Jeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦May 20, 2024

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.

https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/05/the-hidden-dangers-of-mislabeling-pain-patients-a-medical-crisis.html

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The hidden dangers of mislabeling pain patients: a medical crisis

The mislabeling of pain patients as addicts in the American medical community, driven by good intentions and greed, has led to harmful consequences and the unjust targeting of doctors.

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I know that some of the claims in there sound astounding, that there is no possible way that real doctors actually say things like "chronic pain patients are all faking it" or that they mean something nuanced when they say "opioids don't treat pain" but I need you to understand that pharmacists will say this to our face to explain why they won't provide prescribed medication, nurses will say it to us while we scream in pain in the ER, doctors will tell us that we should "go find a doctor who will prescribe opioids" if we say "I'm in too much pain to function and I need relief".

As this guy puts it, they've solved chronic pain as a problem that needs to be treated by just saying we're addicted for no reason. I was first labeled an "addict" when I showed up in the ER with (1) a call from my doctor saying it was real, (2) my dad driving me and coming in, (3) unfilled opioid scripts I wasn't using because they hadn't helped.

And if you start to suffer, they'll call you one.

May 20, 2024 at 7:53amWeb