“People who suffer genuine pain are treated as the worst sort of criminals. That’s immoral.”
Tell me about it.
I used to take 1 hydrocodone at night due to pain from neuropathy. I was able to get a good 7 hours of peaceful pain free sleep. My family doctor prescribed it.
Va passed a law in knee jerk reaction to the “opioid crisis”.
Doctors have stopped prescribing opiods because it is too much hassle from the government.
To get my hydro prescription refilled I would have to go to a pain management specialist who would try me on all the useless drugs my family doctor had discarded over the years.
I would have to make monthly appointments where I would be drug tested.
Since my insurance doesn’t pay for pain management therapy I would have to pay the full cost myself.
Insurance only covers 1 drug test per year. Again I would pay the full cost 11 months of the year.
That equals $180/month I don’t have to be told I can’t get the one medicine that actually works and to be put on meds that don’t work.
I’m now back to icing my feet down prior to bed, taking otc pain meds and applying an analgesic gel to get 2-3 hours of sleep before the pain wakes me up. I then repeat for another 2-3 hours of sleep.
I sometimes feel like I’m existing instead of living.
If only our betters had to live by the laws they make for us.
Try the CBD’S. You’ll at least sleep and find some relief.