had recent surgery that was very very painful- and took two months to heal (had complications which led to more pain)- All they gave me was 5 mg oxy 6 times a day- while it helped- it wasn’t nearly effective enough to ease the pain to a tolerable amount- the pain was making me throw up it was so bad- but thanks to the big push against opioids- I was not able to get effective pain relief- (although was grateful for the oxy- it was better than no pain meds)
If your Doc told you that he is a fool or is already in hot water with the DEA for being an idiot. Legitimate need makes it obvious you arent an abuser.
Your team could have done better for you. It took close to 3 times that just before and right after surgery, then the switch to ZOhydro just to keep the lightning from shooting out of my eyeballs! I am completely sorry that they didnt accommodate you properly.
Im tapering down now and am down to 1/2 pills of the 5mg 3 or 4 times a day and getting less. Im about ready to throw them in the trash and take the withdrawals that are left.
I’ve never liked the buzz from any opiods. Going on 15 years of being misdiagnosed with everything under the sun, I have been on quite a few. They all suck! (THAT Zohydro, WOW. If any of them will hook you its that one!) They work great for acute pain relief, but they aint worth crap after that. I praise the Lord he has blessed me with the repulsion of them.