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Originally Posted by sa meredith
good explanation here....although I cringe at your example...."4, 80's per day for a year". Whew! Now that's a problem. And an expensive one.($1200/$1500 plus, per week, street price)
Remember also, just about all abusers remove (or crush) the "time release" part of the oxy tablet, making the "buzz" instant and potent.
Awful, awful stuff...
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Ha ha
I hear you. That was a pricey example, but we both know it happens. Especially when the medication is prescribed. Like I've said before, I work as a Pharmacy Technician part-time, monthly prescriptions for 120, 80mg Oxycontin's are not uncommon. Furthermore, with the exception of one of my Uncle's, I have never met anyone who uses their Oxycontin as prescribed. It's always abused or diverted. People with prescriptions like the one I mentioned above who are on Medicaid for example, pay $2.00 for that prescription. It has a potential street value of nearly $10,000!!! That's living the high life!!
When my Mother first purchased an 8 unit apartment building in downtown Laconia, I moved into one of the units with my husband and managed the building for her. The former landlord warned her that some of the tenants were problematic and disruptive. Come to find out one of the tenants was selling her prescribed Oxycontin. I started to catch on after living there for less than a week. At about 4 pm the traffic would start, up and down the stairs, in and out. Doors slamming, wheels squealing, people yelling. She was not quiet about it either. She did not realize I was outside one day when she opened the window and yelled out to a customer I presume..."I only have two left dude". Her rent was always paid, even ahead sometimes. Her apartment was furnished beautifully, she wore designer clothing, and drove a fairly new Nissan Maxima. Hard to imagine considering she was unemployed? Sooner or later she was evicted, and from over-hearing conversations on the porch I found out who her Doctor was. I placed a call to her as well. This girl was making a better living then I do off a bottle of pills...
