mikiemo83
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IMO any time you get more than a certain number (to be determined) of pain meds you should go to a pain management DR for the reasons you state.There are what we call pain management DR's which most patients suffering from long term pain or chronic pain should be referred to. They specialize in treating pain and can keep track of all meds. and watch for problems. It's not the perfect solution but it's better.
~Dee~
and yes there are many gateway drugs (I forgot about Dip) I am just refuting the claims that pot is not one - I know too many people who became dependent on it, not getting out of bed until they took a toke or two for it not to be. Like anything that changes your mood, it has to have some long term effect.
Cold meds are such a pain in the ass to get I never take them anymore, only getting them for the kids when they are real sick - like me, they hate taking meds even when Doctor tells them they must.
I think the issue is purity of the drugs, everything is stronger, like beer used to be 4-5% ABV, now they are popping up to 8-9.9%. the Street drugs are getting pure and the scary thing is I know Sam Adams is a constant ABV but the street dealer is cutting and mixing heroin, for example, so to me you never know what you are getting. What worked yesterday may not be the same today and many are OD'ing. I do not know how anyone puts that into their body.