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SergeStorms

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11. My pain management Doctor.....
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 03:09 AM
Feb 2018

is trying to wean me off opioids completely. I've been taking them, safely, for 20 years now. They're the difference between having a semi-productive life and being curled up in a ball, never moving from my bed.

It's my opinion that these Doctors would be elated if they could get rid of all of their pain management patients completely, have them go out on the street for pain meds, and probably die from an overdose within a few months. But it wouldn't be on their books, and that seems to be all they care about. Mexican heroin is flooding the streets of our country, and most of it is laced with Fentanyl. More people are becoming addicted and overdosing than ever before. But those deaths aren't on the government's or the Doctor's books, so that doesn't seem to be such a huge problem as prescription opioids.

I've been sitting at my computer for about 15 minutes now, and the pain is excruciating.

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