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Opiods should never be used as a treatment for chronic pain; they have rapidly decreasing efficacy coupled with rapidly increasing addictiveness. My (totally u
by yarg 9y ago
Opiods should never be used as a treatment for chronic pain; they have rapidly decreasing efficacy coupled with rapidly increasing addictiveness.
My (totally unsourced and straight from my arse) guess is that both the decrease in efficacy and the increase in dependency are going to occur at a rate perportional to the current dosage. As far as I can tell the user's desired dose will increase at an exponential rate - making the drugs thoroughly nsuitable for long term usage.
- michaelmrose 9y agoExponential is a poor description of increase in tolerance which doesn't even procede at the same pace for different individuals on the same dose. It creates a false notion of mathematical certainty. Further for conditions that must be managed because they are impossible to fix opiods are hard to replace. Opoids may provide a managable solution to managing pain for decades for some patients while singing koom ba ah, meditating, discussing your feelings or alternative therapies are largely snake oil.