IMPORTANT NOTE! when my dr changed me from hydrocodone to OxyContin .. it would have BEEN GREAT if he would have mentioned that ‘ be careful trying to get ahead of the pain with OxyContin — if you get just a little too much in your system YOU WILL STOP BREATHING’

no one said a word

Guess how I found out?

Thank God I wasn’t home alone… my husband gave me the Heimlich several times and that stopped my diaphragm for spasms — it felt so good to breathe!!

can you imagine NOT telling a patient??? that’s why so many people die of respiratory failure with opioids — they had no idea