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Us the goverment planning to force chronic pain sufferers to go off their opiates?

Is anyone staying abreast of this whole #opioidscrisis #opioidepidemic #dea #Kolondny going on?
And, are you concerned about losing your medications or have you already lost them?

Chronic pain patients are being forgotten about and punished with all these new laws and pressure from the government and states regarding opioid use
Chronic pain patients need help to get the medication they need. Drug addicts now use meth, heroin, etc. They no longer use opioids because they are so hard to get. Help is needed. I am so tired of being treated like an addict. I want my life back, I need help. Opioids is all that helps. Why should I and so many others like me continue to… read more

I went to my RA dr.and never before have I ever been 'shamed' because I take medications especially pain meds. He's treating for myalgla pain with a low dose of prednisone for a 30 day trial. It's taken probably 80% of my body pain away but he said I had to agree to stop the narcotics. I have chronic back pain and cannot make it through a work shift without my pain meds. He also told me he wants me off all my other meds, I am to young he says. I have never encountered a Dr like this and was… read more

I happened upon a survey/Questioner from the national pain report. They are fighting back amongst the effects the opioid crisis is having, tying our doctors hands in properly treating us with the medications we need. They collected 1700 questioners along with each patients stories. A few weeks ago their findings and recommendations were brought before the F D A. We are fighting back!!!!! The findings and recommendations can be found in part one and part two of the report. They do have a… read more

I know that they are bad people out there, but we are not one of them, and yet we get treated like we are bad, because we are in pain and what helps us is being decided by people who do not feel what we do

When I moved from the L. A. area near the ocean to Las Vegas, I noticed a dramatic decrease in joint pain (I was diagnosed with degenerative arthritis and DJD in 1982). A lot of medical professionals and law enforcement officers have spoken out about the "opioid crisis " being the worst in Nevada than in any other state
Doesn't it make sense though, because many people with chronic pain due to arthritis have moved here to get relief because the climate is a lot drier than most other… read more