So sad. Prescription pill addiction is just so horrible. There is a very real "glamorous" stigma attached to it which makes it so hard for people to actually take seriously, meanwhile it's killing more people than illegal drugs.
The US medical system is also fucked. It's just so crazy to me that doctors can be incentivised to push pills that could kill someone. If Brant obtained the pills legally through a GP, I hope that they're held accountable.
If I wanted to, I could easily make a damn killing selling opioids to people in my city. It's ridiculous. I don't mind scamming companies for my own gain, but not when it could kill someone.
Doctors are rarely if ever held accountable for things like this even though they're required to check a patient's opioid usage prior to prescribing the med.
Doctors are so willing to prescribe. I had three separate doctors give me practically endless prescriptions of Xanax. Anything you have, it’s just more pills, pills, pills
Doctors are so USED to prescribing opioids that don't even think about it.
My husband had surgery and the nurse called the pharmacy and gave a prescription for an insane amount of pills and the pharmacist was like 'nope, can't give that many'. The nurse tried to argue with him. My husband ended up not taking a single one because they made him feel sick, but every time he went for a follow up, they asked if he needed more. If he had taken all the pills they tried to give him, he'd be addicted now. It was INSANE.
I don't think so, at least not in the case of random nurses.
I think it's just a culture of giving pain meds based on guidelines. I'm strongly affected by meds, which is why I take nothing stronger than a Tylenol, but when I go to hospitals, they never believe me, and I've scared doctors more than once with anesthesia that was too strong for me and I wouldn't wake up as I should. I know this and I tell them each time, BUT they don't listen to the patients. They go with tables of what you need based on sex, height and weight regardless of what you tell them.
I think it's also part of not being sued. CDC says we have to give you this based on the information we have so here it is. Funny enough they are more likely to under dose a Black person because there's less of a fear of lawsuit and a mistaken belief that a Black person can deal with pain better than a white one.
Have you tried putting the meds down as an allergy? When I was 13 I had back surgery and the morphine caused respiratory arrest. It’s been in my chart as an allergy ever since and it hasn’t been an issue. They ask about it, double check that other opioids are ok, put an allergy bracelet on me and I never hear it again. Of course in your case rather than a single med you could say you have an opioid allergy?
Just a thought! Most people actually have negative effects from pain meds, the high ppl get addicted to doesn’t affect everyone. I don’t take mine unless I really need to bc they make me feel anxious and shaky and it suuuuuucks.
Unfortunately I can't do that because the biggest problem is anesthesia and I do need it, just not in the dosage they prescribe. With pain meds, I simply refuse and ask for tylenols. They make me sign that I'm refusing the pain meds and it's all good.
I mean if I could deal with a C Section with just tylenols, I'm sure very little will require much more.
However I'll use your suggestion for my mother. She has the same problem, but hers is limited to opioids, so thank you.
So true! I’m reading about all these doctors who are actively over-prescribing this stuff when if anything it’s literally impossible for people who actually need a prescription to get one !
Yeah. They tend to overprescribe or underprescribe, they cannot seem to find that happy medium.
I currently have two bottles of Norco, Flexeril, Tramadol, and Xanax. I sound like a junkie but they were all prescribed for different things and each time I use them for a couple of days and I'm over it. I hate the way they make me feel, and the opioids get you all constipated and whatnot.
Plus, I may be in the minority but I hate opioids, especially morphine - I've had to have morphine before/after surgery either through IV or via a shot and I hate the burning sensation I get, and I always remember that it doesn't actually do anything for your pain - just tricks your brain into thinking you're not in pain.
The US medical system is also fucked. It's just so crazy to me that doctors can be incentivised to push pills that could kill someone. If Brant obtained the pills legally through a GP, I hope that they're held accountable.
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My husband had surgery and the nurse called the pharmacy and gave a prescription for an insane amount of pills and the pharmacist was like 'nope, can't give that many'. The nurse tried to argue with him. My husband ended up not taking a single one because they made him feel sick, but every time he went for a follow up, they asked if he needed more. If he had taken all the pills they tried to give him, he'd be addicted now. It was INSANE.
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I think it's just a culture of giving pain meds based on guidelines. I'm strongly affected by meds, which is why I take nothing stronger than a Tylenol, but when I go to hospitals, they never believe me, and I've scared doctors more than once with anesthesia that was too strong for me and I wouldn't wake up as I should. I know this and I tell them each time, BUT they don't listen to the patients. They go with tables of what you need based on sex, height and weight regardless of what you tell them.
I think it's also part of not being sued. CDC says we have to give you this based on the information we have so here it is. Funny enough they are more likely to under dose a Black person because there's less of a fear of lawsuit and a mistaken belief that a Black person can deal with pain better than a white one.
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Have you tried putting the meds down as an allergy? When I was 13 I had back surgery and the morphine caused respiratory arrest. It’s been in my chart as an allergy ever since and it hasn’t been an issue. They ask about it, double check that other opioids are ok, put an allergy bracelet on me and I never hear it again. Of course in your case rather than a single med you could say you have an opioid allergy?
Just a thought! Most people actually have negative effects from pain meds, the high ppl get addicted to doesn’t affect everyone. I don’t take mine unless I really need to bc they make me feel anxious and shaky and it suuuuuucks.
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I mean if I could deal with a C Section with just tylenols, I'm sure very little will require much more.
However I'll use your suggestion for my mother. She has the same problem, but hers is limited to opioids, so thank you.
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I currently have two bottles of Norco, Flexeril, Tramadol, and Xanax. I sound like a junkie but they were all prescribed for different things and each time I use them for a couple of days and I'm over it. I hate the way they make me feel, and the opioids get you all constipated and whatnot.
Plus, I may be in the minority but I hate opioids, especially morphine - I've had to have morphine before/after surgery either through IV or via a shot and I hate the burning sensation I get, and I always remember that it doesn't actually do anything for your pain - just tricks your brain into thinking you're not in pain.
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