Opioids work better to control pain than anything else.
Chronic pain requires chronic opioid treatment.
Do you know what the worst side effect of well-controlled chronic opioid use for chronic pain is? Constipation.
Drill down in all of these reports of opioid overdose deaths and you will find that most of them are due to street drugs - heroin and fentanyl - in spite of what Tucker Carlson states.
I’ve treated lots of vets who suffered terrible injuries during military service. They were stable on set doses of opioids, never asked for dose increases, never asked for early refills. They are targeted just like everyone else.
Well said. Again veterans are caught in the middle.
You stated you have treated veterans....Do you have any alternatives for pain? Or any idea’s on how to get the V.A. to reevaluate their position on pain medications?
Agreed. We (American public) sent these men to fight wars that wasted lives. Treat their damn pain. They earned that right in blood.
Yoga, dill weed , cumin, acupuncture.... do not reduce pain.
As an American citizen, I am sorry. The warriors amongst us deserve better than sound of sheep crying out they know better after the Wolf was faced.