What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis?

Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by DanBC on Saturday January 14, 2017 @06:02AM (#13397892)

The opioids do not treat the pain!

You end taking life threateningly high doses of opioids, which are not working to reduce your pain.

People with chronic pain need other interventions - rapid access to specialist pain clinics being most important.

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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by kranner on Saturday January 14, 2017 @10:43AM (#13398858)

> The opioids do not treat the pain!

That's not so black and white. They work to some extent as long as dosages don't keep escalating and use is intermittent. Even the link you posted says as much.

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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by mark_edward on Monday January 16, 2017 @06:22PM (#13413950)

Thank you, I didn't know this. I thought they worked long-term

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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by wycx on Saturday January 14, 2017 @09:25AM (#13398485)

Are you a chronic pain sufferer?

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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by DanBC on Saturday January 14, 2017 @11:25AM (#13399086)

Yes, I was.

I don't understand why "give people with chronic pain rapid access to specialist pain management clinics, rather than just dumping them on ever increasing opioids" is a controversial statement.

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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by matt4077 on Saturday January 14, 2017 @01:00PM (#13399601)

"specialist pain management clinics" isn't a treatment.

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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by maxxxxx on Saturday January 14, 2017 @09:39AM (#13398538)

I know a chronic pain sufferer and according to her opioids are of short term help but make everything worse in the long run. Unfortunately there are not many ways to treat chronic pain.

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