US healthcare seems really fucked up, I recently saw
Sicko by
Michael Moore and if half of whats in the movie is true, situation is more then HORRIBLE. Movie is REALLY worth watching.
I wouldn't know about the movie but my cat was playing with the keyboard and
this page came up, cat pressed download link too and opened it in movie player, so accidentaly I saw the movie. Ofcourse, I reported my cat for downloading copyrighted material and deleted the torrent
I agree with you as long as there is choice. Why would someone who has available guardian (a parent, relative, trusty friend) be forced to have his life revolving around going to clinic every morning.
I am myself on bupe and I work and travel a lot. Being forced to go to clinic to get my dose would make me choose to stay on fent/h or whatever opiate I could get.
I simply don't have time to go to clinic every morning (not to mention that closest clinic is faaaaaar away, but lets pretend it's in my town for the sake of discussion) because I am very busy person. Bupe gave me my life back, but by having that life back I am now burried with responsibilities and having my well-being revolving around being at clinic EVERY day at RIGHT time would simply make that impossible.
On the other hand, I understand your point. Some people are just out of control,. At beginning of maintenance I chose to have a guardian who will take care of my supply - even though I wasn't forced to do that.
Right now my wifey is taking care of subs and dividing the pills, however I take multiple doses per day and stock of "packages" enough for 2-3 days is always accessible to me.
I mean I know where the rest of stash is, but I feel better when someone else is taking care of my dosage, (I am slowly tappering), I just take the dose without questioning how much is in it, and I take it as often as it's required to feel normal. I am on 4-5mg a day now, slowly decreasing average dose.