get away with. People who are addicted seem to push just a little further each time and sometimes it is a little too far.
I know it is hard, but IMHO your husband needs intervention and very soon. 3 tequilas and a 6 pack a night is a lot of alcohol by itself, much less with narcotics on top.
Please, please try to get him some help as quickly as you can.
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#29849 - 02/22/06 02:51 AM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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Charlie
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Originally posted by mouse:
I'm not sure I agree that people who regulary use narcotics know what they can get away with. People who are addicted seem to push just a little further each time and sometimes it is a little too far.
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#29850 - 02/22/06 03:17 AM
Re: Oxycodone & Alcohol
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janice
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God love him ,but I wonder if there is an alcohol addiction already present.I mean ,what comes 1st the chicken or the egg.I appreciate the pain he is in because we all share it,and do'nt get me wrong I usedto love a good drink!.The problem is now if I try to drink Im sick as a dog.There are still occassions maybe once a year I go for it but boy do I pay!What Im treding softly trying to say is,maybe he feels its easier to tell you he drinks for pain.Maybe the pain has him so depressed he drinks ,but this will just turn into a vicious cycle.Go with him to his next appt., demand they help him manage the pain,your his best advocate,his best friend.You love him,dont lose him.I will be thinking of you.love Jan. 
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