Posted on 09/22/2016 10:05:59 AM PDT by jennychase
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A woman was unconscious at a Family Dollar in Lawrence, Massachusetts She needed two Narcan doses so she could be revived and her bag was revealed to contain straws and baggies with drug residue The woman was identified as 36-year-old Mandy McGowen She's going to be charged with child endangerment and her daughter 's in custody with the Department of Children and Families
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“Twenty years ago many “pure alcoholics” wanted to exclude the “druggies” from AA, but not so much any more.”
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Thirty five years here-—that’s how it used to be.
Thanks for your reply.
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“I don’t see people who are in unbearable everyday pain as addicts.
They are simply trying to treat their pain.
I had a very painful surgery and was taking vicodin for about a solid month.
When the pain was gone I was able to stop taking it easily.
What burns me up about the opiate debate is how people in chronic pain are called drug seekers due to the few who abuse their meds.”
I had a major surgery, as well. And I was prescribed powerful opiate pain meds.
Like my doctor very much, but I feel the medical profession as a whole, is far too lenient in getting people off those same meds.
The meds are needed for just a few days, but they will leave people on them almost indefinitely.
I told my physician I wanted off, cold turkey. They advised to have a reduced strength prescription in case I needed to come off, gradually.
I preferred to risk cold turkey, did it okay.
But that was me, not the physician/physician’s assistant.
I went cold turkey too.
Wasn’t a big deal at all.
Little bit of insomnia.
“I went cold turkey too.
Wasn’t a big deal at all.
Little bit of insomnia.”
For me, I was disappointed and surprised the doctors didn’t initiate the end of the opiates.
Just some encouragement, for me to tell them I wanted off as soon as possible.
But I learned to not rely on doctors, to do that.
In four subsequent cases, I had surgeries, and got myself off the pain meds in not more than one-two days.
We all need to be our own best advocates and research things for ourselves.
I believe a lot of doctors don’t make the extra effort for whatever reason-schooling, kickbacks from pharm companies or just government shills or just plain apathy or confusion.
I have thyroid disease that went untreated for decades because docs are stuck on certain protocol that just doesn’t work for many patients.
It’s much easier to hand out pills for depression or allergies(catchall dianoses for when they are stumped)than to make the extra effort to find out what is causing the symptoms.
I don’t count on docs to tell me everything and I research all meds and potential interactions myself instead of relying on the pharmacist or doctor.
Safer that way.
“We all need to be our own best advocates and research things for ourselves.”
I fully agree. But in my case, taking the opiates for a few weeks, killing time on the sofa, in front of the TV, but under the influence, I wasn’t entirely of “sound mind.”
It was sort of the easiest path each day, to plan to solve things tomorrow or the next day.
Opiates have a wide range of side effects. My doctor was treating them, with two more prescriptions.
I had a glimpse of sanity; why not stop taking the 1st drug, which caused need for two more?
It worked.
Never made sense to me to take RX that need more RX to stop side effects of the first RX.
Statins come to mind.
I never could take them without becoming even more tired and weak than I already am.
Just like I didn’t buy the margerine is better for you than butter BS, I don’t buy into the cholesterol hysteria.
I think it’s just another made up deal to sell more meds.
If I recall correctly, they’ve changed the ranges for cholesterol and blood glocose so more people fall into the “needs medicine” category.
That glimpse of sanity and listening to your body can save your life.
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