Thread: Doctors told to avoid prescribing opiates for chronic pain

Originally Posted by CatchyUsername

Boswellia and curcumin both are probably tops in terms of clinical testing. Noni juice (with pulp) is fantastic for pain as well. I believe those are the tops and have been studied quite a bit. I also found a list at this link:

http://naturalsociety.com/16-natures...-pain-killers/

Originally Posted by KaySharpe

I have to be super-careful what I say due to FDA censorship. PM me :)

Thanks Catchy...and Kay, PM on the way.

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LH, I'm not sure why you posted those in this thread. No one is against pain meds for people who really need them. This thread is about doctors getting people addicted who really didn't need pain meds or could have probably gotten by with less addictive meds.

The point of this thread is the fact that statistically speaking, many of the heroin addicts (the ones between the ages of 18-25) were pill addicts, and got addicted due to an over-prescribing of pain meds for things like sports injuries or even less severe things. This is a fact. I've heard the stats on this.

A friend of my wife and I just had steel rods put in her back . She has spent the time in the hospital fighting for more pain relief. Doctors are afraid to prescribe for fear of the DEA inquiry into their practice. The problem has tilted the other way now. It's back to under-prescribing for many conditions that warrant pain relief. Even if you do get the meds prescribed to you you may not get them filled at a pharmacy as they can arbitrarily decide who gets pain relief and who does not.

LH.....this is a different topic, imo. We didn't start this thread for that purpose. NO ONE believes that someone who genuinely needs pain relief should not get it. That's not what we are referring to. I have no clue why someone who has steel rods in their back would not get pain relief. That doesn't make sense to me.

Originally Posted by LionHeart

A friend of my wife and I just had steel rods put in her back . She has spent the time in the hospital fighting for more pain relief. Doctors are afraid to prescribe for fear of the DEA inquiry into their practice. The problem has tilted the other way now. It's back to under-prescribing for many conditions that warrant pain relief. Even if you do get the meds prescribed to you you may not get them filled at a pharmacy as they can arbitrarily decide who gets pain relief and who does not.

Originally Posted by LionHeart

A friend of my wife and I just had steel rods put in her back . She has spent the time in the hospital fighting for more pain relief. Doctors are afraid to prescribe for fear of the DEA inquiry into their practice. The problem has tilted the other way now. It's back to under-prescribing for many conditions that warrant pain relief. Even if you do get the meds prescribed to you you may not get them filled at a pharmacy as they can arbitrarily decide who gets pain relief and who does not.

That's rough. Who have you talked to about scrips? If she's not seeing a pain specialist doctor, that's what she needs to be able to get approved for that sort of medication.

Another friend of mine returned to work after cervical disc fusion. He told me he was given a small dose of meds post op to take home, and he said they did almost nothing for the pain. The trend is now doctors refusing to supply adequate pain relief for fear of someone abusing the meds.

Originally Posted by LionHeart

Another friend of mine returned to work after cervical disc fusion. He told me he was given a small dose of meds post op to take home, and he said they did almost nothing for the pain. The trend is now doctors refusing to supply adequate pain relief for fear of someone abusing the meds.

While I agree with Catchy that it's not in keeping with the OP, I also totally get your point, LH ... it's a huge problem in our culture and not one that will have any easy answers.