Posted on 03/02/2023 6:05:08 PM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
My wife is a Stage IV colon cancer survivor who has had 18 surgeries on her intestinal tract. Starting in January she has been unable to get her Fentanyl Transdermal Patch prescription filled and nobody in the entire state of Colorado has it in.
Cold turkey withdrawal can cause issues like heart attacks and death.
Are there any FREEPERS out there who have noticed similar issues with essential medications?
Who knows? I wouldn’t rule it, or much of anything else, out anymore.
I keep an 18 month supply of my heart meds on hand. Too much “drug insecurity” over the last 10+ years.
I wish you luck. Legally (with a legit prescription) buying controlled substances across state line is difficult, if not impossible, as far as I know.
That’s a ton of surgeries. Removed most all of my ex’s colon on 2nd surgery left just enough to hook her up. Hereditary early 30’s
I saved back pain meds from 2012 hernia surgery since they’re so difficult to get.
Some other opiate, even orally, could obviate the cold turkey reaction.
After 10 years mine seem to have lost nearly all their potency.
After 10 years mine seem to have lost nearly all their potency.
A lot of people claim to be helped by kratom.
I was tempted to say that also.
Call her doctor. Call the pharmacy. Go to the pharmacy.
Usually, they can come up with a plan b.
I’ve noticed that in this craze over Fentanyl, never mentioned is that it is a legitimate Rx drug.
The media and gov and all act like it is purely an illicit drug.
I think this is harmful to people like you who need it.
Tramadol is the weakest of the prescription opioids, and as such is east to get. Been on it for chronic and apparently undiagnosible back pain for nearly ten years. Might help with her withdrawal symptoms.
Yes
10mg Percocet is unavailable right now and has been scant since start of 2023
Just like guns they attack legit users
Instead of open borders and fentanyl flow
Yep, probably a good one to ask for.
They can find some other opiate for your wife to fill in
Hydrocodone is available in Tennessee
Morphine too I’m told
There’s always tramadol which is better than nothing
Rattle their cage
On the other hand any bullshit named homeless camp is swag in fentanyl
Cheap too
Prolly 20 bucks a day average junkie
And practically everyone [my experience] gets it when they go in for various procedures.
My wife has successfully used fentanyl patches for 20 years. It’s a PITA to get because they are a Schedule II drug. She has to get a doctors RX each month.
But so far, here in Texas, no problems.
You’re in Colorado. If her fentanyl patches go away, try marijuana.
Look into it.
The DEA sets the controlled substances prescription drug production limits and they have been dropping them for years.
They started doing this as a result of the disproven theory that prescription opioids led to the increase in opioid related ODs which of course are primarily due to illicit fentanyl analogues. Opioid prescriptions have decreased about 60% since they peaked in 2012; meanwhile opioid ODs are at record levels.
The scapegoating of opioid drug makers and prescribers has been very profitable for states AGs and federal prosecutors have been able to get easy wins. Hopefully the 9-0 scotus Ruan decision will slow down the witch-hunt against prescribers. But that said, most doctors are avoiding prescribing opioids like the plague and that won’t change even for terminal cancer pain any time soon.
De facto prescription opioid prohibition is good for the cartels and money laundering banks just as alcohol prohibition was 100 years ago. DEA DOJ prisons have more business as everything shifts to the black market. That said, you have to think that DEA DOJ are also finding ways of money from the cartels.
The last thing to consider is the fact that because the drug trade is conducted primarily in US currency, the increased demand for dollars helps to mitigate the decline in the dollar’s value.
You’re exactly right!
Likewise, absolutely correct!
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