How did it come to pass that one out of every nine or ten Americans is afflicted with this problem to such a degree as to be dependent on painkillers? This is 30-40 million people we’re talking about.
Look at the Rare Diseases and then at the Senior Population. Add in the patients damaged by botched surgeries, gun shot victims, war wounded, FDA drug damages it adds up to a lot of people.
Please join us for the WHITE COAT PROTEST RALLY at the Dept of Justice from 11 to 3pm on Tuesday, April 24. A Chronic Pain Patients Memorial Service, 1 to 2pm. Volunteers needed to help with the service. Please contact Doc Ronald Myers at 662-392-2016 for more info.
Congressional Briefing on Chronic Pain
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 12:00noon-2:00pm
Room 122, Cannon HOB
US Capitol, Washington, DC
The old Canard of 80% is a big Whopper. It’s 30%. 22 VETERANS COMMIT SUICIDE DAILY BECAUSE THEIR PAIN MEDS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN OR REDUCED TO SUCH A LOW LEVEL THEY ARE NOW BED OR WHEELCHAIR RIDDEN. Where they once had a simulance of life.
Debunking McCaskill
http://www.politifact.com/missouri/statements/2017/may/10/claire-mccaskill/mccaskill-cites-long-disproven-figure-opioid-use/
What the Jama Story didn’t Find https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/3/10/what-the-krebs-opioid-study-didnt-find
Dr Roger Chriss has 1 of those Rare Disease EDS.
More. They leave out the War Wounded.
This is just MY story, while I have multiple health issues, all the GI issues started with FDA approved Osteoarthritis drugs and Estrogens. Ruined my GI Tract. My Drug reaction sheet is a full typed sheet long, mostly GI issues others A-Fib. ALL OA drugs are Black Boxed for GI/Heart issues. Well they gave me both. Nexium destroyed my spine and bones. Think your FDA drug is safe think again! I can rarely take an Opioid as Gastropreisis means very SLOW digestion, and Opioids slows that down. The correct treatmetn when it flares are spasm meds like Valium and LOMOTIL along with Hypertension control.
I fall in the first category, There is NO surgical, or medication that can aleivate the pain. I don’t take Opioids as I have 5 Gastric conditions, caused by Osteoarthritis drugs which are Black Boxed by the FDA for both GI/Heart Disease. Why does the FDA allow drugs they label as very Dangerous to stay on the market doing incacuable life long harm to people like me. I have both. Along with Neuropathy, Fibromyalgia, Osteoprosis, Enlarged Heart with tiny Mitral Valve leak, the Gastropresis and Barrett’s Esopogus Hypothyroid are NOT curable, Nor is the spinal Degeneration. I’ve been stable for a decade on Valium for Fibromyalgia and Neuropathy, until an Under Educated APN would not refill my perscription because she freard losing her liscense, even though that was not actual fact. CDC guidelines are NOT law. And Tennessee Law states I can be treated with Valium 1 month script with 5 refills.
Since being forced to Cold Turkey off what was controlling adequately very painful conditions, I’ve had 1 drug reaction to Klonopin 1 mg which is MORE addictived than Valium and 2 ER trips for Gastropresis spasms. Followup with my Neurologist revealed my spine has deteriated more, there is now Calcification in my Lumbar beside the other damage there. Just Cold Turkey, taking away one medication caused a Drug reaction and 2 ER trips with 2 Wrongly diagnosied CT’s, 1 Gastro visit, Barium X-Ray, Bacterial Breathe test that took 5 hours, 2 trips to the Neuroligist, 2 MRI’s. The last ER Trip I was in Stage 2 Hypertension that overode my Cardizem. They didn’t monitor my heart until I hit 167/110. Hypertension untreated KILLS. Would have been $75K cheaper just to leave me on a stable medication that was controlling 4 health condtions.
All because of a scared APN taking for Gospel Inacurate CDC BIASED guidelines as law, and Inogrance of Tennesse State Law. Krebs and Koldony need to be discredited and lose their credentials as well as those who sit on the CDC. To attend that meeting you had to FORK out $25K. Most Pain Groups don’t have that kind of money, individuals certainaly don’t. Nor are there provisions for Patients like me or the others like me in any of the state of federal legislation.
For every action there is a reaction as the old saying goes. Not always for the good of the Patient. Now not even Dying Cancer patients are being given adequate pain control, that is now way to end the last days of your life.
In my case, because of a broken femur and resulting bursitis, coupled with the inability to take any of the normal medications to treat the bursitis, I either have to take the stronger pain meds, or live with the pain. I chose the latter. I cannot take the normal medications or any NSAIDS due to blood thinners and other issues.
“How did it come to pass that one out of every nine or ten Americans is afflicted with this problem to such a degree as to be dependent on painkillers?”
Remember that scene in Midnight Express where they walked around giving out pills like m&ms? It’s like that. They want a dope addled population.