re: Walmart to limit opiod scripts to 7 day supply

Thumbs up. And I honestly believe because Walmart is Walmart and knows its clientele without admitting it, their intention is to help. Not lose business. Their people of Walmart come anyway.

Lots of good points on here...and a healthy dose of the usual OT knee jerk anger.

For those of us old enough to remember...there was a time not too long ago when doctors were roundly criticized for not caring enough about patients pain and not doing enough about it. Rules and regulations were changed to ensure patients pain was adequately addressed and pain management properly documented. It was the doctor's fault that we weren't compassionate enough to adequately treat acute and chronic pain. I think the response to that in the past is at least a part of the problem we have today.

Fast forward a couple decades now it's the doctors fault that the whole world is on opioids and we don't care. I totally agree with everyone that people need to learn to live with some discomfort and we use way too many narcotics. Not trying to say otherwise. But the vast majority of docs and practitioners are trying their best to do the right thing. It's not as though we have an infinite array of non narcotic options out there. There are a lot of people out there with legitimate need for long term narcotics - cancer patients to name the most obvious. Passing blanket rules and limiting options usually isn't a good option. As one poster said...maybe Walmart will have exceptions for those people. If so then maybe not such a bad idea.

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A disease for which opioids are almost never preferred as a treatment.

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He's just trolling.

He's actually posted that a few times. He's reached the point where he just reposts his old trolls.

This is stupid. It's like gas stations putting a $50 limit per transaction at the pump to try to slow down gas consumption.

I'm still going to drive the same amount now people just have to stop more times.

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$50 limit per transaction at the pump

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It costs Scruffy $25 to fill up.

What do you drive? A Vespa?

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What do you drive? A Vespa?

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Scruffy wishes. Those things are panty droppers.

Walmart knows more than doctors?

So a government bureaucrat can decide how people can be treated now? I believe my cousin when he says that oxycotton works best for his pain. He has to take like 10 Percocets to get the same relief

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This is stupid. It's like gas stations putting a $50 limit per transaction at the pump to try to slow down gas consumption. I'm still going to drive the same amount now people just have to stop more times.

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Bingo


And for those of you in the thread that think everyone that takes the occassional opoid is a 'crackhead", or they need to deal with some discomfort , let me clue you in.

Since 2007 I have been through two knee surgeries, a wrist reconstruction surgery, an ankle surgery, two arthoscopic surgeries on both shoulders and two (Lt and Rt) COMPLETE shoulder replacement surgeries. Add to this an L5-S1 back issue where the disc is practically gone and the vertebrae are nearly touching and you have the formula for virtually constant pain/discomfort.

For this, on a bad day...I'll usually take 1/2 a norco/hydrocone tablet...probably once every two to three weeks. It barely , and I mean BARELY, makes normal life reasonably comfortable.

But because dope-heads, millenial- pu##ies and piss-ants whose arms are sore from video gaming (and/or fapping) I now have to go through hoops to obtain the prescription medicine that allows me to function like a regular person. So F Walmart and anyone who thinks that everyone who uses these medications on a semi-regular basis needs to be helped when in reality they don't have a fricking clue.

Rant over.................and get off my frickin lawn ya bunch of limp-richards.