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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.
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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