re: Benzodiazepines might be a 'hidden element' of the US' overdose epidemic

My sister is having a similar problem, but with her current doc stopping prescribing.
She has become prone to panic attacks at times. A prescription lasts her much longer than it was prescribed, and she has never tried to up the script.
The doc has refused to continue prescribing it. However, the doc has also not offered any alternatives.

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Unless you have cancer or a terminal illness, pain meds are supposed to be for short term use only

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Wouldn't legalizing medical marijuana be better for those with chronic pain instead of hooking them on pain pills?

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I just want to try quaaludes one time in my life.

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. I had a prescription for 40 Qualludes a month for a couple of years before they were made illegal. Cost was 10 Dollars and 56 cents a bottle.Genuine. Not those nasty bathtub Quaa’s.




Can’t speak a word when you’re full of ‘ludes.

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Unless you have cancer or a terminal illness, pain meds are supposed to be for short term use only

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What about people who are have chronic pain? People with back, neck, shoulder injuries and can't get surgery but need to provide for the family?

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Just about anything can be abused, medically.

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Yes, anything can be abused.

Imodium abuse

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Start off the day with 4 xanax, then I'd drink half a pot of coffee while smoking bud and waiting for my pills to kick in. Throughout the day I would make black coffee drinking about 3 pots.

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Speedballing... on a budget. Definitely seen a lot of folks in our industry succumb to similar when it was all black market trees.

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Tylenol 3 is the strongest medicine they have ever taken

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You realize that's basically heroin right? The poison is in the dose.

eta: why the downvotes? Is the poison not in the dose? That's axiomatic. And Tylenol 3 contains codeine, which is an opiate. So "the strongest medicine" you ever took could in fact be very strong if you were to take enough of it. (And of course the acetaminophen in Tylenol 3 would cause liver failure at a high enough dose).

But I never expect much critical though on the OT so I'm not sure why I'm surprised.

Eta2: mouthbreathers all of yous

I can see you in my mind's eye catching light
Sleep beside the river if we make it out of town tonight
You've been stripping Portland since the day you turned 16
You got one thing to sell benzodiazepine

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I mix benzos and alcohol almost every night

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so the day we finally stop seeing your shite losts, we'll know why.


Thanks.

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