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To: SeekAndFind

Prescription drugs are way over prescribed to the point it should be criminal. 3 out of 4 ads on TV are pushing drugs for everything and we wonder why there’s a drug problem.

Wife and I are in our 70s and not one prescription drug between us. I’ll do 400mg of ibuprofen every couple of weeks for aches and pains and I don’t like doing that.

Had a bad knee issue, swelled up, wouldn’t bend after a bad twist. Went to the ER, they said I’d would need knee surgery, put an immobilizer on and tried to give me some opioids. I refused and had to sign a refusal document saying I wouldn’t take them...that is unbelievable . Never had the surgery either...Itworked itself out and back to normal.


26 posted on 03/05/2026 4:17:51 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: maddog55

Get a knee brace. It really helps as you get older.


29 posted on 03/05/2026 10:08:43 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: maddog55

Congrats on giving knee surgery a big thumbs down.
I hate the idea of getting chopped into for any reason when the body knows what it’s doing, does it very well if we just let it do that.


41 posted on 03/05/2026 6:24:33 PM PST by Veto! (Trump is Supereman)
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