Here we go... again. The great opioid hysteria.
So we lump most drugs as opioids and then rail against this “scourge”. No distinction is made in the hysteria data between legitimate opioids used to control or manage pain, and all the garbage that is manufactured on the street, or in China, Mexico, or elsewhere and brought into this country.
When most casual readers think of opioids they think of OxyContin or similar derivatives. What is actually tied up in these scare statistics is Fentanyl, Carfentanil, etc.
But, yeah, let’s all just go nuts and get hysterical, that way the politicians can, “do something”.
Indeed. By all means. Harumph!Harumph!Harumph!
It's a manufactured "crisis" to keep our eyes on the evils of drugs. There is a legitimate use for these drugs, and I shouldn't have to fight the government when I need them.
>> The great opioid hysteria <<
Amen. Because people with severe pain management issues are increasingly denied their legitimate medications, more and more are turning to street drugs like heroin and fentanyl. And due to the impurities and extreme strength of many street drugs, the death toll from “opioids” skyrockets.
So what is the proposed solution bruited by Demo and Pubbie alike? Have the gov’t restrict legitmate painkiller prescriptions EVEN MORE.
Anybody wanna guess what the outcome will be?
Don’t forget the cheapest scourge of all...heroin. Most of the deaths are from heroin laced with fentanyl. But no...Daddy gov doesn’t want to admit that they can’t control the heroin trade...
BINGO! And the combo of drugs. Boiling’s kid had 2 forms of Fen, Herion, MMJ, Xanax in his system, the day before he was on a Cocaine Bender.
Only the Xanax is legal, and it comes with a Black Box from the FDA on SUICIDE. It not toward themselves then at others. Parkland kid was on Physce drugs, all have such Black Box warnings.
Even Cymbalta has it, ADD, ADHD drugs. How did that effect the brain?
Read just 1 horror story about NOT using a Opioid post surgery. Even their STATS LIE!
https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/
This started 12/29, STILL IN GASTRO HE$$. Because Dilauded does NOT treat GASTRO SPASMS. IDIOTS!
Taking away 1 med Valium which is just a class 4, but controls 4 health issues.
Insert congress critters name: Use your own story. This one is Mine. Please send your health care Representative or come yourself to listen to the Other side of the story, besides those who have their own interest invested like Klodeny and Kreb. They are using out of date data. Pain Patients and the advocates of our 6 million community couldn’t afford the $25,000 fee to attend the CDC hearing, we were SHUT OUT. 22 Veterans a day are committing Suicide over the forced withdrawl of their pain medications, for contitions that have no other treatment that Pain Control. Uncontrolled Pain also causes Hypertension if not treated can KILL.
Getting the facts right about the opioid crisis is essential. And the claim that the United States consumes 80% of the world’s supply of opioid medication — while having only 5% of the world’s population — is incorrect.
The truth is that Americans consumed only about 30% of the world’s opioid medication in 2015. And the U.S. has about 4.4% of the world’s population. That’s still a lot, but nowhere near “80/5.”
As Politifact notes while debunking McKaskill’s “80/5” claim, “while the United States is clearly the largest consumer of opioids, it, at most, accounts for roughly 30 percent of global consumption.”
We want our own Specialist treating us, not some PA, APN or GP who runs a Pain Clinic that does not know how to treat Rare diseases or multiple health conditions that cause pain.. On 1 day 308 Pain Clinics in Tennessee were Shut down, that does not include those of other states.
Pain is a misunderstood issue as there are several types, Intractable pain, also known as Intractable Pain Disease or IP, is a severe, constant pain that is not curable by any known means and which causes a bed or house-bound state and early death if not adequately treated, usually with opioids and/or interventional procedures. Chronic pain is often defined as any pain lasting more than 12 weeks. Whereas acute pain is a normal sensation that alerts us to possible injury, wound, broken bone, labor.
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 allow them 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.
All because of a scared APN taking for Gospel Inacurate CDC BIASED guidelines as law, and Inogrance of Tennesse State Law.
Human Watch is now involved in the FAKE CRISIS.