carlitospig t1_j1m77qa wrote
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Amen. It made a lot of established pain folks reduce or cease entirely their pain management protocols. Still left with their pain, they went to the street for help. And now they’re fent addicts.
This whole thing is such a mess.
bob0979 t1_j1nfe99 wrote
I was in an inpatient rehab with a d1 college soccer player in the US. Broke his ankle, got on opiates, took them as prescribed, never made it back on the field because his scripts ran out and he still hurt.
carlitospig t1_j1nfwon wrote
Aww poor kid.
bob0979 t1_j1ngeio wrote
The worst part is it's his fault sort of, but I mean that's just about an impossible situation to win. I know I'd have failed there. I don't know many people who'd have been capable of running their lives correctly like that. It's not really his fault, at least not entirely. He was failed by society and couldn't fix it himself.
carlitospig t1_j1ngmsl wrote
You’d think the uni would bend over backwards to make sure he could get on the field again, the best specialists, etc. That’s really sad. I wonder if it still pains him today.
pseudocultist t1_j1ohsgx wrote
I couldn't get even a short course of painkillers when I had a facial abscess last year. I wound up having to take my dog's medications for several days. The dentist was like, "see you didn't need me to prescribe you anything."
I am a recovering addict. I know how to get street drugs. Please, please, please don't leave me hanging when it comes to pain management. I need to be able to trust my doctors to do this for me.
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