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Holy crap that's insane. That's 72 pills per year for each man woman and child.
by humbleMouse 9y ago
Holy crap that's insane. That's 72 pills per year for each man woman and child.
- DanBC 9y agoThe US uses more than 99% of the world supply of hydrocodone. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/15/americans-use-far-more-opioids-than-anyone-else-in-the-world/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/15/ameri...
- majormajor 9y agoHaving recovered from surgery both with- and without-hydrocodone, it's not hard to understand why. It works really really well as a painkiller. I hope there is a solution that can address addiction and abuse without eliminating the drug itself. A less judgmental approach than spiking it with acetaminophen which just makes abuse do even more damage. I have similar mixed feelings about prescription stimulants. They work, but a lot of people end up abusing them.
- replicatorblog 9y agoI've seen this stat repeated quite a bit, but a person with chronic pain might take 2-4 pills a day right? Assuming 28 pills a week, that figure doesn't seem as crazy. Perhaps this is an insane quantity, but it feels like a stat that could be made to sound scarier than it is by using proper vocal intonation.
- amigoingtodie 9y agoIf that were really true, the drug distributors would not be settling with the state.
- humbleMouse 9y agoI see the point you're trying to make - but have you ever taken 2-4 opiate pills per day for over a couple weeks at a time? This has a terrible ravaging effect on your body. It's not good for anybody, regardless of how much pain they are in. Furthermore, opiate tolerance goes up very quickly and that 2-4 pills can turn into 4-8 very quickly.