This crack down on opioids is actually really starting to affect people who aren’t addicts!
My sister has had seven back surgeries throughout her life and she can barely walk (when she does walk, you can see the pain in her face with each step)! She also has RA and fibromyalgia.
About two months ago, on a Wednesday, her doctor gave her Tramadol, to replace the opioids, but they didn’t work. As instructed by her doctor, if she had any issues she should call his home-based office assistant to let the doc know (this was on Friday morning). HIS home-based office assistant asked if she still had some of her Tylenol-4’s, she said she did, and the assistant said just take those until you see the doctor. The assistant called her back on Friday afternoon with an appointment for Tuesday.
When she went in, the doctor took her off ALL meds, because she took the Tylenol-4’s, which he says that she shouldn’t have taken?!? The doctor told her that HE could get into trouble because she was taking Tylenol-4 AND Tramadol. She told him that she wasn’t taking the Tramadol, but he said they go by the prescriptions he writes, not whether or not the patient took the meds.
Well that is ignorant, because not everyone responds to medicines that same way, so sometimes the doctor HAS TO ISSUE several different drugs to find the right one! DUH!
She went almost two weeks in tear-inducing pain before her doctor gave her any replacement pain meds that actually worked! He kept trying to force her on the Tramadol, which simply does not work for her - PERIOD!
THIS IS A FORM OF TORTURE!
Tell her to stay off Tramadol. It has all of the hazards and none of the efficacy. Try to find a pain specialist, if she can. The government has no business standing between you and your doctor. There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to illness and pain.
It is torture, and it’s based on lies.
I got that t-shirt.
Praying for some relief for your sister.
Tramadol=Pez Candy, does nothing for Pain.