Peachy, I’m saddened to hear of your brother-in-law’s pain. Do you follow The Midwestern Doctor (The forgotten side of medicine) on Substack? He has been doing a series of articles on DMSO treatments. Many people have tried it and are having success per comments I’ve seen.
I tried DMSO for a month for chronic low back pain which is making my world smaller and smaller. For some reason DMSO did nothing for my pain levels. I also have trouble getting my Oxycodone filled on time. If I didn’t under medicate I would frequently run out as the pharmacy often is out when I take my script in. And if I accept less than the entire number prescribed, because that’s all they have, I can’t get the reminder when it finally comes in. The entire system is screwed up. The doctor finally upped the number of pills only for insurance to deny the prescription causing me to pay out of pocket. I’m retired now, thank goodness. I can’t imagine trying to teach little ones when daily living is a trial. I also don’t drink, have never abused any medications or taken illegal drugs.
I do not know the gender or identity of AMD and do not want or need to. His or her identity needs to be protected because we don't want to see the same bad treatment, loss of license to practice or loss of employment that has befallen so many doctors and researchers that have spoken out. I see AMD as a great mind that digs deeply into the subjects written. A treasure of information and knowledge that is a priceless gift to us all.
There was a comment in one of the articles that made my brain go ‘wait, is AMD a woman?’ But I just went on w my business. And then a couple of
weeks later there was a discussion in the comments section about it because someone said they were sure AMD was Pierre Kory. Apparently AMD was interviewed on a podcast and people that heard it were like ‘lol, not Kory as she’s a woman.’
I'm sure y'all have tried everything already, but....
I went on one of those political magazine cruises (reason mag) to Alaska over a decade ago and I helped a small older lady with her luggage on the plane to Seattle. Severe back pain the whole cruise, and no massage therapist on the cruise. I guess I should have gone to the ship's doctor, but instead I just drank freely. When I got back tried a chiropractor. Each time was relief for a few days. Cheaper than a doctor but not if you have to go 6 times a month. So I started swimming. Almost instant relief.
I also dated someone once who had degenerative discs and a doctor told him to build up his back muscles. He was this older academic who swam everyday like Olympic training, with very impressive results for his physique. Apparently having athlete sized back muscles takes pressure off the spine and discs. It was not a cure for him as it was for me, just palliative.
I had back surgery over 10 years ago. Fused from neck to tail bone. Extremely hard recovery. Two weeks in hospital. My husband happened to find out where my surgeon parked, and was waiting for him at 5:00 AM in a dark garage to insist on better pain control. I only got it because he could advocate for me and is 6’4”, and completely unafraid of looking like an asshole.
I am a surgeon and am severely restricted and monitored on how many pills I give out. It’s a disgrace. In addition, although not a back surgeon, I frequently see patients who have had MULTIPLE back surgeries and are WORSE OFF then when they started.
My wife was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in May 2013 and eventually lost her battle with the disease in April 2018. It had spread to her bones and was extremely painful and debilitating. The doctors put her on high doses of Oxycodone to help relieve the pain and it worked very well allowing her to do things she always enjoyed. However, she was forced to endure scrutiny by the insurance company because of all the issues with opioid abuse going on at that time. Her oncologist had to fight for her on multiple occasions just so she could continue to receive her prescription. She was also made to take a urine test to prove she was taking them and not selling the pills prescribed. She always ended up getting her prescription thanks to the excellent doctors who fought for her. Thank you for writing this article and reminding people of the lunacy with which the government has addressed this issue. There needs to be common sense involved in tackling this problem, because to many chronic pain sufferer's are having to live life without the relief they could enjoy. Hopefully this new administration will address this issue.
I am glad she did. I have beaten 2 cancers and cannot imagine being able to do so without an oncologist who is willing to do battle for adequate pain management.
I retired after a 45 year career as an RN and Paramedic. I never had surgery until I developed cervical radiculopathy from arthritic changes in my neck. The pain prior to surgery was at times unbearable but I dealt with it using Tramadol. The three level cervical fusion was done as an outpatient! I awoke from anesthesia in recovery with excruciating pain, and received two doses of Dilaudid and was given Percocet 5mg...enough for 7 days. By day 6 I was still in constant miserable pain, and called the neurosurgeon for a refill and was told WE DON'T REFILLS! I was left with only Tramadol from my primary physician, but thankfully on postop day 12 the pain was gone. I spent 5 days in agony, and I will never allow that neurosurgeon to treat me again. It is a travesty that we allow post operative pain to be untreated!
Remember the days of pain ratings and how hospitals could be denied reimbursement if their aggregate pain scores showed inadequate post-op pain relief?
"Do you have any experience with back surgery, back injury, and treatments, good or bad? Have you also had trouble getting the pain medicine you need?" Had a laminectomy 20 years ago, still chronic back & leg pain. Extra-strength Tylenol can't touch spine pain. The FDA seriously needs to fix pain treatment. Doctors may be rightfully afraid of overprescribing, I get that, but the condition of physical, non-stop pain is not a condition that people will upon themselves. Grown ups don't need the nanny state guard-railing pain treatment.
Chronic pain will make you go mad. A back injury will destroy your life. It’s something you cannot describe to someone who has never lived it. I’m a nurse and we are all broken down after years of abuse.
Hello all. I have signficant issues in L4-S1. I was on a high dose of oxycodone and weaned myself off one month before the manufactured 'opiod crisis' hit years ago. In 2008 I received a spinal cord stimulator implant with the Boston Scientific technology. I am now 77 years old. I exercise every day at the fitness center, do not drink or use tobacco and keep myself in shape. I have a heart valve replacement coming up as well. I also receive radiofrequency ablations on a regular basis. I chose early on to avoid back surgery at all costs. The lower back in particular is very tricky and most back surgeons do more damage than good IMHO.
I have not had back surgery (thank goodness), but I have lived with chronic pain for the past 22 years, ever since falling down a staircase and putting my leg out of alignment. No doctor will even look at my leg; I had to get a diagnosis from a massage therapist who was treating me for chronic back pain, which turned out to have been occasioned by that fall, and I see a chiropractor on an ongoing basis, and most recently a physiotherapist to try to correct the imbalance. I can't walk any distance anymore, and I used to be a 3-mile-a-day walker. My beef: even with all of this going on, I STILL can't get a doctor to pay any attention at all to my leg. 22 years ago, a simple MRI might have diagnosed it and gotten me prompt treatment. Now - I'm just waiting out the clock and telling everyone I know to stay the heck away from doctors.
I had two major lung surgeries in college. The pain was excruciating, and the morphine drip was a life-line. The thought that today someone might only be given Tylenol to cope with that makes me weak in the knees. Thanks for using your influence to help ameliorate this situation.
Peachy, what happened to presumed innocence? Luigi may indeed be guilty but that can’t be known until an under oath trial occurs. To me, something smells off on this MSM driven story. Starting w/ all the murder evidence being found on the person. Some of the eyebrow photos also don’t exactly line up, either. Funny how this event has been cast into traditional Left vs Right culture war battle already. Is our consent being manufactured in real time? Will Mr. Mangoine stay alive to stand trial? Why is it we know so much about motivations of Luigi Mangoine for shooting Brian Thompson but we still don’t know what motivated Thomas Matthew Crooks to shoot DJT in the face?
Very true, I covered this in my article about Mangione. I don't see him as a hero or a villain as I think his back pain and his mother's experience pushed him into becoming psychotic and he lashed out in rage at Thompson as a representative of the system.
Also, he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. That is why I used the word "alleged" in my article. His guilt has not yet been proven in court.
Chronic pain can do strange things. The world we live in, which has become very conspiratorial and seems to reward vigilante justice, can encourage a clouded mind to act out in sociopathic ways
Separating himself from his family and friends also suggests mental illness. It will be interesting to see if he is examined by a psychologist or therapist to try to figure out where he was mentally when he broke off contact with the people who knew him. As I said in my article, this story is more complicated than it seemed at first.
Wow! Deep conspiracy beliefs here. So, the McDonalds in Altoona, PA and the employee there were FBI plants? The person apprehended was found and selected to be the fall guy for the murderer in one day? The number of events which had to be precisely coordinated in 24 hours makes this scenario a joke. There is a saying: "take the least path of resistance"
Say what you want, freedom of speech. Call me a deep conspiracy believer if you want,OK by me.
"... McDonalds in Altoona, PA and the employee there were FBI plants? " Hadn't considered that, suspect such to be highly unlikely, but in the era not completely beyond the realm of possibility.
However I have reached the point where I pretty much assume anything and everything the government and the media says is best treated as a lie, until or unless it's proven otherwise.
& No Brian the fact that a man is found guilty in the court of public opinion does not mean he is guilty.
I’m just saying hold your horses until the trial occurs. In my post I stated he could be found guilty. But wait for an actual trial? We too often lap up the info served us, only to find out later it isn’t so black and white.
He is being charged with second degree murder, BTW, not first. See this text from the DM article:
"Why Luigi Mangione is charged with second-degree murder and not first-degree murder
Suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder in the second degree, despite many officials saying the shooting was a premeditated and targeted killing.
The full list of charges against Luigi Mangione were revealed on Tuesday morning, listed as murder, possession of a weapon, possession of a forged instrument, all in the second degree, and another count of third-degree possession of a weapon.
The reason Mangione's murder charge is second-degree is down to specific legislation in New York, which stipulates that certain factors must be met for a charge to be raised to first-degree murder.
These include that the victim must have been an on-duty police officer or peace officer, a judge, a witness to a crime, about to testify in court, or the murder must have been a contract killing.
Other factors include if the defendant was convicted of a previous murder, if they killed more than one person, if the victim was tortured, or if the crime was part of an act of terrorism."
You are most welcome. I did not understand it either. Most of us aren't lawyers either and don't know the specifics of laws in different states. NYC is different than other places.
His guilt is black and white. Whether or not it was criminal is the question. There looks to be a very good case for the insanity defense with the physical pain issues.
No, that isn’t how our system works Brian. He sure is guilty in court of social media opinion. But until convicted in court w/ testimony under oath, he remains presumed innocent. If we all don’t remember and embrace this we slide further into the middle chapters of 1984.
There was reported found at the scene of the murder, a water bottle and candy wrapper. Those items should have some DNA on them? Do they match DNA of Mr. Mangoine? I'm not seeing this question asked by the media but its gonna be key in any trial.
In 2006 I had a double knee replacement. I was on intravenous OxyContin. When I left the hospital, I was given doses of OxyContin twice a day accompanied with two 7.5 mg hydrocodone every four hours. After two weeks, the OxyContin was removed. After one month the hydrocodone was re used to 5 mg. For months afterwards, I was allowed to refill regular prescriptions for hydrocodone.
Last year, my husband had a single knee replacement. He was sent home with exactly 28 oxycodone. (4/day)That prescription could not be renewed for a week. After 3 weeks he was restricted to two 5 mg of hydrocodone 4 times a day. My husband suffered greatly while recovering from knee surgery while I breezed through mine. Why? The laws were tightened in the state. Nobody can legally get sufficient pain relief even after knee surgery. It’s a disgrace.
And poor post-op pain control leads to compromised recovery. People in pain don't want to do PT (who can blame them) and joints can become "frozen." What a mess!
Dr. Drew Pinsky did an interview on Epoch Times just a few days ago. He is an expert on addiction and is upset that the medical authorities go from one extreme to another re: opioids. Suggest getting in touch with him and see what, if anything, he can suggest or even prescribe for your brother-in-law.
And yet there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of addicts. There is the other side to this story. We might do well to look into Ambulance Chasers R Us, otherwise known as the American Bar Association. Where laws and court decisions are out of whack with reality, you will generally find the ABA.
What you’ve stated here is 100% true. I’m a nurse & have heard surgeons talk about giving only ibuprofen after surgery. It’s the particular physicians who make these decisions to withhold pain meds.
Granted. There are more restrictions on the amount of narcotics prescribed but there are few restrictions on narcotics given in the hospital. For home use doctors can prescribe Vicodin at decent doses for routine use, but they don’t because they are chicken shits. That’s the truth! Physicians are so afraid of scrutiny that a lot of them fail to do the right thing for their patients.
Remember how almost every doctor recommended the vaccine? They are crowd followers, the worst I’ve ever seen. They are so worried about what their colleagues think of them that they keep their mouths shut about controversial topics.
One of the few medicines that truly help people are narcotics & its the one category that is restricted. Meanwhile, antidepressants which are truly dangerous, and almost impossible to discontinue, are given out like water.
I could talk about this subject for days. Suffice it to say, our medical system is a mess. It used to be the best. Now, like our educational system, it’s one of the worst.
Peachy, I’m saddened to hear of your brother-in-law’s pain. Do you follow The Midwestern Doctor (The forgotten side of medicine) on Substack? He has been doing a series of articles on DMSO treatments. Many people have tried it and are having success per comments I’ve seen.
Do check out the "A Midwestern Doctor" substack. Incredible info.
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I tried DMSO for a month for chronic low back pain which is making my world smaller and smaller. For some reason DMSO did nothing for my pain levels. I also have trouble getting my Oxycodone filled on time. If I didn’t under medicate I would frequently run out as the pharmacy often is out when I take my script in. And if I accept less than the entire number prescribed, because that’s all they have, I can’t get the reminder when it finally comes in. The entire system is screwed up. The doctor finally upped the number of pills only for insurance to deny the prescription causing me to pay out of pocket. I’m retired now, thank goodness. I can’t imagine trying to teach little ones when daily living is a trial. I also don’t drink, have never abused any medications or taken illegal drugs.
AMD is female (I know, I was surprised when I found out, too)
I do not know the gender or identity of AMD and do not want or need to. His or her identity needs to be protected because we don't want to see the same bad treatment, loss of license to practice or loss of employment that has befallen so many doctors and researchers that have spoken out. I see AMD as a great mind that digs deeply into the subjects written. A treasure of information and knowledge that is a priceless gift to us all.
Agree. It’s not a secret, though.
How did you find out?
There was a comment in one of the articles that made my brain go ‘wait, is AMD a woman?’ But I just went on w my business. And then a couple of
weeks later there was a discussion in the comments section about it because someone said they were sure AMD was Pierre Kory. Apparently AMD was interviewed on a podcast and people that heard it were like ‘lol, not Kory as she’s a woman.’
I'm sure y'all have tried everything already, but....
I went on one of those political magazine cruises (reason mag) to Alaska over a decade ago and I helped a small older lady with her luggage on the plane to Seattle. Severe back pain the whole cruise, and no massage therapist on the cruise. I guess I should have gone to the ship's doctor, but instead I just drank freely. When I got back tried a chiropractor. Each time was relief for a few days. Cheaper than a doctor but not if you have to go 6 times a month. So I started swimming. Almost instant relief.
I also dated someone once who had degenerative discs and a doctor told him to build up his back muscles. He was this older academic who swam everyday like Olympic training, with very impressive results for his physique. Apparently having athlete sized back muscles takes pressure off the spine and discs. It was not a cure for him as it was for me, just palliative.
I hope your brother in law feels better.
I had back surgery over 10 years ago. Fused from neck to tail bone. Extremely hard recovery. Two weeks in hospital. My husband happened to find out where my surgeon parked, and was waiting for him at 5:00 AM in a dark garage to insist on better pain control. I only got it because he could advocate for me and is 6’4”, and completely unafraid of looking like an asshole.
I am a surgeon and am severely restricted and monitored on how many pills I give out. It’s a disgrace. In addition, although not a back surgeon, I frequently see patients who have had MULTIPLE back surgeries and are WORSE OFF then when they started.
Failed back surgeries are so common.
My wife was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in May 2013 and eventually lost her battle with the disease in April 2018. It had spread to her bones and was extremely painful and debilitating. The doctors put her on high doses of Oxycodone to help relieve the pain and it worked very well allowing her to do things she always enjoyed. However, she was forced to endure scrutiny by the insurance company because of all the issues with opioid abuse going on at that time. Her oncologist had to fight for her on multiple occasions just so she could continue to receive her prescription. She was also made to take a urine test to prove she was taking them and not selling the pills prescribed. She always ended up getting her prescription thanks to the excellent doctors who fought for her. Thank you for writing this article and reminding people of the lunacy with which the government has addressed this issue. There needs to be common sense involved in tackling this problem, because to many chronic pain sufferer's are having to live life without the relief they could enjoy. Hopefully this new administration will address this issue.
Imagine piling the indignity of toxicology testing on a woman facing terminal breast cancer. The inhumanity of it all shocks the conscience.
Yes it does. Thank God my wife had very caring doctors to fight for her.
I am glad she did. I have beaten 2 cancers and cannot imagine being able to do so without an oncologist who is willing to do battle for adequate pain management.
Thank you, and congratulations on beating that horrible disease.
I retired after a 45 year career as an RN and Paramedic. I never had surgery until I developed cervical radiculopathy from arthritic changes in my neck. The pain prior to surgery was at times unbearable but I dealt with it using Tramadol. The three level cervical fusion was done as an outpatient! I awoke from anesthesia in recovery with excruciating pain, and received two doses of Dilaudid and was given Percocet 5mg...enough for 7 days. By day 6 I was still in constant miserable pain, and called the neurosurgeon for a refill and was told WE DON'T REFILLS! I was left with only Tramadol from my primary physician, but thankfully on postop day 12 the pain was gone. I spent 5 days in agony, and I will never allow that neurosurgeon to treat me again. It is a travesty that we allow post operative pain to be untreated!
Remember the days of pain ratings and how hospitals could be denied reimbursement if their aggregate pain scores showed inadequate post-op pain relief?
"Do you have any experience with back surgery, back injury, and treatments, good or bad? Have you also had trouble getting the pain medicine you need?" Had a laminectomy 20 years ago, still chronic back & leg pain. Extra-strength Tylenol can't touch spine pain. The FDA seriously needs to fix pain treatment. Doctors may be rightfully afraid of overprescribing, I get that, but the condition of physical, non-stop pain is not a condition that people will upon themselves. Grown ups don't need the nanny state guard-railing pain treatment.
Chronic pain will make you go mad. A back injury will destroy your life. It’s something you cannot describe to someone who has never lived it. I’m a nurse and we are all broken down after years of abuse.
Hello all. I have signficant issues in L4-S1. I was on a high dose of oxycodone and weaned myself off one month before the manufactured 'opiod crisis' hit years ago. In 2008 I received a spinal cord stimulator implant with the Boston Scientific technology. I am now 77 years old. I exercise every day at the fitness center, do not drink or use tobacco and keep myself in shape. I have a heart valve replacement coming up as well. I also receive radiofrequency ablations on a regular basis. I chose early on to avoid back surgery at all costs. The lower back in particular is very tricky and most back surgeons do more damage than good IMHO.
Glad the SCS works for you, Jim. Some people have great success, others not so much. The back is a tricky, tricky, thing.
I have not had back surgery (thank goodness), but I have lived with chronic pain for the past 22 years, ever since falling down a staircase and putting my leg out of alignment. No doctor will even look at my leg; I had to get a diagnosis from a massage therapist who was treating me for chronic back pain, which turned out to have been occasioned by that fall, and I see a chiropractor on an ongoing basis, and most recently a physiotherapist to try to correct the imbalance. I can't walk any distance anymore, and I used to be a 3-mile-a-day walker. My beef: even with all of this going on, I STILL can't get a doctor to pay any attention at all to my leg. 22 years ago, a simple MRI might have diagnosed it and gotten me prompt treatment. Now - I'm just waiting out the clock and telling everyone I know to stay the heck away from doctors.
What do you mean that no doctor will look at your leg?
I had two major lung surgeries in college. The pain was excruciating, and the morphine drip was a life-line. The thought that today someone might only be given Tylenol to cope with that makes me weak in the knees. Thanks for using your influence to help ameliorate this situation.
DM
Peachy, what happened to presumed innocence? Luigi may indeed be guilty but that can’t be known until an under oath trial occurs. To me, something smells off on this MSM driven story. Starting w/ all the murder evidence being found on the person. Some of the eyebrow photos also don’t exactly line up, either. Funny how this event has been cast into traditional Left vs Right culture war battle already. Is our consent being manufactured in real time? Will Mr. Mangoine stay alive to stand trial? Why is it we know so much about motivations of Luigi Mangoine for shooting Brian Thompson but we still don’t know what motivated Thomas Matthew Crooks to shoot DJT in the face?
Very true, I covered this in my article about Mangione. I don't see him as a hero or a villain as I think his back pain and his mother's experience pushed him into becoming psychotic and he lashed out in rage at Thompson as a representative of the system.
Also, he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. That is why I used the word "alleged" in my article. His guilt has not yet been proven in court.
See my post here:
https://morgthorak.substack.com/p/is-luigi-mangione-a-hero-or-a-villain
Chronic pain can do strange things. The world we live in, which has become very conspiratorial and seems to reward vigilante justice, can encourage a clouded mind to act out in sociopathic ways
Separating himself from his family and friends also suggests mental illness. It will be interesting to see if he is examined by a psychologist or therapist to try to figure out where he was mentally when he broke off contact with the people who knew him. As I said in my article, this story is more complicated than it seemed at first.
Wow! Deep conspiracy beliefs here. So, the McDonalds in Altoona, PA and the employee there were FBI plants? The person apprehended was found and selected to be the fall guy for the murderer in one day? The number of events which had to be precisely coordinated in 24 hours makes this scenario a joke. There is a saying: "take the least path of resistance"
Say what you want, freedom of speech. Call me a deep conspiracy believer if you want,OK by me.
"... McDonalds in Altoona, PA and the employee there were FBI plants? " Hadn't considered that, suspect such to be highly unlikely, but in the era not completely beyond the realm of possibility.
However I have reached the point where I pretty much assume anything and everything the government and the media says is best treated as a lie, until or unless it's proven otherwise.
& No Brian the fact that a man is found guilty in the court of public opinion does not mean he is guilty.
So I can't wonder if he is part of the pipeline of troubled young men the Deep State grooms to be assassins?
Wonder anything you want. Wondering does not make it so. Put a probability on your thesis: 0.0001%?
I might agree with you that the probability he was in the Deep State pipeline of assassins-to-be being groomed is very low.
The probability that there is such a pipeline is much higher.
I’m just saying hold your horses until the trial occurs. In my post I stated he could be found guilty. But wait for an actual trial? We too often lap up the info served us, only to find out later it isn’t so black and white.
He is being charged with second degree murder, BTW, not first. See this text from the DM article:
"Why Luigi Mangione is charged with second-degree murder and not first-degree murder
Suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder in the second degree, despite many officials saying the shooting was a premeditated and targeted killing.
The full list of charges against Luigi Mangione were revealed on Tuesday morning, listed as murder, possession of a weapon, possession of a forged instrument, all in the second degree, and another count of third-degree possession of a weapon.
The reason Mangione's murder charge is second-degree is down to specific legislation in New York, which stipulates that certain factors must be met for a charge to be raised to first-degree murder.
These include that the victim must have been an on-duty police officer or peace officer, a judge, a witness to a crime, about to testify in court, or the murder must have been a contract killing.
Other factors include if the defendant was convicted of a previous murder, if they killed more than one person, if the victim was tortured, or if the crime was part of an act of terrorism."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14177405/Luigi-Mangione-Unitedhealthcare-CEO-brian-thompson-shooter-family-manifesto.html
Thanks for this, Undead. I was curious why 1st degree murder charges were not brought, as the reporting thus far points to premeditation.
You are most welcome. I did not understand it either. Most of us aren't lawyers either and don't know the specifics of laws in different states. NYC is different than other places.
“different” that’s an understatement. stay out of NY, you have no rights here
That last sentence is an Olympic understatement. And they think that they're the normal ones.
His guilt is black and white. Whether or not it was criminal is the question. There looks to be a very good case for the insanity defense with the physical pain issues.
No, that isn’t how our system works Brian. He sure is guilty in court of social media opinion. But until convicted in court w/ testimony under oath, he remains presumed innocent. If we all don’t remember and embrace this we slide further into the middle chapters of 1984.
That is what I said....he is guilty in the court of public opinion. His criminal trial comes later
There was reported found at the scene of the murder, a water bottle and candy wrapper. Those items should have some DNA on them? Do they match DNA of Mr. Mangoine? I'm not seeing this question asked by the media but its gonna be key in any trial.
Opium used to be outright legal in this country. Somehow we did some great things anyway.
Opium was commonly rubbed on the gums of teething babies. They didn't become lifelong addicts as a result.
In 2006 I had a double knee replacement. I was on intravenous OxyContin. When I left the hospital, I was given doses of OxyContin twice a day accompanied with two 7.5 mg hydrocodone every four hours. After two weeks, the OxyContin was removed. After one month the hydrocodone was re used to 5 mg. For months afterwards, I was allowed to refill regular prescriptions for hydrocodone.
Last year, my husband had a single knee replacement. He was sent home with exactly 28 oxycodone. (4/day)That prescription could not be renewed for a week. After 3 weeks he was restricted to two 5 mg of hydrocodone 4 times a day. My husband suffered greatly while recovering from knee surgery while I breezed through mine. Why? The laws were tightened in the state. Nobody can legally get sufficient pain relief even after knee surgery. It’s a disgrace.
And poor post-op pain control leads to compromised recovery. People in pain don't want to do PT (who can blame them) and joints can become "frozen." What a mess!
Dr. Drew Pinsky did an interview on Epoch Times just a few days ago. He is an expert on addiction and is upset that the medical authorities go from one extreme to another re: opioids. Suggest getting in touch with him and see what, if anything, he can suggest or even prescribe for your brother-in-law.
And yet there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of addicts. There is the other side to this story. We might do well to look into Ambulance Chasers R Us, otherwise known as the American Bar Association. Where laws and court decisions are out of whack with reality, you will generally find the ABA.
What you’ve stated here is 100% true. I’m a nurse & have heard surgeons talk about giving only ibuprofen after surgery. It’s the particular physicians who make these decisions to withhold pain meds.
Granted. There are more restrictions on the amount of narcotics prescribed but there are few restrictions on narcotics given in the hospital. For home use doctors can prescribe Vicodin at decent doses for routine use, but they don’t because they are chicken shits. That’s the truth! Physicians are so afraid of scrutiny that a lot of them fail to do the right thing for their patients.
Remember how almost every doctor recommended the vaccine? They are crowd followers, the worst I’ve ever seen. They are so worried about what their colleagues think of them that they keep their mouths shut about controversial topics.
One of the few medicines that truly help people are narcotics & its the one category that is restricted. Meanwhile, antidepressants which are truly dangerous, and almost impossible to discontinue, are given out like water.
I could talk about this subject for days. Suffice it to say, our medical system is a mess. It used to be the best. Now, like our educational system, it’s one of the worst.
Let’s pray it turns around for all of our sake.