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I think the medical providers are running scared from the government enforcers who don't understand that pain users of opioids are not addicts buying drugs off the street to get high. I think they also don't understand that if a person is working with a provider and wishes to stop and needs help with physical dependence, they can be tapered safely. I've heard ignorant people complain that their Dr turned them into addicts--I'll bet they never asked the Dr to taper them. I wouldn't be surprised if some people who are desperate about their pain might turn to the street for drugs. It's occurred to me but I know that would be way too dangerous. That's the effect that the gov't enforcers could have--contrary to their stated goals.
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If their pain isn’t being managed, of course, chronic pain patients will not ask for the dosage to be lowered. They also don’t know how to lower their dosage on their own. Withdrawal is a given if the person has been on high dosages.
Again. Dependence and addiction are not the same thing. Just because you experience withdrawal does not mean you are addicted. The urge to pursue a high or elation from a drug is different than pursuing quality of life.
I’ve never experienced a high or rush from the high but then I’m not on a full therapeutic dose of opioids with my pain relief only at 40%. Without them though, I would be bedridden as I was when they reduced my dose.
The problem is that the doctors pharmacists are protecting not only their practices and livelihoods and therefore their families.