The Opioid Crisis is Expanding to China



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40 thoughts on “The Opioid Crisis is Expanding to China”

  1. There is a place for opioid use I broke my back when I was 19 and I took 60mil of morphine 3 times a day for 33 years now because of new C.D.C guidelines I now get 30 mil 3 times a day and suffer with the pain every day and I am threatened with further cuts every time I see my pain management doctor. There was a study published about opioid prescription cuts in the V.A and how the suicide rat among V.A patients has skyrocketed with the cuts. These new guidelines are inhumane.

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  2. as someone who is on 10mg oxy twice a day basically for life (i have a very rare genetic pain condition) i can say it only effects some types of pain, it dosnt really effect nerve pain but works for other pain types, the ichy scratchies are from taking too much/ too soon, i personally dont even fell/ know im on it. but god damn it i know when im not on it (i feel my muscle pain etc).
    for me im not trying to take away my pain buy using a few different treatments its about lowering my pain level by 1 or 2 points per treatment and living a more livable life.
    i find it scary how hard it was pushed in the US on tv and everything.

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  3. I am disgusted by the deliberate attempt to increase sales of what can be considered synthetic heroin for non chronic pain. Unfortunately millions suffer non cancer based chronic pain.
    This has lead to millions to patients being refused any opoid medication and being forced to end what could be a manageable situation to a life of suffering.
    Opiod medication is effective yet addictive. The fault is in follow up treatment that doesn't address the treatment of medical induced addiction through replacement therapy. Methadone, suboxone, and a host of new alkaloids have been proven effective in treatment but are rarely prescribed as the American medical system is barbaric. Most countries use a workup in Rx starting at lw cost NSAI drugs in combo with standard analgesics, from there low potent codine based analgesics are upgraded to tramal with morphine being the endpoint until surgical procedures can resolve the root cause of the pain.
    These can all be managed in a medical environment with proper treatment strategies for both pain management and dependency reduction through a comprehensive public health system.

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  4. I work in addiction services in the UK. The last 10 years has seen a disturbing increase in people taking OST (methadone/buprenorphine) who have never touched heroin in their lives. Their opiate dependence came solely from prescription painkillers, not from "street" drugs.

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  5. Add them to the list of show trial noose fodder for the opening phase of the inevitable Boomer kull emergency legislation all of the Western states must resort to soon or face an absolute death spiral of the Boomer's making.

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  6. The real crime on all this was how the Sacklers got into the government and used the government to force physicians to prescribe these drugs through “pain is the 5th vital sign” campaign where Medicare funding could be withdrawn from a hospital system if they didn’t address and treat a patient’s “pain”. This brought hospital administrators into the mix forcing physicians to blanket prescribing pain medications or lose their jobs. It was another example of the government causing problems

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  7. no one talks about the epidemic going on in the UK too i was told all those lies was on 60 mg of oxy twice a day i tried stopping and almost died ive lost my teeth my hair my bone density and my respect of the doctors all tbf the doctors still wont take risponsiblity although i have gotten off them i still have to take a tramadol every so often to cope with the pain and fits etc.. i could go on pfizer are doing the same with Lyrica aka pregabaline and it took me 6 yers of pure hell getting off them too… i now have a MC perscription and i barely take 3 opiates a week now and weak ones at that..

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  8. I've had and do have now family who are dependent on pain meds. My mother in law who passed in 2016 was prescribed 2 60mg oxycontin a day as well as 5 30mg oxycodone. She never took all the 30s, but she had to take the 60's. She didn't like it but did accept it was the only way she could function at all.
    My mother uses a fentanyl patch currently for severe back pain and several other issues. She's had withdrawal before from the patches, but again knows it's all she has to get her out of bed. Otherwise, her pain would absolutely be debilitating. Neither of these women had a history of any drug use and neither abused their meds. It is sad there are not many options for chronic pain. It's no way to live…

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  9. The Chinese are well versed in opioid use and addiction, after all they invented the original opiate den… prove me wrong. Opiates have a legitimate place in medical treatment of pain, it’s a shame that the only ones who can’t have it are legitimate pain patients. Everyone else seems to have access to whatever they want. As for the Chinese, they continue to flood the US with designer drugs of all kinds… do you really care what becomes of them?

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  10. I have a back injury that unfortunately is not going away. Opiates are the only thing that make daily activities bearable BUT they are very addictive in my experience. The war against opiates has been the worst thing ever for patients who do suffer from chronic pain. Doctors are terrified to prescribe them for fear of DEA and public scrutiny so many of us simply have been cut off.

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  11. The opium wars never really ended. Heroin (and also other drugs like cocaine) is just a drug made to cripple the population and finance operations too shady to be on the record. The CIA controls a big chunk of it, thats also partialy why they pannicked over the Taliban takeover of afghanistan.

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