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ErikJ

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42. No insult. Just a fact.

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 04:09 PM

Nov 2013

That was his one vice. Occasional binge drinking of a fifth of liquor. He didnt even smoke or drink beer or wine. I did a google and one study said that people who drink liquor have a higher chance of pancreas cancer and even more for binge drinkers.

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Untreated Cancer Pain a ‘Scandal of Global Proportions,’ Survey Shows [View all] n2doc Nov 2013 OP

I found it so endearing that the pharmacist at Walgreens decided that I had been on a certain Maraya1969 Nov 2013 #1

Time to find another place to get your prescriptions filled. RC Nov 2013 #2

Pow!... TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #21

Oxycontin is gateway to heroin addiction in the US ErikJ Nov 2013 #3

Aleviating pain of endstage cancer is more important to me than worrying about a dying man's Ed Suspicious Nov 2013 #4

Hopefully he's not dying. He's trying to be optimistic as possible. ErikJ Nov 2013 #6

Pancreatic cancer PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #20

Exactly. nt RiffRandell Nov 2013 #9

Right, the threat that someone might get an unauthorized buzz is more important than Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #14

I really hope your friend was just humoring you kcr Nov 2013 #18

I dont think so. I was surprised too. ErikJ Nov 2013 #24

Well, that's good he's not in much pain kcr Nov 2013 #25

I find your posts in this thread about your "friend" cali Nov 2013 #35

Ha. Give me an example of how I disparaged him. ErikJ Nov 2013 #38

....... cali Nov 2013 #41

No insult. Just a fact. ErikJ Nov 2013 #42

And my friend's 94 year old mother is being refused opiate drugs by her Maraya1969 Nov 2013 #22

At 94? progressoid Nov 2013 #39

We havea teen friend in recovery who battled osteosarcoma elehhhhna Nov 2013 #28

This is the documentary I watched: OXY HELL (Oxycontin... the gateway to heroin) ErikJ Nov 2013 #29

the addict kids around Houston aren't doing oxy much elehhhhna Nov 2013 #30

This is largely a consequence of the war on drugs. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #5

The problem is... KrazyinKS Nov 2013 #7

My brother Pinkie died sorefeet Nov 2013 #8

Amen ! RagAss Nov 2013 #13

Hugs. I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for helping your brother to get painkillers anyway. idwiyo Nov 2013 #40

That is horrible! I am so sorry that you and your brother had to go through that. lonestarnot Dec 2013 #47

Honestly I don't get it, especially for pallative care, if someone is dying, then give them the... Humanist_Activist Nov 2013 #10

What you say is oh so true. I was thinking, lets give the people who are in terrible pain, Pliers. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #11

Instead we have doctors terrified of the DEA, and people dying in screaming agony. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #15

My grandfather recently passed from cancer. CFLDem Nov 2013 #16

My DOG got more pain relief than my mother in law Holly_Hobby Nov 2013 #12

That is absolutely insane. RiffRandell Dec 2013 #44

Effin A Finally! MoreGOPoop Nov 2013 #17

Cancer used to be the most dreaded disease not because of its death sentence, but the pain Hekate Nov 2013 #19

This is just terrible OwnedByCats Nov 2013 #23

A FDA blast from the recent past Trillo Nov 2013 #26

My mother died from Colon cancer at the beginning of the month. MiniMe Nov 2013 #27

hospice is the place for paincontrol elehhhhna Nov 2013 #31

In the book, "Three Felonies a Day," this is one of the groups targeted by the Feds. Th1onein Nov 2013 #32

k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #33

My husband had oral cancer and his drs were very generous RiffRandell Nov 2013 #34

Drug Seekers Suck jsr Nov 2013 #36

I would have tiltled that article "shitty ER doctor makes excuses for his terrible judgment" CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #43

the doctors have gone crazy on this. Sheri Nov 2013 #37

It's not the doctors, it's the DEA. They record every prescription, especially those for pain, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #45

didn't know that. thanks. nt Sheri Dec 2013 #46