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Post by dewryce on Aug 31, 2019 1:01:48 GMT
i am grateful for opiods. i use them as needed for pain. never been addicted but several of my close friends live daily in pain because drs are scared to prescribe them now. i am sorry but if one must live in pain for live every minute of every day or have opiods i say let them have opiods. I do not abuse mine and in fact rarely use mine but have them for those extreme days. but I wish more drs felt they could prescribe them but with all the hype about the RX world right now, it is truly sad to see people in bed all day/night because of their pain. Should companies be held responsible for the misuse or overuse nope. patients and drs are well informed before taking meds. People need to wake up and learn before taking meds. become informed. stop being so sue happy and trying to get a free ride. FFS. I’m sorry for your pain. But have you read the thread?! Apparently not. Right? I was reading this and nodding along to everything...until the last few sentences. buggirl47 educate thyself.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 31, 2019 1:14:04 GMT
Denial is also a problem with opioid use, particularly involving a death... (CNN)Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died by choking on vomit after using drugs and alcohol, according to the Tarrant County, Texas, medical examiner's office. High levels of opioids, including fentanyl, oxycodone and oxymorphone, were found in his system, as well as alcohol, according to toxicology results. The death was an accident, according to the autopsy.Skaggs, 27, was found dead at a Hilton hotel in Southlake, Texas, on July 1. The autopsy was performed the following day. "We are heartbroken to learn that the passing of our beloved Tyler was the result of a combination of dangerous drugs and alcohol.
That is completely out of character for someone who worked so hard to become a Major League baseball player and had a very promising future in the game he loved so much," Skaggs' family said in a statement. ** 'No hesitation in calling this a drug death'Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky, a professor of forensic science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the cause of death was aspiration, but "that was secondary to the overdose" from drugs and alcohol. "Fentanyl, especially, is a very potent central nervous system depressant," said Kobilinsky, who was not involved in Skaggs' case. ** www.cnn.com/2019/08/30/health/tyler-skaggs-autopsy-opioids-death/index.htmlYes, he died from aspiration, but it surely was not a accident that he took a high level of different drugs as well as alcohol! Fae, do not take drugs of any kind...
And with the other thread where a mother gave other's kids melatonin ... it starts early not with just opioids, just taking drugs and escalates!!
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Aug 31, 2019 16:52:10 GMT
Here; take this 3x/day for your knee pain, for 3 weeks. I'll give you 2 refills, in case you need them." (and this information is coming from the doctor, a person who supposedly has your best interest at heart.) You don't take them if you don't need them...there is no compulsion to take every tablet in the box or to fill every prescription. I had back surgery last year. I went home with 28 slow release (SR) narcotic tablets and 20 immediate release (IR) narcotic tablets. I took the SR tablet every 12 hours for two weeks and I felt I still needed them when I saw the surgeon at 2 weeks post op, he wrote another prescription for a month. In total I took 5 of the 20 IR tablets I had. After another week on the SR I reduced it to only taking one in the morning I stopped them a week later switching to only paracetamol (Tylenol) and ibuprofen. The pain wasn't that bad anymore so I stopped taking them. I still have 15 IR and 8 SR tablets in my cupboard...and haven't thought about them for 12 months. That's what people are supposed to do. You take strong pain pills if you have SEVERE pain...you don't take them because there's still pills left in the box. Once you don't have severe pain, then you switch to OTC pain pills and then you stop taking those as well. And you also can't expect to be 100% pain free after surgery, there is still a level of pain that is reasonable to put up with. The doctors order is "IF you need them for severe pain" not "take them 3 x day until they are all gone" that only applies to antibiotics. That can't be news to anyone...surely? You are a medical professional you can not expect the same for the average person suffering from great pain. Having had some really painful dental surgery recently, I know what it feels like to want to not be in pain anymore. It can be awful waiting for your next dose. And that was just an ibuprofen/acetaminophen protocol. I totally understand how people can become addicted.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Aug 31, 2019 16:54:30 GMT
It's cool how medical professionals will complain if patients do second guess their instructions and also if they don't How/where does "second guessing" come into any of this? There is no guess work, pretty much every order I've seen for pain killers contains the words "as needed" Also if you don't understand your doctor/nurse/pharmacist instructions, then ask them...don't "guess" but hey, it's easier to blame medical personal then those who voluntarily shove handfuls of tablets into their mouths I "guess". The blame is on the drug company for not providing the proper information, not the medical personal. You however want to blame the patient.
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