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Chronic Pain, alternative Treatment
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jun 23, 2023 | Replies (178)Comment receiving replies
tazscott@
I absolutely agree with you. Pain patients that actually need the medications are treated like drug addicts now. I had to jump from doctor to doctor to find one that doesn't treat me like that. It makes you look guilty of something. I've used my prescribed medications (fentanyl, tramadol, etc.) for 16 years without any issues. If you take them as prescribed there shouldn't be an issue. It really sucks that we are left to try to endure the pain because drug addicts are buying the street version of these drugs and overdosing. The statistics don't account for people that actually take them as prescribed, seems like they just include drug addicts' results.
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@qball2019, you are absolutely correct. A couple months ago, I had extensive open abdominal surgery and was denied pain medication while still in ICU. I begged for ANY kind of pain relief and was denied everything, including Tylenol and Aleve. That is beyond ridiculous, and I suffered needlessly. That should not happen to anyone....but it does on a regular basis now. So wrong.
that is how I am treated they see me in a wheel chair and yell me to deal with it I lost both legs after 98 surgeries and have a plate in my right arm and neck plus I have lupus and I am treated bad I lost trust in the medical field
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@tazscott I've been taking Tramadol 50 mg since 2005 after a fracture One at night 2if needed during day I can leave it and have without any side effects We are pigeonholed with drug addicts