tylenol is crap when you’ve had certain surgeries- tylenol is crap when you have degenerative spinal condition- tylenol is crap when you’re dying of cancer or some other extremely painful condition- tylenol won’t help people with severely bad backs get out of bed in the morning. If you’ve never had surgery that is extremely painful- then you won’t know how brutal it can be-
These people ARE suffering now because they can’t effective pain relief because of this overkill on opioids-
If on the other hand you are talking about doctors giving people with toe fungus, or splinters, or hang nails opioid- then yep- you have a point- EVERYONE is getting lumped together in this witch hunt- and it’s ashame because opioids are the strongest best choice for certain people- tylenol is not strong enough- even prescription strength- and not- prescription strength tylenol is dangerous to peopel with kidney problems- even to peopel without who can develop kidney problems- and things like ibuprofen (sp?) causes deadly bleeding in people with stomach issues- and it too isn’t strong enough to help some people be relatively able to function- Again- some people who are crippled by pain are helped enough by opiods that they can function at least on a basic level- it’s no fun havign pain so bad it causes one ot throw up- that isn’t life- opiods have given a great many people the ability to function at a basic level- and helps people as they are going through extremely painful recoveries, or end of life pain- but sadly in this witch hunt- these people are having to suffer because docs are afraid of being arrested for handing out help to those who need it-
We NEED to be sensible about this issue, and go after the right people- not those who are truly suffering- and we NEED to allow doctors the right to be able to prescribe, on an individual basis, the right pain relief- without fear of being persecuted for it- we NEED to do this on a case by case basis-
In the meantime- we need to be looking for a TRUE opioids alternative- but the fact is- there hasn’t been any such medicines found to date- Maybe that will change- but in the meantime- opioids are the most effective meds for real pain- sorry, but tylenol is not- in many cases-
We NEED to go case by case- and make sure there is a legit reason for the use- a ‘backache’ isn’t a reason- yet many docs- i nthe past- did prescribe for such things- De-generative spine issues are a legit reason- certain surgeries are a legit reason (and the proposed 3 days of meds isn’t enough in many cases- get people through the surgeries in relative comfort- whatever it takes- usually a week or two- depending on the surgery)
Well said.