Current Events > Cracked arguing that more opioids should be prescribed

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http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-bitter-truth-about-fighting-chronic-pain-without-opioids/

I really want to state obvious pharmacologic reasons why chronic opiate use worsens chronic pain, but I don't want to dive into the psychotic cesspool of comments.
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I miss when Cracked was great. Like 2010ish >_> What a shame
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I suddenly have an urge to play Everybody Edits.
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David Wong or someone once published an article arguing that economic redistribution is right because free will does not exist
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K181 posted...

I suddenly have an urge to play Everybody Edits.

Man I miss that game. It's utter trash now but I was a fucking god at it.
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The article writer seems to be missing the key issue of why there's an epidemic and just wants to bitch about how shitty their life is due to chronic pain.

I was prescribed Vicodin when I had my wisdom teeth removed. No request for it, had very little pain, and they handed me a piece of paper for a bunch of damned Vicodin. There is a very serious issue with doctors handing this shit out like it's candy to people who don't need it.

When I had my appendix removed, it was done via laparoscopy so I had pretty much no pain at all during recovery except for some very minor pain when getting out of / into bed, and they STILL offered a Vicodin prescription if I wanted it.
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Cracked is the worst website

All of their articles are trash

They make buzzfeed seem legit
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MC_BatCommander posted...

The article writer seems to be missing the key issue of why there's an epidemic and just wants to bitch about how shitty their life is due to chronic pain.

I was prescribed Vicodin when I had my wisdom teeth removed. No request for it, had very little pain, and they handed me a piece of paper for a bunch of damned Vicodin. There is a very serious issue with doctors handing this shit out like it's candy to people who don't need it.

He needs to stop crying and work with pain management to get therapy and injections not a pill
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Whoever wrote that article needs to jump from the nearest building. Fuck opiates and fuck anybody who takes up for them. That shit kills people and its not even an effective method of pain relief.
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knuxnole posted...

MC_BatCommander posted...

The article writer seems to be missing the key issue of why there's an epidemic and just wants to bitch about how shitty their life is due to chronic pain.

I was prescribed Vicodin when I had my wisdom teeth removed. No request for it, had very little pain, and they handed me a piece of paper for a bunch of damned Vicodin. There is a very serious issue with doctors handing this shit out like it's candy to people who don't need it.

He needs to stop crying and work with pain management to get therapy and injections not a pill

The fact that he starts with "listen up doctors, quit being assholes" tells me he has no intention whatsoever of even listening to other opinions.

Patients like him have this "I know my body" attitude that somehow extends to shit they simply don't understand.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

The article writer seems to be missing the key issue of why there's an epidemic and just wants to bitch about how shitty their life is due to chronic pain.

I was prescribed Vicodin when I had my wisdom teeth removed. No request for it, had very little pain, and they handed me a piece of paper for a bunch of damned Vicodin. There is a very serious issue with doctors handing this shit out like it's candy to people who don't need it.

Yeah, they did the same for me. I didn't even need it. Ibuprofen was good enough for me. My mom didn't even get the prescription filled since she knew how addictive it could be.

If you need it that's one thing, but they really were giving it out far too easily.
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southcoast09 posted...

. . . and its not even an effective method of pain relief.

Gotta disagree here.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

The article writer seems to be missing the key issue of why there's an epidemic and just wants to bitch about how shitty their life is due to chronic pain.

I was prescribed Vicodin when I had my wisdom teeth removed. No request for it, had very little pain, and they handed me a piece of paper for a bunch of damned Vicodin. There is a very serious issue with doctors handing this shit out like it's candy to people who don't need it.

When I had my appendix removed, it was done via laparoscopy so I had pretty much no pain at all during recovery except for some very minor pain when getting out of / into bed, and they STILL offered a Vicodin prescription if I wanted it.

Same thing for me and my wisdom teeth. Only a little soreness the day of and after. Gave me a script for 7 days of Vicodin. Never bothered to pick them up.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

The article writer seems to be missing the key issue of why there's an epidemic and just wants to bitch about how shitty their life is due to chronic pain.

I was prescribed Vicodin when I had my wisdom teeth removed. No request for it, had very little pain, and they handed me a piece of paper for a bunch of damned Vicodin. There is a very serious issue with doctors handing this shit out like it's candy to people who don't need it.

When I had my appendix removed, it was done via laparoscopy so I had pretty much no pain at all during recovery except for some very minor pain when getting out of / into bed, and they STILL offered a Vicodin prescription if I wanted it.

When you say you had minor/no pain, were you taking the pain killers?

Obviously I wasn't taking the painkillers... Hence why I said they weren't necessary.
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Seriously, this shit is infuriating because it is legitimately dangerous
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Coffeebeanz posted...

Seriously, this shit is infuriating because it is legitimately dangerous

Are there situations in your experience where therapy and other medical intervention would be unable to allow a person to live a fulfilling life, where you wouldn't have a problem prescribing opiods?
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Eh, I dunno. I had my ankle surgically reconstructed a few years ago and other than percs for 2 weeks after the surgery all I took was Tylenol even though it still hurts constantly almost 3 years later. It definitely did build up my pain tolerance though, I've pinched my sciatic nerve a couple times and even that's only like a 5/10 on the pain scale to me now. The first year after I broke my ankle wa a constant 10/10
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Pogo_Marimo posted...

Coffeebeanz posted...

Seriously, this shit is infuriating because it is legitimately dangerous

Are there situations in your experience where therapy and other medical intervention would be unable to allow a person to live a fulfilling life, where you wouldn't have a problem prescribing opiods?

There is NEVER a good reason to prescribe opioids. Its no longer indicated for chronic non-cancer pain

If someone sees me for a fracture or a kidney stone, Ill give a few days worth. I never give narcotics, since its horrible, and never the right choice.
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