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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/opinion/a-strong-response-to-the-opioid-scourge.html?_r=0
So we'll have a higher death toll from suicides.
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In 2014, overdoses of opioids, like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and related drugs like heroin were responsible for28,647 deaths, up 14 percent from the year before. About one in 550 people who received opioids for chronic pain not linked to cancer died from an opioid-related overdose a median of 2.6 years after their first prescription. “We know of no other medication routinely used for a nonfatal condition that kills patients so frequently,” Dr. Thomas Frieden and Dr. Debra Houry of the C.D.C. wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday.
To reduce this high toll, the C.D.C. is advising doctors not to prescribe opioids for chronic pain in most situations. Studies have found no evidence that the long-term use of opioids is beneficial, and in fact, exercise, physical therapy and over-the-counter drugs like acetaminophen can be more effective. The guidelines do not apply to cancer treatment, palliative care and end-of-life care, situations in which opioids are often the only way to reduce pain.
The guidelines also advise doctors prescribing opioids to start with low doses, prescribed for three days or less and rarely for more than seven days. Doctors should also clearly warn patients that the drugs are highly addictive and check prescription-monitoring programs to see if people are getting drugs from multiple physicians. Most states have such programs, but manydo not require that doctors use them.
Are you implying that opioids prevent suicide?http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/opinion/a-strong-response-to-the-opioid-scourge.html?_r=0
So we'll have a higher death toll from suicides.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/opinion/a-strong-response-to-the-opioid-scourge.html?_r=0
So we'll have a higher death toll from suicides.
About one in 550 people who received opioids for chronic pain not linked to cancer died from an opioid-related overdose a median of 2.6 years after their first prescription.
Are you implying that opioids prevent suicide?
Thank you, sunshine!
From the article, quoted in the OP,I'm implying chronic pain is worse than addiction. But thankfully, the government will look out for our interests.
Studies have found no evidence that the long-term use of opioids is beneficial, and in fact, exercise, physical therapy and over-the-counter drugs like acetaminophen can be more effective.
From the article, quoted in the OP,
Seems there are alternatives. I guess you are right then, the government will look out for our interests.
physical therapy and over-the-counter drugs like acetaminophen can be more effective.
Seems there are alternatives. I guess you are right then, the government will look out for our interests.
Long-term use of acetaminophen can destroy your liver. Meditation won't hurt your liver.Why not throw in transcendental meditation? But sell that to someone who was ripped up in a car accident. smh
So we now have a politician directly dictating medical policy to doctors at city hospitals. Some of us have been raising red flags about Bloomberg’s ban on smoking in privately-owned bars and restaurants, his ban on trans-fats, the farcical ban on large soda sizes, and his other paternalistic policies for years now. This is what happens when government decides it should have the power to protect us from ourselves. Let’s be clear, here. This policy is going to cause needless suffering. People who genuinely, legitimately need pain medication aren’t going to be able to get it. And guess what? Addicts and thrill-seeking teenagers will find other ways to get high.
Since the announcement, I’ve seen some reaction on the Internet expressing hope that Blooomberg is afflicted with some chronic pain condition, so he’ll be able to feel firsthand the suffering he’s causing with this policy. I wouldn’t go that far, though I understand the sentiment. But that also misses an important component of this policy: It only applies to the city’s public hospitals. Which means it will largely be poor people who are forced to suffer pain that can easily be treated. If Bloomberg’s ever afflicted with long-term, chronic pain, he’ll certainly get all the medication he needs to be comfortable.
Long-term use of acetaminophen can destroy your liver. Meditation won't hurt your liver.
The alternatives have to be myriad and include non-drug strategies. There are nerve blocks, site-specific steroid injections, nerve stimulators available now.Yet the article touts the use of acetaminophen as an alternative to opiates.
It is happening. Primary care docs are getting lots of scrutiny when they prescribe outside their specialty.I await the DEA ramping persecution of Drs for proscribing medications in amounts they disagree with again.
The alternatives have to be myriad and include non-drug strategies. There are nerve blocks, site-specific steroid injections, nerve stimulators available now.
Americans have been conditioned to believe we should live life without physical or emotional discomfort. That belief is part of the problem.
It is happening. Primary care docs are getting lots of scrutiny when they prescribe outside their specialty.
DEA agents who investigate doctors for prescribing pain medication must have other DEA agents perform any medical procedures (like heart transplants and brain surgery) that are needed by the agents.
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