I had surgery earlier today, and my doctor wrote me a prescription for hydrocodone and told me to take it if I needed it (I think it's 15mg hydrocodone, 700mg acetiminophen every six hours).
How addictive is this stuff? Is it "take it for a couple days while recovering and you'll be fine", or is this "scarily addictive and only take it if you absolutely have to"?
I've never been given prescription painkillers before, so I have no idea how leery I should be. At least I was able to convince them to skip the valium pre-surgery.
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[–] damnonions 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I think you should have more faith in yourself. Almost all addictions arise out of misery. Addicts literally self-medicate their misery. You're cognizant, you're aware of the pitfalls, so just complete the course and then be done with it. If you've never dealt with drugs before I can understand your concern. There's a lot of choice in substance addiction, a lot more than we're lead to believe through romanticized movies about decent people having their reason overpowered and being seduced by euphoric bliss. Happy people don't have much trouble turning down drugs. Watch out for constipation.