{"id":2017456,"date":"2023-08-30T21:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hulk-hogan-describes-when-emts-came-to-his-house-after-scary-fentanyl-experience\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T21:43:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:43:35","slug":"hulk-hogan-describes-when-emts-came-to-his-house-after-scary-fentanyl-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hulk-hogan-describes-when-emts-came-to-his-house-after-scary-fentanyl-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulk Hogan recalls EMTs&#8217; arrival post-frightening Fentanyl incident at his home."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhulk-hogan-describes-when-emts-came-to-his-house-after-scary-fentanyl-experience%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017456&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hulk Hogan\u200b Recounts Near-Death Experience with Fentanyl<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200c a recent appearance on &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience,&#8221;\u200b professional wrestling legend Hulk \u2063Hogan shared a harrowing story of a near-death\u2064 experience caused by a fentanyl overdose.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan&#8217;s introduction to opioids came after multiple back surgeries left him with\u200d excruciating chronic pain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thing that completely shut me down \u200band made me say &#8216;enough is enough&#8217; was when they\u200d started giving me fentanyl,&#8221; Hogan revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-proposes-cutting-back-on-penalties-for-fentanyl-trafficking\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Proposes Cutting Back On Penalties For Fentanyl Trafficking\">powerful painkiller<\/a>, \u2063prescribed to Hogan in large quantities, quickly proved to be dangerous.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI\u2019ve never seen anybody be \u2064on \u200bso much fentanyl and be alive\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Joe Rogan, Hulk \u200bHogan\u200c recounts how \u200dhis \u200cpain doctors almost killed him with fentanyl\u2062 and \u2063how hard he had to work to overcome the addictiveness of taking\u2062 the opioids that he was\u200d prescribed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NQXmNjXX4y\">pic.twitter.com\/NQXmNjXX4y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mythinformed (@MythinformedMKE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MythinformedMKE\/status\/1695277678524235874?\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Hogan, a doctor had never seen\u2064 a patient on such a high dosage of the opioid. Even the \u200cpharmacist was astonished,\u200b saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never \u200bseen anybody on so\u200d much fentanyl and \u200dstill be alive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the combination of excessive\u200b drug use and chronic pain caused Hogan&#8217;s body to contort, he made \u2062a firm decision \u2063to break free\u2062 from the\u200b grip of these powerful drugs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took a team of EMTs to get me \u2063out of the house. And when I returned, I said, &#8216;That&#8217;s it. I&#8217;m done,'&#8221; \u2062Hogan recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Determined to rid himself of the drugs, Hogan took a risky approach. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hulk-hogan-describes-when-emts-came-to-his-house-after-scary-fentanyl-experience\/\" title=\"Hulk Hogan recalls EMTs' arrival post-frightening Fentanyl incident at his home.\">cut time-release opioid patches<\/a> in half and applied them to his \u200blegs to manage the\u200b pain as he began the withdrawal process. However, he quickly removed them after consulting with a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Although Hogan never intentionally touched fentanyl again, a subsequent painkiller drip led to \u2064him fainting and suffering a dislocated hip and damaged\u200b knee\u200d while \u2062in a split position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I woke up, the EMTs were injecting me with fentanyl,&#8221; Hogan said, shocked by the turn of events.<\/p>\n<p>Now, \u2064Hogan manages his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-adam-smith-opens-up-about-mental-health-recovery-it-was-really-difficult\/\" title=\"Rep. Adam Smith shares his challenging mental health recovery journey.\">chronic \u200bpain<\/a> with as little as\u200c two \u2063Tylenol pills in\u200b the morning and two in\u2063 the afternoon,\u200d if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>It is a sobering reminder\u2062 of the dangers of prescription opioids. According to the\u2063 Centers for Disease Control, nearly 280,000 Americans lost their \u200clives to prescription opioid overdoses between \u200d1999 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Several companies involved in manufacturing and\u200d prescribing these dangerous painkillers have faced\u200c billions of dollars in\u200d liability for damages.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u200drecent development, the \u2062Supreme Court blocked\u2063 a $6 billion settlement that would have granted immunity\u2064 to the\u2064 pharmaceutical billionaire Sackler\u200c family for any lawsuits related to the misuse\u200b of the opioid Oxycontin.<\/p>\n<p>For Hulk Hogan, \u200dhis \u200bfrightening encounter\u200c with fentanyl serves as a\u2064 cautionary tale, highlighting\u200d the \u200curgent need for awareness and action in combating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">opioid crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hulk-hogan-describes-emts-came-house-scary-fentanyl-experience\/\">Hulk Hogan\u200c Describes When EMTs Came to His House\u2062 After\u200b Scary\u200c Fentanyl Experience<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hulk Hogan recently shared a harrowing story on &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; about his fentanyl overdose, almost leading to his death. The wrestling icon turned to opioids due to severe chronic pain from multiple back surgeries. 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