2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIn N.H., Hillary Clinton hits on opioid abuse as a top concern
DERRY, N.H. Hillary Clinton, who arrived to loud applause here at one of three New Hampshire campaign stops Sunday, said prohibitively expensive education, lack of support for families coping with Alzheimer's disease, and the rising tide of opioid abuse are among problems she hears most commonly on the trail.
As the Democratic presidential candidate took questions later from the crowd in a packed middle-school gymnasium, a 12-year-old girl in a pink-striped shirt, raised her hand.
Her mother had overdosed, said the girl, who was near tears. She is living in foster care and wanted to know what Clinton could do to help the countless children like her, whose families are shattered by substance abuse.
Clinton paused and the room fell silent. Tell me more, if you can, about your situation, Clinton gently asked the girl, who told her she had a supportive foster mother.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/01/03/hillary-clinton-hits-opioid-abuse-top-concern/awK1mifjtjrthPKgQZ1XpI/story.html
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Gman
(24,780 posts)and don't give a rat's ass about it. Many people need opioids just to live. Even animals often need opioids to live too. Then they crack down and everyone suffers.
cali
(114,904 posts)But I believe that the issue is vastly overblown. And for many with acute and chronic pain, this crackdown- and over the last few years there has been a huge crackdown, has become a serious problem.
I have a condition called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 2. And I have gone through all kinds of drugs and treatments. Opiates work when nothing else does. Now I suppose in a weird way I'm fortunate as my condition is obvious so I don't get the suspicion from doctors that so many other chronic pain sufferers do,but still, the contracts and piss tests are a pain.
Living with acute chronic pain is a nasty thing.
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) formerly reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), "causalgia", or reflex neurovascular dystrophy (RND) is an amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome (AMPS). It is a chronic systemic disease characterized by severe pain, swelling, and changes in the skin. CRPS often worsens over time. It may initially affect an arm or leg and spread throughout the body; 35% of people report symptoms throughout their whole body.[1] Other potential effects include: systemic autonomic dysregulation; neurogenic edema; musculoskeletal, endocrine, or dermatological manifestations; and changes in urological or gastrointestinal function.[2]
Type II, formerly known as causalgia, has evidence of obvious nerve damage. Type II CRPS tends to feature the more painful and difficult-to-control symptomes of CRPS; The Type II disease scores 47 out of 50 on the McGill pain scale[6] (however there are seemingly little or no data pertaining to Type I specifically here). In Type II the "cause" of the syndrome is a known or obvious nerve injury, although the cause of the mechanisms of CRPS Type II are as unknown as the mechanisms of Type I.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_regional_pain_syndrome