@EricG1247 I am interested in your stance on the opioid epidemic? I’m startled to learn how many reports are inaccurate, & that chronic pain patients (CPP) have been cut off as if they’re addicts. Suicides up for CPPs, and Drs disciplined. Be glad to provide troubling information
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I agree that there needs to be reliable alternatives. As a CPP with an incurable, genetic disease that creates debilitating pain, I would be nonfunctional without opioids. I’ve tried every alternate treatment w/ no results. To eliminate to all is a dangerous approach imho
As far as my research went I could not find anything even close to opioids for pain or any indication that there was research on trying to understand pain. The addictive aspect of it makes it dangerous but necessary until a viable alternative is found or created.
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I like your direction re trying to understand pain. It’s an insidious condition with the power to destroy a strong individual. My opinion: If taking opioids lowers your quality of life, they’re a problem. If taking them raises your QOL, they’re therapeutic.
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That is very true QOL is very important. Everyone reacts differently to drugs for me they did nothing except almost kill me once. You can not solve a problem unless you know the origin of it.
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