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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
Yeah… I take tons of Tylenol to supplement my pain pump. I have to write the dose/time down so I don’t damage my liver. That was not a worry with opioids. I know opioids are dangerous for some, but for many, they equal a decent quality of life. (Can’t take any NSAIDS due to a GI bleed from advil. I was lucky I lived.)
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Agree with you 100%. NSAIDs and Tylenol are not for everyone. For me they are incompatible with the stomach problems I have. My chronic condition, tinnitus, is not helped with any available medication but if opioids would help what a relief that would be! No such luck for me. I do agree that the bad press opioids have received has resulted in a trepidation on the part of doctors to prescribe them even for people whose life would be greatly improved by them. One would hope that physicians would use their judgement. I am sure some do in the better interests of their patients. Sometimes people confuse the difference between opioids legally obtained through proper channels with street drugs that are dangerous for everyone.
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I don’t take Tylenol for the sole reason of liver damage. Since the oxycodone I had been on contains Tylenol I constantly worried about it. I cannot take NSAIDs either because they stopped my blood pressure medication from working. I am now taking turmeric 4500 mg a day for my inflammatory condition.