(02-25-2017 10:20 PM)HappyAppy Wrote:  

(02-25-2017 08:29 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  The clinical trials most likely did not allow abuse of the drug and used it appropriately. We have doctors giving this schit out like candy. That was most likely not the way it was done in the trials. I directly blame the doctors for recklessly prescribing these drugs. It seems that they now are finally beginning to address this problem. Too late..but finally.

Agree 100%. This is on the doctors. You here stories about pill mills and doctors with a reputation for handing out scripts for anything. That's flat out criminal.

On the less extreme side, I think a lot of Drs have just been ignorant about how damaging these drugs can be.

I was "lucky" enough to get shingles at the ripe old age of 25. I had just moved to my girlfriends home town, and went to her family physician. He gave me a RX for a high dosage of Ibuprofen and said to call back if that didn't help. It helped some, but was still feeling some pain, so I called back, figuring he might give me a few days worth of the good stuff. I go to the pharmacy and I have 60 Vicodin with 2 refills waiting for me. That's nuts! I probably used 15 for the actual pain and took the rest just for fun. I wasn't even taking them everyday, but even so I definitely felt ****** for a few days after I ran out. Its scary to think what happens to people who have taken that stuff for years and then try to quit.

Glad to see more awareness about this but a lot more needs to be done to fix this epidemic.

I had a similar type situation. I had surgery on my hand at the VA while I was in college. I had a prescription for 50 Lortabs plus a refill waiting on me in the pharmacy as I left. Granted, this was the VA so it could have been a screw up on their part. I think I only took 3 or 4. I guess I'm lucky in that I absolutely hate the feeling of pain meds, but I can understand how people can get hooked on this stuff.