Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "Doctors are at the heart of opioid epidemic: Dr. Marc Siegel" video.

  1. When physicians claim that an opioid works no better than Tylenol, ask yourself, how many have tried Tylenol for an abscessed tooth, which did not work, and a Dentist had to prescribe Tylenol with Codeine, in order to relieve the moderately severe pain, while they were treated for the infection? Also, palliative care covers more than cancer, especially certain bone and nervous system disorders, which are inoperable, and can only be treated with narcotics. Sadly, there are some physicians who would allow someone to suffer, because they do not want to write a prescription for fear of the DEA. It would be fair to show two physicians on either side of the debate, especially if one is a pain specialist. Pain is relative, and no physician can tell if someone has an addictive personality when they present themselves to be examined. They are placing too much blame on physicians, instead of the drug pushers and gangs. This country has a culture of young adults, who have been allowed to do anything that they wish, with no repercussions, especially experimenting with drugs. They end up on harder drugs to chase that dragon (high), in order to forget the shitty socialist life that their parents are bestowing on them. They are causing those who need pain treatment to do without. Prescriptions for narcotics have been down for a good while. It is the left's open borders allowing those illegal drugs to flow in, that caused the majority of it. Yes, there are some pill mills, but there are not as many as there used to be, by a long shot.
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