Hydromorphone: A User's Story (w/ Colin Ross)

[@monkeynumbernine]

A short term program would never have been enough for me. I spent nearly 2 years in treatment and I have been clean since. 11 + years, totally free!

[@DANEMAN5]

$20 - $30 a day? That’s incredibly cheap for street prices haha.

[@SuperGordont]

I love how they use a drug addict that for no other real reason has used the strong opiods..How about interview people like myself who are in chronic pain 24/7 from having a broken back,pelvis,pubic bone,cyatica and the actual benefits to use to have a reason to stay alive and function in public day to day?..Nope the naritive is to put junkies that only do it and started to do it to chase a high!..Now cause this shit us that actually need opiods cause nothing to date works better and do not abuse the medication now have to suffer cause the govt has the Dr's scared to properly treat patients now..This video does nothing but piss me off!..

[@ericginklestein4861]

Figures help the guy who took it get high and got addicted. Then cut off all of the chronic pain suffers because of guys like him. I am a chronic pain sufferer and because of the opiate crisis I was cut off. I had to use Kratom to get off of the opiates with no help from anyone and had to buy it myself. The system is broken when guys like him get rewarded for being bad and normal chronic pain sufferers must suffer in pain in silence.

[@pierrenoneyabizzo9751]

regardless, of the reason why he or pain paitent's got hooked, the point is they got hooked and their in the same boat once you're addicted you're addicted, all opiate addict's should be given treatment and help regardless of how/why their addicted, honestly hate how you pain patients always point the finger at the junkie and think you're any different , that junkie 9/10 times used for other pain mental, emotional you don't know what they were going through so don't act all high and moral you're the exact same as that junkie you are a junkie! regardless of the why's involved.

[@LittleRainGames]

No the reason chronic pain sufferers got fucked is because most of them sold their pills, i would know. When i was 16 i started doing dilaudid and morphine, and i know several people who sold their pills, everyone used to come to me cause i was rhe middle man between other addicts like nyself and pain patients selling their meds. There was no heroin here so thats what everyone relied on. I started cause of anxiety issues like this guy, ive been on methadone for almost 2 years now, but because of these new policies i am now prescribed oral morphine and able to get off the way too heavily sedating methadone. You blame the addicts when you shpuld be blaming people likeyourself who sell their pills. I dont think its anyones fault for the issues except the government policies. They need to be more careful when prescribing, as for cutting people off or down is bullshit, if they are hooked give them their shit. I am now a software engineer, and if they prescribed me earlier i would be much further along with my company. Im sorry you got cut off, but its not our fault.

[@toddorr4559]

I've never overdosed....2 sentences later Addict- Now there is Naloxone for opiate overdoses Interviewer- Have you ever needed to use naloxone because of overdosing? Addict- Yes. I have had to use it twice

[@toddorr4559]

For any addict here...I was a chronic user for many years and I am now on Suboxone and I truly got my life back. It is truly a miracle drug. Side note, I am an addict due to real pain from a construction on the job accident where a tree literally fell directly on my back and crushed me.

[@kennethmarriedtwomeymarrie2862]

Yea me too.

[@Megtran-lb2ji]

I'm in constant pain and I had to quit morphine whether I wanted to or not. Ultimately, glad I did. It was really difficult.

[@raymondj8768]

the methadone program in south carolina is $325.00 a month now thats hard to come up with all the time i go many days ithout food to stay in the program . i shouldent even be there im in chranic pain from soriatic arthritis im disabeld and since the DR.s fucked up giving everyone meds for pain years ago they dont give out anything good now not even to the people who really need it . thats why i forced to go there so i can get enough meds for my pain . its unreal !!!!!!!!!!!

[@whits1026]

Part that sucks is if you go for help it'll be on your record for the rest of your life.

[@destinationunderground6006]

What do you mean?

[@coldtinna]

Makes me sick to hear a young heroin addict can get hydromorophone & chronic pain patients , older are denied the same medication .Not to stop dope sickness but to help them self care again. Governements lies need to come to the public before I and many more ppl die from being forced to go to the same streets to stop our endless pain not addiction

[@special-t5586]

The user seems like an intelligent guy, I wish him the best with all this.

[@christopherherrera4983]

I don't understand. First he said he has never overdosed and then he said he overdosed. Classic addiction behavior. Dishonesty and deceitfulness. For an addict to be using how long he has; there is no way he has never stolen.

[@ratacataviousbrown4702]

It is a shame how addicts have kept the real people of true pain from being treated . Our system is backwards !!

[@scotyfilms]

Sure Mr. Ross. How about talk to the thousands of hard working retired Chronic pain patients that have had their lives destoyed by "The College of Physicians" over this sht storm.

[@admorris11]

“I’ve never overdosed” 20 secs later -“I overdosed”

[@LittleRainGames]

This program is saving lives, and its also making people productive members of society. I hope it gets to the rest of canada, and the rest of rhe world.

[@TheKittenChroniclesSanctuary]

I was on oxicodone , morphine and dilaudid for years because of my chronic pain . I got treated like a drug abuser . I lost my daughter because of it . I wasn’t abusing it . I always had pills at my doctor appointments left in my bottle ( usually about two weeks worth of all of my medication) but was still labeled a drug user . I had been in a car accident that broke my pelvis and the dorsals off L3-L4 and had a botched spinal fusion. I live in Chronic pain . I don’t remember what being pain free feels like . I don’t take pain medication anymore. I smoke marijuana because it actually works better than any pill ever did . I still have pain and will always have pain . It’s a shame that people who really do need help with pain management get treated like junkies because the screening to these clinics is so poor . Anyone can tell their doctor oh it hurts and get a referral to a pain clinic and as long as you have the money and referral the pain clinic will see you and give you the medication. Tougher restrictions need to be put in place to weed out the drug abusers so people that actually need it stop getting stigmatized.

[@turiddudegaetano8725]

Hydromorphone is a good alternative to metbado e if the latter causes cardiac arrhythmias in a patient. Methadone can screw up the st interval and is no less addictive than Hydromorphone. I am a strong advocate of slowly tapering the dose when used for maintenance.

[@shockawha9]

Don’t forget fatigue and lack of energy and motivation

[@jcolterh]

Food and shelter is not a right. People have to grow that food a build those houses and it takes time, skill and money. You do not have the right to someone else's labor.

[@Blunt_Man]

This is awesome! Glad to see another place besides Sweden using IV opioids to treat long term users. The many, many positive statistics speak for themselves. Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs! Time to stop making the same mistakes from the past, take control back from the black market and put it into the hands of trained professionals that can offer pure IV opioids to users.

[@freddylong156]

Well my addiction started from a prescription but the end story is the same unfortunately

[@smokeymcbongwater3561]

Got 13 years clean n sober thanks 2 medical. C annibis grown in my garden, life's good, jahbless

[@csccryptosephardicchannel4047]

Wish there was more solutions like this!

[@og6340]

It’s sad Caucasians can go to the dr and get what they want but is blacks have to get the weakest meds for the worst pain smh .

[@CRSolarice]

Kudos. Amazing. Raises my hope for humanity.

[@jasonwilliam2125]

This user is the typical ME ME ME type that will almost certainly start using street drugs again and be full of reasons why it is NOT HIS FAULT. He spins a good yarn but i could read through all his bullshit. Some drug users are high functioning but this guy is just looking for excuses .

[@scottawful2094]

Too bad with that you need one every three to four hours, don't get how that would work.hes using on the side.would be nice to get it on the govt. Dime though

[@rochelle123ist]

What about cancer patients? Should they be denied d fentanyl?

[@cinsationalcinema1776]

Kratom was a huge help during withdrawal and helps fight off cravings. Plus it’s a good mood boost and you are not impaired while on it. So you can drive, go to work or school if needed. It helped me break free of opiates

[@destinationunderground6006]

Tell me more....

[@cyrillayman7431]

The exact same mixture that goes into making Heroin goes into making Dilaudid,except for the Fentynal.Also you know exactly what dose you are getting with Dilaudid.

[@shizerydelery]

6:40 is great point

[@catherinepoole9485]

There is a difference between an addict and someone who is dependent

[@sanger7109]

Im confused on how theyre treating his opiate addiction with more opioids.. ive taken dilaudids before when i couldnt get any roxis or oxys atm and they are basically all the same imo. It just looks like he replaced his heroin/fent dependency to a hydromorphone dependence which is the same shit. Unless the docs are weening him down extremely slowly over the months with iv, i dont see how hes not going to go through the same type of withdrawals he would from hurting from heroin

[@alittleolder]

That's a program that gives them IV shots? that's crazy. Take suboxone or somehting but just shooting something else that's kinda useless from a therapeutic standpoint. Methadone reduction is the easiest thing ever. I don't know what he's talking about there. Same as suboxone. Take 12mg for one month then 10mg for the next.. it's so easy.. oh ok.. the porgrams with methadone and suboxene should run a year at least .. I typeed the comment before he said this.

[@kkdoc7864]

Did you hear the addict’s response about whether he was ready to return to work? Hell, no he doesn’t want to go to work. He gets to be on disability, see psychiatrists, get free medical care, and get drugs, too. He’s gonna draw that out for years.

[@markdillard4428]

I found this guy to be just like me in so many ways. I have been on methadone for almost 20 years. I have tryed to get off it so many times. The last time I did not sleep for more than 9 days. Almost did myself in. I went back to the clinic Again and went back on my rather large dose. I am doing fine again but still want to get off it. Can you or somone tell me more about this kind of treatment you are on and is it legel in the US.

[@patkearney9320]

Brother I'm 59 I'm an old dog now and I been using on and off for about35 years! Now I paid for my habit financially. All that time mostly through construction work I've always been a roofer, yes I was lucky. But in the last decade it's gone crazy I'm Irish I Ireland drugs are everywhere BUT nowadays it's to easy to become junky. In my day we didn't, have the education that's out there now. People need to work. Not steal, not hurt, not kill, Junkies can work if society make them! Then they should be allowed to use their dope sold to them with rules. See underground no rules junkies can do good work in most kinds of employment. I did and I know plenty more. It's modestly using on the job, just enough to keep the wolf from your door. I know there's many like me.

[@pazuzutru-truluv7094]

Subutex would sort him out painlessly. The sickness is mostly mental, but I don’t want to understate the terror of going clean. He could detox physically on beuprenorphine really quickly without any discomfort. It would be the mental side that would be challenging as he would face months of feeling as though life is always going to hurt and there is no hope of feeling happy ever again. That’s the real challenge for long term users. I cannot reinforce the point enough that the constant “buying in” tithe dope-sick myth is what really enslaved the user.

[@hunnydoo7737]

Jeez that guy looks terrible

[@justinpell2925]

I done 22 months on 120miligram methadone I was sick when I got out went right back to it

[@justinpell2925]

Who has years to lay down

[@kkdoc7864]

I don’t understand why we waste so much in the way of resources to protect people from their choices.

[@critterskeeper291]

In addition to addiction & withdrawal management, is Suboxone a therapeutic option for pain management - much line Methadone? Is it like killing 2 birds with 1 stone?

[@whits1026]

Joint pain is a huge one.

[@alexaangels4488]

“I’ve been very responsible” 😳😳no I don’t think so...responsible people don’t stick needles and poison in their veins ...sorry!

[@Layla.H.79]

Excellent documentary.

[@PINKFL0YD-s2h]

Injection mwthodone was the answer 30 years ago and I am still on 120mg and a prisoner

[@shizerydelery]

Excellent video. Excellent.

[@brendonk2113]

I blame the ignorance throughout the whole medical community. Marijuana is now legal here and going to be legal federally soon. Doctors can’t keep referencing their 30 y/o degree when it comes to patients on marijuana and it’s important they educate themselves and need to know the basics at least. And if your a specialist like a neurologist there shouldn’t be an excuse to not know at least one strain of Cannibis that stops seizures. I’ve seen children’s lives saved from a seizure because they were given THC/CBD oil and a minute later the seizure slows down then stops... seriously, this was a child, make it Federal already!

[@christopherherrera4983]

May GOD help this man.

[@byronburkhammer2224]

It’s quite sad that chronic pain patients are being destroyed. It’s equally sad that Ibogaine, the most powerful addiction interruptor on earth is virtually ignored. This is the medicine I work with but I have to send my patients to Mexico. I wish this guy would interview me on Ibogaine and why it’s far ahead of the curve in terms of detox and recovery. That would truly be a conversation that matters !!!

[@Anthony_Spilotro]

Hydromorph-contins are $100 for a 30 mg capsule.

[@thunderlemon6876]

I used to pay $50 a red before this pandemic started. Now the prices have skyrocketed it's insane.

[@bobsmith5109]

This world is upside down

[@justinpell2925]

I see em talking about it .but that's all

[@MonsterBuilt]

What about alcoholics

[@anthonysonnheim4313]

I Had Hydromorphone so many times to count mainly in the hospital at least 50 times and a script the dilaudid 4's It's my favorite opiate but I'm not addicted. I just stick To Subutex these days suffices!

[@TedBackus]

dilaudid isnt effctive.

[@GH-lk5bo]

One drug for another, think that dilated. Maybe not spelled right. Therapy, detox,