Agreed.
There’s a point where addiction to pain killers is the least of a person’s worries.
I have a friend currently dieting from 4th stage bladder cancer. He called the doctor to get his morphine refilled. The RN said.....not sure we can do that since they’re addictive. He said....I think that’s the least of my worries.
The auto...addictive....response to terminal patients just boggles my mind. Patients should be able to be comfortable.
Dieing. Not dieting. Lol
Almost 2 years ago my 95 year old mother fell and broke 7 ribs in 11 places. She eventually died from those injuries. She survives for six weeks after the fall, but it was over managed by a bureaucracy She survives for six weeks after the fall, but it was over managed by a bureaucracy.
The freaking hospital handed off all her medicines to a pain management team who guarded her against addiction. She suffered a lot as a result.
One time she was complaining about severe pain, so they summoned the pain management team, who took over 40 minutes to get to her.
The government, the attorneys and the crybabies filing lawsuits need to get out of this business and allow medicine to run on its own and police itself.