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Many people get addicted to drugs after being prescribed them following surgery or injury. I know someone this happened to exactly. They gave him a bunch of opi

Many people get addicted to drugs after being prescribed them following surgery or injury. I know someone this happened to exactly. They gave him a bunch of opiates for pain management and he took them as directed and wound up an addict. I think a lot fewer people "choose" to get addicted to medicine in this way than either you or the GP are implying.

Guthur 4y ago
And now big pharma will "cure" them of the disease they pushed. Also how is it a vaccine?
AndrewDavis 4y ago
When I was a teenager I was prescribed tramadol after a surgery. I was in considerable pain so I took it as directed. It was hell a strong stuff and I basically slept 18 hours a day. A week later I was still in pain, but less. I reduced my dosage below the prescription to only take a dose before bed to make it easier to stay asleep. Well, did I notice the effects of dependence. It was subtle but throughout the day I'd have intrusive thoughts along the lines of "I haven't had a painkiller yet, I should have one" If I'd taken the prescribed dose till completion I'd hate to think what my brain would have done. That scared me enough at the right age that I've never taken illicit drugs. And any time I'm prescribed painkillers Ive ignored the dosage and take just enough to manage.
bitL 4y ago
Tell them to take NAD+ boosters like NR or NMN, or even the good old vitamin B3 in large quantities (1g/day). Addiction is often a sign of NAD+/FAD+ depletion in the brain.
- Larrikin 4y ago
  You keep posting this over and over again with no source. If addiction to opiates was as simple as taking vitamin B3 and solved easily with the information in an internet comment there would be multiple studies and I suspect all over the news.
  - bitL 4y ago
    Maybe if you looked it up ("NAD therapy"), you'd have found it, like this one: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/nad-therapy-addiction https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/nad-therapy-ad... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31917996/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31917996/ https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/5/425 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/5/425 "The late John P. Cleary, MD, explained that we are likely to experience strong cravings for substances like alcohol when our NAD+ receptor sites are empty. That’s because alcohol drives the formation of the chemical compound acetaldehyde, which then interacts with dopamine to yield morphine-like compounds that temporarily quell cravings and withdrawal symptoms. When the NAD+ receptor sites become unoccupied again, however, the withdrawal symptoms and alcohol cravings come rushing in, driving us back to the bottle."

Guthur 4y ago

And now big pharma will "cure" them of the disease they pushed. Also how is it a vaccine?

AndrewDavis 4y ago

When I was a teenager I was prescribed tramadol after a surgery. I was in considerable pain so I took it as directed. It was hell a strong stuff and I basically slept 18 hours a day. A week later I was still in pain, but less. I reduced my dosage below the prescription to only take a dose before bed to make it easier to stay asleep. Well, did I notice the effects of dependence. It was subtle but throughout the day I'd have intrusive thoughts along the lines of "I haven't had a painkiller yet, I should have one" If I'd taken the prescribed dose till completion I'd hate to think what my brain would have done. That scared me enough at the right age that I've never taken illicit drugs. And any time I'm prescribed painkillers Ive ignored the dosage and take just enough to manage.

bitL 4y ago

Tell them to take NAD+ boosters like NR or NMN, or even the good old vitamin B3 in large quantities (1g/day). Addiction is often a sign of NAD+/FAD+ depletion in the brain.

Larrikin 4y ago
You keep posting this over and over again with no source. If addiction to opiates was as simple as taking vitamin B3 and solved easily with the information in an internet comment there would be multiple studies and I suspect all over the news.
- bitL 4y ago
  Maybe if you looked it up ("NAD therapy"), you'd have found it, like this one: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/nad-therapy-addiction https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/nad-therapy-ad... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31917996/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31917996/ https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/5/425 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/5/425 "The late John P. Cleary, MD, explained that we are likely to experience strong cravings for substances like alcohol when our NAD+ receptor sites are empty. That’s because alcohol drives the formation of the chemical compound acetaldehyde, which then interacts with dopamine to yield morphine-like compounds that temporarily quell cravings and withdrawal symptoms. When the NAD+ receptor sites become unoccupied again, however, the withdrawal symptoms and alcohol cravings come rushing in, driving us back to the bottle."