@Monty1234 @Usama_Backhair No worries now.
Today, they’d give someone in death agony a couple of Tylenol to combat the deadly opioid addiction.
The pendulum always swings too far & suffering is at either end.

@carmahaz Yup!
My brother broke his foot b/c he fell intentionally on it to avoid falling on their little dog ad killing him, when he went to the e-room they all but called him a drug seeker for wanting pain meds.
He's an army trained RN supervisor who had worked the previous 10 years uninterrupted, STILL they looked at him like a junkie🙄

@Monty1234

@Usama_Backhair @Monty1234 @carmahaz a couple years ago, an old lady jumped into my lane from an oncoming lane to hit my vehicle head on. Once I got to the emergency room, they asked me if I "wanted morphine." (Implying I was there just for that purpose)

@JanetZumba_FalPals
It's just shocking to me. And there's a better way too. Like @UnTied says, Oxy is a very effective drug if they'd stopped designing it to wear off early so they can sell more, and designed it with the patient's needs in mind, I doubt anyone'd be in this mess who had taken it. You know, there'd be some, but not as bad as it's gotten, which makes everyone get treated like a "suspected drug seeker" first, "patient" second 🤷‍♂️.

@carmahaz @Monty1234

@Usama_Backhair @Monty1234 @carmahaz @UnTied @JanetZumba_FalPals

My dad was a PA who worked with chronic pain patients and lost his license for over-prescribing opiods.

They didn't take into account that he was prescribing to people who have long-term pain, many of whom will never be rid of it.

Then there's me -- who has chronic pain that's not helped by opiods. I still get treated like I'm drug-seeking, but what I need are muscle relaxers and nerve pain meds.

@tyghebright @JanetZumba_FalPals @carmahaz @Monty1234 @Usama_Backhair
Speaking of which, I take 9 mg of duloxetine (Cymbalta) each day as part of my shingles neuropathy treatment. I really dont know if it helps.

@UnTied @Usama_Backhair @Monty1234 @carmahaz @JanetZumba_FalPals

I have gabapentin which I use as needed... which is an unapproved usage, and I can't tell if it helps, since sometimes my fibro pain only lasts a little while anyway.

Being in Texas, I don't fit the very narrow and complicated requirements to use CBD legally.

@tyghebright
I hated gabapentin when I was prescribed it. I hate most meds though. It made me shaky.

Non-invasive laser treatment and alternating hot/cold water therapy has served me well. I’ll do about four rounds each. Hot tub then cold dip until my heart rate comes down. Repeat. The heat feels like it opens up the blood vessels and the cold shrinks them and the overall effect on the surrounding nerves is good.

@JanetZumba_FalPals @carmahaz @Monty1234 @Usama_Backhair @UnTied

@Museek
I got prescribed something similar and I stopped taking it after like 5 doses, , made me shaky, like you said, Only the shakiness was after I awoke the next day, nasty drug.

@UnTied @Monty1234 @carmahaz @JanetZumba_FalPals @tyghebright

@Usama_Backhair @tyghebright @JanetZumba_FalPals @carmahaz @Monty1234 @Museek
Shaky is not good, unless your gyno has it - - - 😱