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US agency softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors

Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:43 pm
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51619 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:43 pm
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NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention new recommendations are an update to 2016 guidelines that added momentum to a decline in opioid painkiller prescriptions.

Opioids painkillers can be addictive — even when used under doctors’ orders — and were identified as a big reason for a rise in U.S. drug overdoses that began more than two decades ago. Other drugs have overtaken them in overdose statistics, and illicit fentanyl is now the biggest driver of deaths.



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Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:46 pm to
This can’t possibly go wrong.
Posted by geauxtigers87
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
25207 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:46 pm to
This administration is a disaster from top to bottom
Posted by DoUrden
UnderDark
Member since Oct 2011
25965 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:47 pm to
:smdh:
Posted by Gifman
by the mountains
Member since Jan 2021
9345 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:47 pm to
Hmm... sounds like a depopulation operation.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
35042 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:49 pm to
Oxycotton, Xanax bars, Percocet and Lortab, valiums, morphine patches, ecstasy and it’s all up for grabs.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54282 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:49 pm to
Considering the Feds got a wild hair up their arse to tighten down on doctors with little warning, which led directly to people in legitimate need getting get off, which led to the explosion in black market fentanyl pill mills......I see this as trying to curb the impact of their initial frick up.
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 2:50 pm
Posted by Charm299
Member since Aug 2017
780 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:52 pm to
Ecstasy? Send me your doctors address
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
9802 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:53 pm to
Now maybe I can get a bottle of codeine cough syrup when I need it.
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 2:55 pm
Posted by McGregor
Member since Feb 2011
6317 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:54 pm to
well they were throwing a lot of Dr's in jail when Dr's claim they should have some leeway in prescribing meds

That's about it's about.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
22118 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:56 pm to
Can we also soften on the currently illegal drugs with known medical benefits that are also known to not be as dangerous as opioids?
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 3:00 pm
Posted by sta4ever
The Pit
Member since Aug 2014
15188 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:56 pm to
But let’s not remove marijuana from the list of Schedule I drugs. Got it. Opioids are fare less dangerous to you long term than marijuana is.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 11/3/22 at 2:59 pm to
This is good.

Lots of people with legit pain who were being managed by doctors had trouble getting medicine because of a very small % of the population who are more at risk for developing addiction issues.
Posted by zztop1234
Denham Springs
Member since Aug 2008
3709 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:00 pm to
Trust the science.
Posted by AllDayEveryDay
Nawf Tejas
Member since Jun 2015
7028 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:01 pm to
Increases prescription length and strength. Which shouldn't be a problem for discerning doctors.

The ones that aren't though...
Posted by MadDogs
Member since Jul 2018
444 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:16 pm to
I'm all for this. My Dr can't prescribe me anything that works for my back pain anymore for fear of getting himself in trouble.
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
27238 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:19 pm to
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Now maybe I can get a bottle of codeine cough syrup when I need it.


That shite is the best for nasty colds.
Posted by fricket
Member since Aug 2019
839 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:34 pm to
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US agency softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors

Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47507 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:39 pm to
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This can’t possibly go wrong.




I personally experienced this bullshite in just the last 3 months. My 17 yr old and 19 yr old got their wisdom teeth extracted recently. They were each prescribed exactly 12 Hydrocodone 5mgs after the procedure.

Both kids would have been fine with 16-20 pills as they were both in terrible pain on day 6 and out of pills. Fortunately their mom had some leftover 7.5s from a surgery and they worked perfectly.

By comparison when I had my wisdom teeth removed in 1997, I was sent home with 30 Demerol. I needed about 10 b/c they were strong as shite.

Doctors, addicts, and the government are causing normal people to suffer unnecessarily after procedures.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260630 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:42 pm to
About time. These nannies are so reactionary.

The current policy is inhumane and only to keep lawyers are bay.
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