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> A large percentage of opioid addiction came from being prescribed by a doctor. I think that's the main factor which differentiates the US from the rest of th

• camdenreslink 2y ago
  Opioids aren't even used post-surgery for pain management? I have to think they are at least used in hospitals still. Maybe not prescribed as much for home use...
  • rauljordan2020 2y ago
    They are not, not even in other parts of the world. It is also very rare in Asia. Folks tough it up and are fine, as the risks of opioids are not worth it
• lumb63 2y ago
  They’ve definitely been overprescribed here (and the drug companies making the opioids pushed them knowing they were addictive, and downplayed the risks). One of my best friends’ cousins died in his 20s of a heroin overdose. He got addicted to opioids after being prescribed painkillers following a shoulder surgery. He was a baseball player, in good shape, young. To me, overdose deaths in people prescribed them by doctors are some of the worst. They’re frequently in younger individuals, meaning more life cut short; they were indirectly caused by a profession whose ethos is “first, do no harm”. To me, it is a sign that something has gone badly wrong in the medical profession and society at large and sows major distrust in our institutions.