FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone

Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by seattle_spring on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:05PM (#34814011)

Even if they did take the whole bottle, no one is going to become an addict by taking “10-20 pills” (which translates to 3-6 days worth). There’s more or less a “reefer madness” going on now, just with opiates. Yes, opiates can be dangerous. No, a few low doses are not going to make you an addict.

Of course, cue someone responding with something along the lines of “my sister once took an opiate and she immediately started shooting heroin and had withdrawals for 2 years.”

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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by the_mar on Friday February 17, 2023 @03:58PM (#34840482)

OTC ibuprofen works just fine for a lot of these cases btw. People think that opiates is like the only way to relieve pain.

I don't think what I am sayin here is that you will get addicted after taking 10 Vicodins, of course not.

But what about 30? 45? There is a point when it becomes dangerous. And here is where this mentality becomes problematic. If you need to take opiates for 3 days after a root canal, surely you'll need to take them after you broke your arm, or after any other procedure and for longer. And you didn't have a problem after taking it for 3 days, so what's the harm?

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