Do you think opiate pain medications should be outlawed for noncancer sufferers as in chronic pain?

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137. Candy really???

I find that meme very odd. I'm going to be blunt here since it is your view that people should suffer never ending pain. Your family members weakness should be the reason other must suffer....really that is very nice of you. Some people abuse food should we all starve??? As for the "doctors and nurses" some of them abuse drugs at a high rate.


http://www.modernmedicine.com/modern-medicine/news/modernmedicine/modern-medicine-feature-articles/drug-addiction-among-nurses-con?page=full



YOUR COLLEAGUE on the night shift is a stellar nurse. Her background, experience, and demonstrated skills are top-notch. She is working extra shifts to help cover expenses while her husband is between jobs. While raising three young children, she also cares for her severely disabled father. You wonder how she does it all.

This description fit Patricia Holloran, RN, whom friends and colleagues regarded as a "super nurse"—until hospital administration and the Connecticut Department of Health confronted her for drug diversion.

Holloran was introduced to the nasal spray butorphanol (Stadol) when her doctor changed her migraine prescription. She often administered the injected form of this powerful narcotic to women in labor. When the women did not require a full dose, Holloran justified using the leftovers to help her sleep after a long night shift. It also helped her cope with the stress of taking on extra shifts, being the primary breadwinner, and caring for her three sons—along with her father, who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis. Months later, she was pocketing whole vials from the dispenser. "Stadol is not physically addictive," Holloran said. "I thought I could stop at any time. I was wrong."


http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/819223


Drug Abuse Among Doctors: Easy, Tempting, and Not Uncommon

Tomorrow -- Tomorrow, I Will Stop

That's what Marc Myer, a family practice physician in Minnesota, told himself each day as he stole prescription opiates from his patients to feed his addiction.

But for Dr. Myer and many physicians like him, "tomorrow" was a long time coming. For doctors addicted to prescription medications, recovery often begins with -- and depends upon -- intervention by their peers and coworkers.


I have weaned myself off of fentanyl because I lost a lot of weight and now oxycodone because doctors are using it as an excuse not to treat my Hydrocephalus. I never abused any medication but I have been abused by some people, doctors and nurses with attitudes like yours. Thanks for the reply. It felt good to get that off my chest.