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This is an odd question, but for people with chronic and essentially untreatable pains (which is many people, particularly older ones): What is the problem with
by mark_edward 10y ago
This is an odd question, but for people with chronic and essentially untreatable pains (which is many people, particularly older ones): What is the problem with being addicted to opiates if you are going to take them to manage that pain for the rest of your life anyway? I would want the opiates at that point.
- DanBC 10y agoThe opioids do not treat the pain! You end taking life threateningly high doses of opioids, which are not working to reduce your pain. People with chronic pain need other interventions - rapid access to specialist pain clinics being most important.
- wycx 10y agoAre you a chronic pain sufferer?
- maxxxxx 10y agoI know a chronic pain sufferer and according to her opioids are of short term help but make everything worse in the long run. Unfortunately there are not many ways to treat chronic pain.
- DanBC 10y agoYes, I was. I don't understand why "give people with chronic pain rapid access to specialist pain management clinics, rather than just dumping them on ever increasing opioids" is a controversial statement.
- matt4077 10y ago"specialist pain management clinics" isn't a treatment.
- kranner 10y ago> The opioids do not treat the pain! That's not so black and white. They work to some extent as long as dosages don't keep escalating and use is intermittent. Even the link you posted says as much.
- mark_edward 10y agoThank you, I didn't know this. I thought they worked long-term