I was afraid to read this because I’m really sick of the stigma of chronic pain.
I got one of those “did you know there are other treatments for pain besides opioids” letters from medicare yesterday. Seems like a tolling attempt when the stuff they list (like massage and acupuncture) aren’t usually covered by Medicare. None of us can afford regular out of pocket massage.
This is a regular thing that they send, but the terrifying difference is that this letter had a paragraph about how part D plans can change the formulary at any time throughout the year.
I think they’re warning me that they’re going to stop covering pain medication for chronic pain. And the timing of this article being sent out again makes me even more suspicious.
“Editorial
February 17, 2025
Integrating Buprenorphine Into Chronic Pain Treatment—Putting the Choice in VOICE”
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2830025
#JAMA #ChronicPain #MedicarePartD #ableism #eugenics #Buprenorphine
Ketamine at a sub-dissociative dose allowed completion of buprenorphine initiation in the outpatient setting in the majority of patients who reported trying it. Further research is warranted to confirm these results and develop reliable protocols for a range of treatment settings.
Those who have been following me know that I talk (sometimes) about my chronic pain, intractable and severe, and the trauma that I have developed from dealing with the medical system and doctors.
It is important to understand that, while my level of pain is usual, this kind of treatment by pain patients is so common that it is developing into a crisis.
In this article, the guy talks about people who have been given the diagnosis so that they can be moved to buprenorphine, which is what was done with me. My new treatment regimine (which, contrary to what they said was not going to be a quick fix but in 2-3 months might provide the benefit I got from the infusions) is my only potential escape from the treatment purgatory in which they have placed me.
Even with this, though, doctors were clear that even mentioning "opioids" almost made them kick me out.
#ChronicPain #Pain #Opioid #Butrans #Buprenorphine #NEISVoid #PTSD #Medicine #Medical #USPol
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