Since when is following doctor’s orders something people should be held accountable for?
Here’s the situation if your back ever goes to needing meds daily:
The doctors will have prescribed you a drug the KNOW with absolute certainty is addictive and instructed you to take it daily, possibly even more than once a day
they also know that chronic use builds tolerance, now people like to think of drug tolerance as being able to take higher doses without dying what they ignore is that you also NEED to take higher doses to have any effect
they also know that eventually the dose you will need to have any effect will exceed legally allows them to prescribe, and that long before that days comes you will be an addict
and they also know there’s a non-addictive solution which they refuse to prescribe because only “bad people” want that
How is it your fault if you go down that path? You didn’t ask for chronic pain. You didn’t ask the doctor to prescribe the worst possible solution to your chronic pain. You’re just doing what you’re told by people with expert knowledge who took an oath specifically saying they wouldn’t do harm, an oath they are clearly violating by giving you that prescription.
Have you seen the commercials on TV for opioid constipation? They’re disturbing. Not because of the commercials, they’re no worse than any other commercial that involves poo. What’s disturbing is opioid constipation is mostly a problem for the addicted, it’s one of the reasons diarrhea is one of the withdrawal symptoms, most casual users (that’s you) don’t have the problem, worst case scenario they just wait until a day they don’t need their pain pill. This is a pill specifically for the side effects of having deliberately addicted people to painkillers. Think about it, there’s enough of those people out there to be an identifiable market demographic with products and advertising catered to their needs.
People do need to be held accountable. And that INCLUDES the doctors that are knowingly creating millions of addicts. And the society that thinks that’s OK all the way up until the people are addicted.
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.
We have to jump through hoops to buy certain decongestants just because a few fools cook meth. I believe some products have been banned totally because of that.
The government is too involved in our everyday choices.
If a few people make bad choices why should everyone else be punished for it?
One guy goes on a shooting rampage so people think guns should be banned. I don’t believe anyone here would agree with that. Is it the gun manufacturer’s fault or is the gun shop to blame? Is the government to blame because they won’t ban guns?
No. One guy chose to go on a shooting rampage.
Freedom has strings attached.
We have to choose wisely.
I don’t want the government restricting our freedom because of stupid people.