Correct. Put it this way, I was asking for the Taipei metro to our New York subway. So he knows exactly what to ask for. Get it?
I donât get it. Oxycodone is whatâs in OxyContin. Itâs the same drug.
Every doctor will know what oxycodone and OxyContin or Percocet is. English is the medical communities language. They will know what it is in English here.
Either way, heâs not getting opiate pain killers here for dental surgery. I know heâs in pain. But thatâs just the reality. And does he have a tolerance to opiates already? Itâs rare a paramedic would ask for oxy over hydrocodone unless he takes opiates on some regular basis. Oxy is no joke.
As for you, young @Rockefeller, you could try giving all the pertinent information at the outset instead of eking it out one morsel at a time like friggin Halloween candy.
The shit you kids get away with, I swear.
My ass would have been flamed two posts in here.
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Possible heâs addicted? Its an extremely common addiction in the States and very hard to quit there . Being a paramedic could have easy access previously.
If addicted its going to be cold turkey Iâm afraid. But it will be better for him.
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I didnt want to assume as I donât know the guy. But as someone who is familiar with addiction by opiates it screams a red flag having someone who knows about these things like a paramedic ask for oxy over hydrocodone. Oxy is on another level of potency. Maybe he takes some opiates already for some other pain management I donât know about. But thereâs very little reason for oxy and percs when hydrocodone can easily do the trick.
Ok, to put it even more simply: this was us avoiding being presumptuous. Itâd be like walking into a taipei grocery store and asking for clorox instead of whatever the common local brand was. Unless clorox has a footprint there. We donât know.
Kid, it was a simple question. Frankly very bizarre how things just spun out of control and splintered off into weird, side-bar territory. By the way,
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If accurate, answered my question. Thanks 
LOL, what.
Btdubs, not going to get into that addiction discussion here, or speculate on unfounded conjectures. Itâs pointless, offensive and honestly distracting from the topic.
Why is it offensive? I think itâs a fair point to make. If I made a post inquiring about oxys (or anything else habit-forming and restricted in Taiwan like adderall), Iâm sure Iâd get some pushback. Sometimes the best way to help someone is not to help them (at least when it comes to attaining highly restricted and addictive substances).
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Sorry if I came off rude. But I felt like I answered youâre questions and others did too. Maybe we werenât on the same page. But there has been many other posts about people asking about pain killers. And the concensus is that they wonât give you any opiate based painkillers unless you have something like terminal cancer which is what one doctor told me.
And itâs a big red flag someone asking specifically for OxyContin. Itâs extremely potent and addictive. Trust me, I was put on it after I tore my knee. It took forever for me to kick just using it for medical pain management purposes. I would say to anyone, if they can stand the pain, donât take it. Maybe less potent opiate pain killers to get by. Opiate addiction is just so serious and many people who have it are high functioning people and not like some crack head in a dope house. From kids to CEOs. Iâve seen it all in the treatment center I helped out at. You just donât know if youâre susceptible to addiction and itâs not about will power. Once you put it in your body, some people crave it forever while others never think twice about it.
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Isnât Oxycontin basically heroin ? Works in a similar way
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All opiates work the same attaching to your opiate receptors. The idea that heroin is worse than any other opiate is not true. An opiate is an opiate. They work by attaching to your opiate receptors. Some attach more and stay on longer. But if I take a huge amount of codeine, it can be stronger than a little bit of heroin. Just because someone is taking prescription pills doesnât make it less damaging and addicting. I know people taking huge amounts of oxy that was way deeper in their addiction than people taking heroin. Itâs all the same, but the chemical structures determine how potent it is mg per mg.
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A select few people developing a whole string of wild stories based on nothing but conjecture? I mean, all I posted initially was one simple question. And that was me, not him. That one question also came from a casual off hand remark between our conversations. Whatever even happened here, he has zero knowledge of.
Seriously.
Not to say there isnât a serious opioid epidemic in America (there is - sad but true), but in this case if I were to freak out and spew some of whateverâs been vomited out in this thread to our group of friends, knowing the situation much more intimately than yâall - theyâd bust my balls and call me a snowflake.
Btdubs, I have half a bottle of oxy in my medicine cabinet thatâs been sitting there for almost a year since I almost had a root canal but got a crown. Iâm no God, kids. But I took my prescription meds in moderation like an adult and whaddaya know, not a second thought on that little orange bottle since I last took one in March! And not to brag, but Iâm quite an underachiever in pretty much all aspects of life outside of my job and job-related agendas.
Also, I find alcohol a much more dangerous vice anyway. I canât tell you how many bottles of Jameson Caskmates Stout Edition or Gentleman Jack Iâve emptied since March. Enjoying a Glenfiddich 18 yr right now, in fact. I donât binge, but I do like to enjoy a drink before bedtime, anywhere between 0-3 times a week. Helps me sleep better.
Everything is relative, boys and girls. It sucks for addicts and I hope they get the help they need, but my buddy is fine, guys, Iâm like 90% sure. Relax the fudge up.
Have a happy holiday season! 
And that great for you. But unfortunately, there are a percentage of people who take it once for medical reasons within medical parameters and something in their brain switches and they become addicts. Some people take it and never have a thought like you. If you ask any alcoholic when it all began, almost all of them can tell you the story of their first drink and how they wanted to feel like this forever, same as any drug that hits those receptors in our brain that cause addiction. And it wouldnât be the first time someone asked for a friend posing to get drugs, not that any said that you were. Some people just posed concerns, which is like the opposite of being offensive imo. Maybe itâs through my own perspective because I know so many people that become addicted and still battle addiction or have lost their lives. So when a person ask for oxyâŚitâs a huge red flag. None of it was meant to be offensive to you or anyone, we just had some concerns and questions.
That would be weird, because 1) Iâm in a place where itâs perfectly legal, and 2) Iâm in a place where itâs perfectly legal and 3) Iâm not in a place where itâs illegal.
Offensive, to my buddy. He literally has no footprint here and people are spinning stories about him based on my one brief question.
Go back and read the question. Was it âhey, can I have some x,â or âhey, whatâs the common local brand name for xâ?
For Christâs sake.
Even if they arenât called OxyContin or Percocet in Taiwan the doctorâs going to know what your friend is asking for.
Doesnât matter they wonât prescribe them in Taiwan anyway.
I keep walking into pharmacists here and asking for Allegra and they hand me Viagra. Cracks me up every time.
As you were.
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