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Yes - and I think worse than that, they don’t pay people to get better. So they create a very real financial cliff for anyone who is determined to make a lifest
by atdrummond 3y ago
Yes - and I think worse than that, they don’t pay people to get better. So they create a very real financial cliff for anyone who is determined to make a lifestyle change.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoWhat is the probability of being able to get better once addicted to strong opioids, regardless of incentive? Is it possible the brain’s chemistry gets irreversibly broken at some point?
- atdrummond 3y agoIt is difficult but possible. I have used opioids since the mid-2000s. I am on a low enough dose today that it treats my cancer/Crohns pain but I feel no noticeable psychological effects. I can and do easily taper off multiple times a year for tolerance resets. Further, every year a number of people in my programme finally taper off methadone for good; the relapse rate is in the low single digits. This is similarly the case for patients in Switzerland’s heroin assisted treatment programme. (I live in Estonia and am on their methadone equivalent.)