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Have you ever considered that perhaps there are just a lot of people with various levels of chronic pain, and, shockingly, some of them may want to manage their
by notadoc 9y ago
Have you ever considered that perhaps there are just a lot of people with various levels of chronic pain, and, shockingly, some of them may want to manage their pain and see a doctor and end up with medication?
> "an estimated 25.3 million adults (11.2 percent) experience chronic pain—that is, they had pain every day for the preceding 3 months. Nearly 40 million adults (17.6 percent) experience severe levels of pain."
https://nccih.nih.gov/news/press/08112015 https://nccih.nih.gov/news/press/08112015
- ekianjo 9y agoYes but opoids has many risks and should only be prescribed to a minority. This is not what is happening.