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In reply to the discussion: Chronic Pain Sufferers are being screwed by the.. [View all]hunter
(38,311 posts)33. NSAIDs have demolished my stomach.
I suspect they are also the cause of my tinnitus.
Yep, their are tons of meds out there, it's just that our society is afraid someone might take the more effective ones to get high.
Oh no, opiates! Oh no cannabis!
Here, have some acetaminophen, destroy your liver, here have some nsaids, destroy your stomach...
Addiction is a health problem, but it's also indicative of a society that sucks so bad some people want to drop out.
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There is a chronic pain population who suffer as a result of over regulation of narcotics.
FarPoint
Oct 2015
#1
The drug abuse population do comit crimes to feed their addiction and much more.
FarPoint
Oct 2015
#3
And alcoholics would commit crimes too if their alcohol were restricted like opiates
fasttense
Oct 2015
#8
Aw jeez - that really sucks. It is unconscionable in this day and age that this is allowed to go on.
jonno99
Oct 2015
#76
Yeah, but basically what that guy is trying to do upthread is float a bunch of apologia for the drug
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#61
The component you're missing here is how did all these peolpe become opiate addicts...
ion_theory
Oct 2015
#11
If the attitude about other drugs were the same as for alcohol chronic pain sufferers would benefit
Fumesucker
Oct 2015
#34
No, because you decided to make the thread about "the drug abuse population". Alcohol is a drug.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#56
Right, and you choose to blame "the drug abuse population" for the drug war.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#86
So you'd let people in pain suffer because you're mad someone may get an unauthorized buzz?
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#51
I've given up. I was told that hydracodone which is effective at relieving my back pain, would
CTyankee
Oct 2015
#6
I take Lyrica and Tramodol, but also a stone extended release opiate as I am allergic to
Dustlawyer
Oct 2015
#24
well, after surgery I was told unequivically that I was automatically addicted just by using
CTyankee
Oct 2015
#37
And the fact of the matter is, our prohibitionary regime doesnt stop addicts AND it
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#60
Yes, they suffer like richard paey, the wheelchair bound man sentenced to 25 years in prison
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#52
He went through the wringer but was eventually, rightly, pardoned by Charlie Crist.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#66
I have some friends, a PA and a practical nurse, who both say that is why the heroin problem
MiniMe
Oct 2015
#4
WTF - legislation limiting daily opiate levels for patients in need? I want to fucking scream
randys1
Oct 2015
#77
That is true, XenaAmazon. But it is much safer than alcohol. It Should be legal- its just a plant.
blondie58
Oct 2015
#30
I havent tried topical cannabis for localized pain, but I have heard it can help too.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#62
My wife dismisses patients all the times that sell their Rx's....it does happen...OFTEN
ileus
Oct 2015
#19
After very aggressive surgery, I was forced to go to four different pharmacies
Glimmer of Hope
Oct 2015
#20
Meanwhile, the asshole doctors continue to prescribe fluoroquinolone antibiotics...
roamer65
Oct 2015
#38
Ahh, so rightwing, childish people telling doctors how to doctor. I feel for you, those
randys1
Oct 2015
#79
In Ohio (and I thought it was federal in origin), we have to have a face to face visit
Ms. Toad
Oct 2015
#48
How does the rest of the world get by on the 5% of the world's supply of hydrocodone we leave them?
Recursion
Oct 2015
#49
Lets flip that question around. You're a smart guy, I'm sure you know what the active painkilling
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#53
But all the opiates and opioids are much less widely prescribed outside of the US
Recursion
Oct 2015
#54
Well, like I said our health care delivery system is sub-par enough that that might just be it
Recursion
Oct 2015
#59
Hearing from so many fellow chronic painers who have difficulties has helped me.
bobGandolf
Oct 2015
#70
{{{bobGandolf}}} My Mom just passed away last Sunday. In pain as the EMT's took her to the ER. F the
WinkyDink
Oct 2015
#96
when my mother was slowly slipping away at age 94 and in the hospital I asked them to
CTyankee
Oct 2015
#97