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32. Close friend in constant severe pain for 12+ years due to mesh, inoperable

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Sun Aug 16, 2015, 04:54 AM

Aug 2015

Doctors say that an operation would be life threatening.p / very risky.
Laws for painkillers have made her feel like a criminal, and if she travels, the timing of her thirty day allotment is a constraint on her travel schedule.

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Little Mini-rant on prescription painkillers... [View all] Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 OP

The Endless War On Drugs is harmfull in a vast array of ways, this being one. Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #1

My mom was in hospice about 2 and a half weeks, sorry about your mom, but we did like... Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 #14

With the DEA peering over their shoulders, hospitals & doctors have to watch their @#$. Scurrilous Aug 2015 #2

Same with my broken, dislocated shoulder woodsprite Aug 2015 #77

I totally agree. The hysteria about this is more than a little fishy to me 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #3

That was me about 10 years ago CountAllVotes Aug 2015 #5

I've been very fortunate 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #8

Thanks to the War on Drugs ... CountAllVotes Aug 2015 #4

Remember the guy in NA/AA was terminal, at that point, I would say any history with any drugs... Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 #7

And yet no-one in that law enforcement-fearing community gives a crap about being addicted to tobacco n2doc Aug 2015 #6

They are taxing it to oblivion, and I, for one, welcome it, was a smoker for almost 20 years... Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 #9

My mom was a smoker too, and also died from cancer n2doc Aug 2015 #20

True, the key is to try to find constructive ways to treat addiction, rather than criminalizing.... Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 #22

Regional Differences For Freddie Aug 2015 #10

Yes, there are some regional differences, I'm sorry for the loss of your husband, I'm glad he.. Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 #12

I thought that it was impossible LiberalElite Aug 2015 #11

Chemical addiction is chemical addiction, but the point is, does it matter if you need it? Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 #13

I agree with you eom LiberalElite Aug 2015 #15

That's not true. Mariana Aug 2015 #18

for me, after a difficult surgery I had pain pills during the healing of my gut and CTyankee Aug 2015 #39

For most people, it takes a long time Mariana Aug 2015 #40

Thats true for chronic pain sorefeet Aug 2015 #33

I have absolutely no problem with end of life drugs I actually asked the jwirr Aug 2015 #16

Where do chronic pain suffers fit into all of this? Humanist_Activist Aug 2015 #17

Well my son in law went to a regular doctor who referred him to a jwirr Aug 2015 #19

Restricting opiates just shifts addicts to heroin. LeftyMom Aug 2015 #45

We are also working on ending or slowing down the illegal sales as well jwirr Aug 2015 #48

Good lord, are you for real? LeftyMom Aug 2015 #78

You are the one who is not for real. So according to you we just set jwirr Aug 2015 #80

Wait, you think you know more than me about living with addicts? LeftyMom Aug 2015 #87

Great. So people with chronic pain can just suffer. kcr Aug 2015 #46

Do you have a regular doctor? If s/he is any good s/he will send you to jwirr Aug 2015 #49

"The medical profession has a means of dealing with pain " DeadLetterOffice Aug 2015 #53

That is too bad. But as I am telling you I have nothing to do with the jwirr Aug 2015 #54

Here,any doctor in the state Go Vols Aug 2015 #74

But treatment centers are not included in that. That is the problem. jwirr Aug 2015 #76

In practice the DEA becomes a price support agency for the larger drug gangsters... hunter Aug 2015 #56

We on the reservation also understand who owe us. In our case things jwirr Aug 2015 #58

Addiction is a major public health problem and ought to be treated as such. hunter Aug 2015 #62

Agreed. jwirr Aug 2015 #64

I wish I could get hydracodone for my spinal arthritic pain but I can't so I take Extra STrenth CTyankee Aug 2015 #21

I hate it that you a) can't get good RX pain meds, and Seeking Serenity Aug 2015 #60

That's one reason heroin use is up 150% since 2007 madville Aug 2015 #23

Hydrocodone was moved from a Schedule III Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #24

2200 people a year die of alcohol poisoning - i.e. overdose Mariana Aug 2015 #26

No one gives cares about alcohol? Try living on a reservation. If we had jwirr Aug 2015 #50

I want treatment to be available for all addicts. Mariana Aug 2015 #55

In my state addicts have a court hearing to determine placement. It is jwirr Aug 2015 #57

I'm glad you are doing the work that you do. Mariana Aug 2015 #59

Yeah, our country has had a really wrong attitude regarding addiction of jwirr Aug 2015 #63

Cocaine Sgent Aug 2015 #29

My Wife Takes All the Drugs You Can Get! mpgalloway Aug 2015 #25

I agree on the first point, have some mixed response on the second drmeow Aug 2015 #27

That's very interesting. I would like to hear more about it. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #41

The readers digest condensed version drmeow Aug 2015 #43

Thank you! smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #44

Here's hoping you never need drmeow Aug 2015 #65

Thank you. Important information. In the treatment centers that use jwirr Aug 2015 #51

Another thing with methadone drmeow Aug 2015 #68

Thank you. My grandson has Hep C and that is one reason his is really jwirr Aug 2015 #69

Make sure your grandson drmeow Aug 2015 #70

Thank you. I will talk with him. He just married his new wife and I was jwirr Aug 2015 #73

See if he's had overdose training drmeow Aug 2015 #85

Thank you. That makes a lot of sense. I think one of the problems facing jwirr Aug 2015 #86

Cancer does fucking suck, Humanist! Medical Marijuana is also very effective as a pain reliever. Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #28

It's residual puritanism in the American psyche. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #30

When my father was dying of cancer I was the one who asked the doctor jwirr Aug 2015 #52

Anyone who uses opioids without a prescription is labeled an abuser. Lyric Aug 2015 #31

Amen!! CountAllVotes Aug 2015 #35

Very few things get my dander up more than this. Lyric Aug 2015 #37

That's very polite for a rant. hunter Aug 2015 #38

+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #42

You hit the nail on the head. Pakhet Aug 2015 #47

This ^^ Seeking Serenity Aug 2015 #61

Have you ever tried Nuerotin for the nerve pain? Marrah_G Aug 2015 #81

I did, actually. Lyric Aug 2015 #83

Close friend in constant severe pain for 12+ years due to mesh, inoperable lostnfound Aug 2015 #32

First do no harm nor injustice sorefeet Aug 2015 #34

Pain killers are medicine for people in pain. Its really that simple. aikoaiko Aug 2015 #36

I used to take police reports for stolen pain killers a lot Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #66

I have cancer and I am recovering from major surgery. Oxy greatly improves the quality of my life. Glimmer of Hope Aug 2015 #67

+1000 Lyric Aug 2015 #84

Addiction is a horrible disease cally Aug 2015 #71

Add race to the equation and... BOOM! KamaAina Aug 2015 #72

Amen Amen and Amen KentuckyWoman Aug 2015 #75

If you are dying you should be able to do any drug you want. dilby Aug 2015 #79

You are half right TheSarcastinator Aug 2015 #82