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> It ends up that opioids are terrible drugs. Opioids ruin lives. Opioids restore lives. People die from taking them. People are functionally dead when they're
by WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
> It ends up that opioids are terrible drugs.
Opioids ruin lives. Opioids restore lives. People die from taking them. People are functionally dead when they're unobtainable.
The most false thing about opioids is that they are any one thing.
I've used hydrocodone for months at a time. It's addictive so there are protocols that need to be followed. Stick with the dose and taper when done. However, that was in the past. For severe pain, legal pain relief is no longer available - to me and to millions of others.
My state now has a hard 3 day limit and few Dr.s are willing to write even that. What has become routine everywhere is being Rx'd Tylenol for moderate to severe post-op surgical pain. I personally had to beg for tramadol following abdominal surgery. I recently had to enter into a protracted negotiation with my Dr - again, for tramadol - so I could exercise and get a little more life out of my failing knees.
The pendulum has swung way too far and the number of lives that are being ruined by that is nearly incalculable.
- chroma 4y ago> My state now has a hard 3 day limit and few Dr.s are willing to write even that. I don’t mean to de-anonymize you, but what state is this? I know state laws vary, but I haven’t heard of anything close to those sorts of restrictions.
- WarOnPrivacy 4y agoFlorida ref: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/opioids/florida-law-puts-3-day-limit-on-opioid-prescriptions-for-acute-pain.html https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/opioids/florida-law-pu...
- jnovek 4y ago“The most false thing about opioids is that they are any one thing.” That’s fair. A better way to say what I mean might be “our opioid therapy protocols aren’t very good” or “we’ve relied on opioids in ways that cause more harm than good”. There are situations where opioids are the obvious right answer. I have a similar anecdote, having to beg for an opioid refill when I was suffering from post-op pain. While I admit I don’t know the details, I wonder if your knee pain is one of those situations where opioids aren’t close to an ideal solution, but we never actually developed an ideal solution because it was easier to throw opioids at every pain problem. Now opioids are no longer allowed and you get to replace opioids with nothing.
- worker_person 4y agoFully agree. Spent 5 years going on and off Tramadol. If I found myself craving it I would stop for a month. I was basically in bed in pure agony during those weeks off. I've seen others that literally kidnap their own mothers to get opioids. Eventually found LDN and that stopped the pain.