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Problem ist also health care, in Europe they will send you home post surgery with some non opiate pain killer to take. In the us they gave my friend one box of

Problem ist also health care, in Europe they will send you home post surgery with some non opiate pain killer to take. In the us they gave my friend one box of oxycodone of which he took half and a prescription for another one. I threw it away for him, because he thought it was fun taking it.

advael 3y ago
Yes, the demonstrated intent to hook people on drugs on the behalf of pharmaceutical cartels is among the many private-equity-driven nightmares of the healthcare "system" in the US, designed at every turn to extract as much profit as possible from people who have no negotiating power while immiserating and impoverishing them
- mjamesaustin 3y ago
  Every time I saw my old doctor, he was hawking whatever new painkiller the industry was pushing on him. He would invent reasons why I needed it rather than address my actual health problems. This is healthcare in America...
jmspring 3y ago
Opiates have their place, but care is quite warranted. I had an issue that has caused me some grief a couple years back. In the Bay Area, opioids were prescribed. Honestly, they were the only thing that worked, and I have no problem taking as needed - there is no other effect beyond pain relief for me. I split time between the bay and remote north eastern (rural) ca. Up there, a friend had a similar issue, the hospital said take Advil/tylenol and tough it out. He spent most of a week in the shower suffering. Said county had previously been investigated for more prescriptions than people in the county. When I have an episode, I try Tylenol/advil and that usually works. Sometime a bit more is necessary. My pain threshold is incredibly high, so that plus no mental effect may be why they are a last resort, but not something I worry about.
alienicecream 3y ago
That's because opiates actually work. Have you had surgery and requested the non opiate pain killer, or are you just repeating things you heard somewhere because you think you need to have an opinion?

advael 3y ago

Yes, the demonstrated intent to hook people on drugs on the behalf of pharmaceutical cartels is among the many private-equity-driven nightmares of the healthcare "system" in the US, designed at every turn to extract as much profit as possible from people who have no negotiating power while immiserating and impoverishing them

mjamesaustin 3y ago
Every time I saw my old doctor, he was hawking whatever new painkiller the industry was pushing on him. He would invent reasons why I needed it rather than address my actual health problems. This is healthcare in America...

jmspring 3y ago

Opiates have their place, but care is quite warranted. I had an issue that has caused me some grief a couple years back. In the Bay Area, opioids were prescribed. Honestly, they were the only thing that worked, and I have no problem taking as needed - there is no other effect beyond pain relief for me. I split time between the bay and remote north eastern (rural) ca. Up there, a friend had a similar issue, the hospital said take Advil/tylenol and tough it out. He spent most of a week in the shower suffering. Said county had previously been investigated for more prescriptions than people in the county. When I have an episode, I try Tylenol/advil and that usually works. Sometime a bit more is necessary. My pain threshold is incredibly high, so that plus no mental effect may be why they are a last resort, but not something I worry about.

alienicecream 3y ago

That's because opiates actually work. Have you had surgery and requested the non opiate pain killer, or are you just repeating things you heard somewhere because you think you need to have an opinion?