super whiny question from a Super Whiner

[bertha katzenengel]

I have very low tolerance for pain, apparently . . .

If you were me, would you take your last two tablets of a very mild narcotic? Or would you save them for when you're "really" hurting?

On the proverbial scale, it's about a 7 right now. In an hour I have to drive home, and that'll take about 2 hours. These two pills aren't enough to impair my driving (hell, they barely touch the pain).

So if you were Super Whiner (aka bertha katzenengel) what would you do?

All in good fun - not seeking medical advice!

[hippiechick]

1. Take one, save one.

Hedge your bets. :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

2. they're best taken in pairs -

one does nothing. But thanks for the idea! :hi:

[obxhead]

3. what? No crush and snort option???

[bertha katzenengel]

4. Of course not.

Pain doesn't make me stupid. ;)

[kedrys]

5. How long do they take to kick in?

Let's say it takes 20 minutes. So you take both 20 minutes before you leave, then you have a nice smooth buzzzzzzz on which to drive yourself to your comfy chair. That's what I'd do. :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

6. bzz

very mild, but the bzz says the pain will soon be, uh, a little less

:hi:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

7. I would call the Doc and get a refill

but, I'm a pillhead, apparently.

[bertha katzenengel]

8. I'm the pillhead

In searching frantically for those two last tablets today, I pulled six Rx bottles out of my bag - something for migraine, something for concentration, something for anxiety, something for my stomach, something for my head when it's not a migraine, and something for vertigo.

Then I found the narcs. :eyes:

[barb162]

9. take them both now