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1. Hmm, I heard Thom Hartmann saying that pain soaks up the opioids and cited his own

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 03:33 AM

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back issues (2 surgeries IIRC) where he was given an opioid for 2 weeks and quit taking it when he no longer had pain. And had no feelings of withdrawal either. And that people who have addiction problems with it are those who continued taking it after the pain was gone.

I thought that it has long been debunked that pain is some kind of protection from opioid addiction, so I was shocked to hear Thom echoing the pain = no addiction problem meme. This was on his 4/30/17 show or thereabouts.

Myself, I think both are true for a lot of people. Some people have no problem with it, and some are hooked on day 1.

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A 1980 Letter on the Risk of Opioid Addiction N Engl J Med 2017 [View all] kristopher Jun 2017 OP

Hmm, I heard Thom Hartmann saying that pain soaks up the opioids and cited his own progree Jun 2017 #1

Mr Nay and I have both had major surgeries in the last 5 years and that was Nay Jun 2017 #3

Ummm, how is this a letter from 1980 when the first paragraph cites PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #2

Reading comprehension F kristopher Jun 2017 #4

Perhaps the title of the OP is misleading. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #5

The 1980 letter is the entire subject of the NEJM letter in the OP. Eugene Jun 2017 #6

Yes, I know, but the title and the first line of the OP PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #7

You're not going to get a title with the word "debunking" into a scientific or medical journal caraher Jun 2017 #8

Here's the actual 1980 letter caraher Jun 2017 #9