What’s the attraction to take a pain killer?
“What’s the attraction to take a pain killer?”
Personally I won’t even take aspirin unless I am in agony. Unfortunately taking strong pain killers such as fentanyl creates such intense feelings of euphoria that people’s brains get “re-wired” and decide that this chemical is critical to survival.
I tend towards a libertarian point of view in many things, but I think drugs such as fentanyl have to be kept off the streets, even if every single dealer has to be publicly executed to make that happen.
The alleviation of stress, which is a powerful motivating force in persons who are inordinately subject to stress. Stress causes physical discomfort and is highly damaging to the organism. Its reduction becomes a form of pleasure, to which all organisms are naturally drawn.
Fentanyl increases dopamine production in the brain, which gives a sense of pleasure.
Good question. Every time I’ve taken prescription pain meds I feel nauseous and loopy. I wouldn’t describe it as enjoyable enough to repeat after the pain subsided
I had a dog that had surgery and was on a fentanyl patch for pain for a couple of days. He seemed totally out of it seeing flying pink elephants or whatever. After a really bad day at work I was so jealous that I was very tempted to rip the patch off and put it on myself.
For most people, a serious buzz.
Good question - heroin has more pain-relieving characteristics than morphine and less than fentanyl...cocaine also has pain-relief characteristics.
I was treated with a dose of fentanyl after a hip replacement and noted that the
high” was not a pleasant one where morphine and cocaine can make one a bit “happier” for a while...seems like heroin and fentanyl are more for the “forget the good feelings, I just want to erase all feelings” folks - who often succeed 100%...