U.S. Surgeon GeneralVerified account

As a chronically ill patient with a rare disease I find this hopeful but not the reality. Based on your and the @CDCgov recommendations, States are passing one size fit all laws for pain medicine that affect real sufferers.

I hope this means u will utilize social media 2 incl conversations about & acknowledgement of, tens of millions of Americans responsibly taking #OpioidMedication & emphasize none of which r less than 4 being chronically ill/injured. Sadly, most ref to ppl in #pain are negative.

Thank you. We never see any updates on those aspects from you. Can you expand on what's being implemented to protect those that do require opioid medication as deemed by their Dr in addition to what is being done to stop the misinterpretation & misapplication of CDC & state GLs?

Thank you, as a man suffering with painful arthritis, I want to be sure that I matter too, without access to the right pain relief, my life changes, for the worse.

I have to find pain Dr#5 because of this CDC BS. I went thru 2 forced withdrawals last year. I've been a chronic pain patient for 12y ZERO problems. Now I'm bed bound/house bound because my pain is undertreated. I'm also suffering from health issues exacerbated by pain.

People have to take responsibility for any dependency issues they have. To many times people that need help are punished because someone somewhere might be abusing a substance. In the end you can't keep anyone from abusing any substance.