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Originally Posted by LoALAnna  My question is: How is it YOU (generally speaking) know when a pain med is not needed, especially when the person in question has chronic ongoing pain, and even surgery (back, for example) has not helped? There has been documented cases that in the U.S., especially,where doctors are afraid to prescribe the strength needed by the individual patient(due to regulations, etc.) to relieve the pain, and so the patient sometimes has no choice but to supplement just to get some sort of relief and semblance of a "normal" life. |
This is so true and Im going through it right now. I have pain with a nerve in my leg and my doctor will only give me a little bit of pain meds not a full prescription and the pain med is not even strong enough to help me. I agree with those that say there is no difference in alcoholism, drug problem, over eating or smoking they are all addictions