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This is one of those studies that I would like to know who paid for.
AND what new miracle drug is waiting in the wings ...

Because it is total BS.

Perhaps with the dose level they allow now ... or perhaps the patients were not properly taught how to utilize the meds.

There is no way that the proper use of opiates did not result in a better life quality for real pain patients.

So ...... I call BS.

[swingdoc]

Rightly so. No one postulates that an opioid is going to change the six week pain rating for anything acute. They could have run the same study for a broken arm or a heart attack. “Researchers found that the level of chest pain 6 weeks after a heart attack was the same between a placebo group and a morphine group used for acute chest pain. The difference being that the first 48 hours was hell on earth for the placebo group, while the morphine group actually wanted to continue living.”
How moronic. Essentially a straw man study design.
Doctor: wow, That’s a nasty broken arm you have there.
Patient: Doc, can you give me anything for pain?
Doctor: Studies show that in 6 weeks whether I give you pain medicine now or a placebo, you arm is going to feel the about the same, so here, suck on some rocks.

[old school]

You’re absolutely right! This is crap! These so-called researchers could never have treated patients with “acute” pain, using placebos! That’s pure, un-adulterated bullshit!

[wardaddy]

Yep
You can make any study say what you want except suicide by gun

[TennesseeGirl]

Who funded this study? The National Health and Medical Research Council, University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, and SafeWork SA did. Who is SafeWork SA? SafeWork SA is South Australia's workplace health and safety regulator and is responsible for providing work health and safety, public safety and state-based industrial relations services.

Sounds like employers in Australia have a vested interest in the medications employees are taking. Personally, I wouldn't want my employer or the U.S.'s DOL or OSHA meddling in my medical affairs any more than they already do.