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

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 07:49 AM

Jun 2017

our experience. When the surgical pain eased off, we easily stopped the opioids and never looked back. I've always considered myself to be a non-addictive personality, so I wasn't surprised that I had no trouble. Mr Nay was so easily hooked on cigarettes that I wondered about whether he'd be able to stop the pain pills, but he had absolutely no problem either. Neither of us got "high" on the stuff and neither of us felt any withdrawal symptoms when we stopped them abruptly.

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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