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alarimer

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64. I was afraid to take pain meds when I needed them.

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:01 PM

Mar 2016

I had my gall bladder out last fall and there were a rough few days but I was so afraid I would get hooked I didn't take as much as I should have. Mostly just to help me sleep. But as a result I was not up and active like they wanted me to be in the days following surgery. I guess I'd had it in my head that if I took took them, I would automatically get hooked on them because that is the message we hear all the time about these drugs. It's not true, I know, but just part of the war on drugs propaganda.

I think they need to be part of the arsenal and I think it's just tragic that people who truly need them cannot get them without jumping through so many hoops.

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great story in the NYT today re Nebraska doctor having to tell his chronic pain patients he must [View all] CTyankee Mar 2016 OP

I have inoperable neck pain, both shoulders from accidents and my hands from arthritis (updated) Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #1

oh, steve, I'm so sorry! CTyankee Mar 2016 #2

There may be an exception in prescribing for cases Ilsa Mar 2016 #3

I don't have pain from my FTD or terminal illness Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #13

Wait.....overseen by the State Patrol???????? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #25

Nebraska Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #28

In DE, I had to be drug tested because I had "precipitous labor" 5 wks early with my son. woodsprite Mar 2016 #58

When was this? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #62

Almost 16 years ago. I was really surprised. n/t woodsprite Mar 2016 #63

are you not eligible for Hospice at this point? zazen Mar 2016 #9

yeah, it depends on the disease. mopinko Mar 2016 #11

Time to my death is probably 5 years (at best) Originally I was given 5 years 2.25 years ago Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #31

Oh Omaha Steve! Punkingal Mar 2016 #34

Steve, this may sound strange to others here dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #39

I have said ashling Mar 2016 #41

I believe timely suicide would often be the best choice Hortensis Mar 2016 #52

Oh man, Omaha Steve, very sorry to hear this. vkkv Mar 2016 #42

be leery of those estimates, Omaha Steve Skittles Mar 2016 #65

Have you tried anti-inflammatories? Not TOC but prescription ones? csziggy Mar 2016 #48

Yes and tart cherry juice or powdered pills Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #49

Yeah, sometimes nothing much helps csziggy Mar 2016 #51

My hand will be in immobilizer for 3 months Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #53

Yes! Give Marta my condolences. csziggy Mar 2016 #54

I just read the entire Guideline link and virgogal Mar 2016 #56

Nope Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #59

Our government is consistently abusive to the sick and even to the dying, it is an aspect of the Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #4

Which is precisely why you can tell so much about us as a collective society... Moostache Mar 2016 #21

some people are more impervious to pain than others...my husband for instance. CTyankee Mar 2016 #5

There has to be a common sense balance... iandhr Mar 2016 #6

I have done a partial fill for rx brer cat Mar 2016 #10

I had 4 wisdom's pulled on a Thursday probably 35 years ago Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #37

Yet even here on DU we get lectured about how we are somehow morally defective for needing them. Coventina Mar 2016 #7

truly heartbreaking--I'm so glad there's this immediate national coverage zazen Mar 2016 #8

egad. my daughter is gonna die. mopinko Mar 2016 #12

Oh mo... that has to be so heartwrenching to watch her go through that. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #18

its a long sad story, that is for sure. mopinko Mar 2016 #29

Pain mismanagement is more like it. n/t Gormy Cuss Mar 2016 #14

This is so depressing. I have been taking 1 hydrocodone pill a day for years for chronic pain. Shrike47 Mar 2016 #15

um, hold on here ellennelle Mar 2016 #16

Good points... freebrew Mar 2016 #30

I agree with you, and I am one of those who worked with those addicted patients. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #33

Does handing out like Candy include Pain Management Centers? One_Life_To_Give Mar 2016 #35

+1000 mr clean Mar 2016 #47

Yet these states xloadiex Mar 2016 #17

The opiod epidemic �s out of control. Doctors are dispensing them like candy. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #19

It's easy to have that opinion when you're not in pain NashuaDW Mar 2016 #44

I find it amazing Curtis Mar 2016 #20

I've been on a low dose of opiates for three years now, for chronic back pain. Francis Booth Mar 2016 #22

Not just opioid patients. I tried to self-checkout with a bottle of liquid Coriciden HBP woodsprite Mar 2016 #61

I have followed your accounts of the pain and suffering brer cat Mar 2016 #23

I was on percoset and it wasn't doing too much good for the pain. CTyankee Mar 2016 #46

I had to sign a contract Texasgal Mar 2016 #24

When was this??????????? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #36

Just started at the first of the year Texasgal Mar 2016 #40

The answer--medical marijuana. nt HelenWheels Mar 2016 #26

+1 Now if the next president would only be on the side of legalization! B Calm Mar 2016 #38

Doesn't affect me personally, but the VA has a new policy... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #27

my problem is that they don't help me at all. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2016 #32

All this does is hurt people who NEED the meds AlbertCat Mar 2016 #43

We know what will happen elljay Mar 2016 #45

And like all other legislation intended to regulate human behavior, Francis Booth Mar 2016 #50

From the FB page of one of my all-time favorite human beings KamaAina Mar 2016 #55

The problem is doctors who overprescribe opioids nichomachus Mar 2016 #57

When are tptb going to realize that one size does not fit all. shraby Mar 2016 #60

I was afraid to take pain meds when I needed them. alarimer Mar 2016 #64

They need medical MJ. Screw the bush poppy empire! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #66