Yet there are times when opiates are medically essential. The issue then becomes when, how, and who will be authorized to prescribe them. I am hard put to imagine the current system as undeserving of criticism or incapable of improvement.
I’m not saying they are not necessary- i’m just saying the responsibility lies with more than just the pharma companies- and the courts seem to agree.
“While “improper use of prescription opioids led to many of these (opioid-related) deaths,” they said, “few deaths occurred when individuals used pharmaceutical opioids as prescribed.””
I use vicodin daily to help alleviate the symptoms of my chronic pain. I don’t take more than prescribed, or less. Been taking vicodin for a while now. No problems.
Lumping me in with people who abuse opioids was just plain wrong. I think a lot of the abuse started when the fed scheduled vicodin and other opioids and made it more difficult to get.