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I say this mostly tongue-in-cheek because I hate to apply one bad policy to fix another, but I bet if narcotic overprescription could more readily trigger medic
by lr4444lr 10y ago
I say this mostly tongue-in-cheek because I hate to apply one bad policy to fix another, but I bet if narcotic overprescription could more readily trigger medical malpractice, you'd see doctors thinking more judiciously about their use.
Even if exaggerated by an order of magnitude, stats like this are just indefensible: http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20160325/nearly-all-us-doctors-overprescribe-addictive-narcotic-painkillers-survey#1 http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20160325/n...
- cmdrfred 10y agoWhat's funny is there is no evidence that these opioid pain killers are actually effective in the long term for the management of pain. If it wasn't for lobbying they likely wouldn't be legal to use in that way.
- tylersmith 10y agoI've been taking opioids for nearly a year and they still work fine. Not sure how long-term you mean.
- cmdrfred 10y agoStop taking them for a few days and you'll see what I mean. Many studies have shown that patients who do not consume opioid medications have better long term outcomes than those who do. It simply isn't effective in managing pain long term, and also is not indicated for use in that manner.
- tylersmith 10y agoWhen I stop taking them I'm in pain again. I think what you're trying to get at is the opioids don't solve the underlying problem. But to say they're not effective for managing pain is wrong. I use them to manage pain every day. I get regular steroidal-epidural injections to solve the issue.