Prescription for Abuse | KCTS 9 Documentary
Prescription for Abuse | KCTS 9 Documentary – http://kcts9.org/prescription-for-abuse KCTS 9 and InvestigateWest report on the alarming increase in prescription-drug abuse in Washington state, looking at…
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Thanks for sharing and the debate?
The point that Im basically trying to make is that not everyone who asks
for pain pills from their doctor is a drug seeker/dealer. Through one
doctor’s compassion, I now enjoy a quality of life that I thought I would
NEVER get back. I want anyone that reads this to know that these meds are a
godsend to people like me, and to let the dealers/drug seekers know that
they are hurting people that they’ve never met by making chronic pain
patients suffer in agony trying to find a doctor to treat them
What is really sad, is the doctors who keep writing for people who are
re-selling them.
i used to be addicted to oxys and loratabs never shot em just took em but
took em in massive doses and i’m lucky to be alive honestly and much
happier being clean….the one thing i can say about trying to get off
drugs is that it’s a battle of self revolution and it is not fun at all.
If it wasnt oxy it would be something else. Give it a rest dogooders. You
dont even realize your doing more harm than good.
it is a “disease”. it changes your brain chemistry and it takes a very long
time to get back to normal
My mother had major ear drum reconstruction twice. she was given 50 perocet
low strength. Not knowing that you can get high from it she only takes the
meds for a week and the rest was thrown away. If you believe that abusing
any drug is a sin,and god can punish you for it then in your heart you will
never get addicted to any meds.
so ppl with real pain have to suffer because of the idiots. oxy is the only
thing that actually works for pain.
Not everyone likes weed, so why would they smoke it?
Another unseen tragic consequence of the abuse of prescription pain meds is
the toll it takes on the patients that need these medications to function.
Its something no one EVER thinks about. Docs are so worried about legal
liability that they will refuse to prescribe narcotics to legitimate
patients for fear of them ODing or getting addicted. I suffered with
chronic pain for 6 years before I found a doctor willing to treat me.
Abusers make it hard for people like me to find relief.
You’re wrong on that one. Even though I haven’t ever been on
Heroin/Methadone or even tried them, I’ve read a lot throughout my career
as a student. Methadone withdrawal is worse than heroin withdrawal. It’s
more protracted, and fucks around with your head way more than Heroin..
Heroin withdrawal is just like 3-5 days of cold sweats/flu/diarrhea and
sometimes, vomiting, so yeah, it ain’t that pretty. Benzodiazepine
withdrawal syndrome is something really fucking bad, it’s like Hell on
Earth!
If you try to press your doctor for narcotics, you are labeled a drug
seeker. If you ask for a specific medication by name, its even worse. 4
operations and 2 years of unemployment (due to my condition) later, I was
put on 40mg of Oxycontin twice a day and it basically gave me my life back.
But the doctor shoppers and those that sell their pain pills have made life
a living hell for patients legitimately seeking relief from chronic pain.
diluades work also
Smoke weed
fear of prescribing the meds needed. You’re right that people-doctors
included-have made life a living hell for patients legitimately seeking
relief from chronic pain by with holding prescription meds or by those who
do not follow the rules and sell their meds. Until a person is in pain 24/7
each and every day with little or no relief it’s hard to understand I’m
sure but it’s not something I would wish on even my worst enemy. The sad
thing is to know there is help available but no one is
There definitely needs to be more education about the dangers of
prescription pain killers, because most kids would not experiment with
heroin if offered it, but they will pop a Vicodin or an Oxy, because they
think its “safer” cos it comes in a shiny pill from the pharmacy. At the
same time there is too easy access to opioids. I don’t want to see a return
to the 1980’s when pain was dreadfully undertreated, but they need to
monitor prescriptions & shut down pill mills.
What happens to all the people in chronic pain that NEED those meds. All
those laws they wanna pass will just penalize those of us that need those
meds. People are such knee jerk morons. I’m sorry people die. I’m sorry
famlies suffer. But these drugs aren’t all bad and all users aren’t junkies
or selling their pills
My mom gave me my first OXY a few years ago Christmas morning, I now have a
100 a day habit and have lost everything, family, money, house,
car…Everything is gone. Thankfully i have hit bottom and im heading to
rehab in a couple weeks. This shit is just as bas as heroin, KEEP your
PILLS hidden away parents.