Rush Limbaugh Statement on Prescription Pain Medication Stories

PRNewswire (Yahoo) ^ | Friday October 10, 2:55 pm ET | Rush Limbaugh

[mass55th]

"Hi, Do you ever get muscle spasms in your back and chest?"

I get muscle spasms in my back all the time. If you have access to an Osteopath, I highly recommend them. I went to one over 20 years ago and he helped me much more than any Chiropractor ever has. The Osteopathic doctor I went to was in his 80's and he's been dead for quite a while now. There aren't any around here now.

[sinkspur]

My motto is that if an author can't live it, he or she shouldn't write it.

So I guess you don't tell your teenage kids to stay away from the very things you DIDN'T stay away from when you were their age?

[technomage]

I wonder who will be the first poster here to suggest we "pray" for Rush Limbaugh.

Of course I will suggest we pray for Rush as I would for most anyone in this predicament, even Hitlery. Having seen a family member go through a number if surgeries and getting hooked on pain killers, and seeing the years of failure of trying to get off those drugs, I would not wish this on anyone.

Notice however that I have not put pray in quotation marks as you have.

By the way, my family member did succeed in getting off the pain killers as I believe Rush will.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Let's see... how many Conservative Leaders in America are actively fighting against the War on Drugs?

And, after you list their names, show me where they have been attacked by the liberals like Bennett and Limbaugh have.

And then ask yourself why is that?

[pgyanke]

It's obvious that once Rush's doctor stopped prescribing the pain pills for him, he sought other ways to get them.

OBVIOUS? Based on what, the National Enquirer?! Why don't we wait to hear from a credible and, dare I say, official source before we pronounce judgement?

[Catspaw]

He said nothing and now seems to be telling the truth (as much as he can without additional legal jeopardy).

Ah, therein lies the rub.....

No doubt he needed a lawyer, and still does. But it lessens his candor when any statement he makes on this subject is run through a lawyer.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

He needs to go through rehabilitation and rebuild his life... for himself. I would suspect he and his wife have a great deal of challenges in front of them. Radio should be secondary.

[technomage]

1. Pray for Rush 2. I challenge you to find a significant poster or a significant number of posters who claimed the story was all a lie; quite to the contrary. 3. It will have only positive effects on Republican politics because Dem attacks will only trigger sympathy backlash.

Dittos.

You are obviously a very observant Freeper.

[Beck_isright]

Amazing. We are no different than the DUmmies and liberal elitists. In just two threads I've seen enough postings to constitute the proverbial "circular firing squad". What's next? Shall we start eating each other's young also? I'm amazed that there is more "I told you so" and "Rush sucks" postings than I though possible here.

Gloat away about his personal problems, it's your right to.

However put a disclaimer up first. I feel like I've logged into DU.

[ThePythonicCow]

but if ... he's a hypocrite.

Not if he continues to advocate that such drug use be illegal and prosecuted, even against himself.

If someday I end up robbing a bank to get money to feed my child (unlikely scenario, but if), then I would expect the police to try to hunt me down and throw me in prison with other bank robbers.

It would be hypocrisy if I claimed such laws shouldn't apply to me.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

His addiction reflects on each and every word he has said so long as he has been in its grip. And if he mocked treatment programs, light sentences, the foibles committed by stoned people, then you had better understand just how that plays out.

It is one thing to oppose programs or legal policies based on effectiveness, cost and/or psychological studies, but when a person makes it a point to disapprove of the programs while belittling those who need them, then expects kindness and sympathy when he has trouble, then there is a problem.

We reap what we sow. In his instance, he is asking for more kindness and understanding than he was willing to extend to others.

[Huck]

It certainly does.

It sure does seem that way. So much to learn from Proverbs...

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding

[dglang]

When a person is under constant pain with back problems, they become very inactive because each movement is so painful. Under those conditions, weight gain is inevitable. The additional weight causes additional back pain and therefore a person becomes even less active and gains more weight.

All prescription pain medication is addictive and all opiate derivitives are especially addictive. A person dieing of painful cancer receives ever increasing doses of pain reliever because each dose becomes less effective over time. Long term usage of pain relievers has the same propensity for the need of ever increasing dosages and the sudden withdrawall from the pain killers is especially difficult.

I have severe back pain and I was on OXYCONTIN for well over a year. The VA has taken over my health care now and they don't use OXYCONTIN. They instead use either DARVON or MSCONTIN. MSCONTIN is very similar to OXYCONTIN.

When I was on OXY, I was taking two 40 mg pills twice a day and that often wasn't enough to stop the pain. Now under the VA, I am taking 65 mg doses of DARVON 4 times a day and it is totally ineffective for controlling the pain. I am going to contact my VA primary care provider and ask for either a stronger dose or a more effective pain releaver.

I just received a letter from the VA yesterday confirming that I am totally disabled and they have rated me with a cumulative 110% disability rating. Most of my pain is in my back and this has been an ongoing problem for over 35 years.

My back problems first started occuring during my military service in the army and have further increased over the years to the point that they are preventing me form being being able to work due to excessive lost time from work.

[pgyanke]

It's not a leap of logic to suggest that the same is *probably* true for Rush.

You're right, it's not... it's called SLANDER. Can we just wait to hear from the authorities, rather than the National Enquirer, before we pronounce him a street corner crack dealer?

[af_vet_1981]

He has a right to remain silent.
He does not have a right to lie.

[Cindy]

FYI - Random Sampler - LINKS of Interest:

RUSH LIMBAUGH.com: "RUSH LIMBAUGH STATEMENT ON PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATION STORIES" (October 10, 2003)

FOX NEWS.com: "LIMBAUGH ADMITS PAINKILLER ADDICTION" (October 10, 2003)

MyFlorida.com - FLORIDA OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL - Articles: "FLORIDA DRUG CZAR PLEDGES CRACKDOWN ON PAINKILLER ABUSE" by Fred Schulte SUN SENTINEL (July 31, 2003) (Read More...)

US DOJ.gov - Search Term: "OXYCONTIN"

[Catspaw]

MamaB, are you guarding? Months I had an accident and tore muscles in my shoulder, neck, back and chest, those muscles went into almost non-stop spasms after I'd been guarding the injuries.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Hmmmm... when you put it that way, it makes me wonder why alcoholics are given a pass, but drug addicts are not.

I think they can both be just as destructive.