https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/ … Will Trump demand the death penalty for the Slaker family who marketing OXYCONTIN to doctors as safe when they knew they were addicting all the patients who took the damn drug https://www.castlemedical.com/blog/full/On-Average-How-Many-People-Die-From-Oxycontin-Abuse.html … over 100,000 die from overdose a year from their drug
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Love how the drug companies get a pass WHEN most people get hooked on legal drugs that drive them to illegal opiods. Fix the problem PresidentDunce.pic.twitter.com/muBQnIpAqc
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Anyone besides me blame "For Profit" healthcare for this crisis?
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Here in Canada the Opioid crisis is every bit as severe. It's not a symptom of the system, but of the willingness of Doctors to prescribe powerful narcotics to people that don't require them.
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It is a double edge sword. Doctors prescribe because it is the first line of offense, so to speak instead of aggressive expensive treatments that health plans deny left & right. Canada may have the same issue if their doctors hands are tied to keep costs down. Not sure.
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This photo is extraordinary
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Support local people on the ground like
@CTC_Brevard valiantly & practically saving lives everyday. A treatment center that does NOT use drugs to fight addiction. You'd be amazed how much they do with such little fed & state fundingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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And there are alternatives to opioids for pain relief anyway.
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How much pain have you experienced?
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So have I. I had a bad experience once from the morphine. Now I walk through the pain. Not everyone can. Until there is an alternative that works without bad side effects, the best course is to have doctors not over prescribe them.
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AIDS didn't have the profit margins of opioids.
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People only care when it's white straight people.
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A horrible waste and loss of life.
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Rx opiates is more like 17,000, please don’t further the hysteria
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Not sure what you are getting at. Looks like the headline is about opioid deaths, and you are talking about a smaller number of Rx opioids. consistent with their headline. Do you think they should only take Rx deaths for some reason? Don't Rxs lead to non Rx addiction?
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Those headlines are used as justification to not treat pain.
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I trust doctors to understand the nuance in the headline and not read in 'Rx' when it's not stated. Also there are other ways to treat pain than just opioids, no?
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Unfortunately doctors aren't making policies. Absolutely there are other treatment modalities, I've tried all of them that aren't contraindicated. No luck. I have a degenerative genetic condition, it will get worse, these is no treatment for the disorder itself
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