Um, no. Misleading statistics. 92% of addicted ppl start with prescription opioids? True, but 80% of time, drugs weren't prescribed *to them*. Less than 8% of pain pts get addicted. Cancer shouldn't be privileged over equal levels of pain that last 20 years, not 6 months.
It is time to stop America’s dependency on #opioids.
Pain killers have become people killers. Alternatives do exist.https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/opioids-not-much-better-than-placebos-at-treating-pain-study-says …
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I'd say it's not even true that 92% "start with" prescription opioids. Most start with nicotine, alcohol, or marijuana. 92% may "progress through" prescription opioids, but as Maia says, they rarely "start" there. And they usually are using someone else's prescription opioids.
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In addition to misleading statistics - this is over the general population of people with chronic pain - a huge umbrella category that includes pain from degenerative and incurable diseases and severe trauma. Of course, for mild, chronic pain other options are better ...
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Ever lived with chronic pain personally, Kathy? If you haven't, STFU. Some of us have been desperately searching for years to find alternatives...and nothing works. All we want is some quality of life. Do you want people bedridden and in agony? That's the reality for many.
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2/They never should've been prescribed so broadly, but denying them for all pain just because it endures - especially when nearly 20 million Americans have disabling pain - is equally foolhardy, which is why all professional guidelines & the CDC's do NOT come to that conclusion.
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3/ The vast majority who misused prescription opioids were not those for whom they were prescribed.
@NIDAnews Director, Volkow, puts the risk of addiction at less than 8% for prescribed opioids long-term, which argues for judicious prescribing but not denial. -
I can't afford to divert or misuse my pain medication, it's one of the few things that makes it possible for me to move due to the osteoarthritis in my hips, left shoulder, neck & lower spine. I just turned 39, btw. This is a very bad take, Lt Gov.
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1/As an addiction scholar & professor who works on the front lines, let's note that the summary from
@bigthink is not an accurate summary of the paper in@JAMA_current - reducing Rx opioids is broadly goo, but pain killers are not people killers in the way you suggest -
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@bigthink states, incorrectly, that there was one large study of 26,000 patients. There were many studies over decades, involving many different groups of patients with different diagnoses and care protocols The "lumping together" of all studies has upsides and downsides - Show replies
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Your crazy!
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