Take as Prescribed: Drug Addiction in the US | Fault Lines

[@hollywinslett7097]

But then they say “take ibuprofen and/Tylenol “..... THEN, they say “Don’t take those bc they’ll eat your stomach up!” PAIN is what caused my neighbors husband to go out on the back deck and blow his brains out! He COULD NOT LIVE with the pain anymore! Thanks to ALL of the people who abuse it, causes the ones who are REALLY SICK to have to suffer!

[@MarkGelderland]

Buy it online, easy enough

[@carlfolcojr.3497]

Yes true.. But its not cool my bro was an young person addicted and if he had access to his real medication and also was treated for addiction with the narcotics because of his chemical imbalences had committed suicide bye hanging because he could not deal w his pains also... Not just addiction but also physical ilness ... It is a devious problem

[@silvergirl7810]

It so true- that’s the very reason people are switching to street drugs that are laced with other worse things. It’s shouldn’t be kept from people with pain, if taken correctly. This has become a horrendous problem on both sides.

[@shelleylannon5249]

@@MarkGelderland why would you say such a thing....Break the law why don't ya?

[@jporras1439]

When a person takes one pill when they don't have pain or for the way it "makes me high" & take more than prescribed should not be blamed on people that need these meds to get out of bed each day, take care of their families or function in life.

[@jacquelinemanzano9328]

My deepest condolences to Roy for the senseless loss of his wife.

[@beckymiller313]

the pain is so severe i understand why people are killing themselves now!!!!!....lord help people who are suffering......

[@raystephens8857]

I stopped Norco 10's 5 times a day and 45mg of morphine 3 times a day and went to Ginger root and Turmeric, after major back surgery,neuropathy and arthritis and I am pain free

[@MiaMore.]

@EzandRach .Campos that never worked for me

[@fernandovalencia3542]

@@raystephens8857 who is going to believe that. Lol

[@TheWorld4all]

But... the lord gave them the pain to see how much they could endure, lord will take away once he is satisfied with the test.

[@janicelmckee]

👍🏻👍🏾👍

[@kpaxil4516]

When he talks about what the doctor said about a chronic pain patient not being an addict, OMFG I went through this with a friend of mine, with unfortunate and very heartbreaking results that I still not able to fully get over because of what a wonderful vibrant and amazing person she was that suffered from a form of chronic pain that was very real....but I went to the doctor's with her, watching her filling out form after form after form after form....and one of the forms that they gave her was literally distinguishing what an addict was and what a chronic pain opioid tolerant patient was.... it didn't take long for her to end up just as this woman did.....I just want people out there to understand when you're in that position it goes beyond a personal choice or morals or anything....it takes over their brain literally, do not ever judge anyone unless you are put in that position, I just wish I would have been a better friend....

[@Mrs.CGraves]

It does. It happened to me. I had a couple back surgeries and was given Oxy 40’s out the gate. Within 2 weeks I was In withdrawal without them, It took 6 years of my life battling this disease and by the Grace of God, great compassionate medical team, and Addiction Medicine Treatment I am sober. I have 16 years clean in May, but it’s only one day at a time. I warn EVERYONE about this, humans are not meant to take opiates daily. I’m sorry about your friend. We’ve lost too many to this “legal” drug addiction

[@evelynbonner3908]

Why did this family leave the medication in her hands once they knew she couldn't manage them? If they felt the pain clinic was responsible, why did the family take her there a second time?

[@TheSarahbee23]

Yeah the family could have done so much more, now they're just jumping on the sue train

[@KMoney-mv9fp]

Until u live it u will never understand it.. don't be judgemental. Im sure they wud much rather have their luvd one bk over any amount of money

[@tybey2606]

K. Money idk about that time white people usually chose money over family and friends that or drugs😭

[@KMoney-mv9fp]

@@tybey2606 thts just dumb fo say

[@trafficjon400]

This poison will soon control the person by causing all kinds of out of control behavier be for it's to late. thats why.

[@linda5ft]

Every case is different. At one point pain is so horrible...Life is not worth living. especially at night.

[@trafficjon400]

also drug induced mind control. the drug kills the brain recepter's for making correct choice in a matter of minutes to ware the sick person has to surrender to the death bed. or be treated and watched at there own expense in an institution .

[@scottwilliams7726]

Yeah you would figure they would have come up with a drug that just shuts down pain receptors and not get you high or turn you into a zombie

[@stevenewton1126]

If that was the case then no pain = no movement = no breathing/heartbeat = death

[@markarmstrong6583]

Now who in their right mind would take 600 pills a month ,come on you have to take some responsibility for yourself

[@michaelwestcott5041]

gets to a point where u can't stop just not cut and dry it's herawin if u have it u will and I mean u will take it it's how nasty the drug is unless u have Ben hooked u don't understand

[@toddlavigne6441]

the man's wife was either an complete idiot or a complete junkie

[@andrewthomas9337]

she was getting leaned man let the woman live, maybe she had her own reasons -.-

[@toddlavigne6441]

@ Kazemi Groove...that could be true, when you strip it all down, the doctor(s) should not have prescribed so many pills. Hard to say if she was a blatant addict or confused, but the doctors are the professionals and some system needs to be in place to control excessive 'script writing. I think this is a case of follow the $$$$ trail. IMO

[@pinkmonkeybird2644]

If you pass out while eating oatmeal, you are taking too much. I don’t care what kind of pain you have, but if you find yourself nodding out like a heroin addict, you have a problem. My mom had stage IV cancer and managed on the lowest dose fentanyl patch. She hated the way they made her feel so much that she refused to use them more than a few days.

[@LaughingblueSu]

A drug dealer goes to prison for murder if they sell drugs to someone who ODs. But the medical Dr says "that is the responsibility of the patient"!!!

[@Tamra_77]

LaughingblueSu it is the responsibility of the patient. It’s called following drs orders, reading the label, and listening to your pharmacist.

[@tigersteele9552]

DO NOT OVER SIMPLIFY IT!!! ITS THE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBILITY!!!!

[@dp7047]

It IS the patients responsibility!!

[@capncrunch7259]

@LaughingblueSu ~ It is true. It IS the responsibility of the Patient !

[@silvergirl7810]

Freedom comes at a price- the price of responsibility

[@taniesha64]

I don't understand why she needed oxy and percocets, I'm sure 1 would have been enough and xanax on top of it that was a recipe for disaster.

[@howey935]

Definatly and benzo's and opiates are a real bad combination for causing death.

[@MrBobbo18]

Inner pain. She didn’t need. She wanted it for a reason. They kill emotional pain as well as physical. These drugs are deadly

[@MrBobbo18]

Or she just followed her doctors who didn’t follow their pledge to not cause harm.

[@amywilson1589]

Some doctors believe people with severe pain need a long acting drug and then a short acting one for break through pain.I have dealt with severe cronic pain for 20 years and I have been treated with both and it's extremely dangerous in my opinion to take both unless you are in a hospital setting because it's so easy to overdose with that many pills and noone should be taking benzos"xanax valium"with opiates.Its extremely dangerous!Benzos by themselves are very sedating and addictive and any good doctor knows you dont prescribe both together.Thats how alot of people die taking pills.Its called poly pharmacy.

[@dianehess5520]

How many times did he have to see her passed out in order to be aware something was drastically wrong? The number she was prescribed is astounding.

[@capncrunch7259]

How do you know it's a accident? People out here are in great pain because of the crack down on prescription pain killers ! End Prohibition.

[@stevenewton1126]

It's not hard to get some heroin (Diamorphine) if the pain gets that bad, if it's that bad you will source it

[@davidkruse4030]

@@stevenewton1126 you are out of your mind and your logic makes no sense.

[@erin19030]

Walk a mile in my pain filled shoes. In my life I was an 82nd Airborne Ranger. A life time of sky jumps has left me crippled with pain on a daily basis. Life at 77 is no picnic, however I only take my meds as directed. Proper medication makes life bearable. Abusing meds is a dangerous personal decision . It's no fun waiting to die.

[@dondressel452]

Perfect comment I’ve got cancer and I never abuse my medication

[@user-eb9pv4dw5p9]

Prescribing excessive amounts of opoids used to be considered "proper medication" in the US for years, Jim

[@camman6912]

It's sad how the people left behind suffer so much

[@trafficjon400]

MILLIONS left behind afraid to look out of the box.

[@dondressel4802]

The amount of pills and giving her different opiates at the same time is just irresponsible by who ever was prescribing them Unless she was doctor shopping and they couldn’t monitor it at that time

[@justmissjamey]

Personal responsibility. No one forced her or anyone...and if someone is forgetting to take more then what they should, needs to have family or a nurse come in and take over. Many take for granted how difficult it is for some to do simple tasks that most take for granted because if pain.

[@ticks4ticks4]

Not necessarily. Sometimes, it could be appropriate to prescribe 2 (two) opioid narcotics at the same time; (e.g. as mentioned at the beginning of this video: "OxyContin" (continuous/long-acting oxycodone); along with Percocet ("immediate-release" oxycodone with acetaminophen combination product) for "break-through pain'.

[@ticks4ticks4]

Realistically, pain is difficult to treat-esp. "chronic" or "long-term pain" ; & often multiple treatment methods (medications / whether "opioid narcotics" ; and/or "other medications" (e.g. "anticonvulsants" of many sorts; "antidepressants" {such as: tricyclic antidepressants; as well as SSRI's; venlafexine} - taken together or not - or alternating; consideration of herbal treatments; physical therapy or chiropractor; vitamin/supplements; NSAIDs (e.g. ibuprofen, naproxen; as well as "prescription-strength types" ; triptans (migraines), arthritis drugs...

[@ticks4ticks4]

...(cont'd)... IcyHot; hot / cold compresses; Thermacare; relaxation techniques; yoga/meditation; mild exercises/aquatic therapy.

[@ladybug4408]

No one should be getting that many pills, no one! I don't care how much pain you have you don't need hundreds a month! When someone is taking that many they're chasing a high

[@CaraMTrump]

And us chronic pain sufferers get punished ... We have real pain.

[@graceisland2631]

My feeling exactly. I am in Ireland and the only pain meds that work are codeine based. Because of the US situation there was panic here and I had a long period of severe pain and no sleep and more at risk from taking too much eg aspirin to get some relief. Thankfully I am back in a regulated dose of tylex and coping with my pain .

[@jporras1439]

Right now 6/2019 in Oklahoma this state is suing every pharmaceutical company that manufacturers pain medicine. Chronic pain sufferers will be screwed.

[@LM-eu8yr]

@@jporras1439 If they take me off my pain meds, I am blowing my brains out. I have no quality of life as it is. What little I have is due to pain management.

[@jporras1439]

@@LM-eu8yr I am so sorry. I have RSD/CRPS. I've taken morphine & norco responsibly for 12 yrs. I completely understand how you feel. I don't like that you would kill yourself if you are taken off your meds but I understand.

[@MiaMore.]

Exactly, don't punish everyone! This is a controlled substance so control it! Drug test, don't over prescribe but don't just take it away when used properly, it gives some of us our life back!!!

[@cpgone]

I see both sides. At some point the pt. has to be responsible for the amount they take.

[@catherinewylie6959]

I agree. Maybe it depends though on how much pain someone is really in, how out of control it can get. I have to take Tramadol for chronic pain but I take as little as possible and only 50 mg every other day and do other things for my pain. I don't even like taking these things and I have been stockpiling them because the doctors are getting so weird about prescribing and I worry about getting cut off and ending up in bad shape one day. So people who have real chronic pain are worried about people abusing things too - chronic pain or not.

[@sharontaylor3890]

These people are/were abusing these drugs, and it causes misery for chronic pain patients like me who take them only as prescribed and NEVER feel woozy, "high," dizzy, lethargic, short of breath, or drowsy when using them. I am 100% alert and productive when taking OxyContin. But now I can't get these drugs because of dodos like those on the video, who abuse and misuse the drugs I need, to be able to function.

[@deebow0872]

@ryan mcguinness Yeah..my daughter told me she'd blame herself for not doing more if anything happened to me. I said no! Do not blame yourself for my selfishness..it's my responsibility to get help. She seemed relieved I said that. I use to drink a lot, but functional, working, handling life, I knew it was only a matter of time before it takes it's toll.. I haven't totally quit but, I'm doing fine, just drink occasionally...I'm asking GOD to take it all away for good.🙂

[@sharonbyrd8625]

That's hard to realize I guess when you're used to taking them? I know u can't mix some drugs, and never mix with booze. U cannot take more than prescribed

[@toddlavigne6441]

and that's a shame....you get a prescription filled YOU assume the responsibility. these people are somewhat idiots

[@number1beastielover]

It's not the prescribing doctor's fault. At 7:00, the husband says he regrets every day not doing something different. So then is he to blame for not doing something different? He's no more to blame than the doctor. Why is it that someone else is always to blame for a person's personal decisions/choices/actions?

[@kpaxil4516]

@number1beastielover you know the only thing that I can think of is try and look at in the way of people from his generation dealt with doctors, back in the day they used to get house calls from doctors and no matter what a doctor said it was pretty much gospel bc he was a "doctor" if you know what I'm saying.....he tried to take her to rehab and then here's a "doctor" telling him what he thinks is best for his patient (which I saw with one of my friends going through this who's doctor told her she was a chronic pain patient and not an addict) I think putting blame on anyone isn't the answer I'm sure this man lived every day of his life regretting everything that ever happened.... I know I have

[@yamiletvazquez1812]

This is so sad.. But I don't understand why go back to the pain clinic if after rehab she was managing her pain well with Tylenol.

[@thecincinnatichick]

Yamilet Vazquez, there's obviously more to that story. Many things could have happened that resulted in her going back to opiates.

[@megawho12]

Because she was an addict.

[@mirjanamirjana2045]

I think because she had chronic pain in her back!

[@exluvah]

Yes, they conveniently left out that little tidbit. This whole video was one-sided against opioids and deserves to be questioned and debated.

[@michaeljohn9263]

I think her husband allowed her to resume her addiction because he wanted her out of the picture.

[@Bummer1980]

These people are ridiculous! Oxycodone and OxyContin are amazing medications for treating chronic pain! I would have ZERO quality of life with out pain medication. People who abuse pain meds make it a nightmare for those of us that actually have chronic pain! I have pain meds and am never pain free. I can’t remember what a pain free day feels like. The medication makes the pain tolerable. I don’t feel loopy or drugged at all. But I take my meds as prescribed. I think all patients should have drug testing. Not only to make sure they are taking their meds as prescribed but to make sure the are taking them and aren’t just selling them. People like myself that have progressive illness shouldn’t have to live in pain. Opioid medications have their place in medicine. I agree they need to be monitored but to take them away would do a huge disservice to those who truly need them!

[@marvstrickler9573]

Individuals that are prescribed Oxycodone and or OxyContim should have their Drivers License revoke until they recover, if that was to happen, I'll bet 85% of them would recover miraculously.

[@Bummer1980]

marv strickler clearly you don’t live with any chronic health disorders.

[@marvstrickler9573]

@@Bummer1980 if you disorder is long term, what are plans, when your Kidneys and Liver fail?

[@Bummer1980]

marv strickler I die. But that will probably happen way before my kidneys and liver fail so I most likely won’t have to experience that. And if I do, I’m sure dialysis would be an option, but transplant would not be. But I don’t feel the need to explain my illness to some random person online.

[@marvstrickler9573]

@@Bummer1980 That is a very disturbing reality. Yes, can relate to random person online. Med's have not effected your wisdom...:)

[@markczarny7088]

Anyone who says that they learnt to live with the pain obviously don't suffer real pain and should be honest with the meds .

[@raystephens8857]

I took myself off morphine 45mg and Norco 10-5 times a day,I was never addicted.

[@celestemakara4207]

i think it depends on where the pain is. and after a while you can wean yourself off and take over the counter meds, but sometimes like for me they dont work at all and i would end up over dosing it i used them.

[@marvstrickler9573]

So you know anyone & everyone ah? When the body experiences pain, it begins to heal the cause of the pain. Pain medications slows the healing process and sometime the ability for the body to heal its' self.

[@marvstrickler9573]

Your meds are making you stupid, and there is no known medication that will help that.

[@cassied.6731]

My mother has horrible nerve pain from her MS and she manages it with ibuprofen and acetominophen. She is always in pain, she had to learn to both live with it and manage it carefully.

[@pawetfashions6104]

I suffer from chronic pain. The doctor was actually correct. I never abused my medication and I am neither dependent or addicted to my medications. I can stop taking my pain medication for days and not suffer withdrawals. I actually suffer more from not taking my anti depressants then not taking my pain pills. I am in major pain; to the point I feel like I want to go to the emergency room. BUT I like to feel some pain so I can see what my pain levels are if I may need to stop working out for a few days or if I am doing okay. I was told by a panel of doctors because I’ve had brain surgery I 1. Can not do a stimulator in my back and I can’t do acupuncture because it won’t work unless I’m off of my pain meds for a least a month. 2. I will be on pain medication for the rest of my life; because pain causes ones blood pressure to go up and I can’t have high blood pressure due to my brain surgery. I honestly don’t like pain meds; because I have to schedule my month around them due to having to take urinalysis and phone and face to face with my nurse... AND THE STIGMA! I don’t understand how people normalize this and begin to abuse their pain medication. I should also note none of my doctors receive monies from pharmaceutical companies... They all either worked for or contracted with the GOVERMENT, VA, OR DOD... Which prohibits doctors to allow pharmaceutical companies to “court” them.

[@katiesmith5461]

A lot of these comments seem overly hostile toward the patients. Yes there is some personal responsibility when it come to your body and what you put into to it, but it shouldn't be over looked how far too many doctors are in the grip of the pharmaceutical companies. When someone is in a profession you trust you are likely to follow the advice they give you. We're taught from a young age that doctors are there to help you, they just want you to get better so you don't question their prescriptions. Once you start taking these drugs they can become addictive and change the way you respond to thing making it less likely you will do anything that stops your intake. So instead of just insulting these people maybe consider what they've been through to get to that point.

[@jpmnky]

Exactly. I wish these people that act all high and mighty about it have to go through the withdrawal that these meds cause people.

[@greattunesking1]

Katie Smith Thank you so much for what you said here. I think the worst thing is when the people who are not addicted have no clue just how serious being addicted really is. They have never walked in a Addicted persons shoes. Until they understand that, No one will have any Success!

[@kellbell1672]

Thank u i am not addicted, i am dependent now!!!! i hate it and it depresses me. My doc was tying to help, it DID. Not now and i take way more, its bad, scary and oh my the withdrawal is the worst!

[@Tamra_77]

They only become addicted if they do not follow the instructions to take them. Taking too many leads to drug seeking behavior, which means you are running out of your prescription before the end of the month when it’s time for renewal. That’s when the “addicts” are turning to the streets to get their “fix” This happened in 2009. The husband takes no responsibility for this?? Crazy. As many times as she supposedly OD and had to be taken to the hospital, why was he NOT controlling her medication?? He says “she was laying down there, and her pills were over there” he may as well have put a loaded gun in her hand, if he’s repeatedly giving her, her medications back. Instead of standing there taking pictures of her, if he really wanted to take care of her, those meds would have been in a locked box and only handed out when it was time for her next dosage. Everyone looking to blame someone else, when it’s just as much his fault as hers and the drs.

[@susanflowers7425]

Why didn't he take control of passing out the meds . That's what my Brother did and it worked. I would like to see these people live with chronic pain.

[@jeffflick2573]

Susan Flowers Yes me to. They would be complaining big time!!!

[@susieq8008]

I 2as wondering the very same thing....

[@marynespolo]

My girlfriend at the time dispensed my pills when I got a prescription so there was no way to just abuse it . It does work to have a trusted responsible person help when you are vulnerable.

[@louiseerbslisbjerg7854]

Why shpuld next of kin be their pharmacist??? I dont think you have ANY idea how much pressure that is to put on a partner. I did it for my ex-husband with his medication for two years because he was reluctent to take it. It is not the responsibility of a spouse or next of kin to dispence medication perscribed by a doctor - it's the doctors job to show resonable cobsideration with perscription.

[@loliwemoyo5680]

I'm in medical school and trust doctors way less every day when it comes to pills plus some are functioning junkies themselves.

[@samanthastuessel7986]

The problem is people who are not regulated. I have extremely sever cases of chronic pain. When I went to specialist at children's hospital at 14 the doctors said I have the worst fibromyalgia they had ever seen in an 80 year old let alone in a 14 year old. I was told "if you're not dead by 60 you will be a cripple" and I am very much on my way to being a cripple. I also have ehlers danlos syndrome, which is where my joints dislocate. Most people just have to worry about maybe dislocating but I have a very sever case of it and dislocate joints several times a day, every day. I literally just popped my hip back into socket like 10 mins ago and I have popped both wrist back in earlier about 4 different time through out the day. I popped in my shoulder when I woke up from a nap. I also have degenerative joints. My joints and spine are disintegrating. I am in constant pain. But what people don't seem to realize is opioids are not there to take away the pain, they are there to make the pain manageable. If you are taking enough to feel no pain at all and it depressing your breathing and heart rate, you are taking way too much. That's not how they are supposed to be used. I take 20mg of oxycontin 3 times a day. A regiment and I am still in extreme pain. But it's not there to take it away. It's there to make your pain manageable. I have taken this regiment for almost 10 years, so yes my body is addicted and if I go without it for too long I will go through withdrawal but I do not abuse my medication. People need to stop with this idea that opioids are there to make the pain stop completely. If you have chronic pain you need to be on a regiment not just popping pills when ever you feel pain. My doctor makes sure his patients aren't abusing their medications and if he thinks they are he will make sure they are not doctor shopping and that they stay on a regiment and get weened off. If you are abusing the medications he will not continue to prescribe to that person and makes sure they get in a program to help them. You can't paint us all with the same brush. If you take away opioids from everyone you are taking it away from people like me that don't abuse their medications but still need them. (P.S. I have cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome so I can't smoke weed anymore. I smoked for 15 years and it burned out my receptors and last time I smoked weed I went through an episode that almost killed me. I threw up for 48 hrs straight and my organs were shutting down. According to the emergency room dr)

[@MrTrogjrog]

How do they tell if someone intentionally took more to end it??? They can’t

[@Alicia-BG]

So, the doctor admits that patients get confused due to the medicine cocktail he prescribes and take more medicines. Then he goes on to say that it's the patient's responsibility to know how many they take???

[@tripledvideos6815]

He said if they take to many they may get confused and take more he didn’t wanna say the truth. Because she is dead but she took to many on purpose.

[@MJSinger10]

Percocet IS Oxycodone... So I'm betting she was prescribed OxyContin (ER) and Oxycodone (IR). That's a lot of pills, even if they were only 10mg each... It's doctors like that who ruin it for the other chronic pain sufferers like me. So sad that happened to Carol, and her family. ☹️

[@Guy-cs8yj]

I agree with you 100 percent. Some people suffer every day, and must do a multitude of different things to stay on top of it.

[@ticks4ticks4]

My response: "Yes-And: "No". Note: 1) The "oxycodone" would, in fact, refer to "OxyContin" (ER) - ("extended released" version) - as you had mentioned. 2) The "Oxycodone (IR)-("immediate release") refers to: "Percocet , Roxicet, Endocet" (brands)-or their "generic equivalents"-for: "oxycodone w/ acetaminophen" {that is; the: "oxycodone {IR)" refers to "immediate release" version of an "oxycodone combination product" {oxycodone with acetaminophen.}.

[@ticks4ticks4]

{cont.d).... Note: Other: "oxycodone (IR) "combination products" include: 1) "Percodan" (generic: oxycodone w/ asprin); and: 2) "Combunox" (generic: oxycodone w/ ibuprofen). ****{Here is a run fact re: the brand name: "OxyContin" - "Contin" is from "Contin(ous Release)" ; & the "Oxy" is from "Oxy(codone)".}.

[@sophiaburke2097]

It's not that she wasn't in pain. She just bacame addict like everyone and does

[@janicelmckee]

Sophia Burke - Pills cause pain! They mess with your brain! The more you take, the more you will hurt when the medications start to leave your system. Opioids are the most evil things on God’s green earth.

[@kennethcole8403]

My husband gives me a days worth of medication everyday and keeps the rest in a safe I wanted him to follow this because I no people can get confused! Why didn't that man help his wife out while she was in that state! He could have given her a days worth and she would be alive today ! People have to be smart ! I take Fentynol patches and I have never had a problem either abuse ,you that abuse it ruin it for the responsible ones ! Rachel Cole under my husbands screen name sorry!

[@susanholbrook7358]

You are so very lucky to have such a supporting spouse. That is extremely rare. Props to him and you for taking the precautions you are as well. Did y'alI create this plan together when you were first prescribed pain meds?

[@jeffflick2573]

This man seems to be sue happy to me? Why didn't he help his wife by holding her meds and not deviating from the prescribed dosage? I'm sure she would still be alive!!

[@likethewayyoulook]

Because hindsight is 20/20

[@marygay2021]

Kenneth Cole some people are not smart like you are.

[@sampeters3126]

What do doctors prescribe when a patient is truly suffering from chronic pain?!?!

[@ireneduke5022]

Joseph Peters I take two norco per day for a degenerative disc, and other ailments of pain. If didn't take them, I would suffer needlessly..

[@ladybug4408]

@@ireneduke5022 And that is a reasonable amt. Up to 6 per day would be reasonable but anymore than that's chasing a high.

[@dickvansteijn4115]

Opiods. Period

[@more2me100]

Nothing.... I get absolutely nothing 😢

[@auntiegin7109]

Research shows that if the morphine equivalents are kept under 30, you can prevent addiction, development of hypersensitivity to pain, and risk of overdose is minimal.

[@osbornc2725]

Deaths from over the counter Tylenol and ibuprofen are much higher, when you're in severe acute pain you'll take as much as you can of whatever you can get to stop or significantly lessen the pain, 30,000 deaths from opioid in 2017 over 400,000 from tabacco, 80,000 from Tylenol alone, it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

[@sandrastevens4418]

Tylenol Is highly toxic. I had the flu and over dosed on nyquil. I had to spend 24 hours in the hospital on an antidote drip

[@osbornc2725]

@@sandrastevens4418 yaaa see, glad you lived, live free

[@sandrastevens4418]

@@osbornc2725 thank you. The doctor said Tylenol completely destroys your liver.

[@danr5105]

Wait a minute here. The man states that his wife was taking a major amount of opiates but then states "after 2 weeks in addiction treatment she was managing her pain on Tylenol" We all know this is impossible, what about the detox and the withdrawals?

[@brianmorrison9066]

That is impossible.

[@curtismartin7187]

I don’t think she really had much of a habit...some of these people get strung out on like three loritab a day....

[@danr5105]

@@curtismartin7187 Hi Chris. 'Just to tell "someone". As of Feb 24 2021 I was off oxy (Ok it took me 2 years of tapering.) I was on 185mg oxy for 12 years due to a condition called "cervical osteomyelitis" a bone infection in my neck after surgery due to staph.

[@disgustedintennessee8840]

Dr. Webster so you bear no responsibility at all??

[@davdski5935]

My back pain is managed by facet joint rhizotomies every 2 to 3 years and at worst Codeine. The rhizotomies are where you are sedated (propofol) and the pain specialist inserts a fine needle under fluoroscope x-ray into the area, the needle is heated using radio frequency and it scars the nerve that is being targeted after tests confirm that is the origin of the pain. Works a treat for me, I get some back ache but nowhere near enough pain for opiods and on a bad day some stronger dose codeine on a prescription. This treatment has enabled me to work in security and now at age 50 I do up to 15 kilometres a day walking as a parking inspector.

[@Tamra_77]

Davdski my dr wanted me to try that, but my insurance wouldn’t cover it.

[@sarahalbers5555]

Didn't work for me, but I am happy you are doing well. Bless you.

[@naeemahbadia4266]

I’m a chronic pain sufferer, I have sickle cell disease and it’s not easy to deal with the pain at all. I’ve been taking my pain meds since I was about five years old and the way people abuse their medications makes it hard for people not to group us all together and assume we all have drug problems when it’s just my medicine. I get both OxyContin ER and Oxycodone IR. Please be careful and take your medicine in moderation and responsibly it would make a world of difference !

[@foxylady9110]

I don't know why her husband didnt put in place more contol of when his wife took her medication, it should have been in a nomad system of some sorts then she couldn't overdose, these tablets must be taken as prescribed to avoid addiction. He knew what his wife was doing but didn't help her!!!

[@cpgone]

+Sue F EXACTLY. It baffles the mind to hear him seeing her deteriorate and not help her or be in control. Nah , its easier to sue.

[@mwafrika4]

He was very passive about it

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

MSM and politicians push the narrative that all overdoses are accidental. if you suffer from chronic pain, you would understand. sledgehammer, or pills

[@johnlarson7858]

Taken “as prescribed” does not guarantee that you will not become addicted. I am living proof of such a fallacy.

[@dianezapata]

Foxy Lady I totally agree. Plenty ways he could have helped her manage her meds, instead he took pics of her.........sad.

[@blackiesun]

The lady was on 2 opiate meds because she was on Oxycontin, which is extended release, used to manage pain throughout the day and the instant release version, Percocet (which also has acetaminophen in it), used for acute instances of pain. That's the only case where 2 opiates can be combined. One is extended release and one instant. The doctor obviously knew what he was doing. It's also easily researched. Ultimately it was the lady who chose to abuse the medication. Taking more and more. She should have been switched to something stronger if oxycodone wasn't enough for the pain. The unpalatable truth is that she probably liked the high she was getting so she wasn't interested in taking something else or communicating this to her doctor. The husband probably made the doctor feel questioned and he didn't get the collaboration he wanted from him as he approached his actions the wrong way. I can understand the husband is distraught but it's not the doctor's fault his wife wasn't taking it as prescribed anymore and overdosing on it repeatedly. You can't always blame someone else for your actions, sorry... no one was putting the pills in this lady's mouth. She was taking them and abusing them and willingly so.

[@ticks4ticks4]

Now, there can be justifiable reasons to prescribe 2 (two) opioid narcotic pain medications for pain- including BOTH: 1) OxyContin ; And: 2) Percocet. The reason could be: 1) The "OxyContin" (extended-release formulation} of: "oxycodone" ; would be for "chronic, 'round-the-clock, ongoing pain" ; And: 2) The "Percocet" (immediate-release formulation) of: "oxycodone & acetaminophen" {combination product}; would be for: "breakthrough pain".

[@ticks4ticks4]

...However, Especially in today's "opioid crisis" and "medicolegal climate" - this might night be the best judgment call on the doctor. {Since: It would be very likely that the "generic versions" for each of the 2 (two) medication would be the ones that get filled - [Not the "brand name"] ; - And since: "Both generic prescriptions" would have bottles w/ labels saying "oxycodone" ;

[@ticks4ticks4]

... (Cont'd) ...[Except the: "generic Percocet" label will read: "oxycodone w/ APAP" ; nonetheless, it would be very easy to "Confuse" the 2 (Two) pill bottles."].}. Furthermore, it may be hard to fill these simultaneous at Many pharmacies w/out additional scrutiny & follow-up w/ a detailed note/treatment plan/ that is very well-documented-from the treating physician-& Detailed progress note for each subsequent "new fill."

[@dominiquegugle1472]

Mo

[@cassied.6731]

In my personal opinion, you're correct in that the wife was the addict and the husband may not have approached the situation with a clear, calm perspective. However, taking all responsibility off the doctor isn't the correct answer to me, nor is dismissing the wife as just an addict who wanted to get high. I think the situation is more complex than just pointing a finger at one person and saying it's their fault.

[@ClassicBarbieFL]

Ever since I was a small child, my mother acted the exact same way. I couldn’t have friends over and whenever I tried to confront her addiction she would severely abuse me. I never knew if she would live to see the next day. Her addiction began in 1997 with morphine and still continues now(2021) with fentanyl along with an arsenal of others meds. I went no contact with her years ago and tell people she died. An addict sucks the life out of everyone who cares about them until they’re all alone with only their drugs.

[@QueenBeeBeautyXO]

That's the problem,people don't take pain meds as directed!! And that makes it worse for the people who REALLY NEEDS THE MEDS!!

[@butterflybaby7711]

8:52

[@lucasvarela9632]

U really need your heroin huh

[@Aries-tx3zz]

@the DOCTORS prescribe People follow doctor orders like God. Then patient becomes dependant. Then DOCTORS and pharmacy make lots of MONEY! Get it now! 💰 💰 💰

[@goffredoify]

QueenBeeForLife it seems to me you are a pain doctor. Shame on you

[@jonahjames8915]

Oh jeez one of you… just because you have chronic pain does not mean you won’t become addicted or abuse theme. You most likely already are addicted. It’s how they work. You build up a tolerance, need more and more to stop the pain. Before you know it, you’re physically dependent. Just because you “need” the meds doesn’t mean you’re morally above anyone else.

[@angelaramirez4144]

Okay...blame the doctor but the doctor wasn't living in the home. Instead of taking pictures, maybe the husband could've taken her pills and administered what she needed. He said she was confused and would take more. If It's at that point where you are finding her passed out repeatedly,why wouldn't you take the meds?? Just take pics instead?

[@katherinegall1605]

I take an opioid for chronic pain. I have taken the drug responsibly for five years. If I can be responsible, then others can too.

[@connerprice4069]

She is 86 years old let her take whatever she freaking wants to

[@sweetness1586]

yes pain can be and is excruciating !! i have chronic pain and u can see it its not fake its in my blood and my bones etc / i would live with percs till the day i die but they dont make the brand name anymore ooooh no they make tec cheap chemical perc made in china !!!!!!!! disgusting corporate industry !!!! they want u to need more they all have stock in fentenyl and heroin !! its an ugly web that polititians and billioneers have produced

[@traxxasbro5604]

Opioids can be taken responsibly. At the end of the day, you’re the one taking the medication and you must make the decisions not to abuse your medications. There’s millions of people who take their pain medications responsibly without addiction. There’ll always be risk of physical tolerance and dependency, and your doctor knows that, so be honest and address it. No one is forcing the meds down your throat, so take some personal accountability for what you’re putting in your body.

[@rachelmacaskill5806]

In agony right now and the pain killers I've been prescribed aren't strong enough and they don't work

[@ljay659]

I came here because i was prescribed oxycodone for wisdom teeth extraction. (With only local anesthesia) I tried to avoid using it, but gave it and the oxycodone helped SO much. I was only prescribed 18 pills and won’t use them all, but i can see the benefit of them with used properly.

[@foster9062]

Marijuana for all

[@myabbayah9092]

Yessssssss

[@europanzz]

not for people with psychiatric illness

[@vinnymorreale6193]

Okay marijuana does help alot of people but the there are so many convicted non violent felons for this plant it's disgrace. The plant does do so much for mankind. I agree make it legal.

[@chapelhillbilly1]

I was taking opiods for almost 15 years and stopped about 3 months ago and started using marijuana. My husband is amazed at how much better my mood is. I realized I was dependant but didn't realize that it affected my mood

[@Aries-tx3zz]

Marajana bad too..eventually watch

[@ItsMeAmb3rly]

Why did he not control her meds if taking it and get so gone that she would take more?!? I know it's not his fault. Just she needed to be guided with this!

[@ticks4ticks4]

@ 17:00 Is he confusing "addiction" with "physical dependence"?

[@romain-up3ce]

0:00-1:21 Roy Bosley's story 1:21-3:06 Carol Bosley 3:08-5:40 Overdosing 5:42-8:04 Dr. Lynn Webster

[@harleygough]

8:50 "the family hated the medications side-effects (Oxycontin & Hydrocodone), 'anger , volatility and depression'" ...jeez, I know every drug affects people differently but I think it's sake to say this guy's in the minority with these particular ones, in fact he's pretty much the exception to the rule, opiates/ opioids have been proven and quite obviously treat and regulate mood, promote calmness and aid in fighting depression. Good documentary and great that even the rare outcomes are being covered but this also like every other "addiction documentary" makes opiates/ opioids out to be bad and the enemy, whenever it's actually people's glaringly obvious misuse, ignorance and lack of the most basic education on what they are putting into their own bodies that is causing the outcomes rather than the drugs themselves. Dependence and weekly withdrawal symptoms for 15 years were an absolutely expected and most welcome inconvenience for when I chose to use opiates to self-medicate my otherwise incapacitating mental illness 16 years ago, the benefits outweighed any negatives that my particular way and method of using the drugs posed - they literally saved my life, when suicide seemed the only viable, and very rational, option to trying to live with the unbearable, exhausting, unbearable, definite and downright debilitating symptoms of severe depressiom and anxiety. Very few documentaries cover that significant side of opiate/opioid use - channel 4 made an amazingly honest and therein controversial documentary called 'The Truth About Heroin' in the early 2000s, which can be found easily on KZbin and is real worth watching for any eye-opener on these sorts of unpopular truths.

[@kentwoodpd843]

I am a Nephrologist who has a bulging disc. I tried Hydrocodone back in Nov. 2016, but I still a have about a 1/3 of the pills left since then. They are addictive but I don't like nausea & weird feeling. Honestly I just weaned myself off of them. I take Tylenol & Ibuprofen when I hurt. I swim, bike ride, play ball, stay active and this helps my pain tremendously. Endorphins, which are released by exercise are ~50X more potent than morphine. Natural pain killers work so much better than synthetics. America has become soft because at one point we consumed ~80% of the worlds hydrocodone. We don't want to get better, we want a pacifier, a binky! I went to Peru(along the river villages), and these people have NO access to over the counter pain meds. But they survive. They have minimal resources but live happy!! They are no less happier than we are. Stop blaming doctors for this crisis. Just don't take the medicine, if you are getting addicted or your fear addiction or you have a addictive personality.

[@MsNooneinparticular]

Exactly. Euphoria is just ONE of a long list of possible side effects. Nausea, dizziness, itching, constipation & sedation are others. If you don't get the euphoria you're unlikely to abuse them. People tend to not abuse things that make them feel *worse*.

[@moogybannahilstopaflingon6803]

Now that’s how you make a documentary kids...very well written material on a very important, interesting and complicated subject. Add an amazing journo and you have yourself a winner folks. Good camera work and good sound... what more could you ask for?

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

Read my response.

[@Tamra_77]

Moogy Banna Hilstopaflingon maybe both sides of the story?

[@moogybannahilstopaflingon6803]

Not %100 sure what you mean but I’m all ears...please explain!

[@exluvah]

@@moogybannahilstopaflingon6803 In the past several years because of the so-called opioid crisis (and videos like this) chronic pain patients in this country have been forcibly tapered off their much needed medications leaving them under-medicated and abandoned by doctors terrified of losing their licenses. Opiates were the last resort for hundreds of millions of chronic pain patients and now they are being taken away from them causing them to suffer in pain and left unable to function as before. Many are committing suicide. So, no, I would not say this documentary was very well written. In fact, I call it propaganda by the anti-opioid lobby. The other side of this story was completely left out. Namely, the CDC's faulty overdose statistics, Andrew Kolodny's shameful conflict of interest, PROP, and other lies, such as a complete suppression of the fact that less than one percent of chronic pain patients taking prescription opioids as directed do not become addicted to opiates. I don't know what the cure for drug addiction is but I doubt that leaving such a huge part of our population to face the rest of their lives in pain is going to help it.

[@moogybannahilstopaflingon6803]

Was a good documentary by the way!

[@sharontaylor3890]

I know this from experience as a chronic pain patient -- With sufficient pain to warrant the dose you take, you would not get drowsy, foggy, woozy, "high," addicted, or lethargic from drugs such as Oxycontin, and you would not pass out from taking it. If this is happening from any type of pain pill, either the dose is too high, you are not following the dosing instructions, you are mixing it with other substances such as alcohol, you are intolerant of this type of drug, or you do not have the massive, ongoing amount of pain that Oxycontin and similar drugs are designed to treat. If a loved one has wooziness, lethargy, uncontrollable drowsiness, etc., when taking these drugs, take the pills away and give the patient the drug yourself, at the proper dosing interval. If they still have a problem, tell the doctor the dose is too high, or else see a different doctor. To help a person discontinue taking these drugs, taper the dose down for a few days before stopping the drug, just in case the person has brought on an addiction by taking too much of the drug. I think people with broken bones should not use drugs such as Oxycontin because broken bones will heal and the pain will decrease as time passes, which means you're using a strong pain killer for no reason. My type of pain, from spine problems too numerous to list, will NOT heal nor decrease with time. I've had several broken bones and that pain is trivial, by comparison. In fact, I took OTC drugs such as Ibuprofen for three different broken bone incidents and even after reconstructive knee surgery, but OTC drugs have zero value in reducing my spine pain. Oxycontin is also not the right drug for migraines, because migraines are not continuous like spine pain, and because somebody with a migraine might deliberately take too large a dose in order for the drug to make them be able to sleep. One reason you might accidentally take more OxyContin than prescribed is that these pills do NOT cause any effects that can be felt, at the correct dose, and you may mistakenly think you haven't yet taken the drug, thus taking another one. I always had that worry and was very careful not to double-dose by accident. It's better to skip a dose than to overdose. The woman who says she has trouble breathing when taking pain pills admits that she has taken too much of the drug when that happens. Obviously she is taking more than prescribed and that's why she sounds so lethargic. I can take Oxycontin per instructions and be more alert than I am without it, because pain dulls my mind. But I can no longer get Oxycontin or any effective pain drug because of people like those in the video, who are taking too many pills too close together and sometimes killing themselves, plus the people who take these drugs just for kicks and grins. I frequently curse such people as I sit here in pain that's due to their stupid, irresponsible use of drugs that I need but cannot get, thanks to them.

[@razorsedg3563]

I've been on multiple opioids for over a decade and I manage my pain well. All it takes is your Dr. to periodically monitor your regimen and make changes accordingly. I'm on 120mg of Morphine and 20mg Oxycodone a day. You build up a tolerance so more is required therefore communication is a must.

[@brianmorrison9066]

So you just keep going up and up with no plan to ever stop?

[@Mrs.CGraves]

Until you want to get off. Your a slave to the drugs.

[@BELLUS-p4h]

Blame the doctors prescribing...I got into a minor accident and the doctor was so quicked to prescribed oxycodone and I said I'm not taking something addictive. File Malpractice or Wrongful Death. Greedy doctors!

[@mannyjaybirdtv873]

I agree with doctor Webster you shouldn’t take something down and off pharmacies because other people abuse it. There are people in real pain who can’t handle it! Think about all the people who abuse heroin before the epidemic. You can’t just cut a drug off because the withdrawals would add more pain to those already in unbearable pain.

[@col2959]

I was in hospital a couple of years ago , very sick, thoracic drain in my side connected to a bag and a pic line for the strong antibiotics I needed. I was asked several times a day " why arnt you using your pain management available? It's their to use".... I don't blame the nurses , obviously this is a priority they've been taught. My priority was to get better. Not to get worse. Some pain short term as opposed to a life of pain should I get hooked. Take the pain. It will pass. coltrump🇳🇿

[@edwardmiller2249]

I'll weigh in on this..for Example in South Florida most of the pain clinics have been Shut down...Extremely hard to get A pain med Script for opioids..ITS NOT FAIR TO THOSE WHO REALLY NEED THE DRUGS. OUR GOVERNOR NEEDS TO REVISE THE LAW. OPIOIDS DO WORK!

[@Salwerth2822]

After a similar scenario... Car accident - chronic pain... I went to my doctor and told him that I felt I was becoming addicted to the oxycodone he prescribed me after he continued to increase the medication amount as my system was becoming tolerant. He asked me "well, are you still in pain?" to which I answered, yes. And he told me NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. When I had healed and was no longer in pain he would prescribe me suboxone, which would wean me off the pain medication. I went home feeling relieved that there was a solution. How wrong I was. This was back in 2009, and what the doctor failed to tell me was that the suboxone was not covered by my insurance and would cost me upwards of about $500 a month. This was right after the 2008 recession. My husband had been out of work for months, and we were living month to month. I couldn't afford $500 a month for just one medication. Ultimately I was on my own. I ended up hospitalized twice before I finally ended up on methadone management which is a curse in and of itself. I've never recovered.

[@melissadixon1854]

Those sleep positions probably caused severe pain . I can relate sadly to this story. I have this pain. I take pain medication. I'm very conscientious of my medication. The pain becomes unbearable ...... God be with us all 🙏💔

[@nneichan9353]

I strongly believe that medicines must be taken as prescribed. I also believe a full education must occur to make patients aware of the risks and benefits and to understand the proper way to take the medicine. I take pain meds, and I regularly decrease them to lower doses to keep my system sensitized to them. To not do this means that sensitivity will wane and the same dose will become ineffective. I go through a great deal of discomfort at least twice a year when I scale back the number of pills I take. It is terrible. But necessary. While the pain relief will decrease over time if dosages are not periodically reduced, the lethal dose remains the same. This is vital information to convey to patients. Just gradually increasing the dosage is not a viable prescribing pattern. It takes more time to educate a patient, but to not do so is a disservice. Perhaps a fatal one. The common push now it to encourage alternative therapies. Which for some work, many in fact might find themselves able to tolerate reduction in dosage. But as these therapies are not funded for life, persons with chronic pain are often cut off and then unless they are able to conduct their own therapy they are right back where they started with pain medicines.

[@taniesha64]

When my grandmother was prescribed oxy after her surgery she just stopped taking them because she didnt like the way they made her feel. It's very easy for people to do that unless you like the feeling and start to abuse them.

[@jewsaregenocidalhores]

Russada so now we’re blaming addicts for being addicted to addictive pills?🤔

[@27273100]

Russada -- I'm the same way. After any surgery of any kind, I would take 2 or 3 painkillers and the rest just sit and collect dust. I'm just too used to moving around and my body heals fast.

[@justmissjamey]

Nur La grande.. YES of course. It's called personal responsibility and people need to blaming others or live in denial.

[@theyadmirebarbie]

Justmiss jamey Exactly. It’s not hard because there is a difference between addiction and dependence.

[@kennethcole8403]

Russada I didn't like the way they made me feel either, I felt like a zombie!

[@sharoncrawford3042]

I feel so sorry for anyone always in pain and having to take these pills. Im 62 and I pray I will never have to live with pain that I have to medicate. I pray for this dear lady.

[@dondressel452]

I’m 64 and suffering with cancer If I didn’t have my pain medication I’d be in bed all day It helps me to get up and do things around my house and I even have a part time job I’m very careful about how much I take and when I take the medication

[@ncredbird3998]

I'm a nurse, well educated on medications, the effects yet years ago I found myself diagnosed with a rare illness that has no cure and everyday the pain gets worse, years after diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis which in itself is a pain not described. I found myself given pain meds, at first with the plan to take occasionally on the really bad days, the really bad days got to be everyday. Being a mother of 3 small children, a wife i felt it OK as it helped me manage to get up and make a meal. Before long I realized I was physically Dependant on pain medications and I got no good from taking them. I felt horrible pain yet felt no effects from the pain meds as if I were drinking water. Yet if I didn't take the meds the pain became excruciating . I'm now a huge Advocate of cbd oil and legalization of medical marijuana. I really say down and studied the benefits of marijuana, and the risks, only to find the risk is so low if used responsibly . obviously just as with most medication not driving or doing a dangerous task is above all the biggest risk of its use. The good side of it is it helps with pain of all kinds, anxiety and depression, headaches and it's natural. Nobody has ever overdosed on marijuana. Some want to use the excuse it's a gateway drug to bigger drugs but I disagree. It's no different that an adult choosing to drink a beer or wine verses liquors. It's a choice and not to be used as an excuse for personal dislike without educations of benefits on its use. Government gets money from narcotic users, drug companies, doctors, hospitals get kickbacks for prescribing pain medications. My advice is never take pain pills, keep loved ones away from them. It destroys lives, careers. It steals everything from you and those around you and leaves you with a deficit.

[@Mrs.CGraves]

I’d MUCH rather see people on cannabis than opiates.

[@NadineMiller1974]

My 85 year old neighbor passed away a less than a week ago from overdosing...he had been struggling for 3 years and hid it from his family. He was very mean when he didn't get his opioid meds.

[@LM-eu8yr]

Maybe he was in pain? Have you lived with SEVERE PAIN? No, you haven't. If so, you'd understand.

[@bingmarshall6937]

Shirley had better keep her pills IN the bottle the pharmacy put them in when leaving home!! My sister went to jail because she had one OxyContin in her purse (for emergencies when out) and not in the bottle, spent the night there

[@MrBobbo18]

Before my dad died from cancer he told me to go to the house and get all his pain meds out of the house. I was the only person he trusted to do it because I’ve gone through addiction and I’m on the other side. I watched my family members go looking after the funeral.

[@dondressel452]

It’s my understanding that addicts look at obituaries in the newspaper and find the addresses so when everyone is at the funeral they break into the house to steal these medications

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

Wow, Shirley can stand for some time and even bend. I sure wish I could do things again like work in the garden, clean my house. Even washing dishes is so painful but so is laying in bed.

[@bresanchez6790]

At 24 I was in a hospital PICU after I got endocarditis from injecting pain pills. I was there for 12 weeks, and 9/10 of the other patients were over 60. I noticed after four or five days of them recovering from a surgery or waiting for surgery, they would be calling the nurses every hour on the hour for their pain pills. The first four days they didn't even know when they needed that next dose... It was insane to watch, I'm not sure that they even noticed it. Only reason I did, was because as a junkie, I was hitting the call button myself 5 mins before my next dose could be taken myself.

[@valkor73]

cant get a cough drop for a cough today

[@msmith4149]

I was prescribed OxyContin for shingles (which is extremely painful). I took one pill and immediately felt as if I had taken real drugs. I cut the dose in half and cut the pill in half for my second dose. After that, I stopped taking it. That experience taught me how easily it is for people to become addicted. If you proceed as instructed, you can get hooked. Also, it taught me how doctors over prescribe. I took a total of two pills, but I had a full bottle left to dispose of. Imagine what happens when people take the whole bottle.

[@raystephens8857]

For over 20yrs I was on very high doses of Norco 10-150 per month =5 per day. And 45mg morphine -4 times a day. I was never addicted. But you never hear about those who never get addicted. I stop the pain medication myself and went to herb supplements.

[@pleasantlysurprised5710]

That's great that u we're able to do that...Meaning u we're lucky & it wasn't a problem for u....

[@raystephens8857]

@@pleasantlysurprised5710 I know many who never got addicted, but media won't tell you about us that never did

[@pleasantlysurprised5710]

@@raystephens8857 Unfortunately I was in the group that did become addicted .I'm gonna be 40yrs old in a CPL months& I literally spent 20yrs being a very sick addicted person,,that's saying that I basically been addicted 2 opiates since I was 18yrs old..ive now been clean for 2yrs....Had I known then what I know now I would've never took any pain meds..Sum r lucky 2 not have the same problem..I think the media dont report Abt ppl that don't become addicted bc it's not sumthin that ppl need 2 b warned Abt....

[@LM-eu8yr]

@@pleasantlysurprised5710 How are you going today?

[@tracybrowner5121]

Back broken in two places,necks also was broken, tail bone right knee out of socket.still won't take pain pill.I just deal with the pain.

[@jeffflick2573]

Tracy Browner Do you drink any alcohol or smoke weed or cbd oil?

[@tracybrowner5121]

@@jeffflick2573 no,nothing

[@doppler3237]

people need to take responsibility for their own actions, millions of people take them as prescribed with no problems and to them it is a godsend allowing them to live a life with managed pain, unless you have lived with unmanaged pain days on end you can't relate.

[@dawnnicolas7617]

Unfortunately this is what happens when you have pill mill doctors running pain clinics. Chronic pain sufferers become hard core addicts because the Doctors "prescribe" and overmedicate people. This is very disturbing and heartbreaking. This is what often leads to heroin and fentanyl addictions. When they cannot get their "meds", the patient goes to cheaper and illicit street drugs. 💔

[@mariateresiacecilia]

Also in the Netherlands,i had a stroke and they gave me oxivodon and oxivontin without talking with my family.i surfived i am so sorry for you all ❤️❤️❤️

[@IveGotItTwisted]

I am a chronic pain patient with multiple disabilities that cause severe pain and cannabis doesn't ever take away all the pain. I take 4 x 5/325 percocet daily to manage my pain and use cannabis for nausea (another constant symptom) and to help ease the pain that the percocet can't cover on bad pain days. Just because lesser forms of pain relief work for some doesn't mean using them exclusively will work in all cases.

[@perkinss9706]

The fact that he took those pictures is more bizarre than anything else..😬😬

[@mollydelacy9007]

I feel bad that this had happened to this family I'm glad I got the help when I did. This could have been me cuz I had OD before as well but with the help and support of friends and family, I now got two beautiful girls to keep me inline. When I found out I was pregnant the first time I vowed that I I was not going to ruin my life anymore and that I would get healthy and happy for my lil girl as well as myself and I quit pills and smoking cold turkey it was hard but, never again.

[@lindacassell2862]

Let me tell you. Yes a pain patient can be an addict, the doctors make them addicts some patients just don’t understand the risk when they start the cycle on narcotics. It can happen to anyone.

[@JakeTapeWallets]

I think what he meant is being can become physically addicted and body psychologically addicted. I was a pain patients on high doses of opioids and I never because psychologically addicted.

[@lindacassell2862]

Well I know plenty of people that have become addicted Psychologically and physically

[@Tamra_77]

Linda Cassell addiction and dependent are two completely different things.

[@TheLadyDiazepam]

I think an awful lot of pain is in the mind. That woman tapping herself, saying "I do love and respect myself".....I think as much as she's dealing with pain from a physical injury or surgery, there's a lot of forgotten pain buried in the back of her mind, that has finally worked its way to the surface.

[@landonhammond9062]

why didn't the husband at the first of the doc. keep his wife's pills and give them to her as prescribed instead of knowing that once she took them she would take more not knowing? Shouldn't everyone who have these pills have someone to regulate their taking them.

[@beth-bi9yv]

I'm on the fence. As someone in the healthcare field we legally have no right to question someone's level of pain. You start on low doses of mild pain medication. When someone states that's not effective they increase the dose/frequency. Even if you suspect a person has dependency if they state they are still in pain, you have to take them on their word. We go by the practice of 'pain is subjective, the patient knows they're pain'. And while I definitely think that this way of prescribing /dosing needs to change, at this time it is the legal standard. This documentary majority over simplifies the problem. The blame isn't onesided.....

[@MiaMore.]

Please explain this to my "Pain Management Dr. " it's a controlled substance so control it! Just don't completely ignore those in pain whose lives are deeply affected by not being able to function properly without help.

[@gordonwybo898]

So how would you “measure “ pain for accurate application of pain control therapies or medication regimens ???

[@controlshift975]

@@gordonwybo898 It used to be on a scale of 1 to 10 . And that's about the only real indication of a persons pain level. Not very scientific however each person has a differing level of pain threshold. Me, I can take a great deal of back pain however dental pain...hand me the pills please.

[@keithlydem7010]

I am going through my second bout of sciatica and have been taking hydrocodone to treat the pain.I take the medication as needed not as wanted.This medicine has saved my life.I am sorry for the people who get addicted and commit suicide but their carelessness is hurting the people who use this medicine responsibly.

[@tonyelliott7734]

First guy...could have taken his wife to a different doctor if he didn't agree with what the first doctor prescribed and could have taken control of his wife's medication and given it to her at the correct times. He didn't try either. But he did take pictures of her passed out and made a really cool looking spreadsheet on all her 600 pills per month. He knew what he was doing...

[@justinajimenez6948]

You took pictures? No second opinion? Did you consider calling a hospice? A nursing home??? What was her underlying disease? You gave her pills and left her alone, knowing. You drove to get those pills, you made them available, and took pictures. Sad

[@lorddeath2682]

As a former addict I know that it's not all the doctors fault. In my case it was the people I was around. I have battled with my addiction to painkillers and acohaul for years. I'm a musician and found the drugs in highschool and never kicked the habit until I was homeless for three years. I know that doctors don't help but they are not the only issue. People sell their pills becoming drug dealers. Or give them to us addicts to make us their slaves.

[@ceceliasheart]

60 elderly? What?

[@rutituti678]

Why do they keep saying oxycodone AND Percocet? Are they getting the generic and real thing? Or misspeaking?

[@eriklarson4082]

Percocet is oxycodone mixed with acetaminophen. The "oxycodone" pills don't have anything else in them.

[@LoloO42]

It's almost 2023 and this is still happening. My sweet 89 year old neighbor had been taking Tramadol for knee pain for years. She was feeling "odd" one day. After asking a few questions, I realized she was dope sick!! She was literally pulling her hair out. She had no clue that she was withdrawing from stopping her opiates. And she had been taking them exactly as prescribed. Shameful.

[@Jenna-fj6qc]

I’m so sick of hearing people blame doctors and everyone but themselves 🙄

[@seattlelife2224]

Jenna Xo ... exactly

[@ruthg6569]

Because this generation think Drs are God!!!

[@felixespinoza4946]

They should've never came up with these drugs they are horrible.

[@annelisemarie1533]

Exactly. My dads a surgeon and whenever he prescribes pain meds he makes sure that they come in for check ups regularly and helps them regulate them

[@markhickman3160]

That is like not blaming the drug dealers and putting it all on the users. Without the substance,the whole community would be better off.

[@gingercox6468]

I was on oxy after a back fusion. But not at first. First he gave me Valium and other meds, a caregiver was waking me up to give me a pain pill....I fell when she (walked) me to the bathroom. The doctor took me off the other meds and gave me oxy 30 mg. my head cleared up and I fixed my fax machine. The pain was under control. When it was time to cut them back I said I was afraid of the pain coming back. my doctors told me its as far away as the bottle. This worked for me.

[@cinsationalcinema1776]

Kratom worked for me. No longer on pharms. Thanks to a plant. Cannabis too. Both have made my life nearly pain free. I felt like royalty when I finally cleaned the pharms outta my system.

[@MiaMore.]

Tried both and neither work for my pain, wish it did! Plus with marijuana, I can't afford to walk around looking high all day. I also don't like feeling high.

[@catnk9]

I have been in pain since the age of 14. Smoked marijuana at 17 and found relief until 45 and the cycle began. I'm 65 and still feel guilty that I take meds. I was able to work 36 years due to pain meds. If your loved one is taking too many and left alone, don't leave the medication within their reach. Take it with you. This man would still have his wife if he had controlled her dosages. Living in severe pain is not an option.

[@dominican-familyvlog5131]

That guy was like us melenials today we take pictures of everything

[@perkinss9706]

15:30 Why he got so defensive?? The son of a gun is guilty!! I hope the money can quiet his guilty rotten conscience.

[@___________________1]

Those Dr's are still practicing medicine?????? and are not in jail? Thats even more of a risk - PT can refuse any form of TX(treatment) THIS IS YOUR HUMAN RIGHT/LAW!!!! ( IF ANY MEDICAL FACILITY FORCES U TO TAKE ANYTHING AGAINST YOUR WILL IT IS NOT LEGAL) I bet this PT(patient) was NOT given any other option .......

[@Christa313]

If the Dr actually did something wrong he/she wouldve lost their licence. A patient doesn’t have to take anything even if prescribed and is always able to seek a second opinion. Its a patient’s responsibility to be active in their care, as much as it is a medical professionals responsibility to educate. Some Drs do over prescribe medication, but patients need to take personal responsibility as well.

[@___________________1]

@@Christa313 NOT EVEN THE DOCTORS FROM THE HOLOCAUST GOT PROSECUTED UNTIL DECADES AFTER -Doctors can get prosecuted and STILL practice medicine, elsewhere TODAY !

[@___________________1]

​@@Christa313 MEN FROM INFANCY TO MANHOOD SPEND THEIR LIVES IN CRIBS . MOST OF THOSE DOCTORS ARE STILL PRACTICING MEDICINE RIGHT NOW . It's called Psychiatric abuse and coercion and medical billing FRAUD, and MURDER doctors get away with-

[@Christa313]

____________ There are always going to be a few bad apple’s no matter the profession, but I can tell you if a Dr loses his/her licence for malpractice they cant just pack up and practice elsewhere! First of all most countries have different requirements, and you ultimately have to prove you’ve had medical training, and if there are any active malpractice claims, unethical behaviour etc, it stays on their personal record. Medical professionals have licensing, governing body’s for a reason; to protect the public, and they take it very seriously. So no Drs cant cause serious bodily harm, or partake in psychological abuse and continue to practice medicine. Also comparing this to the holocaust, is like comparing apples to alligators, completely ridiculous, and not comparable in the slightest!! Ill say it again, while Drs have a responsibility to always do right, and advocate for their patients’ best interest, patients or their POA have a responsibility as health care consumers to be active in their own care, or the care of their ward in circumstances where they don’t have the capacity to advocate for themselves.

[@___________________1]

@@Christa313 The Doctors at Xinjiang re-education camps still have there jobs RIGHT NOW. lets just put it that way. do some research on what that is ...

[@joanberry2143]

Addiction is so awful! This is so heartbreaking!

[@gingercox6468]

There are devices that dispense pills as prescribed.

[@oldmanballer5088]

I just love how the people who don’t abuse the scripts get punished. It’s not our fault the people who abuse the drugs are doing it! Chronic pain sufferers shouldn’t have a problem getting opioid pain pills especially when that’s all we can take to even get out of bed! Without mine I would be bed ridden and in so much pain I wouldn’t know how to get it to stop!

[@ydschools9745]

If heroin is an opioid and is highly addictive when it makes sense that other opioids are addictive also? Where were these doctors common sense?

[@oceanmartin670]

I once had a Dr. in early 2000's that joked about his "vacation" to Belize. The Pharma Co. pays every year... He bragged about his Diving adventure every year. Thanks for the eye opening vid! 🤓