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Abuse of Opioids takes away from all the good it can do
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jul 29, 2025 | Replies (154)Comment receiving replies
rockon, you are totally off base! Have you ever had 24/7 pain before? Are they habit forming? Yes, but if you didn't take them, as prescribed ,you could not live from day to day!
As for digestive problems, that's what they make light laxative to help with it!
I always laugh when they talk about Ambien being addictive! Yet how many adds do you see every night about sleeping drugs!
Any medicine can be addictive!
If you use them correctly and under a doctors care they can offer you a good quality of Life!
So your thinking, we should Ban Alcohol! Used incorrectly it also can be addictive! And be deadly for both the user and others!
Using any drug takes the proper mindset and discipline!
Sundance aka RB
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I agree with you Sundancer. I do hate taking opiods, yes they constipate and you have to take care of yourself for it but for legitimate use they do offer some qualitiy of life.
Sundancerdb78, I deliberately allowed some time to pass before responding to your ignorant (lacking knowledge and awareness of what was said) and overly simplistic response. First of all I have suffered with torturous chronic pain which I did control with many various medically supervised opioids for years. They were the only meds that gave a respite, and thus some quality of life from the pain, till tiring of the constant side effects, I found a much more successful pain delivery system based on the implanting of a non bolus intrathecal opioid pump. That provided 24/7 relief with no noticeable physical or mental side effects. During the 18 years of using the pump I became much healthier and sensed I had physically healed to a certain extent. At that point I took a big gamble that my chronic pain no longer justified the morphine usage so I had the pump removed. I was right and and although I still have a modicum of chronic pain and numbness I basically live an opioid free life which is a blessing. Although I did not notice any mental altering like euphoria, there were subtle changes to my mental chemistry that took well over two years to normalize and that period was not particularly pleasant at times. For years I had a nagging sense about always having such a significant amount of morphine in my system and the negatives it had to have, and that was my basic message!, not the over simplification that if a substance is addictive it should be banned! This forum is about people sharing their experiences and thinking and the intuition and perspective they have gained by dealing with their medical problems in a respectful and helpful manner. That 's why when you said "I was totally off base" I had to respond in the above referenced manner.
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sundance, you misread what I wrote! If you care to read the last two sentences again starting from "I can't and don't condemn".