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    Secretary Alex Azar‏Verified account @SecAzar Sep 18

    A5: The majority of people who become addicted to opioids started using opioids for pain. We've got to find alternative ways to manage pain, reduce the over-prescribing of legal opioids, and cut down how many pills people are prescribed. #PainMonth18

    12:42 PM - 18 Sep 2018
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      2. Kate Nicholson‏ @speakingabtpain Sep 18
        Replying to @SecAzar

        The evidence doesn't bear this out. Some people did but the majority who misuse according to national surveys did not even receive them from a doctor but from friends, family, the street. The majority misused from diversion.

        6 replies 31 retweets 129 likes
      3. LeeB‏ @Faithgirlee Sep 18
        Replying to @speakingabtpain @SecAzar

        DIVERSION-occurring more thru MassiveThefts-Not Dr/Patients Rx 1 theft alone was 7000 pills How many in ea.Theft? Yet-counted as Rx drug deaths #ofTHEFTs- Acording to VA- 2009-237 2015-2,844 2016-2,397 &Patient rec. falsified) Private Hospitals 2009-2,023 2015-3,185 2016-3,154

        3 replies 11 retweets 43 likes
      4. Jason jensen‏ @03_jensen Sep 20
        Replying to @Faithgirlee @speakingabtpain @SecAzar

        An entire truck delivering prescription drugs was stolen and never located on the east coast back around 2012 or so if I'm not mistaken...I guarantee some Opioids were diverted and abused then! The driver left the truck running as he went into a store or something like that.

        2 replies 7 retweets 35 likes
      5. Ar!elle  🎃‏ @SpicyPurritos Sep 23
        Replying to @03_jensen @Faithgirlee and

        Also thishttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cvs-health-settlement/u-s-fines-cvs-for-failing-to-report-opioid-theft-in-new-york-idUSKBN1JO2SM …

        2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
      6. Stop Bad Doctors‏ @StopBadDocs Sep 27
        Replying to @SpicyPurritos @03_jensen and

        OMG!?! AGAIN @cvspharmacy !?! SHAME SHAME on you!! NO wonder why you were so QUICK 🐇🐇 to jump on the restrict opioids bandwagon! Trying 2 pay for sins past, present ... and apparently future!? Good grief. #JustFillTheOpioidPrescription

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Jason jensen‏ @03_jensen Sep 27
        Replying to @StopBadDocs @SpicyPurritos and

        I believe this is another reason @cvspharmacy is giving so many patients trying to fill Opioid prescriptions trouble, and is basically playing Doctor.https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/cvs-pay-35-million-resolve-allegations-pharmacists-filled-fake-prescriptions …

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Thomas Kline MD, PhD‏ @ThomasKlineMD Sep 21
        Replying to @SecAzar

        80% of opiate addiction is from opiates outside medical sources. 90% of addiction is triggered in teenage years, w 80% from non medical sources. There are ten million people on opiates for defined medical diseases - none of whom will addict. Logic driven by Fear of Addiction.

        9 replies 102 retweets 231 likes
      3. Rich Purtell‏ @rich_purtell Sep 21
        Replying to @ThomasKlineMD @reversechapter @SecAzar

        Harvard did a study on the effectiveness of more holistic pain treatment methods. Will look for it. Do you have a source on the 80%? Still even at 20%, that’s a significant part of the problem, should not be ignored.https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prescription-drug-abuse/in-depth/how-opioid-addiction-occurs/art-20360372 …

        14 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. lee h. alderman‏ @reversechapter Sep 21
        Replying to @rich_purtell @ThomasKlineMD @SecAzar

        The highest figure I've seen is 4.5%. Sadly, terrible statistics abound. Sure, 80% of heroin users might claim they "got hooked" on something other than heroin. Most stats/memes being spread are not even wrong. @voteashleymoody @FLSenate @ONDCP @HHSGovhttps://reason.com/archives/2016/05/18/opioid-epidemic-myths …

        1 reply 3 retweets 15 likes
      5. lee h. alderman‏ @reversechapter Sep 21
        Replying to @reversechapter @rich_purtell and

        The "over prescribing" theory was disproved in Florida. Pill mills were declared closed by @AGPamBondi by 2015. In 2018 she's still fighting a fake crisis - one made worse by fear mongering and collectivist authoritarianism. MORE people are overdosing and killing themselves.

        3 replies 4 retweets 30 likes
      6. Rich Purtell‏ @rich_purtell Sep 22
        Replying to @reversechapter @ThomasKlineMD and

        Here is that other study I was looking for. Unused pain pills left around in cabinets provide a temptation for abuse. So the schedule III to schedule II change is likely to be counter productive:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2696622 …

        6 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Andrea‏ @aander1987 Sep 25
        Replying to @rich_purtell @reversechapter and

        If they were so addictive, why would there be enough pill left in medicine cabinets to fuel an epidemic? None of this is logical. I guess 200 billion in settlement money will drive anyone to say anything.

        9 replies 5 retweets 44 likes
      8. Spoonie Dez‏ @process_x Sep 26
        Replying to @aander1987 @rich_purtell and

        Exactly. Over 4 TONS returned in take back program last April alone. How is this possible if everyone is OD'ing on them? There is no employment of logic anymore, not when profits like this are at stake. Profits are the death of common sense and empathy. Dog eat dog...

        1 reply 5 retweets 15 likes
      9. Rich Purtell‏ @rich_purtell Sep 26
        Replying to @process_x @aander1987 and

        Actually one would predict mortality rates to go up when lower potency drugs are restricted. Then there are substitutes made with higher potency products which are more lethal.https://fee.org/articles/how-prohibition-makes-drugs-more-potent-and-deadly/ …

        2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
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      2.  ❌ 🌟 🌵Shelley ﻦ  🇺🇸  🌟 ❌‏ @shelley_bean60 Sep 19
        Replying to @SecAzar

        Please @SecAzar. Stop with the over prescribing narrative. The situation is so dire, some cancer and hospice patients aren't having their pain treated. #ChronicPain patients are forced to disability & some #SuicideDue2Pain. You aren't fooling those of us who know. #PainMonth18

        1 reply 30 retweets 80 likes
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      4.  ❌ 🌟 🌵Shelley ﻦ  🇺🇸  🌟 ❌‏ @shelley_bean60 Sep 22

        I'm so sorry. This is SO WRONG! I'm growing very weary of the blatant lies AND the disregard of any of our questions & comments.

        0 replies 3 retweets 11 likes
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      2. Kelly‏ @kellyweham Sep 19
        Replying to @SecAzar

        You already reduced the supply of legal opioids & people who need them for pain are suffering & still overdose rates keep rising! This isn’t helping your “crisis.” In fact if EVERY LEGAL opioid was gone, addicts would still find something to get high on! You’re making huge errors

        2 replies 9 retweets 34 likes
      3. Elisa Furr‏ @elisafurr Sep 20
        Replying to @kellyweham @SecAzar

        Right? Addicts have already moved on bc they didn’t stick Around for this BS! The ppl left fighting are the legitimate pain patients that do not feel guilty for needing their meds for their quality of life. Addicts moved on to FENT and HEROIN hence the dramatic rise in those OD’s

        2 replies 6 retweets 40 likes
      4. Kelly‏ @kellyweham Sep 20
        Replying to @elisafurr @SecAzar

        Exactly right! Why’s this is so difficult for people to understand?They falsely believe that if pain meds weren’t there at the start they would never have taken Heroin or fentinol..Wrong! They would’ve just started with alcohol. Sad but true! It’s about addiction not the “thing”

        0 replies 3 retweets 23 likes
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