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To: purplegirl
The article is completely wrong. Valid treatment for pain almost never leads to addiction. Patients quit without a second thought if the source of their pain is removed.
6 posted on 04/05/2002 12:40:09 PM PST by balrog666
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To: balrog666
The article is completely wrong. Valid treatment for pain almost never leads to addiction. Patients quit without a second thought if the source of their pain is removed.

That's what the article said: (from the 4th paragraph) When medical opioids are taken as prescribed, addiction is rare. Many physicians believe opioids remain, if anything, underprescribed, given their relative safety.

I know I had no problem stopping my pain meds after back surgery, but I was pushing that button on the limited self dosing IV machine pretty often there at first. Then I stopped doing it, and pretty soon they took away the machine.

22 posted on 04/05/2002 2:26:06 PM PST by El Gato
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