CheerUpSleepyJean43
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Happy Father’s Day everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday Fundayyy! Anyways I’d like to get some opinions from those of you that have more knowledge and experience on Opioids/Opiates and Pain management. Where do you think we are headed as a society in treating pain management, pain Med addiction and prescribing guidelines? Its really crazy how long the medical system has favored Opioids/Opiates for pain treatment. It’s almost like there’s no other option for people in pain besides corrective surgery.
Do any of you see a new group of pain meds or treatment on the horizon anytime soon? I have several friends here in Connecticut, NYC and Jersey (where the laws filling guidelines are becoming heinous) whom take Opioids in order to just get out of bed due to chronic pain. Also I am Transgender and I am firsthand witnessing the epidemic of post-op Trans people getting hooked on pain pills as well. Just the other day I received a text that one of our friends had just turned to street smack most likely Fentanyl due to its rule over the street market. That is one of my reasons for being hesitant to get any voluntary surgery.
If we’re going to stick to Opioids for pain management which most likely seems to be the case for now; then how can we reverse the cycle of pain patients using on the streets? Like get people back into the Doctors office and get them on a safe long term Pain Med regime or wean others off who would like to be drug free. Like I’m not saying that we should go back to the Pill mill ways, but I’d rather see people using trusted Pharmaceutical grade meds instead of playing Russian Roulette with street drugs. Honestly if it were up to me, I’d start decriminalizing drugs and try putting street level dealers out of business if thats even possible. But I’m realistic as well and know it’s not that simple, especially in the U.S. lol
The only Pain medication experience I have was a 15 day supply of Demerol from a broken foot about 10 years ago. The doc had his reasons for choosing Demerol, though I forgot why specifically. At the time I didn’t realize Demerol wasn’t generally common and was Elvis Presley’s No. #1 favorite choice; sorry I’m a history buff.lol
Leave your thoughts below, I’d love to hear all of your different ideas and opinions. Also don’t be worried to leave a thought about how you think we should go about prescribing anti-anxiety meds due to its role in the current OD rates and Opioid epidemic. How do you think politicians are treating the Opioid epidemic in comparison to past epidemics such as the 60s-70s Heroin epidemic or Cack epidemic of the 80s-90s.
Do any of you see a new group of pain meds or treatment on the horizon anytime soon? I have several friends here in Connecticut, NYC and Jersey (where the laws filling guidelines are becoming heinous) whom take Opioids in order to just get out of bed due to chronic pain. Also I am Transgender and I am firsthand witnessing the epidemic of post-op Trans people getting hooked on pain pills as well. Just the other day I received a text that one of our friends had just turned to street smack most likely Fentanyl due to its rule over the street market. That is one of my reasons for being hesitant to get any voluntary surgery.
If we’re going to stick to Opioids for pain management which most likely seems to be the case for now; then how can we reverse the cycle of pain patients using on the streets? Like get people back into the Doctors office and get them on a safe long term Pain Med regime or wean others off who would like to be drug free. Like I’m not saying that we should go back to the Pill mill ways, but I’d rather see people using trusted Pharmaceutical grade meds instead of playing Russian Roulette with street drugs. Honestly if it were up to me, I’d start decriminalizing drugs and try putting street level dealers out of business if thats even possible. But I’m realistic as well and know it’s not that simple, especially in the U.S. lol
The only Pain medication experience I have was a 15 day supply of Demerol from a broken foot about 10 years ago. The doc had his reasons for choosing Demerol, though I forgot why specifically. At the time I didn’t realize Demerol wasn’t generally common and was Elvis Presley’s No. #1 favorite choice; sorry I’m a history buff.lol
Leave your thoughts below, I’d love to hear all of your different ideas and opinions. Also don’t be worried to leave a thought about how you think we should go about prescribing anti-anxiety meds due to its role in the current OD rates and Opioid epidemic. How do you think politicians are treating the Opioid epidemic in comparison to past epidemics such as the 60s-70s Heroin epidemic or Cack epidemic of the 80s-90s.