My sister's husband detoxed in my parent's home. I watched him for three days. It was awful. Afterwards, I asked what that felt like. He said "Imagine the worst flu you ever had, and multiply by 100"! He died later from an overdose. RIP Skeet.
It sounds like they put up a fight, so I admire him and those who helped him in some capacity. It’s heartbreaking, but we have to remember their brains were hijacked so always come from a place of compassion and forgiveness. He’s not simply a statistic, and I hope he will be remembered for who he really was without the addiction.
@@MB-gl2bl I've been sober for over 8 years. I went from homeless in a recovery home to owning 5 acres with 2 houses on it. I couldn't have done it without my wife, who put my sorry ass in jail. Yup! My beloved wife did me the best favor of my life. Now we own property and my two daughters trust me again. I'm a lucky one. I got out of the cycle, one day at a time. God bless you and yours.
*Ensure. I feel like people look at me differently if they know the medicines I take. It’s demeaning to go in and pee in a cup every month, and bring in your medications to be counted every month. People that aren’t addicts are treated as such, and it’s not fair. Opiates aren’t the only solution for my disease, that will continue to progress, but they are a tool that helps with my quality of life. I just wanted to pipe up, as there are valid reasons for pain management, and due to addiction, we are punished. I’m sorry for my rant, I just want you to see it through a different perspective.
Please, please validate the difference between dependency and addiction. As a person on low dose opioids for over twenty years for chronic pain, I know full well my body is dependent on this medication.I take them just as they are prescribed, and they give me a quality of life I deserve. I get no high, I get pain relief. I resent being lumped in with street drug users, I am no junkie, I do not sell them for profit. But the opioid crisis 'experts' do not differentiate between someone like me and the person sticking a needle in their arm to get out of it. The stigma is enormous. The opioid crisis is a construct and needs to be researched so much better. Btw, fentanyl, 100 times stronger than morphine did absolutely nothing for me after a total knee replacement.Suicidal with pain, I had to fight doctor after doctor to get what did work for me...ketamine.Everybody is different, and chronic pain patients are NOT junkies.And don't always turn into junkies..its simply not always the case.
God forbid YOU get clumped into the (gasp!) "Junkie" category! You're MUCH better than me,and all the other addicts out there! You are correct,there is a diff between dependence and addiction,but why withhold treatment from an addict who actually needs it for a legit reason?
Just to let anyone that has a loved one addicted to anything that they have to want to quit. They have to want it deep in their soul, they have to realize they hate the drug. Its like being in an abusive relationship. After more than a decade of opiate and heroine use it took me to get to the point were i wanted to quit , really wanted it. bcuz if u do it for someone else or just to get ur shit back, sure it might work in the beginning but chances for relapse are greater. Not to say if you want it you wont ever relapse but this is a thinking disease and our mind can be a dark place best to start on a for firm foundation.
Very well said! I’m right there with you. I experienced withdrawal from pills, herion and suboxine. In order to get clean, you need to face this demon head on, go to war and take no prisoners!
I am so greatly blessed. I have experienced 3 major surgeries. My doctors prescribed me Lortab, Percocet, and Oxytocin. These medications never helped me to manage my pain. The only medication that helped to releave my pain was extra strength Tylenol. The pain medication never worked for me and I through them down the toylet. I have an identical twin sister and pain medications doesn't help her either. Very blessed, because their is no drug or alcohol addiction on either side of my parent's family. So, I quess that plays a part in it.
One doc told me to crush them up, mix with cat litter, and put in a trash bag, in the trash. Another option is to take them to any pharmacy and they will dispose of them
I’m 25 and I’ve been addicted to Roxy’s for about 2 years now and last year alone I spent 45k on it. I’m trying to get clean so bad but I do t have a good enough job that offers insurance for rehabilitation. I will keep praying, trying NA and keep educating myself so I don’t ruin my life anymore than i already have
Praying for you There are cheap detox centers. I was a fentanyl addict for 5 years. One suggestion is also give AA a shot. I know it’s hard but it’s doable I promise. I did it, with drawls beat me down more so than anything I’ve ever experienced and it took time for my brain to heal but I was able to make it out and if I can do it I know you can too. Don’t give up. You aren’t alone
WHERE IT COULD END. I am a recovering burn Survivor. My left SI joint suffered 5 degree burns leaving bone against bone. So unfortunately I take pain medication. Have done them for the last 27 year's. I had to come to the point where the pain medication was just a tool used to help me control my pain when I move. I was sick once because I felt bad for my neighbor who hurt his back. I was so niave, I found that IF you follow your doctor's direction you never get sick, you may have a bad day physically BUT that is when you just stop whatever you doing and take care of yourself. Let the other people around you know that you taking a MEEEE DAY and they will be greatful. I have seen everything you have talked about and unless they want to address the person inside yourself you will never be clean. By the Grace of God I have been able to go from dozens of medication down to only 2 medications a day and I can have a life. What people don't talk about is ALCOHOL AND PAIN MEDICATIONS. I have lost several good friends because they were in DENIAL.
Kim stokes … even tho it hurts that he’s in jail … at least you know he’s safer there than on the streets .. if it wasn’t for me being in jail and 5 yrs probation and random drug testing rehab , and therapy …. I would’ve been dead ! It’s 20 yrs clean I’m 60 now , I considered this my birthday the day I was arrested . I broke the cycle 🙏🏼 my son is a paralegal for nyc police dept and daughter is in marketing . Leave your son in jail .. at least your sleeping a little better ❤️
I am a sober now, have been for 4 years. I took fentanyl for 5 years. I’m sorry to hear about your son…for me I was blessed with the gift of desperation. My life became so bad I was willing to do whatever it took. Hopefully your son gets the same gift. Life sober has been the greatest thing that ever happened to me. My biggest regret is I didn’t get sober after college and wasted years of my life I didn’t have to waste. God bless…don’t lose hope because I have heard stories similar to your sons from people who have been sober 20+ years
Please do a similar video about benzodiazapene addiction. These are as dangerous, if not more dangerous than opiates, yet nobody talks about them and the havoc they've wreaked on families throughout the world. The media is too hooked on the opioid crisis.
They are, but they’re more dangerous when you stop them instead of when you’re using them. I had an old friend who had a grand mal seizure and ended up hospitalized because he decided to stop taking his prescription. Super shady to prescribe something that can literally kill you if you decide not to take it anymore.
@@zackwalker664 Are you aware of how ridiculous that sounds? This is just not true. They can slow your heart and respiration rates to enough of a crawl to kill you. What is more dangerous? A seizure, or death? Remember - the longer you take something, the more of it you need to achieve the initial effect. So, no, benzos should NOT be prescribed or taken indefinitely. It sounds like your friend was most definitely addicted.
Benzodiazepines are central nervous system depressants. This means that they can suppress breathing and lower heart rate is taken in excess to get high and/or mixed with other substances. If someone mixes benzos with another CNS depressant (alcohol, opiates or opioids, etc.), the level of CNS depressant in the body increases making them more susceptible to overdose or death. If someone is prescribed benzos to take daily and they just stop, they face a higher likelihood of death (or other health considerations...seizures, etc.) if taken in high doses and/or mixed with other substances. The best way to detox off of them is 1) under medical supervision/detox protocol and 2) slow taper under medical supervision. Benzo detox timelines vary from person to person depending on a few factors to include (but not limited to) amount taken, how long the have been using them, if mixed with other substances, other mental and/or physical issues. Best idea is to utilize psychotherapy, CBT, possible exposure therapy if the client can handle it and any other form of medication that is not addictive but can assist with anxiety. Regardless, where there is a will there is a way unfortunately.
I’m clean and sober 21 yrs .. I broke the cycle 🙏🏼 w lots of therapy but what I don’t understand is after major surgeries and bring on a morphine drip and going home w a script for pain , why I didn’t become addicted again .. good therapy and rehab .
Same here . I was on the drip and lots of powerful OxyContin and I tried crushing them and snorting them to get high. I didn’t fell anything. Felt like a dope fiend chasing a high. Sad but I guess I’m lucky
Using any drug to escape from a mental reality ultimately results in addiction. On the other hand, opiates used to mitigate physical pain conditions over long periods of time, can and likely will result in dependency. The bottom line, people with addictive personality traits, are absolutely attempting to escape their unresolved mental reality regardless of the drugs they're doing. Dependency and addiction are two very different things and that line gets blurred way too frequently. It isn't fair or even logical to demonize opiates, the people who've added life to their years and years to their life from pain medicine is too often pushed aside, while the true problem begins with individuals desperate attempt to escape their unresolved mental reality. Yes, opiate addiction is a tragic situation but it's adding insult to injury by leaving people to poison themselves with NSAIDS as their only realistic option for relief. It's like a robber with a hostage, you don't delete both just because the one person went haywire. Repair the root cause, not the catalyst. Know why you take or don't take something, ffs Pushing an agenda based on a third of the honest information is purely despicable manipulation. Please wake up, please...
I disagree with this statement (not entirely but enough to make me speak out). I was diagnosed with PTSS and Stockholm Syndrom due to my childhood and for the longest time used weed as an escape from reality...or maybe to put it more precisely; I used the weed to create a rare moment of peace where I could refocus my thoughts without being bothered by the bad memories that I experienced or was experiencing. It never led me to any sort of addictive behaviour though and I could quit very easily (given that I was down on my luck for some periods I had no problem not smoking though those were some tough times to face up to my demons) for long stretches and even after. However I was well aware of why I was smoking to begin with so if anything I used it medicinally and to this day I firmly believe that the combined use and therapy helped me to get better. Ironically I hated taking anti-depresants because even on the half of the smallest dose they made me feel like a zombie. Nowadays I hardly smoke at all (well cigarettes but not weed) and I don't nor have I ever missed it and if I do smoke it's for the same reasons as why people would drink, strictly recreational and because I like the taste. However I'm well aware that I'm an exception in that regard
I think you need to wake up and stop pushing this agenda of yours and trying to manipulate people into believing they won’t get hooked. My town is rife with heroin and opiates and the majority of them started with something small they were prescribed like Vicodin. I’ve seen and known chronic pain patients who’ve turned to heroin and fentanyl because of their tolerance. You are lying to yourself.
@@zackwalker664 I'm not pushing any agenda. Like I said I know I'm an exception but not the rule. Like many thing it can have good and bad sides so giving a blanket statement that escapism with the help of drugs ALWAYS leads to addiction is too shortsighted in my book....after all...if that's true then either I'm addicted to something I haven't used for over 2 years now....or I never used it to escape from my reality; both of which are wrong...
Wish I had known this before my only son overdosed. There is no healing from this senseless tragedy, your constantly asking yourself where you went wrong or why couldn't you see it?
Wash". For educational purposes- is the second draw from a shot. To get whatever medicine is left behind in the spoon. Usually people will save filters after the first shot for a rainy day.
One correction: a wash is when you get all of your used cottons together and “wash” them by adding water and squeezing and squishing until the damn cotton ball is clean enough to look new again to get a little bit of dope out of it. But yes we do scrape counters too and add that to the wash but the wash itself is the cottons.
Oxycodone compared to all opiates is known to have a paradoxical opiate effect where along with the normal very comfortable sedation you get you also get a rush of energy. Not like coke or stimulants but a form of energy all its own. And mixed with the sedation it creates a tremendous euphoria than all other opiates do not come close to. This is my personal experience.
Absolutely. Everyone has a different natural neurochemical mix in their brain. I believe there is a "perfect" mix that makes people more likely to become dependent on opioids (or other drugs). And when combined with risk factors, like socioeconomic issues and/or an inconsistent/abusive/negligent primary caregiver, make a person far more likely to become addicted
What ???? Nothing if that sort. Addiction is a well researched and established progressive brain disorder due to genetic predisposition and interconnected with unresolved early childhood trauma and mental health issues.
Tar also comes in these tiny balls, it’s put into a piece of plastic wrap. Then rolled up. This is about half of a size of a dime coin. It smells bad of vinegar. (Ex used H). At least this is the common on Texas.
i totally missed the signs from my past roommate. should have known when she mentioned keeping narcan In the house. just in case somebody needed it (my dumb ass thinking she meant for someone else in a party settings)
To those that are fighting to beat this fucked up addiction... you have to not only do it for your family and children you will have to want to do it for yourself. I know when your in that mindset you don't give a shit about anything but deep down you know you do and pretty much have given up....
Interesting. I was on opioid pain management for degenerative scoliosis for nearly 4 years. I always had pills left over when I went to the Pain clinic and I took them as directed. Then they stopped working and if I took more I just felt bitchy. I decided it wasn't worth the monthly humiliation and weaned myself off in about ten days. Never went back and that was five years ago. Still in pain of course.
If you stop for 3 days and use again, you dont risk getting addicted and its like a reset in tolerance so you can feel the effects again without needing more... Best to not use but if needed, just KNOW that you already have the STRONGEST and Hardest part, DISCIPLINE... If you have discipline, you'll never risk addiction
Looks like you are lucky in some sort of way, if it's just the sleep issue you can use the help of sleeping pills. But I guess 10 months down the line you must be clean now.
I truly cannot stand the man in the red. All he does is look down on, degrade and judge people. Some people genuinely need certain medications for pain. In addition, not everyone will become addicted. Claiming that someone who needed Codeine after a car accident will end up with a needle in their arm, is just ridiculous. Of course it happens. But everyone overusing it has ruined it for people who have chronic pain and truly do need meds as needed.
What can you tell us about Autism ? The neurodevelopmental disorder category.. I understand this disorder is life-long & that it cannot be cured or effectively treated with medication. Love to hear you chat with Dr Ramani about this terrible illness, thanks
Eating it is absouletly nothing like making a tea out of unwashed seeds, don't be ridiculous. Most if not all seeds at grocery stores have been washed so much there's just about no morphine or Codeine in them
Where I live they are not washed, and contain high levels of opium constituents. Please stay away from opium or making tea as you might as well be doing H to a less degree
I’m surprised this is an addiction doctor. He misspoke several times. Washing, may be what he suggested, but they usually take the cotton ball they’ve used multiple times, and try to pull out any of the heroin, or opiate medication they are injecting. He missed a huge point, with regards to Fentanyl. It’s 100 times stronger than Morphine. The majority of the overdoses are from the Fentanyl. As far as routes of ingestion, you can put the pills in your bum, and it’s a stronger high than just swallowing the pill. I can’t remember what the name is. I’m a ER RN, as well as a chronically ill patient with progressive MS, that takes opiates as a part of my treatment plan. I’m well versed from both sides of the coin. Gabapentin is a medicine used for nerve pain, it’s also used for seizures. It’s not a “white powder.”
How about the cylonenz, Xanax and narco mix that is snorted . From a pharmacist point of view , we are fed up with pain doctors writing these meds with every patient of theirs have cervical issues and now it is gabapentin craze .
Um, so this video is strikingly over generalizes. I became dependant on pain meds after I hurt my knee and I NEVER put a needle in my arm OR ingested heroine. NEVER. Im no longer dependant on pain meds. That said, ANYONE who takes pain meds becomes physically dependant on them if you take them on the regular basis, but This does not mean youre a full blown addict in need of a recovery program. Not every person who takes pain killers puts a needle in their arm or moves to heroine. I mean, come on guys. Who do yall work for to get paid for saying this?
This about addiction…and so many people who end up dead of fentanyl/heroin overdoses STARTED with legitimate opioid prescriptions. Not ALL people who had a prescription for opioids end up addicted and not ALL addicts end up dead. It seems you might be thinking in absolutes, but I didn’t see that in this video.
I'm fight withdrawals from pain pill yes I do have very bad back problems and they want to do surgery but I can't do that but I have been taking pills for 25 years and I trying to get off of them and it's been so hard for me and my family I wish I could get better help
As of the few years 9 out of 10 of the opiods manufacturers now put something in the opiods that enable them to be used with a syringe. That is another reason why herion is used. Not just because of the cost. Opiods such as oxicontin is a lot more expensive. But the oxi high last longer then herion.
Scraping of the table being a wash that's a first,a wash in england is where you get all the old filters and rein ject them up through adding more citric water ect heating it up again
Happy new year medcircle, support and hugs to you!! Million subs strong!!⭐💯🌞🥰. Thank you Dr. Dom, Kyle and hugs to Callie. Pain mgmt is real, please seek a care plan, it's ok to admit being in pain. Seek good care team, it's not easy, be patient. 🛐⚕️Suffering from cranial, jaw, neck pain, chose chiropractor and physical therapy with meds.
I would love to have this dr treat me....I been looking for help and just can't seem to find any places willing to take me....I want to get on methadone or suboxone so bad.
I was on pain pills for over 10yrs. When they started getting onto doctors and pharmacy's for this opioid problem my doctor went ahead and retired instead of dealing with it. So i lost my prescription from him which was about 4 yrs. Of me taking and when script ran out i was out didn't go looking for something to replace started back on my ibuprofen of about 12 to 18- 200mg a day. Which will probably kill me because that's a lot but i have real pain from 6 knee surgery starting at age 15. Knee replacement and hip replacement but putting off replacing other knee until cant deal any more but i among other people are being punished for what people who have never been prescribed the pain meds. are abusing them and over dosing. Has there been a study on the ones that over dosed how many actually had a prescription and how many did not ? I think they would end up same place if thet can not control there addiction. But now people are suffering because of there bad choices. Even the Vets had there pain meds took. How is that even close to being right. They suffered enough don't you think. That's my story on opioids. I will bet any amount they want take ibuprofen off shelf when over use kills people in pain. Want be mentioned
Wow! If I were you, I would seriously reconsider blaming your inability to get more opiates on "lowlifes" who have become addicted to drugs bought off of the black market. First of all, the narrative behind addiction has changed. Addicts come from all walks of life. Good people and bad people alike suffer from addiction. It is not just the 70s view of dirty addicts sitting in an alley with a needle sticking out of their arms anymore. Secondly, nobody has control over whether or not they become addicted to anything. Addiction is a disease, not a life choice. Plenty of upstanding citizens who were prescribed opiates became addicted to them, and I've seen many like you who express a sense of entitlement regarding having been "cut off". Apparently, you were one of the lucky ones. Lastly, the entire Sackler family deserves to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
@@steverickenbacher7110 i was going to reply to your statement buy know need you apparently cant understand what you read and project your own thoughts on what someone is saying due to your anger over something. Thanks for lesson on addiction or refresher course .
@@shannanoel-lewis1388 You said you were one of the people "punished" by those pill takers who obtain their supply on the black market. I understood you perfectly well. Thanks for demonstrating "whataboutism", though.
"can't control their addiction"... that reads incredibly judgemental. Maybe that wasn't your intention but until we stop looking down our noses at addiction and begin to see it as a serious mental and medical issue it will only get worse. Anytime a group is marginalized and demonized who are they left to bond with...? Others that have been similarly marginalized. Other addicts. By looking at these people as "less than" you, you are contributing to the epidemic. I'm sure that's not your intention, but only by chance are you not hopelessly addicted too. If the neurochemical mix in your brain was a bit different, you would be the one 6 feet under or on the street. Until the stigma is removed and people are educated about addiction and mental disorders we are doomed to repeat this cycle of (sometimes generational) addiction
What I fail to understand is that if these doctors are right on the use of opioids in acute care specifically, then why is so easy to get a prescription of Oxycodone in the US? Europe? In some states, morphine is given out in pills like candy. And if used in hospice care specifically you'll be given morphine sulfate, endone, dilaudid or legal diamorph 'heroin' (which does exist although this is primarily for labor.) The laws need to change, considering an addict might search for heroin or a pill to feel normal but would end up in jail for possession of morphine? Harm reduction, less penalties, more sobriety.
Many people smoke these things and have very little 💔 physical signs. Their school, job, businesses, and relationships suffer. People make excuses to parents, collegues and friends. If they have children they make excuses to child protection services. Drug tests are failing because people dilute their bodies with detox and excessive water drinking. People are in denial when they see signs. Some are not in denial, however and try hard to get probation officers , doctors, child protection services, court officers, to help you with drug tests. Most do only urine test and most people pass . It's disgusting how someone can have all the proof of a loved one selling and doing drugs and people are more worried about violating a person's rights than helping them get something done to help their loved ones. Would you believe even with video and the actual drug found and behavior videoed most people still never got stopped. My kid thinks Ecstasy is ok. With everything being laced it's a constant state of anxiety for parents dealing with the craziness of watching their child go through the losing of jobs and losing friends and losing hope and health it's horrific. It's exhausting. Jails and courts and probation officers and parents need to be working together and praying 🙏 Thanks for the video ❣️
09:10 massively disappointing to hear a medical professional make the statement “injecting is the fastest way to the brain “. This is is normally a lay person’s incorrect guess when in fact smoking reaches the brain even faster via the lung blood barrier. It is the efficiency of the lungs to absorb oxygen into the blood circulation that drugs hitch a ride on.
Do not accept an opioid prescription! Dealing with the pain for a few days is a better choice than taking the risk. I have told my kids the same. I just don't understand why they are still prescribing opioids.
@@pursedelighted Are you aware of how many drug addicts addiction started with an opioid prescription? In my opinion if you are getting a prescription for something that will only last a couple days like a dental procedure, then your better to tough through it than roll the dice on becoming an addict. I'm speaking from experience.
My neighbors use drugs and I don't know what it is, which freaks me out. The smell comes into my kitchen. From what others have said, the sickly skunk odor is today's marijuana. But I know intuitively there's something mixed with it, and that they're mixing/cooking something in their place and helping someone deal. Nobody will do anything about this ( where I live) and it sucks. What would drug dealers roll into a joint and sell that is really smelly, anyone have any ideas? Skunky, eggy, somewhat sweet ...not a good smell at all. Then I smell like some kind of household cleaner when they are done doing whatever they are doing.
Seems like they are manufacturing methamphetamine, most likely “shake and bake”. If you live in close proximity to them, please be careful because that way of manufacturing has a high probability of combusting and blowing up. 😯
Sounds like they're just smoking weed dude....lol. Or cooking meth from what you said about the house cleaner smell, either way this has nothing to do with opioids.
I normally appreciate this channel and the information provided however your first minute was incredibly insensitive and offensive not to mention the fact that people have actual conditions/illnesses/injuries that are suffering in this country because others have abused a system by either over prescribing without proper care or observation or abused the old systems that didn’t track the amount people filled and were prescribed. People abuse every system out there from disability and government assistance to coupon programs. We shouldn’t punish all for the choices of the few. Very disappointed as a person with chronic illness and the inability to take NSAIDS who has been basically given PTSD by the healthcare system in the US when I have never once in my entire medical history abused medications prescribed to me in any way.
I absolutely agree, my mom is in alot of pain with her back, her Doctor had her on Fentynol patches for a few years but as soon as it started being abused by addicts, she was the one who had to suffer because the Fentynol patches were taken from her and she never abused her medication it's sad to have to suffer in pain everyday when you aren't the one abusing the medication
What about tramadol, you take 5-8 of those along with xanax and it will give you a instant rush of euphoria along with the nod like heroin. I'm on 8 tramadol 50mg with 5 xanax and Im just fighting my sleep nodding in and out feeling good. People seem to overlook tramadol but it is a opioid even though it's weak but you can still get high off it when taking large amounts with xanax.
Tramadol is SHIT, it can also cause seizures. Dude you'd seriously be better off using krarom recreationally ffs, take it from someone who smoked H for slightly over 6 years....and has dabbled with just about every opioid including Tramadol. I'm not even joking when I tell you things like kratom and suboxone would get you higher than tramadol, you don't have to dabble with real opioids and you shouldn't but tramadol....for fucks sake dude. If you're gonna use weak opioids go get one of those 2 I mentioned
Kratom or suboxone also aren't gonna cause seizures like tramadol does. If you're gonna use weak opioids, use those. You don't need to be dabbling in REAL pills like oxys and diladiud...and especially not dope which isn't around anymore. If you really want an easy to get STRONG opioid high, look into unwashed poppy seeds.
@@catstate Gabapentin does NOT interact with GABA. The point of this medication is mostly used to treat animals for pain and relaxation. Its also prescribed as a non habit forming alternative to xanax for anxiety in humans and dogs. Its used as an anticonvulsant for humans. It is non addictive. Xanax, alcohol interact w GABA receptors which is why theyre addictive. Essentially, Gabapentin makes u or the animal tired w/o the GABA interaction.
It is not an opioid however it can cause seizures if you take it regularly and suddenly stop. Many medications that are not psychologically addictive can cause withdrawal symptoms if suddenly stopped. Like antidepressants. If you suddenly stop taking antidepressants you can have reactions from suddenly having less serotonin available and you get a dizzy zappy feeling.
Let's sound it out, GABA PENTIN. GABA....GABA what do you think that means? It's a gabaergic substance not an opioid, a gabapentinoid to be exact. Alcohol and benzodiazpines are other examples of gabaergic drugs.
That's not the only way it comes & that's not the only terminology either. So, you need explore the terminologies & the form that it comes in...take for instance the different eras. The 60's & 70's it was called China-white & was peddled to young kids in the form of lollipops.
Funny how he doesn’t know what a @bag” is equal to. Shit, i live in cartel country where we measure in clavos and kilos, not points. Hey Doc, a “bag” is a tenth of a gram, or some would call it a point.
i dont think anyone is blaming them??? its a fact that a lot of opioid addiction comes from being prescribed opiates and not being able to stop once the dose runs out. i dont see any stigma at all, they are just pointing out how people consume this drug. i dont even think they generalized "all pain pill users" they just brought the abuse that happens as a result of being prescribed certain meds as a factor to why we have this epidemic lol
@@catstate actually they did within the first minute by saying it would end with a needle in the arm which is not the case and hurts those with chronic conditions/illness and injuries. There is a huge stigma making so many people resort to options less legal because of some peoples use of a prescription medication to treat something that isn’t pain. It’s a catch 22 but their first minutes words could be extremely hurtful not only to people who struggle to be treated but also to those who have lost someone to drug addiction issues. Either way it was indelicate at best and offense at the worse
@Shawna Burt, THANK YOU!!!! Please check out my response to them.!!!! They sounded like 80 year old white guys who are Born Again and live in the back woods of some poor Southern Town. (No offense to the South or old white men). Absolutely sounds like white privileged snobby you know whats!!!
The main difference between Oxycodone & Oxycontin is that Oxycontin is the brand name & Oxycodone is the active ingredient. Just like Tylenol & Acetaminophen.
I hid it 4 years ide bin on meatherdone cudent sleep some one gave some I was off me head loved it each time ide get up set then buy it same evry day .stop coz it gets harder to stop strain on body
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My sister's husband detoxed in my parent's home. I watched him for three days. It was awful. Afterwards, I asked what that felt like. He said "Imagine the worst flu you ever had, and multiply by 100"! He died later from an overdose. RIP Skeet.
It sounds like they put up a fight, so I admire him and those who helped him in some capacity. It’s heartbreaking, but we have to remember their brains were hijacked so always come from a place of compassion and forgiveness. He’s not simply a statistic, and I hope he will be remembered for who he really was without the addiction.
@@MB-gl2bl I've been sober for over 8 years. I went from homeless in a recovery home to owning 5 acres with 2 houses on it. I couldn't have done it without my wife, who put my sorry ass in jail. Yup! My beloved wife did me the best favor of my life. Now we own property and my two daughters trust me again. I'm a lucky one. I got out of the cycle, one day at a time. God bless you and yours.
Wouldn’t it be great if our government attacked the drug problem like they do Covid?! This so sad for everyone involved
*Ensure. I feel like people look at me differently if they know the medicines I take. It’s demeaning to go in and pee in a cup every month, and bring in your medications to be counted every month. People that aren’t addicts are treated as such, and it’s not fair. Opiates aren’t the only solution for my disease, that will continue to progress, but they are a tool that helps with my quality of life.
I just wanted to pipe up, as there are valid reasons for pain management, and due to addiction, we are punished.
I’m sorry for my rant, I just want you to see it through a different perspective.
@@saltycreole2673 Good for you! That is awesome, I’m so happy for you!
Please, please validate the difference between dependency and addiction. As a person on low dose opioids for over twenty years for chronic pain, I know full well my body is dependent on this medication.I take them just as they are prescribed, and they give me a quality of life I deserve. I get no high, I get pain relief. I resent being lumped in with street drug users, I am no junkie, I do not sell them for profit. But the opioid crisis 'experts' do not differentiate between someone like me and the person sticking a needle in their arm to get out of it. The stigma is enormous. The opioid crisis is a construct and needs to be researched so much better. Btw, fentanyl, 100 times stronger than morphine did absolutely nothing for me after a total knee replacement.Suicidal with pain, I had to fight doctor after doctor to get what did work for me...ketamine.Everybody is different, and chronic pain patients are NOT junkies.And don't always turn into junkies..its simply not always the case.
If you are worried about stigma you may want to stop referring to people with opioid addiction as "junkies".
@@Jayc-rt8zt nailed it
@@Jayc-rt8zt Exactly
God forbid YOU get clumped into the (gasp!) "Junkie" category! You're MUCH better than me,and all the other addicts out there! You are correct,there is a diff between dependence and addiction,but why withhold treatment from an addict who actually needs it for a legit reason?
Exactly!!!!
Just to let anyone that has a loved one addicted to anything that they have to want to quit. They have to want it deep in their soul, they have to realize they hate the drug. Its like being in an abusive relationship. After more than a decade of opiate and heroine use it took me to get to the point were i wanted to quit , really wanted it. bcuz if u do it for someone else or just to get ur shit back, sure it might work in the beginning but chances for relapse are greater. Not to say if you want it you wont ever relapse but this is a thinking disease and our mind can be a dark place best to start on a for firm foundation.
It really is like an abusive relationship. I’ve never thought about it like that before
Thank you for being 💯
This was for me today✨🙏🏽✨
I hope your good and free from the evil of these addictions…!
Very well said! I’m right there with you. I experienced withdrawal from pills, herion and suboxine. In order to get clean, you need to face this demon head on, go to war and take no prisoners!
I am so greatly blessed. I have experienced 3 major surgeries. My doctors prescribed me Lortab, Percocet, and Oxytocin. These medications never helped me to manage my pain. The only medication that helped to releave my pain was extra strength Tylenol. The pain medication never worked for me and I through them down the toylet. I have an identical twin sister and pain medications doesn't help her either. Very blessed, because their is no drug or alcohol addiction on either side of my parent's family. So, I quess that plays a part in it.
I wouldn't have flush them in the toilet because that only cause toxic environmental effects in our water system since they don't break down properly.
@@mismatch6292, I didn't know that. Thank you for telling me.
He didn’t mention about addiction gene. Some people are more prone to get addicted than others.
@@buckyb7658 like Irish people and alcohol.
One doc told me to crush them up, mix with cat litter, and put in a trash bag, in the trash.
Another option is to take them to any pharmacy and they will dispose of them
He clarifies it so well. Wish he was on every news station across the country.
I’m 25 and I’ve been addicted to Roxy’s for about 2 years now and last year alone I spent 45k on it. I’m trying to get clean so bad but I do t have a good enough job that offers insurance for rehabilitation. I will keep praying, trying NA and keep educating myself so I don’t ruin my life anymore than i already have
Praying for you
There are cheap detox centers. I was a fentanyl addict for 5 years. One suggestion is also give AA a shot.
I know it’s hard but it’s doable I promise. I did it, with drawls beat me down more so than anything I’ve ever experienced and it took time for my brain to heal but I was able to make it out and if I can do it I know you can too. Don’t give up.
You aren’t alone
WHERE IT COULD END.
I am a recovering burn Survivor. My left SI joint suffered 5 degree burns leaving bone against bone.
So unfortunately I take pain medication. Have done them for the last 27 year's.
I had to come to the point where the pain medication was just a tool used to help me control my pain when I move. I was sick once because I felt bad for my neighbor who hurt his back.
I was so niave, I found that IF you follow your doctor's direction you never get sick, you may have a bad day physically BUT that is when you just stop whatever you doing and take care of yourself. Let the other people around you know that you taking a MEEEE DAY and they will be greatful.
I have seen everything you have talked about and unless they want to address the person inside yourself you will never be clean.
By the Grace of God I have been able to go from dozens of medication down to only 2 medications a day and I can have a life.
What people don't talk about is ALCOHOL AND PAIN MEDICATIONS.
I have lost several good friends because they were in DENIAL.
My kid has been on this path for 13 years , it’s a never ending cycle, he’s in jail now for possession of heroine
Kim stokes … even tho it hurts that he’s in jail … at least you know he’s safer there than on the streets .. if it wasn’t for me being in jail and 5 yrs probation and random drug testing rehab , and therapy …. I would’ve been dead ! It’s 20 yrs clean I’m 60 now , I considered this my birthday the day I was arrested . I broke the cycle 🙏🏼 my son is a paralegal for nyc police dept and daughter is in marketing . Leave your son in jail .. at least your sleeping a little better ❤️
Has he expressed he wants help? I'm so sorry to hear that
@@wbyfaith8974 Nope. He sure hasn’t , he says he doesn’t have a problem
I am a sober now, have been for 4 years. I took fentanyl for 5 years.
I’m sorry to hear about your son…for me I was blessed with the gift of desperation. My life became so bad I was willing to do whatever it took.
Hopefully your son gets the same gift. Life sober has been the greatest thing that ever happened to me. My biggest regret is I didn’t get sober after college and wasted years of my life I didn’t have to waste.
God bless…don’t lose hope because I have heard stories similar to your sons from people who have been sober 20+ years
Did this path begin with an opioid prescription?
Please do a similar video about benzodiazapene addiction. These are as dangerous, if not more dangerous than opiates, yet nobody talks about them and the havoc they've wreaked on families throughout the world. The media is too hooked on the opioid crisis.
They are, but they’re more dangerous when you stop them instead of when you’re using them. I had an old friend who had a grand mal seizure and ended up hospitalized because he decided to stop taking his prescription.
Super shady to prescribe something that can literally kill you if you decide not to take it anymore.
@@zackwalker664 Are you aware of how ridiculous that sounds? This is just not true. They can slow your heart and respiration rates to enough of a crawl to kill you. What is more dangerous? A seizure, or death? Remember - the longer you take something, the more of it you need to achieve the initial effect. So, no, benzos should NOT be prescribed or taken indefinitely. It sounds like your friend was most definitely addicted.
Benzodiazepines are central nervous system depressants. This means that they can suppress breathing and lower heart rate is taken in excess to get high and/or mixed with other substances. If someone mixes benzos with another CNS depressant (alcohol, opiates or opioids, etc.), the level of CNS depressant in the body increases making them more susceptible to overdose or death. If someone is prescribed benzos to take daily and they just stop, they face a higher likelihood of death (or other health considerations...seizures, etc.) if taken in high doses and/or mixed with other substances. The best way to detox off of them is 1) under medical supervision/detox protocol and 2) slow taper under medical supervision. Benzo detox timelines vary from person to person depending on a few factors to include (but not limited to) amount taken, how long the have been using them, if mixed with other substances, other mental and/or physical issues. Best idea is to utilize psychotherapy, CBT, possible exposure therapy if the client can handle it and any other form of medication that is not addictive but can assist with anxiety. Regardless, where there is a will there is a way unfortunately.
Are opioids worse than cocaine?
@@EmmaDeFazio5938 It's difficult to rank addictions that can kill you :)
This doctor is so good at articulating every single facet surrounding addiction... It's simply amazing.
Yes, and the other guy is as dumb as they come in the Medical Field and worries me...
I’m clean and sober 21 yrs .. I broke the cycle 🙏🏼 w lots of therapy but what I don’t understand is after major surgeries and bring on a morphine drip and going home w a script for pain , why I didn’t become addicted again .. good therapy and rehab .
Same here . I was on the drip and lots of powerful OxyContin and I tried crushing them and snorting them to get high. I didn’t fell anything. Felt like a dope fiend chasing a high. Sad but I guess I’m lucky
Using any drug to escape from a mental reality ultimately results in addiction.
On the other hand, opiates used to mitigate physical pain conditions over long periods of time, can and likely will result in dependency.
The bottom line, people with addictive personality traits, are absolutely attempting to escape their unresolved mental reality regardless of the drugs they're doing.
Dependency and addiction are two very different things and that line gets blurred way too frequently.
It isn't fair or even logical to demonize opiates, the people who've added life to their years and years to their life from pain medicine is too often pushed aside, while the true problem begins with individuals desperate attempt to escape their unresolved mental reality.
Yes, opiate addiction is a tragic situation but it's adding insult to injury by leaving people to poison themselves with NSAIDS as their only realistic option for relief.
It's like a robber with a hostage, you don't delete both just because the one person went haywire.
Repair the root cause, not the catalyst. Know why you take or don't take something, ffs
Pushing an agenda based on a third of the honest information is purely despicable manipulation. Please wake up, please...
I disagree with this statement (not entirely but enough to make me speak out).
I was diagnosed with PTSS and Stockholm Syndrom due to my childhood and for the longest time used weed as an escape from reality...or maybe to put it more precisely; I used the weed to create a rare moment of peace where I could refocus my thoughts without being bothered by the bad memories that I experienced or was experiencing. It never led me to any sort of addictive behaviour though and I could quit very easily (given that I was down on my luck for some periods I had no problem not smoking though those were some tough times to face up to my demons) for long stretches and even after.
However I was well aware of why I was smoking to begin with so if anything I used it medicinally and to this day I firmly believe that the combined use and therapy helped me to get better. Ironically I hated taking anti-depresants because even on the half of the smallest dose they made me feel like a zombie. Nowadays I hardly smoke at all (well cigarettes but not weed) and I don't nor have I ever missed it and if I do smoke it's for the same reasons as why people would drink, strictly recreational and because I like the taste. However I'm well aware that I'm an exception in that regard
I think you need to wake up and stop pushing this agenda of yours and trying to manipulate people into believing they won’t get hooked. My town is rife with heroin and opiates and the majority of them started with something small they were prescribed like Vicodin. I’ve seen and known chronic pain patients who’ve turned to heroin and fentanyl because of their tolerance.
You are lying to yourself.
@@zackwalker664 I'm not pushing any agenda. Like I said I know I'm an exception but not the rule. Like many thing it can have good and bad sides so giving a blanket statement that escapism with the help of drugs ALWAYS leads to addiction is too shortsighted in my book....after all...if that's true then either I'm addicted to something I haven't used for over 2 years now....or I never used it to escape from my reality; both of which are wrong...
Wish I had known this before my only son overdosed. There is no healing from this senseless tragedy, your constantly asking yourself where you went wrong or why couldn't you see it?
Wash". For educational purposes- is the second draw from a shot. To get whatever medicine is left behind in the spoon. Usually people will save filters after the first shot for a rainy day.
One correction: a wash is when you get all of your used cottons together and “wash” them by adding water and squeezing and squishing until the damn cotton ball is clean enough to look new again to get a little bit of dope out of it. But yes we do scrape counters too and add that to the wash but the wash itself is the cottons.
yeah i thought it was weird when he said that. this guy is a misinformed know it all. lmfao
Sounds so scary. What does it take for someone to quit.
Oxycodone compared to all opiates is known to have a paradoxical opiate effect where along with the normal very comfortable sedation you get you also get a rush of energy. Not like coke or stimulants but a form of energy all its own. And mixed with the sedation it creates a tremendous euphoria than all other opiates do not come close to. This is my personal experience.
When you take 15, there is no euphoria. Just crash. That is my personal guarantee.
Tramadol has that effect as well
have no effects from this whatsoever for pain or other in my case.
Agree
15 pills?
Everyone is different. Some people never have a problem with prescriptions while some people become addicts. Depends on the person.
Absolutely. Everyone has a different natural neurochemical mix in their brain. I believe there is a "perfect" mix that makes people more likely to become dependent on opioids (or other drugs). And when combined with risk factors, like socioeconomic issues and/or an inconsistent/abusive/negligent primary caregiver, make a person far more likely to become addicted
What ???? Nothing if that sort. Addiction is a well researched and established progressive brain disorder due to genetic predisposition and interconnected with unresolved early childhood trauma and mental health issues.
Tar also comes in these tiny balls, it’s put into a piece of plastic wrap. Then rolled up. This is about half of a size of a dime coin. It smells bad of vinegar. (Ex used H). At least this is the common on Texas.
i totally missed the signs from my past roommate. should have known when she mentioned keeping narcan In the house. just in case somebody needed it (my dumb ass thinking she meant for someone else in a party settings)
To those that are fighting to beat this fucked up addiction... you have to not only do it for your family and children you will have to want to do it for yourself. I know when your in that mindset you don't give a shit about anything but deep down you know you do and pretty much have given up....
I honestly don't care much about my welfare but I really really don't want to let my family and my near and dear ones down.
Interesting. I was on opioid pain management for degenerative scoliosis for nearly 4 years. I always had pills left over when I went to the Pain clinic and I took them as directed. Then they stopped working and if I took more I just felt bitchy. I decided it wasn't worth the monthly humiliation and weaned myself off in about ten days. Never went back and that was five years ago. Still in pain of course.
If you stop for 3 days and use again, you dont risk getting addicted and its like a reset in tolerance so you can feel the effects again without needing more... Best to not use but if needed, just KNOW that you already have the STRONGEST and Hardest part, DISCIPLINE... If you have discipline, you'll never risk addiction
I can get thru all the symptoms except the restlessness it’s horrible trying to sleep and your soul feels like it’s trying to jump out your body
Looks like you are lucky in some sort of way, if it's just the sleep issue you can use the help of sleeping pills. But I guess 10 months down the line you must be clean now.
“So can I smoke a Percocet “..? Asking for a friend . Ok Kyle 🥴
Personally, I inject my marijuanas. 16 of them a day.
I truly cannot stand the man in the red. All he does is look down on, degrade and judge people.
Some people genuinely need certain medications for pain. In addition, not everyone will become addicted.
Claiming that someone who needed Codeine after a car accident will end up with a needle in their arm, is just ridiculous. Of course it happens. But everyone overusing it has ruined it for people who have chronic pain and truly do need meds as needed.
What can you tell us about Autism ? The neurodevelopmental disorder category..
I understand this disorder is life-long & that it cannot be cured or effectively treated with medication.
Love to hear you chat with Dr Ramani about this terrible illness, thanks
lmao the way he says water gives away his Baltimore accent
Poppy seeds contains opium and is an addictive food either used for flavors, sweet dishes or as spices and fillings.
Eating it is absouletly nothing like making a tea out of unwashed seeds, don't be ridiculous. Most if not all seeds at grocery stores have been washed so much there's just about no morphine or Codeine in them
Where I live they are not washed, and contain high levels of opium constituents. Please stay away from opium or making tea as you might as well be doing H to a less degree
I’m surprised this is an addiction doctor. He misspoke several times.
Washing, may be what he suggested, but they usually take the cotton ball they’ve used multiple times, and try to pull out any of the heroin, or opiate medication they are injecting.
He missed a huge point, with regards to Fentanyl. It’s 100 times stronger than Morphine. The majority of the overdoses are from the Fentanyl.
As far as routes of ingestion, you can put the pills in your bum, and it’s a stronger high than just swallowing the pill. I can’t remember what the name is.
I’m a ER RN, as well as a chronically ill patient with progressive MS, that takes opiates as a part of my treatment plan. I’m well versed from both sides of the coin.
Gabapentin is a medicine used for nerve pain, it’s also used for seizures. It’s not a “white powder.”
Well gabapentin can come in capsules and I've definitely seen those capsules opened and the white powder used inside as a cut.
How about the cylonenz, Xanax and narco mix that is snorted . From a pharmacist point of view , we are fed up with pain doctors writing these meds with every patient of theirs have cervical issues and now it is gabapentin craze .
Um, so this video is strikingly over generalizes. I became dependant on pain meds after I hurt my knee and I NEVER put a needle in my arm OR ingested heroine. NEVER. Im no longer dependant on pain meds. That said, ANYONE who takes pain meds becomes physically dependant on them if you take them on the regular basis, but This does not mean youre a full blown addict in need of a recovery program. Not every person who takes pain killers puts a needle in their arm or moves to heroine. I mean, come on guys. Who do yall work for to get paid for saying this?
Lol shut up. This is a mental health channel so the scope is always limited to those that involve mental illness
This about addiction…and so many people who end up dead of fentanyl/heroin overdoses STARTED with legitimate opioid prescriptions. Not ALL people who had a prescription for opioids end up addicted and not ALL addicts end up dead. It seems you might be thinking in absolutes, but I didn’t see that in this video.
Great video/topic.
Can you talk on the show about the signs, of cocaine use, and how it's taken, and side effects?
I wondering if opioids are than cocaine?
I've never developed an addiction and hope I never will .
I wouldnt wish this on anyone, anyone at all
I'm fight withdrawals from pain pill yes I do have very bad back problems and they want to do surgery but I can't do that but I have been taking pills for 25 years and I trying to get off of them and it's been so hard for me and my family I wish I could get better help
As of the few years 9 out of 10 of the opiods manufacturers now put something in the opiods that enable them to be used with a syringe. That is another reason why herion is used. Not just because of the cost. Opiods such as oxicontin is a lot more expensive. But the oxi high last longer then herion.
You should address kids and teenagers?
Should change the thumbnail to show "How to spot opioid abuse" not "How to spot opioid use".
Scraping of the table being a wash that's a first,a wash in england is where you get all the old filters and rein ject them up through adding more citric water ect heating it up again
Happy new year medcircle, support and hugs to you!! Million subs strong!!⭐💯🌞🥰. Thank you Dr. Dom, Kyle and hugs to Callie.
Pain mgmt is real, please seek a care plan, it's ok to admit being in pain. Seek good care team, it's not easy, be patient. 🛐⚕️Suffering from cranial, jaw, neck pain, chose chiropractor and physical therapy with meds.
Great! Now I can hide the signs better from my loved ones!😋
I would love to have this dr treat me....I been looking for help and just can't seem to find any places willing to take me....I want to get on methadone or suboxone so bad.
Mid video Facebook ad. Thumbs down. Done watching.
I think the Dog is using 😂✌
It is not that difficult to come out of home-based addictions, I presume.
I need help to leave opiates
90%of heroin in Britain is brown from Afghanistan a teenth 1.75gm 40%will cost 45 pounds if you have a normal brer rabbit last you the day
Thank you so much very helpful information God bless youu 💛 ❤
Just hearing the words are making my joints hurt
I was on pain pills for over 10yrs. When they started getting onto doctors and pharmacy's for this opioid problem my doctor went ahead and retired instead of dealing with it. So i lost my prescription from him which was about 4 yrs. Of me taking and when script ran out i was out didn't go looking for something to replace started back on my ibuprofen of about 12 to 18- 200mg a day. Which will probably kill me because that's a lot but i have real pain from 6 knee surgery starting at age 15. Knee replacement and hip replacement but putting off replacing other knee until cant deal any more but i among other people are being punished for what people who have never been prescribed the pain meds. are abusing them and over dosing. Has there been a study on the ones that over dosed how many actually had a prescription and how many did not ? I think they would end up same place if thet can not control there addiction. But now people are suffering because of there bad choices. Even the Vets had there pain meds took. How is that even close to being right. They suffered enough don't you think. That's my story on opioids. I will bet any amount they want take ibuprofen off shelf when over use kills people in pain. Want be mentioned
Wow! If I were you, I would seriously reconsider blaming your inability to get more opiates on "lowlifes" who have become addicted to drugs bought off of the black market. First of all, the narrative behind addiction has changed. Addicts come from all walks of life. Good people and bad people alike suffer from addiction. It is not just the 70s view of dirty addicts sitting in an alley with a needle sticking out of their arms anymore. Secondly, nobody has control over whether or not they become addicted to anything. Addiction is a disease, not a life choice. Plenty of upstanding citizens who were prescribed opiates became addicted to them, and I've seen many like you who express a sense of entitlement regarding having been "cut off". Apparently, you were one of the lucky ones. Lastly, the entire Sackler family deserves to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
@@steverickenbacher7110 i was going to reply to your statement buy know need you apparently cant understand what you read and project your own thoughts on what someone is saying due to your anger over something. Thanks for lesson on addiction or refresher course .
@@shannanoel-lewis1388 You said you were one of the people "punished" by those pill takers who obtain their supply on the black market. I understood you perfectly well. Thanks for demonstrating "whataboutism", though.
Better quit.they ruined my kidneys.Evidently Doctors don't care how many kidneys they destroy. I'd say tynolol, but it can hurt your liver.
"can't control their addiction"... that reads incredibly judgemental. Maybe that wasn't your intention but until we stop looking down our noses at addiction and begin to see it as a serious mental and medical issue it will only get worse. Anytime a group is marginalized and demonized who are they left to bond with...? Others that have been similarly marginalized. Other addicts. By looking at these people as "less than" you, you are contributing to the epidemic. I'm sure that's not your intention, but only by chance are you not hopelessly addicted too. If the neurochemical mix in your brain was a bit different, you would be the one 6 feet under or on the street. Until the stigma is removed and people are educated about addiction and mental disorders we are doomed to repeat this cycle of (sometimes generational) addiction
What I fail to understand is that if these doctors are right on the use of opioids in acute care specifically, then why is so easy to get a prescription of Oxycodone in the US? Europe? In some states, morphine is given out in pills like candy. And if used in hospice care specifically you'll be given morphine sulfate, endone, dilaudid or legal diamorph 'heroin' (which does exist although this is primarily for labor.) The laws need to change, considering an addict might search for heroin or a pill to feel normal but would end up in jail for possession of morphine? Harm reduction, less penalties, more sobriety.
why are you concerned about the dependance of dying people?
weird
Dilauded is called dilos or d's
Many people smoke these things and have very little 💔 physical signs. Their school, job, businesses, and relationships suffer. People make excuses to parents, collegues and friends. If they have children they make excuses to child protection services. Drug tests are failing because people dilute their bodies with detox and excessive water drinking. People are in denial when they see signs. Some are not in denial, however and try hard to get probation officers , doctors, child protection services, court officers, to help you with drug tests. Most do only urine test and most people pass . It's disgusting how someone can have all the proof of a loved one selling and doing drugs and people are more worried about violating a person's rights than helping them get something done to help their loved ones. Would you believe even with video and the actual drug found and behavior videoed most people still never got stopped. My kid thinks Ecstasy is ok. With everything being laced it's a constant state of anxiety for parents dealing with the craziness of watching their child go through the losing of jobs and losing friends and losing hope and health it's horrific. It's exhausting. Jails and courts and probation officers and parents need to be working together and praying 🙏 Thanks for the video ❣️
You missed perc percocet
The dog looks high lol
They also call Heroin dog food on the street here in the south
10:18 Kyle I know you’re passionate but please don’t wake doggo
The little blue "Perc 30s" around here are KNOWN to have fentanol.
counterfit
09:10 massively disappointing to hear a medical professional make the statement “injecting is the fastest way to the brain “. This is is normally a lay person’s incorrect guess when in fact smoking reaches the brain even faster via the lung blood barrier. It is the efficiency of the lungs to absorb oxygen into the blood circulation that drugs hitch a ride on.
Do not accept an opioid prescription! Dealing with the pain for a few days is a better choice than taking the risk. I have told my kids the same. I just don't understand why they are still prescribing opioids.
Because people are in pain and need relief 😮
@@pursedelighted Are you aware of how many drug addicts addiction started with an opioid prescription? In my opinion if you are getting a prescription for something that will only last a couple days like a dental procedure, then your better to tough through it than roll the dice on becoming an addict. I'm speaking from experience.
I can’t believe he’s informing on signs of drug use but doesn’t even know you can smoke percs
My neighbors use drugs and I don't know what it is, which freaks me out. The smell comes into my kitchen. From what others have said, the sickly skunk odor is today's marijuana. But I know intuitively there's something mixed with it, and that they're mixing/cooking something in their place and helping someone deal. Nobody will do anything about this ( where I live) and it sucks. What would drug dealers roll into a joint and sell that is really smelly, anyone have any ideas? Skunky, eggy, somewhat sweet ...not a good smell at all. Then I smell like some kind of household cleaner when they are done doing whatever they are doing.
Seems like they are manufacturing methamphetamine, most likely “shake and bake”. If you live in close proximity to them, please be careful because that way of manufacturing has a high probability of combusting and blowing up. 😯
Sounds like they're just smoking weed dude....lol. Or cooking meth from what you said about the house cleaner smell, either way this has nothing to do with opioids.
He was so stuck on the slang lol
I normally appreciate this channel and the information provided however your first minute was incredibly insensitive and offensive not to mention the fact that people have actual conditions/illnesses/injuries that are suffering in this country because others have abused a system by either over prescribing without proper care or observation or abused the old systems that didn’t track the amount people filled and were prescribed. People abuse every system out there from disability and government assistance to coupon programs. We shouldn’t punish all for the choices of the few. Very disappointed as a person with chronic illness and the inability to take NSAIDS who has been basically given PTSD by the healthcare system in the US when I have never once in my entire medical history abused medications prescribed to me in any way.
I absolutely agree, my mom is in alot of pain with her back, her Doctor had her on Fentynol patches for a few years but as soon as it started being abused by addicts, she was the one who had to suffer because the Fentynol patches were taken from her and she never abused her medication it's sad to have to suffer in pain everyday when you aren't the one abusing the medication
@@prissyjones8892 why would her doctor prescribe something like this?
Heroin is called (boi , boy ). Coke is called (girl, white). (Texas and surrounding states)
What about tramadol, you take 5-8 of those along with xanax and it will give you a instant rush of euphoria along with the nod like heroin. I'm on 8 tramadol 50mg with 5 xanax and Im just fighting my sleep nodding in and out feeling good. People seem to overlook tramadol but it is a opioid even though it's weak but you can still get high off it when taking large amounts with xanax.
Tramadol is SHIT, it can also cause seizures. Dude you'd seriously be better off using krarom recreationally ffs, take it from someone who smoked H for slightly over 6 years....and has dabbled with just about every opioid including Tramadol. I'm not even joking when I tell you things like kratom and suboxone would get you higher than tramadol, you don't have to dabble with real opioids and you shouldn't but tramadol....for fucks sake dude. If you're gonna use weak opioids go get one of those 2 I mentioned
Kratom or suboxone also aren't gonna cause seizures like tramadol does. If you're gonna use weak opioids, use those. You don't need to be dabbling in REAL pills like oxys and diladiud...and especially not dope which isn't around anymore. If you really want an easy to get STRONG opioid high, look into unwashed poppy seeds.
The most handsome doctor i have ever seen!
Is Gabapentin an opioid?
it's an anticonvulsant, so i dont think so - it primarily interacts with GABA and iirc that doesnt have much influence under an opioid
@@catstate Gabapentin does NOT interact with GABA. The point of this medication is mostly used to treat animals for pain and relaxation. Its also prescribed as a non habit forming alternative to xanax for anxiety in humans and dogs. Its used as an anticonvulsant for humans. It is non addictive. Xanax, alcohol interact w GABA receptors which is why theyre addictive. Essentially, Gabapentin makes u or the animal tired w/o the GABA interaction.
It’s a downer, so it’s similar to opioid, but it is not an opioid
It is not an opioid however it can cause seizures if you take it regularly and suddenly stop. Many medications that are not psychologically addictive can cause withdrawal symptoms if suddenly stopped. Like antidepressants. If you suddenly stop taking antidepressants you can have reactions from suddenly having less serotonin available and you get a dizzy zappy feeling.
Let's sound it out, GABA PENTIN. GABA....GABA what do you think that means? It's a gabaergic substance not an opioid, a gabapentinoid to be exact. Alcohol and benzodiazpines are other examples of gabaergic drugs.
you forgot smoking on foil
is normabel an opioid? It's been used in europe through decades...everyone uses it
nope! it's a benzodiazepine
Oramorph addictive?
Very
I just found out a friend was smoking pills for more then a year.
That's not the only way it comes & that's not the only terminology either. So, you need explore the terminologies & the form that it comes in...take for instance the different eras. The 60's & 70's
it was called China-white & was peddled to young kids in the form of lollipops.
Why am I SEEING THIS.? AM I BEING THREATENED. ?
Dirty table?? More like the back of a dirty Toilet at a dive bar
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I object to this being streamed to me. I feel it is a threat.
How does he know all this lol?
Trust you can smoke percs
Funny how he doesn’t know what a @bag” is equal to. Shit, i live in cartel country where we measure in clavos and kilos, not points.
Hey Doc, a “bag” is a tenth of a gram, or some would call it a point.
Oh my god this is soo cheesy. It’s like listening to somebody’s grandmother tell someone else’s grandmother about the horrors of heroin. Just corny .
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I find tin foil with a black substance
So much misinformation and stigma in this video. Wow. MOST people who are prescribed pain pills do fine, stop blaming pain patients for this.
i dont think anyone is blaming them??? its a fact that a lot of opioid addiction comes from being prescribed opiates and not being able to stop once the dose runs out. i dont see any stigma at all, they are just pointing out how people consume this drug. i dont even think they generalized "all pain pill users" they just brought the abuse that happens as a result of being prescribed certain meds as a factor to why we have this epidemic lol
@@catstate actually they did within the first minute by saying it would end with a needle in the arm which is not the case and hurts those with chronic conditions/illness and injuries. There is a huge stigma making so many people resort to options less legal because of some peoples use of a prescription medication to treat something that isn’t pain. It’s a catch 22 but their first minutes words could be extremely hurtful not only to people who struggle to be treated but also to those who have lost someone to drug addiction issues. Either way it was indelicate at best and offense at the worse
@Shawna Burt, THANK YOU!!!! Please check out my response to them.!!!!
They sounded like 80 year old white guys who are Born Again and live in the back woods of some poor Southern Town. (No offense to the South or old white men). Absolutely sounds like white privileged snobby you know whats!!!
@Wishy. Thank you!!!
Well said!!! Thank you!!
Yup, the doctor without patients doesn't have a job so obviously this guy will jump in with his stigma.
thats what frighhtens you? please dont look into what else goes on. i dont like your tone.
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The main difference between Oxycodone & Oxycontin is that Oxycontin is the brand name & Oxycodone is the active ingredient. Just like Tylenol & Acetaminophen.
I hid it 4 years ide bin on meatherdone cudent sleep some one gave some I was off me head loved it each time ide get up set then buy it same evry day .stop coz it gets harder to stop strain on body
I smell bullshite