Posted on 02/16/2023 9:00:24 PM PST by anthropocene_x
A decade ago, most people thought of Tylenol (acetaminophen) as a medicine for fever, malaise and minor aches and pains. Nobody imagined that it would become the go-to drug for treating moderate, let alone severe, postoperative pain.
But this is just what has happened. Thanks to pressure from lawmakers, government agencies and policymakers who inserted themselves into the patient-doctor relationship, patients became the victims of the never-ending war on drugs.
Now, doctors frequently offer only acetaminophen to treat painful conditions despite the drug’s inability to remedy them.
Policymakers’ exaggerated fear of opioids has pressured hospitals, doctors and dentists to switch to acetaminophen, no matter how severe the patient's pain. Sometimes, the drug is given intravenously in high doses as part of "opioid-sparing protocols." We believe using the drug in this way is ill-advised, cruel and borders on malpractice.
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On the one hand government hands out crack pipes and allowed drug cartel members access to our young.
On the other hand doctors refuse patients relief from pain because they fear a 70 year old man will become an addict if he’s allowed drugs that work after surgery..
Why is this happening? Because our ‘elites’ are stupid and/or white trash...
Thanks! Lower back pain. Seems it might be age-related.
Kali spera! How ya been? Ready for another campaign?
Satan likes people in pain.
But it will backfire on him and cause more people to cry out to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hence the now centuries-long “country doctor” response: “Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.”
That night-time chest pain (heart attack) or “stomach acid” or “upset stomach” was eased by the blood-thinning effect of regular aspirin on the body.
Ya sou!!!!
Yes, I’m ready for another campaign.
I have an idea that we’re going to have a big field, full of the proverbial losers, including De Santis.
De Santis, obviously has backers, who are telling him, he has NOTHING to lose, and all to gain to go up against Trump.
Not true. He has all to lose, and nothing to gain.
I think the support for Trump is stronger now than it’s ever been, and with the passage of time, where we see more of the same downturn of our society at every turn, Trump’s popularity will only increase.
No one else has the answer or even the understanding of the the various issues facing our lives today, than Trump.
For the 2nd knee, I eventually did pain killers the old fashioned way: whiskey :). I tried a wee bit of dilaudid and was an absolute mess. Told hubby “I’m done. No Tylenol, no dilaudid….just occasional whiskey”. Worked much better. :).
So true. One reason why he is loathed by snotty people. Ben Franklin went through the same thing. He was hated. Hard to imagine, in hindsight.
Looks pretty clear that De Santis is going to run. He’s got the backing of the usuall GOP losers.
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