The Opioid Crisis in 2020

[@groermaik]

I've taken morphine sulfate extended release for chronic pain over twenty five years. I was told when I started what the drug was and what it would do, and what I needed to do. I have had my script increased only twice since my initial precription. I now take 30 mg twice a day and have for almost a decade. I kept working my job for 12 years until retirement. It does have it's proper usage.

[@EarthAngel504]

They way they handle the opioid crisis only make it much worse. they have a 1 size fits all policy which is very problematic and is clearly doing more harm than good. Also, Anyone with just basic research skills and knowledge of History would know, prohibiting substances only increase the chance and propensity of abuse. And simply cutting that substance off is even worse. The way they're handling this Opioid epidemic. I would be shocked not to see the Abuse and suicide rates steadily rising.

[@tripical]

I find diamorphine to be most effective but nobody wants to prescribe it anymore , especially in the us due to the long term abuse of it.

[@johnplaid648]

@@tripical Diamorphine is another name for heroin.

[@johnplaid648]

You take a very small amount. You could quit very easily.

[@tripical]

@@johnplaid648 yeah I know I've done street dope but the diamorphine pills are the best

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

Thank you for mentioning the negative impacts on the chronic pain community! We are rarely included in the discussions around the opioid crisis and I'm so tired of fighting for care and watching my friends end their lives either by suicide or by just giving up and becoming bedridden. We'd love a better solution than opiods, but until there is one we need what helps us be part of the world!

[@djwildchildborn2bewildchil758]

Thank you they don't obviously understand. I just did 4yrs in PRISON for possession of herion. I was in Pain management and lost my job, insurance and addicted to pills that pain management prescribed me. I would get SO sick OMG

[@djwildchildborn2bewildchil758]

@John Dough I had 4.37 grAms of controlled substance namely Herion in a Visine bottle.. I did so much time bc I fought it and took my case to Trial and lost the Jury gave me 16yrs. It was in Cleburne Texas. A small town where the law don't play but I seriously didnt have shit but diluted water.!!! Since the water tested positive for opiates they weighed The water weight when in reality I barely had $10 tar in the water. Smfh

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

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[@MasterJediJason]

As someone who broke their back 20 years ago, and have had over 10 surgeries, and live in severe pain, people like me are totally left out in this conversation. While I am DEPENDANT on opioids to just live, with these new laws, I am unable to get the medication I need.

[@Praisethesunson]

You are a minority of minorities. You wouldn't have been given these pills 20 years ago anyway.
Your "need" doesn't justify the existence of drugs that have killed more Americans than most wars.

[@MasterJediJason]

@@Praisethesunson this is not true. There are ways to regulate these things. I am not arguing that there is not a problem here. Doctors were handing out opioids like candy for way to long. All I am saying is no we are over reacting and now people who need these medications are unable to get them.

[@SlazeM7]

@@Praisethesunson You are insane. Get help.

[@Praisethesunson]

@@SlazeM7 You are a user. That makes you inherently biased.
These drugs have killed way more people than they've helped.
Specifically because a few jerks figured out they could market addictive drugs to doctors and let the guaranteed percentage of those patients that get hooked become a captive market of profits.
Unless what helps you in any way challenges or changes the existing economic exploitation that is killing muricans by the tens of thousands, you can't have those drugs.

[@shannond7437]

It is a full time job being in chronic pain now. It’s dangerous & harmful!

[@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl]

It's always kind of a relief to be included in consideration as a chronic pain patient. It should be the norm, but people are more worried about the drug war than the needs of the chronically ill.

[@kristensorensen2219]

The drug war is based on racism, pro police power and guys like Dick Nixon who presided over the controlled substances act.
He is also a criminal pardoned by Ford. The drug war is as evil as the Vietnam War was; it has caused far more death and misery than just Vietnam did!!

[@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl]

@@kristensorensen2219 Agreed. We know that drug use is as old as humankind, that destructive addiction is an illness (though it only gets treated as such for the white and rich), and that drug use was only criminalized for racist reasons in the first place. And yet, here we are...crawling as slowly as possible to the care minimum of cannabis legalization.

[@kristensorensen2219]

@@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl Only because so many smoked ditch weed in the 60s&70s that we have every kind of buds, edibles oh not just brownies. It was better when I was in my 20s; like everything but for lack of restraint. Now we are too old to really care except for that damn pain!

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

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They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@grizzlybear4656]

@@discreetblackmarket7100 ok if you say so and I'm Mary Poppins

[@mikec9166]

Thank you so much for bringing attention to the terrible unintended consequences of the fight against the opioid epidemic for us chronic pain sufferers. We can aggressively combat opioid addiction while still ensuring that those who suffer from chronic pain still receive the necessary medication.

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

It’s weirdly comforting to hear someone address the horrific consequences for well managed chronic pain patients since the new regulations. Reading the comments of so many others in a similar circumstances to mine really makes me feel less alone in this struggle. Chronic pain patients are being asked to pay the cost of the opioid epidemic, without that sacrifice having any significant effect on overdose numbers. I was diagnosed at birth with a severe genetic condition associated with severe chronic pain, I literally cannot get out of bed without opioids. I am upper middle class, have a definitive diagnosis, am well spoken, well insured, white and my case is “interesting.” Even with everything working in my favor, it has been almost impossible to get decent pain management since the war on opioids began. If I can’t get treatment, no one can.

[@lanaeglover818]

Thank you for talking as much as you did about the effects on chronic pain patients. For many of us, access to prescription opioids means being able to have a job, being able to maintain relationships, and even the ability to care for ourselves. It allows us to stay mobile enough to complete physical therapy or to prevent a downward spiral of loss of muscle from staying in bed all day. I've talked to so many pain patients who are seriously considering suicide because living without any treatment for their pain is torture.
Preventing deaths of despair isn't as easy as regulating prescriptions anyway. We need to take better care of people throughout their lives. People need access to housing, education, nutrition, comprehensive health care, and they need to be part of a society that cares about and for them. We need to provide paths for people to improve their lives.

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@user-xj3kr3zm9c]

Hi there! Thank you for your comment! I really enjoyed what you had to say and what Dr Carrol had to say about opioids and the current epidemic that is going on. The opioid epidemic has had significant impacts on so many things, but one thing that is not commonly mentioned/talked about is what you brought up. The affects of the opioid epidemic has had significant impacts on chronic pain patients and their treatment course. It has unfortunately has impacted it for the worse. I know many chronic pain patients who have had a really hard time getting their meds since the start of the opioid epidemic. Drs are afraid to prescribe them and they have to jump through a lot of hoops. Unfortunately, opioids are some of the best painkillers that we have and the only pharmacological agents that will work for most chronic pain patents.
The opioid epidemic is a very serious manner and lots of resources need to be thrown at it to help fix the problem. But we cannot forget out actual chronic pain patients that find their only relief via opioids. Their addiction potential is obviously high and Drs should be worried about it, but I dont think they can/should refuse to prescribe opioids to those who have tried everything else and can't find relief. Bringing in medical ethics, it is not "just" to refuse to prescribe opioids if they are truly indicated, just because of what is going on with illegal opioid use.
Another thing we need to remember when talking about opioids is that Physical Dependance is NOT the same as Addiction. True chronic pain patients with prolonged exposure to an opioid can produce what is called Adaptations. These occur at the cellular and system levels which oppose the drug effect. It is a normal response that our bodies do with prolonged use of a drug. Physical Dependance is not the same as Drug Addiction, where I think many of us think they are the same thing.
Thanks for your comment! Hope things improve for all the chronic pain patients out there.

[@c12486]

I really appreciate this perspective that says, “here’s what’s going on and how we can fix it in order to help people, not to blame individuals.”

[@Praisethesunson]

Also don't blame to pharmaceutical corporations that created this crisis. Their profits shouldn't be threatened and neither should their owners who got rich deliberately killing hundreds of thousands of people.

[@c12486]

Praise The Sun The individuals I’m talking about are the addicts and the chronic pain patients. That’s why I said “individuals” and not “anyone” because there are structures and powerful people who are responsible.

[@matty9460]

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[@squid1524]

I've had friends and family members with chronic pain and on opiods that they took only as prescribed that have been forcibly quickly tapered off and a few even forced off them cold turkey with the justification of the opioid crisis. I do not want to see more funerals. The new guidelines and regulations are killing chronic pain patients.
Something I regularly see not talked about is how tapering is handled in especially acute pain treatments. Tapering needs to go slower than the current guidelines to help avoid more withdrawal symptoms. I've met opioid addicts that took them as prescribed and then tried to taper off them but couldn't because of the withdrawals were so extreme and had to resort to buying them off the street. The guidelines for opioids are hurting so many people.

[@kristensorensen2219]

It stinks that the idiots ruin a good thing for the rest of us!! I'm sorry so many are dead but really nobody forced teens to steal grandma's percodan. Damn stupid!!

[@ginnyjollykidd]

When I took pain medicine after ankle surgery, it made me a bit loopy and unstable in movement. But after a while the pain I had while on it was the same as while I was on it, so I took myself off cold turkey. It was worth it, as I was on my way to healing, and I am adamant about using only the medicine I need.
Indeed, oxycodone only makes you not care about pain. There is relatively little pain - dulling action to it.
I can see how a person would want more and more of it to get rid of pain completely, but it just doesn't do that.
When healing, pain keeps a person in check when moving. It is the body's way of coddling that part so it can heal.

[@kristensorensen2219]

@@ginnyjollykidd Wouldn't it help if your doctor warned you that over time these pills stop helping and that's when to quit; just like you did? Poor training is no excuse for malpractice. First do no harm🤔🤷🤑 is the first ethical code of conduct. Don't put up with it!! Know for yourself what to ask. What to stand firm over for your unique needs.
We need to educate ourselves and sometimes our physicians about our body and especially how we feel about what a doctor orders. The days of fear need to end!!

[@kristensorensen2219]

@Andrew OBrien Another victim of the DEA..

[@klarity1111]

@@ginnyjollykidd Oxycodone actually takes my pain away. It doesn't make me just not care about it.

[@DinoRamzi]

“Physicians are not against regulations.”
Oh yes we are. We have been given a privileged position to make therapeutic decisions and be responsible first to the patient and secondarily to our communities. Neither regulators nor legislators have to look into the eyes of a patient in need. Neither can they appreciate the unique aspects of specific individuals whose situations may stand outside the guidelines. And, to anticipate one objection to my stance, neither are legislators and regulators less prone to corruption and errors in the application of their chosen vocation.

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

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They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@arnowisp6244]

So too are Physicians. Don't forget this but the cause of the Opioid epidemics were Physicians giving out Opioids to people who didn't need them for kickbacks from the company who poached them.
Sorry but I don't trust your "unique" position anymore. Many people don't now.
No one trust anyone anymore in this society. Not the government or even your own doctor.

[@ResortDog]

The guidelines have severely impacted many people on maintenance until death doses. Suicides are up I imagine from the pain that wont be prescribed for.

[@Praisethesunson]

Most people who use heroin are on "maintenance until death doses".

[@kristensorensen2219]

Anyone with terminal cancer are the only folks that get whatever they need. Not terminal tough shit!

[@Praisethesunson]

@@kristensorensen2219 That's how a lot of American healthcare already works yes.

[@cfrench1966]

@@kristensorensen2219 ohhhh really?
Let's see how you feel about that when you are middle-aged and have degenerative disk disease in your back or neck and your spine is twisted and curved and look fucked up and backward on an X-ray?
I showed my father the X-ray of my neck and asked him to identify the 'C-chape" that the curve of a normal neck makes. He pointed to it and said, "right there! A backward C." I said "Exactly!" It has grown backward!
What cupid stunt!!

[@kristensorensen2219]

@@cfrench1966 I'm stating the sad reality of our time. My view is it is cold hearted and nasty! A life filled with pain is no life at all. I understand more than I need to explain except I have had regenerative disc disease for over 15 years and both physical therapy & pain mgmt make most days worth waking up for. I'm deeply sorry this country is so fucked up!

[@saraholivares4747]

I work at a methadone clinic in Texas and have seen patients clinging to their sobriety by their fingernails during this pandemic. Having to attend a clinic daily when they should be quarantining because of antiquated methadone regulations, losing employment when their treatment modality is mostly private pay and $300-400 per month, losing insurance coverage when getting appropriate mental healthcare was the foundation of their recovery.... It's been extremely rough, and that's just before any staff or patients get sick.

[@saraholivares4747]

@John Dough I’m in Texas where the law just requires that you have more than a year *history* of opioid of addiction, which it sounds like you do, and beyond that it’s the doctor’s assessment. But if you have a history of opioid addiction, I would 100% recommend trying any non-painkiller route you can before getting back on meds. Physical therapy, chiropractic, or massage may get the pain to a manageable level, to where you might be able to avoid meds or you’d get enough relief from small doses of methadone that your primary could prescribe, without having to enroll at a clinic. I have a herniated disk in my neck and chronic severe migraines, so I’m not trying to be one of those “have you tried curing your severe injury with yoga” kind of people, I just really want to encourage you to incorporate every possible treatment modality before painkillers so that if the meds are still necessary, you’re able to use the lowest possible dose to live pain-free. Good luck to you!

[@Soxxly]

The inability to obtain prescription opiods for chronic pain has forced many people I know to buy it on the street. All of the medical alternatives to pain management are fairly ineffective, no matter how many studies they pull out to show they work as well or better. They just don't for most people, so they stop going to the doctor and turn to a dealer. Most doctors simply say no to opiod prescriptions, ignoring personal situations, because they don't want to deal with the hassle. Doctors are part of the cause, here.

[@propisthedevil8792]

Exactly. It's so much easier to get what you need for a QOL free from daily pain than to go see an actual physician, get treated like shit then have to fight with insurance & pharmacists. Dealers don't give a shit what your situation is. #CartelsLoveKolodny bc he's making them wealthier!

[@peanutbutterisfu]

The fucked up thing is so many people that get the pain killers that don’t need them. Then people that need them don’t get them.

[@leeham6230]

They don't prescribe them because overprescribing opioids was one of the original causes for the opioid crisis.

[@matthewjames6076]

yup went from a full life to not going anywhere last 5 years because i was cut off do to this dea caused this. 95% of od had other drugs mixed with pain pills. more died in a year then 20 years when the dea had everyone cut off they wanted that drug money they lost out and caused a flood of fentanyl

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

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They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@Dobviews]

Sad that since 2016 I and many other pain patients have been left out in the cold when it comes to relief. I have been treated like something doctors scraped off the bottom of their shoes, now after 5 years of chronic untreated pain I have stopped all care for my condition. Living in pain like this with no relief is not living, it is torture. Since 2016 Overdose deaths have only RISEN!

[@southbeachmiamiart895]

261 people die every day to alcohol. Let's sue their deadly drug manufacturers.

[@metalmamasue3680]

Yes, 88,000 people die every year from alcohol related incidents but they aren't declaring we have an "alcohol epidemic" It's absurd how they have targeted a vulnerable population of people who never asked for the hell we live every day..

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

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They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@xfortunesquex]

We need to get some more studies going on low dose or ultra low dose Naltrexone. There has been some promising research that shows that it might help reduce tolerance of opioids and improve analgesia. This kind of research could help pave the way for reduced doses and less tolerance for pain patients. I do not know how fast tolerance works (or if anyone does tbh) but I've had low dose naltrexone set apart from tramadol by 8 hours daily for 5 years, and have never needed an increase in the tramadol.

[@Top-W-Kone]

In my city the EMS system was treating opioid overdoses every shift. I averaged two OD's a shift for three months with my tally mark tracker (scrap of paper and excel i updated after every shift for a month). About two years ago, the city started a lot of harm reduction efforts - needle exchange, expanded treatment programs, court diversion, and most important expanded naloxlone distribution via nasal administration. We saw a reduction in calls. Still a lot higher than when I started but my unofficial tally was just over 1 a shift average for the month.
About a year ago, our medical director started letting us take refusals from people who have been given naloxlone and now have the magic term "Decisional Capacity". We hardly take OD's to the ED anymore. It is my opinion, as I only have my incomplete data, that i'm seeing the same people more often and that less are being helped into treatment programs.
Since COVID, it has been getting worse, not as bad as it was, but i'm only one week into my unofficial tracker so I could be off.

[@SuperLazyCat]

Its a metal health crisis. Opioids are just a way for people to numb the pain.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

It is often comorbidity. Often a way of mental health consumers to try to relieve the mental disability (-ies) they have. It's hard to treat them for drug and alcohol abuse as well as mental health conditions. Most often, though, mental health conditions are the underlying cause, and self - medication often causes a bigger mess.

[@user-gl4qw6ow4b]

There is addiction and there is dual diagnosis and both are awful..

[@SuperLazyCat]

forsure its a self feeding cycle.

[@Chrispmiller84]

There are many people who have to have opioids to have any kind of a life at all. I'm one of those people. I'm moving soon, so I have to find a doctor who will prescribe my medication at my age (35) as most doctors will flat out refuse without seeing me. If I ask over the phone, the receptionists always say they don't write pain scripts. I can't afford to just make appointments with every doctor in the city until I find one that will continue my scripts. And I can't work without them, so I'll just have to be homeless until then, lol. It's a joke.

[@kelseyk530]

And then you'll be accused of doctor shopping.
I'm a 30 year old rare incurable and intractable chronic pain diseases and 17+ health problems sufferer for literally half my life!!!! This false opioid epidemic hysteria has been debilitating legitimate law abiding chronic pain sufferers and doctors for the past 4 years due to erroneous CDC guidelines that are wrongfully being enforced as law. FDA is threatening, arr3wting, jailing, and taking medical licenses away from doctors who used to take their Hippocratic Oath seriously and are abandoning chronic pain sufferers like me. We are told that our lives aren't worth them potentially losing their license and that we just need to suffer. Due to that, I was left to withdraw over the 2017 holidays wity no replacement doctor. The withdrawal off my 14 years of benzos and then almost 2 years of Vicodin almost killed me. I went to 12 different pain management specialists and clinics...as primary or other specialists and psychiatrists are no longer willing to prescribe....and was denied by all within a span of 4 months. I've been to all the most famous top ranked hospitals in America and those hospitals are also some of the top ranked in the entire world. I went to some 2-3x. Literally travelled North, South, East, and West. I have huge storage container bins and a 3 teir office grade furniture that holds hanging files of more of my 15 years of medical records. I am genetically tested and shown to be a rapid metabolizer of opioids and need a high dose that would knock out a man twice my size. I was ready to kill myself after 8 months of suffering when I was andononed and No one would help prescribe. I called a M.D., PhD doctor who was an advocate for the efficacy and safety of opioids for chronic incurable pain of rare pain diseases and conditions. He saved me literally at the 11th hour as I was waiting for the train to kill myself and he called. I told him and I flew from my Northern state to the Southeast coast. He helped me. This Feb, a random lady whose son had overdosed on illegal heroin reported him to his State Medical Board due to the fact she read his advocacy tweets and thought he was endangering us as patients. She never knew him nor did her son. How the hell does that happen? This doctor took patients no other doctor would. His criteria for us was that we were denied care by 10+ pain doctors or pain clinics. I fit that in 4 months in this climate. He called us his "pain refugees." 1/3 of us came from different states to see him. Myself and another lady who are in the same state travelled the furthest...a 2.5 hour plane ride. These opioids are lifesaving medications. Suicides are skyrocketing in the chronic pain community. Criminal junkies using heroin and illegal fentanyl and other drugs are given more compassion and rights than us legal, documented law abiding chronic pain sufferers. I've been yelled at and harassed at ERs...chronic pain sufferers avoid the ER for years now due to being treated like an addict. You are denied opioid meds after invasive surgeries, after pregnancy, and other acute pain arising from problems like kidney stones, etc...that goes for anyone now. Chronic pain sufferers are forced to sign pain contracts that so restricting you don't have a life and they can stop your meds for any supposed violation. Subject to urine screens which produce false positives frequently...and in the contract if you fail you are kicked out. If you miss an appointment for any reason even if it is legitimate....discharged. Random pill counts. I even read one contract that said birth control was mandatory!!! Thankfully I've never had to sign one of these from my former 2 doctors. And then pharmacies, all the big box stores, refuse to fill opioids. You have to find an independent small privately owned pharmacy to have them filled and even then 90% won't....which is illegal as pharmacists have to fill what doctors prescibe. They don't have an M.D. and can't step in to play one and refuse meds. It's illegal and discrimination. A class action lawsuit has been filed by one lady against a major big brand store chain for this practice.
Only 0.1% of chronic pain sufferers get addicted.
The CDC admitted last year that they inflated the numbers of overdoses of opioids. They included illegal drugs with prescription. Only around 17,000 died from prescption opioids. That number is hardly a health crisis or epidemic.
I've taken in combination 12 mg of Xanax daily for 14 years, 1 years of Ambien CR, and 90-200mg of Oxycodone or Vicodin for almost 4 years. Never overdosed. It's almost impossible to overdose especially on a benzo like Xanax. And taking them all together never had any respiratory depression where I stopped breathing and died. No. These are all safe. It's the illegal drugs combined with booze, cocaine, meth, etc.

[@klarity1111]

@@kelseyk530 I've dealt with the nit-pickiness of pain contracts and false positive urines and the refusal to renew my pain meds. I remind the nurses at the office that I have a heart condition and being thrown into withdrawal is likely to be a death sentence for me. Then they usually remind the doctor and get me a prescription. But each time I try to renew, it is getting harder. The hoops get harder to jump, and people seem to care less and less that I may not survive withdrawal. Indeed, they seem to think that we pain patients need to suffer the agonies of withdrawal so it can "teach us a lesson"" about not jumping hoops properly. I do take my medicine properly; I have never abused it! But those hoops have to line up just so. The stress and fear that I may not get my meds is destroying my mental health.

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

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[@propisthedevil8792]

Once pain patients are tapered, then what? The pain is still there.

[@chiefswife1212]

Everyone has pain they must learn to live with, change your diet, etc...and you can alleviate most of it, all comes down to lifestyle changes, much harder than taking a simple pill but people are just lazy

[@calilife8803]

@@chiefswife1212 how about the people with steel plates in their arms and legs

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

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[@discreetblackmarket7100]

@@calilife8803 If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@malikathueler2529]

Would drug consumption rooms, heroin prescription and needle exchange programs help? They have done wonders in Switzerland in the 90s

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@mcgyvernewone2014]

October of 2021 I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma cancer stage 3.
Poor ratings. 6 months to 5 years life expectancy.
First 3 months, 40 mg time release oxytocin. Two every 8 hours. Along with 15 mg instant release oxycontin to manage chronic pain in between the time release.
Am I addicted? Ha!
I have now been passed on to a new oncologist whom doesn't like this and wants to stop prescribing them to me. Ha again! WTH?
I was forced to go cold turkey from the 40 mg.
Thankfully the 15 mg kept me from losing my mind.
I'm still on them but the doctor just recently cut me off from 6 a day to 4 a day.
The cancer broke my back in 5 places, gave me neuropathy and my hands and feet. Plus the chemo or both have caused sores all over my body and aged me 20 years. I've had to learn to walk again and I still struggle with a walker.
Lost over 80% of the strength in my left arm and approximately 75% of the strength in my entire body.
I have many other issues which I'll skip, my point is why should anybody in this condition worry about being addicted? Because of my doctor I now spend lots of money going to the street to get hydrocodone 10s because the pain is just too much. I just want to die!
And what the hell is wrong with keeping me out of pain? I'm totally disabled.
Probably not going to be able to drive much longer so I'll be sitting/laying here looking at these four walls a lot more. I was fighting at first but even that is gone.
So is most of my family and friends. They just couldn't handle seeing it anymore and I don't blame them.
I hold no grudges!
I totally understand!
Yet I can barely care for myself anymore also.
Chemo can be life saving but very painful, when you call hospice they take away the pain and the chemo goes with it. Ha 3 times!
Live in pain or die comfortably? Yes I would say the healthcare system is broken in this respect.
I have no faith in it.
Thanks for reading have a nice day and God bless!

[@Rapiddetox]

There have been so many consequences resulting from the opioid crisis but we still aren't effectively treating opioid use disorder. Treatment often fails to address the underlying cause of drug addiction. In most cases, people take drugs to numb physical and/or emotional pain so they can have a break from reality. Whether it's the daily stress of life, physical pain or a mental health condition, opioids do a great job numbing that pain. This is why they are so addictive and why it's important to treat the whole person. First, the person should receive a medical detox followed by aftercare. Then, an assessment by a licensed therapist to determine the right course of ongoing treatment for the individual emotional needs.

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@theoccasionalvideo]

Where was all this outpouring of understanding and compassion when drugs were ravaging minority communities years ago? The truth is that we have to change our entire approach to these things in order to have a society where people are not left to fall through the cracks.

[@locochingadero]

I would be very interested to hear you discuss new (and old) research on psychedelics in addiction treatment, particularly psilocybin work from Johns Hopkins and ongoing centres using ibogaine therapy.

[@darrenn897]

Kratom herb needs much more research !!!

[@Gen-XTex]

If a person, like me, with intermittent, intractable pain in lower back, can’t get a doctor to
prescribe anything substantial enough to treat that level of pain, kills themselves because of the unmitigated pain they are in, would that be considered an opioid related death?

[@austinlouis9962]

Without my pain medication I wouldn’t be able to work. Now I can take care of my self, work a full time job. Those that died because they couldn’t get meds doesn’t matter if they were pain patients or not. They didn’t ask for that life and in one way or another are in pain, mental pain. Why are we killing people over a pill. Stop creating new “problems” but don’t walk away and leave the ones you’ve created to fend for themselves. I know too many people who have died too young. Because of something that could have been prevented.

[@BT-km7nl]

opiods should be available in regulation to chronic pain sufferers. banning them altogether is inhumane.

[@pantsfortwo4611]

I think this video (and channel in general) often misses the wide consensus by psychologists and neurologists that addiction is not caused by the thing the addict is addicted too.
Addiction seems to be mostly a mental illness, probably instilled from birth or from very early childhood development, as addicts often first use early in life, or trauma, etc. (Biopsychosocial model)
While neurotoxicity is obviously something to be concerned about, I think its important to view this in the context of the ever expanding mental heath crisis, especially in America.
Blaming the drugs is an easy scapegoat.
Asking why the number of people who just cant cope with their lives is increasing? Why more and more people feel like they can’t get through the day?
Thats a lot harder.

[@pantsfortwo4611]

But seriously. Theres also ever increasing numbers of porn, video game, and exercise addicts, but we dont hear about that nearly as much.
Obviously some of these drugs are dangerous physically in excess, but things like that could be vastly and easily mediated if this whole system wasnt broken 🙄
Shit wouldnt be laced or the wrong concentration if it was sold reputably.
But people kill themselves from crazy sports shit all the time and even just from playing video games for too long. We don’t make it illegal or lock jocks in jail.
And when an adrenaline junkie breaks his ankle skateboarding, we help the guy. But if someone’s high is getting high, we fucking let them die sometimes? And if not, otherwise destroy their lives?
Its illogical, unscientific, and immoral.

[@gangstar8003]

I have been on 400mg ms contin for 7 years and in pain management for 17 years. And now in the last year my original dr retired and my last dr is pushing Marijuana now. What will all pain management patients do??

[@elsa9532]

I think it's sad that the framing for this was around the economic impact

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@ElegantJames]

I was addicted to oxys from the streets until they were switched to a new formula, I then went to fentanyl patches 100mg quickly while drinking methadone every day. 2 years sober now though.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

The opioid crisis is still a thing, yes. How do I know? My hospital just finished a new wing dedicated to heroin overdoses.

[@jetpetty1613]

Can your hospital determine the difference between pharmaceutical company product overdoses and black market overdoses? The hyper-regulation of the pharma opioids has treated chronic pain patients in a cruel way and fueled black market fentanyl. Now, black market fentanyl is everywhere.

[@pikminlord343]

Another great video

[@bruhhhh625]

Not condoning recreational use of opioids in any way, but even used in that way they can be used without becoming a problem. It's all will power and control. Speaking as a former addict. Just my humble opinion though, I am sure it can be much more difficult for some.

[@anuragpandey8996]

make a video on CDC data handling of corona cases pls

[@connecticutaggie]

There are new devices that could be a good alternative to Opiods for chronic pain. Hopefully they will be on the market next year.

[@hplc123456]

The wrongdoers use opioids for the same reason they use alcohol. Dampening psychological pain. It ruins for us with actual pain

[@gamingwithkev8208]

It happened to me and I knew nothing about pain meds except for Tylenol, Advil, or whatever legal pain meds are sold behind counters in regular Bodegas

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@matts5478]

One of my cousins passed away a few months ago from an OD, didn't even know what fentanyl was before researching after I found out. I didn't really know him which I suppose is good, but I know his parents well, so I made an Arber day donation in his name, for 43 trees which was how old he was.

[@matthewjames6076]

was on them about 2 years no problem starting a new life living but nop got cut off when they told me they couldn't give me then no more at the cancer i did beat cancer but not without being left with chronic pain i would have been fine tamper off them but i have chronic pain from chemo leaking in me they know this but had me do it through my prime doc because they didn't want to deal with dea so they didnt keep me there and discharged me ,they did tell her i need them rest my life but my prime doc was like nope so i went cold turkey 2 months . littery cryin gin pain to help me she shook her head and just said no there addictivr and left and was switched to tylonal. that did nothing and after a year of nothing working, i almost went to the streets but i stayed strong and lucky have high tolerance for pain but still this is 7 out 10 i just sit home in pain now no life. last 5 years feel like a horror dream im stuck in.

[@gemnicherry2670]

Yea they have doctors so scared to properly address legitimized pain and literally created a drug addict/criminal because I was chasing legitimized pain relief that some doctors refuse to prescribe I swear they refuse to even visit the pain management topic with me. It’s absurd!

[@arnowisp6244]

Better than get sued and be paraded by the media as a drug dealer in a coat

[@EarthAngel504]

I would say, the New regulations, Laws and restriction are a bigger crime than the Opioid abuse. Just based on my experience and understanding of human psychology, This 1 size fits all approach, coupled with the "war on drugs", it's impact (based on the statistics) is looking more like a war on chronic pain patients.

[@ronaldclayton824]

I gave up and just got my pain doctor to put me on buprenorphine for chronic pain because I knew their were no guidelines or regulations associated with it like traditional opioids like morphine or oxycodone.

[@tenhebrewexecutioners341]

you know there is a such thing called medical racism...i was hit by a car as a pedestrian, 18 wheeler hit my family made us go off road, another truck hits me and a pregnant woman 9/1/20...multiple teeth injury, multiple disc herniation low back and neck, multiple bulging disc in back and neck, shoulder tears, knee tears, two ankle surgeries, 12-15 back surgeries, on opioids/perks and could function. new doctor gives me 600mg ibuprofen (i'm like what type of shit is this and a bunch of 100% synthetic drugs(man made shit) the pharmacy even called him out like patient records show what he's inclined to be prescribed...so after he gave me the bullshit he got the nerve to say i got to get you into surgery soon...i'm so glad new jersey passed recreational and medical marijuana laws...i got a big fat middle finger for him as if i don't have a chronic pain situation. he thinks i don't know but they using the guidelines aND RELAYING to us THAT THEY ARE laws/RULES, contacted ama and health department but yet they wanna put you to sleep with drugs and inject you with more drugs with shit that is not a perm. fix. then met one of his new white patients and he prescribing him OxyContin, perks aren't stronger then oxy....asked what's the injury? back pain, no herniation or bulging disc and no other injury, except a prior addiction to opioids(wtf). majority of these doctors aren't even native to America...i have never been addicted to any drug or substance. since he's leaving me in pain, i'mma stay in pain as i already have chronic pain, i wish i would lay down and be put to sleep with drugs and injected he can kiss my black as. they try and say ppl are druggies but you want me on a table so you can do just that...drug me for 1,000's of dollars all at once...foh! #deport-the corrupt-md's...what ever happen to compassionate care?...they think they're GOD but the most high won't be mocked

[@Cliffdog01]

I do think in the states where it is legal physicians should move to THC over Opioids for pain management there is pretty good data that it's effective and to date, no one has died from an overdose as a result of Marijuana.

[@lanaeglover818]

Marijuana is a great option to have, but the evidence so far is that it's mostly effective for neuropathy. It doesn't work for non-nerve pain very reliably. (I've recently started using medical marijuana, no success so far. Even when I'm very high I haven't gotten any pain relief from it yet.)

[@cassieoz1702]

How big a problem is this outside USA?

[@wozbrown8236]

Quite a few years ago there was a BBC lunchtime news feature on a trial to cure chemical addiction. It was reported to be +90% effective in the trials so far.
It worked by measuring the frequency of the drug and then passing electrical current of the same frequency through 2 electrodes the patient held in their hands.
This caused the body to quickly start to excrete the substance out through the skins pores.The clinic room even had an en-suite shower to wash it all off. I forgot all about it for years and now can find no mention of it on the net.I wish I had recorded it but I had missed the very start of the feature and thought I’ll just record the evening news and get the whole thing. It wasn’t on the evening news however.

[@NikkieRoxxx]

You witnessed a scientologist preaching

[@AKHKCZplus]

The agony, misery, & suffering that Pain causes (both physical, & psychological) are infinite, immeasurable, incalculable, boundless variables. That said, the use of prescribed, clinically provided medications regularly to treat pain is not only acceptable, it’s absolutely essential. What’s unacceptable is the record amounts of Fentanyl coming across the border from non clinical, Mexican drug labs. Don’t blame Pharma, blame Biden’s (Putting America Last) open border immigration policy.

[@mmonge954]

I have two herniated discs and arthritis in my neck I also got nerve pain shooting up and down my arms plus I'm in the beginning stages of osteoporosis I have chronic nerve pain 90% of the time and I have to take a sleeping pill to get some sleep. They will not give me any kind of opioid except Tylenol #4 which doesn't do shit ,so dam if do and dam if don't Yes! I'm not on opioid but I rather eat a bullet than go through life without having some kind of medication to help me (12 am angry in pain can't sleep)

[@trichotillomaniac1959]

Just Say No!
What's so hard?

[@jetpetty1613]

Omg what idiocy

[@mdb1239]

Why is the data from FOUR years ago or more. I thought this was an update. Is this just LAZINESS on your part.

[@EDD519]

if they don`t have THE PAIN forever ! they won`t believe , !

[@salmathecopt7969]

😭😭 our poor country

[@moonpeach4684]

Roe v wade...right to her own body....equal protection... state involvement in patient care

[@GuitarHeroPhenomSux]

I don't think drugs are good but I think we need to change our ways of addressing them. If they decriminalized and legalized drugs and put all the money wasted on arrests/convictions into actual treatment facilities and drug education (real education, not PSA propaganda), more addicts would seek help since they wouldn't feel like criminals, less adulteration of substances would occur since the market would be monitored/controlled, cartels/dealers and crime associated with both would become obsolete, and addicts would have a safe place to do their drugs where overdoses can be prevented/reversed.
What we've been doing for over the past hundred years obviously hasn't worked. It's only caused more drug use, more deaths, more crime, more incarcerations, higher deficits - which results in higher taxes, and more ignorance/hypocrisy relating to the topic. We need to focus more on improving people's mental health than on criminalizing their addiction.

[@DaMu24]

I was wondering why you kept calling multiple unborn babies "utero". That's a Latin cognate, right? 4th declension neuter plural nouns end in -o.
...I believe, could be wrong, it's been a while since I studied Latin.

[@janicekhan7119]

Medical marijuana isnt covered by insurance...i suffer

[@ResortDog]

Ignoring tolerance?

[@Praisethesunson]

I will not tolerate intolerance

[@shannond7437]

Likely tolerance built up from those taking it for a while? What is the marker?

[@kelseyk530]

Yes. Or rapid metabolizers. I'm both.

[@shannond7437]

Kelsey K Same!

[@starvingafricanchild6992]

PLEASE SHARE MY STORY!!!!!

[@arminiusofgermania]

"winners don't do drugs!"
-wise arcade machine psa

[@dakusaab]

never hear results just government talking

[@tancha70]

If your smart & know what your doing take within moderation for what is needed for nothing wrong with that.... Doctors are getting strict & not giving scripts maybe addicting but if it take pain away than whats the issue NOTHING....Getting educated on guidelines by someone who knows nothing but what they are told lol...

[@DJTtheFatPig]

I think your series is part of the problem.

[@man-who-sold-the-world]

Wheres the weed community in the comment section? "if weed was legal..."

[@darrenn897]

Kratom herb is more relevant in this case

[@OolongOwl]

There are opioid strength NSAIDs (sprix). But gosh, it was $2k a month when opioids are much cheaper. You have to pay for the luxury to not use opioids. Good job US pharmaceutical and insurance companies.

[@lohphat]

Of course it is as long as profits can be made! God bless America! 🙄

[@Praisethesunson]

Think of the shareholders!?!!
Lol jk Purdue is a private corporations.

[@tonyjay617]

If someone was repeatedly beaten and raped throughout their childhood, do they qualify as a chronic pain patient as well?

[@SaucerJess]

💚💚💚

[@chiefswife1212]

So confused, NO ONE FORCES ANYONE ADDICTED TO DRUGS TO TAKE THEM!! THEY MAKE THE CHOICE TO MEDICATE!! PERIOD.

[@discreetblackmarket7100]

If Any one is suffering from sever pain and cant get prescription for Oxycodone , Dilaudid , Morphine or any pain pills then i advise you get it at www.discreetblackmarket.com
They are legit and sell without prescription.

[@thecollageman3290]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[@arnowisp6244]

Choice? You really have idea what you are talking about.
And the number of rising OD deaths means that ut is going to be of concern.
No matter how it is their "choice" if the body bags keep piling up. Then people WILL intervene.

[@twixxtro]

Lets just say opium because that's what it is...

[@chadatchison145]

For people who can no longer take opioids but still need pain management look into Kratom, it saved my life and my ability to continue working. Do your research on Kratom first cos it's not fit for everyone.

[@klarity1111]

More and more states have made Kratom illegal. It's illegal in my state.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Call me stupid but I dont really understand the name of this channel.
Assigning degrees of urgency in healthcare? Does this mean that the content covered in this channel is how we should classify the healthcare needs of the nation?
I.Q. of 80 question but idk, worth a shot.

[@ninja4192]

The snitch crisis continues.

[@hotdrippyglass]

+++

[@supahfly_uk]

Just say no

[@LunarStarFox]

Legalize marijuana!!!

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

@LunarStarFox Marijuana is legal for medical use in 33 US states 5 territories and the District of Columbia as of 2019

[@Croz89]

@@courtneypuzzo2502 And it's not going to be a replacement for a opioids in a lot of cases. Plus not everyone likes the side effects.

[@aderek79]

Legalize it on the Federal level in the US (and other countries). Allow medical studies on marijuana so we can get good data.
Also treat drug addiction as a medical problem and a social problem, not a criminal problem. People need help.

[@ryan8430]

Who the hell is gonna shoot up with a 3ml 21guage syringe come on that's for gear or steroids whatever you want to call it

[@paxundpeace9970]

Everyone:
HCT: Opiod crisis

[@Praisethesunson]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that pandemic that was only happening in America.
I was too distracted by that pandemic that was being handled worst by America.

[@erickgoiaba]

hue

[@ThreeRunHomer]

Doctors: “We must be allowed to continue to addict people to opioids!!”
Because $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[@GreenToFeelBlue]

Are doctors counting opioid deaths as covid too?

[@fionafiona1146]

If they were how would those cause the over average numbers? Florida certainly hasn't impressed me trough counting but the Netherlands have build trust over the last decade.

[@blackmesa232323]

No

[@kevinstapp328]

They are covid deaths. If a doctor or Healthcare professional is too distracted to give a person in crisis the care they need because the system is over stressed by Covid-19

[@ColoringKaria]

Thank you for reminding us that stupid people are everywhere and not taking a break.

[@GreenToFeelBlue]

@@ColoringKaria I beg your pardon but my grandmother passed away from a 10 centimeter tumor in her lung and the doctors put covid on the certificate even though she never tested positive. We are currently fighting to have that changed on her death certificate. You peoples insensitivity knows know bounds. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. I'm sure your mother at least taught you that.