re: Louisiana has more opiod prescriptions than people

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really is an epidemic. My mom is dependent on them. She had a minor back surgery 7 years ago. She bounced back after that one and ruptured another disc and has been stuck on them since then. It's a sad thing, but she won't admit she needs any kind of help.

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It sounds like she is getting the help? You ever think her pain is such that an opiod is required to allow her to function? I don't know her story, though, so don't take this as me being a dick.

My mom has 7ish opiod prescriptions. She rarely fills more than a couple a month, though. She is on pain management for multiple back surgeries. Most were successful. But one wasn't in time, and a torlov cyst on her spinal column caused irreversible nerve damage that causes pelvic pain and a sensation of having to urinate really, really bad. She equates it to child birth pain 24/7. No fun.

I probably have a dozen bottles in the medicine cabinet of various hydro-something or another's that docs have prescribed for some of the simplest shite. They are way over prescribed. But let's not lose sight of the fact that there are some people who do actually need and use them as they are intended.