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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

$240/day?! How much were you taking?

[โ€“] whostosay 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

240mg oxycodone, unknown amount of fentanyl towards the end there

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That amount of oxy alone is a LOT, good thing you were able to stop. Must've been hard.

[โ€“] whostosay 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah it was gnarly. That was my once every ~24 hours dose, with about 1/3 of the time not being able to afford it and having the equivalent of a severe flu from withdrawal. It was like that for years. Everyone that I ever hear about being prescribed any painkillers, I give them a very serious warning.

For anyone already struggling with opioid addiction, MAT (Suboxone) is a perfectly viable option to get off of that shit, it's not perfect, and it's expensive, but it's no where near as expensive as your habit, and you'll get your life back.