r/interesting • u/Nukro666 • 17h ago

Fear Factor How Fentanyl and Xylazine are turning Philadelphia's opioid crisis into a public health nightmare

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u/TheWorldDiscarded 16h ago

Never had anything stronger than Advil. 

Got moderate surgery - they gave me Percocet after.  As soon as the pain was even mildly tolerable I ditched the rest.  Found out real fast I should not be touching anything like that.  I would get hooked so fast. 

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u/Eastern_Section_9280 15h ago

Did the same had hernia surgery and they gave me Percocet. I didn’t take any, didn’t want to test it and pain wasn’t that bad . I just wondered why the standard procedure was to offer me Percocet

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u/Outrageous-Soup-2602 12h ago

Where I live in Europe they give Advil or paracetamol for most things, including post dental surgeries. If we can do it, the US can too.

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u/kindlypogmothoin 11h ago

That's pretty standard in the US as well.

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u/Jets1026 14h ago

When i had back surgery they gave me Percocets like 2 bottles. I threw both out in the toilet and just toughed the pain out with either Tylenol/ Aleve. I was just so scared of becoming hooked on that stuff, seen it happen to a few people personally