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 They are using out of date data.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.
Thank you for that report. That’s what concerns me, this hysteria with wholly inaccurate and misleading statistics.
Yes, heroin is another opioid frequently thrown in as part of the “opioid crisis”. There is a complete difference between an opioid concern and an illegal drug crisis. What we actually have is the latter.
What I don’t quite grasp is why. What is the reason for lumping in illegal opioids and illegal opioid use with legitimate opioid medical use? What’s the end game here?
Right now I am very aware that all prescribing authorities are very concerned about writing any script for any opioid. They are concerned they will receive unnecessary critical professional review. Therefore, they are unable to correctly treat a patient out of fear their license may somehow get tarnished through an unwarranted critical review.
Once again, honest people will suffer and not receive otherwise appropriate medical treatment as a result of the increasingly shrill tone that’s been sweeping the country. Similar to the results following some mass shooting, there are always those who want to crack down on legitimate, honest gun owners in order to vicariously punish the criminal and mentally ill.
I do think that the politicians are riding this wave as one of those wholesome type issues perceived to be something no one can be against. Being anti-illegal drug is great. Creating a false hysteria where honest people are going to suffer is not.