There was enough opiate prescriptions filled in ONE YEAR to give each resident a bottle of OPIATES

https://www.statista.com/statistics/261303/total-number-of-retail-prescriptions-filled-annually-in-the-us/

In 2016 there was 4.51 BILLION prescriptions filled in the USA… with a population of abt 320 MILLION that comes out to abt 14 prescription for EACH PERSON.

Let’s assume that the one prescription per person is a FACT… meaning that there would be 320 million opiate prescriptions filled..

BUT WAIT… a chronic pain pt would need – TWELVE PRESCRIPTIONS PER YEAR – presuming 30 days supply of each…  Suggesting that those 320 million prescription would only take care of abt 26 million chronic pain pts..  or about EIGHT PER-CENT OF THE POPULATION.

BUT WAIT… there are people having to deal with acute… surgery, broken bones and the like..  let’s presume that 15% of the 320 million are for acute pain…  subtract 48 million … leaving 272 million for chronic pain pts…or  some 22 million chronic pain pts get 12 prescriptions a year..

BUT WAIT… standard of care and best practices indicates that a chronic pain pt should be getting both a long action and short acting – for breakthru – opiate.  Which would mean that abt 11 million chronic pain pts would get opiate therapy that conforms to accepted best practices and standard of care.

BUT WAIT… there is an estimated 100+ million chronic pain pts…

BUT WAIT… when the bureaucrats state that having enough opiate prescriptions to furnish everyone a prescription…  IS A BAD THING…  Are they really saying that they support/endorse under treating/un-treating the vast majority of chronic pain pts is a GOOD THING or a BAD THING ?

Since PAIN is generally considered a part of TORTURE… are our politicians and bureaucrats encouraging the TORTURING of our citizens ?

FACTOID DISPELLED !!

 

 

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