Imagine this.. the reporter goes to an addiction rehab center.. talks to some one who “experimented” with substance abuse in college and got a medical reason (cancer) that would suggest that he would actually have a medical necessity for some serious pain management.. and this person thinks ” I’m going to get access to SERIOUS opiates” and he becomes addicted.. SURPRISE !!!
Isn’t Arizona like Florida and has a large senior/retiree population.. and they wonder why they are in the top ten of opiate use ? And do you notice that all the reporters in this report do not appear to be close to being included in that age population and thus may not have a good first hand experience with anything other than acute pain.
Also notice that these new prescribing guidelines are VOLUNTARILY ..but.. guess what.. in a few years.. and those with addictive personalities do not get their “lives together” then these guide lines will be MANDATORY.. because healthcare professionals are not complying with these voluntary guidelines.
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And what happened to his cancer??? Nice….now let’s lump all the cancer patients together with the addicts like in the old days….and deny end of life pain treatments when they need it the most. And that BS list…that’s just common sense such as don’t give long acting pain meds for acute conditions…well duh….
This young man gets cancer, and all he can think of is what kind of medications he’s going to get?
And the reporter says cancer triggered his addiction? Do you know how backward that is?
Does he still have cancer? He didn’t use the medications to treat pain, just to get high? Then how did he treat his cancer pain? What, it wasn’t that bad? And since pain from cancer treatments exists in a significant portion of patients, does he still have pain?
I call B.S. on this story.