| IMSUSCOT1 |
| (Threadhead) |
| 09/19/03 06:24 PM |
 Re: Rapid Detox
|
Quote:
, According to the National Institute for Drug Abuse, there are more than 1 million opiate addicts in the United States and that number is rising. Some of the reasons include the large number of Americans, from baby boomers to the elderly, who are getting hooked on pain medication for chronic pain.
how do you determine you've gotten "hooked" on pain medications for chronic pain???? Anyone on long term opoid therapy for chronic pain will develop tolerance and even physical dependence, but if you're taking your meds at the prescribed dose, under the supervision of a physician, to treat a condition that is not going to go away, are you considered an addict? And what is one supposed to do after you're all "de-toxed" about the pain....ignore it & move on?
I think mixing in patients being treated w/opiates for chronic pain as candidates for detox just reinforces all of the current mis-information about chronic pain. I can still remember my PCP telling me once, "you know, you haven't even tried to wean yourself off the narcotics!' Well, yeah, dumb a##, it's because I take them when it hurts, you MORON!
