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In reply to the discussion: Medicare Is Cracking Down on Opioids. Doctors Fear Pain Patients Will Suffer. [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,348 posts)181. No joint surgery
appendectomy (not bad, except they tried to do it while I was awake b/c I was 5 months pregnant), C-section (not bad), and rib removal (x2) - initial intense pain, but I didn't need narcotics for more than a day
Both my parents have had rotator cuff surgery, and I'm afraid I'm headed that direction. From their description, it's very intense pain, but relatively brief.
A neighbor had a knee replacement - definitely extremely painful surgery.
My former boss had a hip replaced - but I didn't know her at the time. So no direct info.
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Medicare Is Cracking Down on Opioids. Doctors Fear Pain Patients Will Suffer. [View all]
RKP5637
Mar 2018
OP
As often happens in the US, they go after the majority than focusing on where the problem is and
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#5
Yes. How is it that my desire to see medical community reverse opioid epidemic
blake2012
Mar 2018
#43
Acetaminophen gives me extremely high blood pressure despite my medication. It gets
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#208
It absolutely makes my head EXPLODE that we would under medicate people with
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#46
Been there, done that. I know what you mean. How do you gauge when they have an injury
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#56
what gives you the right to decide who will or won't be allowed to stop their own suffering? you mus
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#61
like i said, conscienceless. "saying it's your job don't make it right." yeah, you keep your licen
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#81
i think you need to work on your bedside manner, or move to the morgue. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#114
well remember, laws are for the little people; when doctors or other big-shots have pain, severe or
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#64
UNFAIR, most docs are great people who do care ...this is not their fault
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#65
to be honest, i would err on the side of believing the patient. and while i understand that doctors
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#70
not going to disagree, but my experience has been different; i have a weird auto-immune thing
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#83
Oh really how nice that you can crawl into another's body and experience their pain. How does that
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#239
so if a person is days away from death, you will "allow" them to have relief from their pain? that's
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#72
i'm not sure if that's good or bad; maybe you should go into pathology, or some other field
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#84
the people ODing are not the ones complaining about this government over-reach; those people are
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#140
that is already not true...people with chronic pain are already denied prescription pain pills in il
questionseverything
Mar 2018
#222
yep; STFU and suffer until you die, so that i can feel smugly self-righteous in my anti-drug purity.
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#60
so what about the people who have loved ones suffering without adequate pain relief? find a way to
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#63
other regs have already gone into place, that are affecting non-medicare patients; don't their lives
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#75
My niece has long term lyme disease and this has caused terrible arthritis. She is without a doubt
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#240
I worked in a hospital once a long time ago where some drs. prescribed shock therapy for
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#252
Yes, definitely she would. It was ridiculous the patients where I worked were not given all of the
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#255
not everyone's pain is the same; some pain is not inflammatory, so NSAIDs do nothing, except give
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#54
same way. i'm having lithotripsy next monday kidney 1 - following monday kidney 2
spanone
Mar 2018
#17
If they withheld them from you in the case of a kidney stone I would be furious
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#48
what do they normally prescribe? they give you a shot on site also, right?
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#171
My doc told me joint replacement is the most painful, would that include hip surgery?
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#179
No, making someone get a new Triplicate scrip every week , that they have to physically pick up
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#52
thank you; the current situation is criminal, and i'm not talking about the "addicts." nt
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#99
TPTB and rich fucks will get their medication. The little people of America, the majority, will
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#209
The challenge is that imposing draconian limitations and barriers to needed pain meds
Ms. Toad
Mar 2018
#144
so your solution is to never allow people to have pain relief, so they won't get "addicted?" or to
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#69
that train has already left the station; people are suffering NOW, and this latest move is a step in
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#79
so what has caused every other drug "epidemic" this country has experienced? whatever the cause,
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#96
Here in Ohio...the addicts don't have prescriptions...they make the shit used.
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#236
YES THEY ARE!!!! what planet are you living on??? and gee, despite your run-in with percocet, you'
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#118
As usual in the US with some of the idiots that make decisions, millions will suffer. n/t
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#20
Feeling pain is the godly thing to do. Pray the pain away. We often live in a bullshit society! n/t
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#35
Mother Teresa thought that letting her patients suffer in pain with nothing to relieve it brought
smirkymonkey
Mar 2018
#172
Mexico; i'm seriously considering it. how messed up is it when people in america have to literally
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#113
Last fall I read an article about a study finding increased alcohol use by elderly.
suffragette
Mar 2018
#26
Researchers are often not too bright. To me it's obvious why some older people drink.
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#34
i wish i could turn to alcohol, but it makes me sick, so i'm just screwed. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#85
yep; the government tools will throw you in jail without a second thought, for having the audacity
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#121
Thank you! Was starting to feel out of sorts like reversing a negative trend is a bad thing
blake2012
Mar 2018
#45
which negative trend do you think has been reversed? as this article noted, OD deaths continue to ri
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#49
i hope you get an excruciatingly painful chronic disease, and can get absolutely no pain relief.
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#47
like i said, what about all the other people whose lives are ruined, ended, or diminished by the
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#91
oh yes you are; you aren't fooling anybody. if you have to literally be dying to be "entitled" to pa
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#97
That is what the ultimate outcome will be. Only those with influence and power will get medication
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#243
My sister in law was forced into pain management...and if the rules tighten more, she won't get it
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#246
Why should elderly folks , many who have pain issues, pay the price for opioid addiction hysteria.
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#233
correct; nobody OD's on 2-3 tramadols/day. now we still have the OD deaths, and we've got people suf
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#127
you are wrong. please read through this to become better informed as to cause of opioid epidemic
blake2012
Mar 2018
#128
really? people OD on 2-3 tramadols/day? or do they take a handful, get street heroin, and mix it wi
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#145
what about alcohol, cigarettes, car crashes, etc.? apparently nobody cares about those people. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#124
they do. were you someone who groused about laws forcing you to war a seat belt?
blake2012
Mar 2018
#130
FAR MORE people die due to alcohol and cigs; should we have to get gov't/doctor approval before
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#148
They're not dying from taking pain medication - it's black tar heroin mixed with synthetic opiates
NutmegYankee
Mar 2018
#156
now all of the rank and file departments within federal government are Trump?
blake2012
Mar 2018
#185
The folks who want to prevent you from getting your needed drugs arent in pain
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#68
Oh my the horror, we must of course stop all pain medication and ADD medication.
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#242
I knew it, I knew this FUCKER would kill people eventually, pain kills.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#36
We are under attack, we are at war. The right is trying to kill us, not just liberals but all of us
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#41
people are ALREADY suffering from this. the War on Drugs is a war on people. it's BS.
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#44
guarantee you that person is not the only one who thought of that. heroin is cheaper on the black
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#136
I would be out of the US in an instant, but I have no options. The US is crazy in so many ways. n/t
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#115
It's never ending in the US. One damn punitive thing after another. Greatest place to live?
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#142
unfortunately, it looks like it's only going to get worse. the War on Drugs has been a fabulous
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#152
See reply below .. My cousin got nothing more than a Tylenol after the anesthesia wore off
Le Gaucher
Mar 2018
#170
And you think that is a good thing? Percocet and hydrocodone are pain drugs and would
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#244
you're kidding, right? they might not use pharm. pills, but the opium is quite popular around the wo
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2018
#134
That is not true...if they open the abdomen, it is one of the most painful surgeries there are...the
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#247
Link because I don't believe that and lets concentrate on places where health care is available.
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#234
I am having rotator cuff surgery in a coupe weeks, apparently without prescription painkillers.
Shrike47
Mar 2018
#138
I've had some major surgery that hurt like hell with ample pain medication. I can't imagine going
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#146
how long were you on the oxycodone if I may ask prior to finding out antihistamine was the solution?
blake2012
Mar 2018
#191
Wow. Definitely understand. Pain is unbelievable to deal with. Only limited experience for me
blake2012
Mar 2018
#217
Very well said. I really think those professing they are not needed have never been subjected to
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#202
Someway, there needs to be a dividing line. Is it the pharmaceutical companies pushing drugs and/or
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#211
I agree. People should be in control of their own bodies. The gov. should go after the abusers, not
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#203
They are stupid laws that TPTB enact to say see, we did something. It's stupid and absurd. n/t
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#204
I think it depends on the type of pain. I take prescription Naproxen for arthritis, twice a day,
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#207
They don't use it for addicts. They use it in hospitals for management of severe pain.
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2018
#227
And they sometimes administer heroin to children, and codeine has been freely available OTC. n/t
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2018
#230
Well said!!! Exactly!!! We see this crap all the time, the moral crusaders to punish all because of
RKP5637
Mar 2018
#231
Exactly, the abusers will find it somewhere and the innocent will suffer needlessly.
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#238