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Wondering about a similar question myself since this weekend.
On saturday I was in a motorcycle accident and broke my right femur. For chicks, the story is I was trying to jump my Harley over a drawbridge... the real story's a bit more lame. I was just riding a little 50cc scooter at like 25mph around a corner, hit some gravel, and slid into a parked car.
Anyway, they prescribed me 150 little 5mg oxycodone pills, and told me to take 1-3 of them every 3-6 hours for pain, then plan to taper and stop. Thankfully the pain is very mild and I can control it with one little 5mg and some acetaminophen. During the day I don't need it more often than every six hours, as long as I keep mobile. But at night it's different. I take one oxy before bed and fall asleep within a few minutes. However I wake up without fail exactly three hours later and take another one to fall asleep again. Something about lying down for an extended period of time just makes my whole body ache at night.
What kind of dependence am I looking at after taking 5mg about four times daily for several weeks? I'm concerned about the "taper and stop" part >.<
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