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I'm fortunate that my PCP can prescribe 3 months of this between actual visits. As long as I don't take more than prescribed and try to stay as active as possible--it is OK. But I am not going to get 'better'.....OA creeps into the joints and somedays, seriously, everything hurts.
I USED to be on Norco 10/325, and tapered myself down to the Tyleno#3. The Norco was incredibly BETTER at the pain relief, but I am only 64 and I have to have somewhere to go 'up' if I need to.
Drs are under enromous scrutiny to not overprescribe, but I personally feel that many people are walking around in untenable pain and it really affects their daily lives.
I was told by my DIL, who is an anesthesiologist, that the WORST abusers of opioids are anesthesiologists. It's kind of a dirty little secret. She was at a symposium a couple years ago and came home and told me about it--the real crisis is people who NEED pain relief who cannot get it and the fact that EVERY neighborhood 'drug dealer' is somehow able to have quite the stash of stuff. I know ours does. (I'm NOT kidding, everyone knows who the kids go to for their party drugs!)
The pendulum has swung too far one way and needs to swing back more to center.
I always had excellent private health care insurance that covered me and my wife and children.
when our Doctors ordered therapy or medication , there was never an issue about following the prescribed tests, etc.
I agree that it’s not so much an age issue but a person deserting another that is weaker because they are being bullied by people that will fine them, and take their licenses away based on untruths is wrong, and needs to be fixed.
America is supposed to be a free Country.
I’ve seen spine specialist that called me a walking miracle. I’ve survived cancer and CABG plus own a TENS unit, and been offered surgical options when, not if I loose bowel & bladder control. Being in COVID quarantine will NOT effect how I live IF I get that virus. I’ve adapted to life “on line” years ago.
I miss my outdoor hobbies and being active with my Church outreach.
It hurts reading the hundreds of responses from folks that are caught up in this, looking for a way to return sanity back to patient / Dr. relations .
pretty much unable to live a normal life. It has nothing to do with age and everything to do with ridiculous CDC guidelines that punish the non-addicts. The truth is, drs are afraid they will lose their licenses to practice medicine and the result is, people of all ages are left to suffer. The statistics continue to increase, there has been an ongoing rise in suicides since CDC changed their guidelines because people are being left to suffer in physical pain with no relief.
I am speaking to this issue as someone who lives in constant pain, after having 7 surgeries in 7 years(between 2011 and 2018), after being thrown into a glass jewelry case during a robbery at the jewelry store I was working at. I now have developed osteoarthritis, in my hip, shoulders, and knee, along with low back and SI joint dysfunction, and fibromyalgia. And because I have addiction issues that run in my family, I have purposely chosen not to take any narcotics,(for more than a couple of days) as I never wanted to take the chance of becoming an addict. Even after all my surgeries, I would only allow myself to be on them for a day or two,(and that includes my total hip replacement) and then went to Tylenol or ibuprofen.
I would much rather be in pain than be an addict. But that's just me. I continue to search out alternative methods to relieve my pain, without pain medicine. There are things out there to help with pain, that don't include opioids. You may just have to search. Best wishes.
And she is on Medicare.
Look into a Pain Management clinic in your area.