Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171028:17:49:00
You're nauseous. throwing up, diarrhea. your will to live is gone. >> reporter: withdrawal from open yoit drugs. many will tell you you continue to use because after a while it's no longer getting high, it's to chase away the feeling you're about to die. for patricia it all started four years ago with abdominal pain and a prescription for d dielauded. it was the first time in her life she took an opiate. >> it was up to the point i was take a high dose of pain medicine. i had to get on pain management. >> every month, they say, how are you? i say, well, you know, it's not really helping as muc...