Is it true that long-term use of Oxycodone creates pain by destroying your body (eg. ruining joints)

Actually, its a vicious circle of pain and the threat of more pain.

People who have migraine headaches are some of the most prone people to become addicts of pain medicene.

I do not believe the meds are creating more pain, the pain meds may be wearing off its intentions, since the longer you take them, the more you need for the same relief.

This is not a good situation, since the person overtakes the prescribed pain medicene, in order to achieve the same pain relief.

I was a lifetime sufferer of migraine headaches. Its easy to become addicted to pain pills.

The pain meds mask the pain. The physical problem causing the pain is still there. Most likely, if your pain is caused by a chronic injury, you are misusing and overworking the injured area of your body while your pain is being masked by the meds.

I have not found any evidence that oxycodone causes joint damage or damaging the body.

You aren’t referring to symptoms that could be withdrawl pain when you don’t have the pain killers are you, @Jude? Opiates are addictive.

I don’t think the PK cause joint damage but may cause havoc with internal organs after prolonged use, mainly the anti-inflammatory that are in the med along with the hot part. The lowest dosage tolerable should be used because it will save room for when a dose loses its effectiveness and allow a bump up. But there are a finite amount of increases you get with PK before a more powerful med comes into play. All bets are off if patients are abusing them.

The body builds tolerance and needs more and more drugs to mask the pain. Once addicted it is more than just the pain, there are other parts to the addiction. Eventually the only way to feel normal, or close to normal is while taking the drug, withdrawing feels awful. It is painful, and can cause a person to feel like they will die without it, in fact withdrawinf too fast cam be life threatening.

Steroids can cause joint destruction, and often steroids are given to reduce pain and inflammation. Maybe you are thinking of that?

My grandfather took Oxycodone for a few months and I thought the side effects were terrible. He had no pain at all and really liked it for a few days, but he lost his short term memory to the point that he started to panic one day at the grocery store because he “woke up” there and had no idea how he ended up in the store.

Eventually, he started getting aphasia. He would speak gibberish and expect us to understand him. Finally he started acting like a stroke victim. Half of his body would just go limp. His other half would make these odd random jerky movements.

My grandmother finally took him to the ER and less than 24 hours off the oxycodone he was back to normal as if it never happened. He ended up on high doses of Morphine and was in much better neurological shape.

While I know his reaction was extreme, it made me think really hard about what that drug is doing to people neurologically.

Antinflamatories gave him renal failure and eroded his joints.

I was told this by a family member. Perhaps, they got it all wrong.

Thanks for your responses. I have a family member who is dealing with this and it is best, for me, to educate myself.