I didnt see Dr Phil tell the person to go cold turkey. If that is true, that is shocking, I didnt think he was that ignorant.

I do think that if you are up to over 20 pills a day you either have to wein yourself down, try other different opiate medications or go into detox.

I dont see a point in going into detox if you are a chronic pain sufferer, because when you get out of detox and you are off the drugs, the pain still is there.

I am a chronic pain sufferer, I am 26 years old and have horrible back pain. My main goal is to keep my tolerance to opiates as low as possible because its very easy to get into a habit with hydrocodone where you are taking way more than you should. That is why I research drugs theroughly and I use several different kinds of pain killers as to keep my tolerance low.

I think alot of the people you see on these shows are simply out of control or not very bright, how anyone could let themselves take 50 pills a day and spending $5,000 a month on pain medication is beyond me. Its probably safer and cheaper to shoot herion in that case.

These people give true chronic pain sufferers a bad name and the "junkie" label. If you are getting to a point where you are taking too much medication it is vital you research options on your own if your doctor wont help.

As usual the american public likes to blame the abused item rather than the people abusing it. It is not hydrcodone's fault that a person doesnt not have the intelligance or common sense to prevent themselves from taking 50 a day, nor is it oxycontins fault that some freaking moron decides to snort it up his nose.

The masses love to blame everyone but themselves, in the mean time the people who really need the meds cant get it because of idiots.

Anyway, I am getting of topic here I think, this post just opened a can of worms. Anyway, bottom line, Dr Phil needs to learn more on the subject if he is telling people to quit opiates cold turkey. That could be deadly, god, even I know that!