I’m one of the veterans who is dealing with awful pain every damn day. My mother, who died almost 2 years ago, had to try to fight off lung cancer with 1/3 of her pain medication dosage. What the government did to us is CRIMINAL. And don’t even think about trying to grow poppies for pain management, the government will put you away.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/cdcs-crackdown-opioid-pain-medications-abysmal-failure-didnt-fix-crisis-americans-suffering-severe-pain/
4 replies on “CDC’s Crackdown on Opioid Pain Medications Is Abysmal Failure – Didn’t Fix the Crisis and Americans are Suffering with Severe Pain”
I couldn’t agree more. It is a criminal failure. I do not respond well to the newer substitutes. Fortunately for me a very small dose of the good stuff works really well and I am able to hoard it and don’t need it often.
I know many doctors won’t prescribe the real meds anymore because of the paperwork and even more importantly, the scrutiny. It’s really gotten out of hand. And I live in Texas where we are allegedly free. So to get the meds you have to go to a specialty “pain management clinic” where they still won’t prescribe it properly and it goes from being a $5 prescription to a $150+ prescription because of having to find a new doctor and pay for all the newly multiplied office visits. And now you’re on a List.
Growing poppies is not a feasible alternative even if the government wasn’t spying on you.
The libertarian in me wants to legalize all drugs so that they are all OTC, but that’s no real solution either.
We have to find a better balance. Everything we’ve tried so far hasn’t worked. The one thing we haven’t tried is subsidiarity, i.e., getting out of the doctor/patient relationship.
IMO that also means getting the government and “health insurance” entirely out of healthcare. Break the link between employment and health insurance. If people want managed pre-paid healthcare like we have now, let the join non-work-affiliated groups that can offer the kind of group-negotiated pre-paid plans we’re used to. Let other people buy real insurance if they want it. Let other people fine other models to deliver health care and to pay for it.
Oh, sorry, I forgot that Bill gives this rant pretty often so you don’t need to hear it from me again.
Troy, I am sorry for your situation and I wish there was something I could do or say to make it better. (Besides pray, obviously.)
Hoarding is not good either, opiates degrade over time. I have put some away and started using them but found that they’re less effective after 2-3 years.
Same situation here. This is too depressing to read but I agree with what you’re saying.
Everything the Government does in the name of being humane has exactly the opposite effect. The nation suffers on multiple levels so some smug asshats somewhere can pat themselves on the back over what wonderful, caring people they are.
Fixed it for you.
But seriously how to treat pain should be between doctor and patient. Not ‘crat and pharmaceutical rep.
There are many ways to manage pain, potent opioids being just one. And the determination should be up to doctor and patient.
My first and only foray after some nerve damage did not go well. My body chemistry did not do well and I was basically a puddle of goo for two days. But I also didn’t feel like there was a knife sticking out of my arm anymore. So, I had a chance to heal.
Individuals need to make their own decisions but there is no reason you two gents shouldn’t have the option to pain relief that works best for you.