nabollocks said:
The point is that there is a lot of information out there about the use of opiates for the purpose of pain relief. However people use opiates for pain relief, but also for many other reasons. This is not about addiction or anything to do with it, it is to find out peoples experiences and opinions about the use of opiates for purposes other than pain relief. Granted it is a round about way of achieving this, but it is people like you who do not allow the rest of us to understand the complex interactions humans have with chemicals, and how these interactions can be helpful/harmful. Hope that explains the reason for you. I believe most people would realize this anyhow...
I understand the fact that people use opiates / opioids for other things than as powerful analgesics. I mean, anti-tussive, and other effects that come from opiates is calming. But the reality is, slowed muscle contractions, decreased CNS, etc, are really meant for treatment of conditions. Anxiety, among other things are treated with tranquilizers. Why do you think doctors prescribe alprazolam instead of oxycodone or hydromorphone? (being vague) Its the fact that opiates / opioids have limited numbers of acceptable uses. People think that something is effective because of a pop culture relationship to it, a mere myth. Success doesn't mean effectiveness, it just means good marketing among other things. You start pushing for something to do something its not meant to be used for simply because a possible occurance through the use of a drug is that symptoms of something are decreased, and sooner or later your going to be dealing with pretty poor treatment problems. There are safer, more effective, cheaper, and longer lasting alternatives, not to mention less addiction prone, more bearable in terms of withdrawal, etc, for the things that people use opiates / opioids for in almost every aspect.
Deal with the fact that opiates are used because the synthetics, the future of pharmacology is really still in the pipeline, but not necessarily the reality today. If ofcourse the synthetics were here today being compared against opiates / opioids we'd be dealing with various studies highlighting contrasts between them, and in my opinion, everythings replaced eventually, its just a matter of finding something that can really replace what has been the norm without losing effectiveness, becoming cheaper, and being safer. Trust me, with natural human progression and intellectual growth, we'll have replacements. 10 years is a good amount of time, it may go by quickly, but at the same time, a lot of advancements can be made in that same time.
I wasn't getting at legitamet uses of opiates / opioids for analgesic effects, what I was getting at before was self-medication of symptoms either real or imaginary and the way in which people claim the drugs help relieve their symptoms while proper diagnosis, and a proper treatment without the harm, addiction, etc, would be the realistic common sense option.
Don't get up in arms over defending a set of chemicals, you'll lose the battle trust me, we don't need anything, we just think we do. Death is a mere end to the beginning, and making something "bearable" through the use of self-destructive nature over a class of drugs I personally find to be some of the most despisable ones. I mean honestly, who the fuck wants to sit around with sugar cravings and anal bleeding from lack of fiber and opiate use. I made a bit exagerated claims with caffeine, etc, but the truth is, the buzz ain't worth the bang. You understand what I'm saying. You gotta look at both sides, not one, saying hey, its effective at something but who cares if its illegal, it works for me, and I'll do it but just to be sure lets find others so even if there is a doubt, I still know there are other fucking morons with the lacking intelligence following my same set of ideas.
Anyways, fuck it, I'm a stimulant man. I personally love psychosis, the slight nausea, etc, and it may be detremental to my health, but its enjoyable to me. Its basically as fucked up as a thing as you using opiates / opioids (well not you the quoted posted, but people in general), but the difference between me and you, I'm getting work done yet your sitting on your asses asleep with your colon giving you shits so painful and withdrawals so fucked you want to stranggle yourselfs. To me? I get a withdrawal of a like 12 hour night sleep after a long use, and never a craving other than to drink some water, take some Vitamin C and get something to eat. I think I'll take the stims over opiates, my digestive system is valued by me, you know, cause I like to drop my regular morning glory while reading the newspaper getting ready for the day.
I'm pretty fucking tired and I rambled a lot there in the post, sorry, but you should be able to get the idea of things.
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