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In reply to the discussion: The Horrible Side-Effect of the War on Opioid Addiction [View all]KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)37. PWB, the shame is their voices are not being heard...
by the public. Just like millions of others in our society suffering in many ways, their voices are not heard loud enough to enrage the public.
As long as we continue to have compliant news media and allow big money from corporations, massive lobbying, and the mega-rich's funds into politics, I'm afraid nothing will change. We need to find ways to amplify those voices!
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Mine was dislocated with three fractures. It still hurt after they put it back in socket.
davsand
Oct 2017
#42
OTOH, your severe and intractable pain was a clue. If they had simply addressed it with
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#9
There was no excuse for their lack of sympathy. I'm sorry you had to go through that!
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#15
My sis in law has terrible pain...arthritis...she used to take pain meds but now can't get
Demsrule86
Oct 2017
#13
Your sis in law has a different problem -- not a staple left in after surgery. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#16
Not at all. With the previous poster (the OP), I was pointing out that continuing pain meds
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#24
It makes no difference. I fail to see why people should be denied medicine for pain because
Demsrule86
Oct 2017
#71
The only reason they discovered the staple was that they knew she shouldn't have continuing pain.
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#76
exactly, and quite often they won't/can't fix the problem OR give you pain relief; that is what
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#85
years ago my cancer ridden wife was prescibed some heavy duty pain killers...her mom told the doc
dembotoz
Oct 2017
#5
A big who cares. People who abuse drugs are playing with fire...their problem. It is unfair to deny
Demsrule86
Oct 2017
#14
He could have gotten drugs legally for his pain...celebrities can do this...unlike my sister in law
Demsrule86
Oct 2017
#121
i hope she has gotten relief; those hurdles are put there precisely so that many people will just gi
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#102
Here is the review that I left on Google and FB for a pharmacy I went to last week
Maraya1969
Oct 2017
#21
I know that pharmacy chains are connected, but I've never heard that different chains
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#26
I use a small pharmacy that is not a chain. And yes all your drug purchased are put in a data
Maraya1969
Oct 2017
#55
i hear you; this is total BS. let the anti-opiate fanatics pay the bills of people whom they would d
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#31
re your last sentence: let that pain go on literally non-stop for years, and then get back to us.
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#30
I think you should be able to access free drug counseling if you need to take opiate pills
Maraya1969
Oct 2017
#56
I can't imagine how horrible it would be to be in such unrelenting pain and not being able to get
smirkymonkey
Oct 2017
#28
word; i am shocked at the callousness of people who smugly tell severe chronic pain sufferers to jus
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#29
I have been to physical therapy at least 8 times, I use heat, I have done holistic
Maraya1969
Oct 2017
#58
doesn't matter how diplomatic you are, the result is the same; i hope you know that. many of us
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#60
i'll leave it at this: there are worse things than "tolerance"/addiction. if you don't know this, yo
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#80
I tend to get the "You should not be in the medical profession" most often from
Aristus
Oct 2017
#83
yeah, i am a life-long non-drinker, non-smoker, vegetarian, non-drug user, athlete, etc.,
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#86
really? said poster call me a "drug seeker;" i'm sorry if i didn't take that very well. i'm guessin
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#104
unfortunately, most of us live in states where cannabis is illegal, so that is not an option. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#101
it's insane, but i guarantee that people have had to do that. i have, even though alcohol makes me i
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#61
i hear you; the pain itself often has multiple negative health effects - reduced mobility, depressio
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#98
People who suffer from pain and their advocates warned about this for a long time
aikoaiko
Oct 2017
#66
oh, quit yer whining, you druggie. i'm sorry, of course that was sarcasm; a lot of people really
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#110
My mother in law, now 80, was one of the last people in America to contract Polio.
NNadir
Oct 2017
#69
Sure is something unique about Americans, have more pain than EVERYONE ELSE in the World
snooper2
Oct 2017
#73
Hydrocodone isn't prescribed outside the United States, so that's really disingenuous.
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2017
#93
so because some people abuse drugs, then everyone else can just suffer until they die? is that what
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#119
what?? you mean you haven't upped your dose every day, turned to a life of crime, and become a menac
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#87
i think those classifications are highly debatable; the bottom line is that it really doesn't matter
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#105
I would go one step farther in that people should be allowed full control over their own bag of meat
Major Nikon
Oct 2017
#107
agreed; there are far too many people who don't know how to mind their own business. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#120
but, but, aren't you afraid you'll get addicted?? i'm sure you're more afraid of dying in extreme pa
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2017
#112
You mean like prohibition, where more alcohol was used than before or after? Ironically...
marble falls
Apr 2019
#134