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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:56 PM Original message |
Oxycontin, Other Opioid Painkillers Tied to Higher Health Risks |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. I take Tramadol daily, among other medications ... |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Darvon was taken off the market last month and my MD is substituting Apap-Codeine |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. Cut the tab in half until the symptoms subside |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Darvon (propoxyphene) has been taken off the market. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. You hear that, Rush? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. You'll have to yell louder |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. LOL |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. wouldn't you like to deliver this news in person? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Die MF ... we know who!! |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. What does medicare have to do with the study? And of course |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. They used the Medicare database for the study. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. The fact that people on medicare are disabled and elderly |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. actually they are a group more likely to use analgesics |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. good day to you sir! |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
43. I find it interesting |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Imagine what the risk is for addicts of these painkillers. |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Big problem and growing very fast |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. The War on Opiates is back |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. My aunt has to take pain medication to deal with her pain. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. It MAY become available again |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. a doctor/sibling has expressed concern over "pain clinics" |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I go to a pain management clinic located in the largest hospital system in the city. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Most pain clinics have stringent requirements |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
40. I agree. My husband has to give a urine sample each time he gets his monthly prescription. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Right, pain clinics that are worth the name |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Well, I am expressing "concern" over the "drug war" |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. "few controls "????? Obviously you've never tried to get a Morphine Scrip |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. You are so correct -- plus, prescriptions must be picked up in person. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Once again... |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Not always effective. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. I take vicodin every day.... |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I saw my pain clinic PA-C today and am getting another cortisone shot this Friday. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I was getting those but they were too expensive.... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. I get cortisone in my shoulders, but there's only so many one can get |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. until they take it away from you suddenly, like they just |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Oh, I'm so, so sorry for her! Didn't her doctor have a comparable substitute for her? |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'd hate to see what my hospice cancer patients would do without their opiates. |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I don't think those folks are considered "casual" users. ???? (Some peoples children) |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. Great. Another excuse for doctors to under-prescribe for pain patients. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. Well, you have to be so damned sick to get any of them |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Amen to that. Without my pain medication I would of been |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
24. Heh. I'd die a hell of a lot quicker taking NSAIDs (contraindicated with kidney disease) |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. Send your unwanted Oxy to Rush and wish him godspeed. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
36. My doctor has me taking the generic vicodin right now. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
39. Tramadol, codeine and vicoden I cannot take |
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AC_Mem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
44. I take pain meds |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
45. And not a single one of them is as risky as Tylenol. |
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