I had done it twice in my younger years , It fucks you up and it's a fine line, I still take hydrocodone and an occasional oxy but stay far clear of anything else, I dont abuse my scripts and never run out. I like to just barely feel my meds , I've never seen how someone could get all fucked up and nodding out and enjoy that shit...
The patches are variable in delivery it seems, I have known several people who were put on them , When they take a patch off and put a new one it they would all get very fucked up for several hours, And come back to reality until they bumped the patch or took a shower, then right back to fucked up again....
They had my dad on them and when he said fuck this and went back to norco ,he went through two weeks of pure hell that nothing would stave off, After that he said he would never do another oxy or fent patch again. He kept true on his word, Was prescribed up to 7 10 mg hydrocodone a day and he made it work.
I have never allowed myself to gain a high tolerance to pills, my highest ever was 30 mg of norco to wake up and when that started happening I quit them for almost a year till I was injured again and was forced to take them to be able to work and function..
I dont know mate, Yeah there is a purpose but not for 75% of the reasons that shit is layed upon people... Fuck big pharma......