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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:04 AM Original message |
AP: Pain medicine use has nearly doubled |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Steven Colbert is currently on pain medication for his broken wrist. |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. God, remember that crazy thread about that? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I missed that thread. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. oh please give me the link to that! |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. CORRECTION... |
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bluedeminredstate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. My husband is on |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. i would so love to get off mine |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. i have doctor stories that would curl your hair -- doctors are terrified of pain patients |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. agree this makes me so angry |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. pain management has been a priority issue for medical professionals |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. i've had chronic pain since 2003 when i got an infection in my spine |
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mantis49 (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. So true. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. here's a story for you -- when the infection came i went to an ER |
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mantis49 (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. OMG. |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Yep. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Are you addicted if the underlying cause of the pain doesn't go |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Yes. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I should clarify - you're labeled "addicted" if you continue to take |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good |
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StatGirl (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Bad statistics! Bad, bad! Go to your room! |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Here here! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Unfortunately, journalists are often innumerate |
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pschoeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Besides the fact that population has increased by 40 million |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Yes, it must be remembered that there are |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. So fucking what.... |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Hear, hear! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hey, it's good stuff, just ask Rush Limbaugh. nt |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Where do you think the increase |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. While the poor people without health insurance must rely on alcohol |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'd like to see a per capita survey of US vs EU countries. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. pain is UNDERTREATED in the US |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Doctors have become pill PIMPS thanks to big Pharmaceutical. |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. riiiiiight |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. see post #33 |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. The population is getting older |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. And what's been going on in the SKY since roughly 1997? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Heh heh |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. What's even funnier is that |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. Comercialized medicine |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. What prescription painkillers are advertised on TV? |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Vioxx tv ads used to be on all the time. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. What's alarming is the people who died from NSAIDs |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. eggsactly. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. ALL NSAIDs, not just Vioxx, can cause erosive gastritis, gastric bleeding, |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. If I thought It Would Help, I'd Pop Pills |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. I saw evidence at Walgreen's just this morning. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. And Rush Limbaugh accounts for roughly 30% of that increase. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
47. Well people have a lot of pain to kill |
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