Rich die in less pain

[Martha]

While surfing the Internet looking for something else, I found this:

http://www.terradaily.com/news/human-05y.html

"Men and women age 70 or older whose net worth was $70,000 or higher were 30 percent less likely than poorer people to have felt pain often during the year before they died."

[Spanky]

Yes, rich can buy comfort but not necessary happiness.

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

I guess money can buy morphine.

[MRGALT2U]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spanky Yes, rich can buy comfort but not necessary happiness.

At some point in most lives they become absolutely
the same thing.

JG

[Nords]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed_The_Gypsy I guess money can buy morphine.

"I used to have a drug problem, but now I make enough money to afford it."
-- David Lee Roth

[Michael]

So many doctors are afraid of losing their license to the DEA if they prescribe pain meds, that people just about have to go to a pain specialist nowadays. The sick who can't afford a specialist can suffer amazing agony.

The situation seems to be getting worse.

[BUM]

CHP: Feelin' no pain

[Beowolf]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael So many doctors are afraid of losing their license to the DEA if they prescribe pain meds ... The situation seems to be getting worse.

I've been hospitalized, umm, I think 8 or 9 times in the past 5 years, and will have chronic pain the rest of my life. Plus, was with 6 different relatives during the ends of their lives recently.

I am happy to report that this problem is MUCH improved. None of us had the kind of trouble getting proper pain meds that was commonplace 20 years ago.

Best I can tell, the main problems these days are:
1) Lack of health insurance, sometimes due to well-off people reaching their lifetime maximums.
2) Many patients are needlessly terrified of addiction to painkillers. This used to be a serious risk, but not anymore. I'm rotated among three different painkillers during each day, for example.

Beowolf