I quit the meds because of constipation, the likes of which I had never experienced.
Thrice sitting for more than half an hour to eject a beer can convinced me.......back to the bike racing skills of tuning out pain, a drop of whiskey and medicinal herb
.No yearning for the painkiller pills whatsoever, but then again I don't have addictive tendencies.
It seems like half the modern world is on some kind of psychiatric medication/medications.
Interesting reading is that some such medications can cause/increase the conditions for which these medications are prescribed.
The upshot is that practitioners unknowing of these side effects then increase the dosage, which increases the symptoms and so it goes.
It is determined that drug A is 'not working', so a different drug is prescribed/added and the cycle continues......and nobody gets cured.
This industry has to be the ultimate in the business subscription model.....next to the military industry.
Interesting that Cannabis is now being approved for many conditions including pain and disorders such as PTSD.
Big pharma wants in, and Monsanto wants to be the sole source of GM weed
.Google - monsanto cannabis
MONSANTO CREATES FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED STRAIN OF MARIJUANA
Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for Corporate Cannabis
Monsanto, Big Pharma, George Soros, and the Push to Legalize Marijuana
So the game is up, the pharmaceuticals don't work.....only to be replaced with a few particular patented strains of cannabis.
Who knows which traits Monsanto have selected and modified, and for what reasons.....I find this a concern, I hope I haven't spoiled anybody's day.
OS, good luck with your recovery.
My advice is to eat only organic/fresh foods whilst you are healing to reduce risk of 'ag chemicals/pesticides/etc' getting embedded in new tissues, especially nerves.
I believe this could be a cause of long term low level pain, long after the wound/break/surgery has healed.
By an interesting method I have recently been able to rid myself of all long standing muscle and joint pains, and in mere hours of treatment.
Dan.
I have all my tomato's and peppers around the house to eat. We have a local farmers market. Lots of local meat , veggies ,
baked goods here - this is an ag state.
But , most (at walmart) is midwest topco generic GMO (everywhere). Don't worry , I hate
McDonalds and other fast food - I don't even like the taste.
Thanks for the concern
!!OS
OS, neck fusion?
Best wishes for your recovery.
Opiates have become so abused in the USA, that we now have advertisements on TV for drugs to treat OIC ("Opiate Induced Constipation").
July 2nd 4:45pm 1998 I was starting a ride on my bicycle and I got about 1/2 mile before a young man in a Mazda MX-6 (who was in a hurry to get to a gym for his workout) failed to stop for a stop sign, cut the corner of a left hand turn, pulled into my lane and hit me head on.
I remember the entire accident from the time my leg was smashed by the bumper, hip slammed against the windshield and I was flipped up over the top of the car. I don't remember hitting the pavement after coming down. My helmet was smashed, but I only had a mild concussion.
I had to wait until I was loaded in the EMS vehicle and they transmitted my stats to the hospital before they could get permission to give me morphine.
I was prescribed hydrocodone when I was released from the hospital. but quit taking it after three days because I couldn't stand how I felt.
Taking 4000mg of asprin a day for an extended period of time can cause anorgasmia.
Ultimately I had five surgeries and after three years was declared 100% recovered with one leg 5/8" shorter than the other and degenerative disk disease of the lumbar vertebrae.
Of course, things could have been worse.
Best wishes for your recovery.
Opiates have become so abused in the USA, that we now have advertisements on TV for drugs to treat OIC ("Opiate Induced Constipation").
July 2nd 4:45pm 1998 I was starting a ride on my bicycle and I got about 1/2 mile before a young man in a Mazda MX-6 (who was in a hurry to get to a gym for his workout) failed to stop for a stop sign, cut the corner of a left hand turn, pulled into my lane and hit me head on.
I remember the entire accident from the time my leg was smashed by the bumper, hip slammed against the windshield and I was flipped up over the top of the car. I don't remember hitting the pavement after coming down. My helmet was smashed, but I only had a mild concussion.
I had to wait until I was loaded in the EMS vehicle and they transmitted my stats to the hospital before they could get permission to give me morphine.
I was prescribed hydrocodone when I was released from the hospital. but quit taking it after three days because I couldn't stand how I felt.
Taking 4000mg of asprin a day for an extended period of time can cause anorgasmia.
Ultimately I had five surgeries and after three years was declared 100% recovered with one leg 5/8" shorter than the other and degenerative disk disease of the lumbar vertebrae.
Of course, things could have been worse.
I'm pretty tough/hard-azz, but there is exactly zero risk of me ever becoming an opiate junkie after that pita intro.
Dan.
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I had major bowel surgery 5 years ago, when i woke up they were pumping pethidine into me. Nasty stuff, poor painkiller and it strips the oxygen from your blood so an oxygen mask is required. I had enough after 2 days and told them to stuff it. They then gave me Tramadol pills, nasty stuff and not a good pain killer. I just took paracetamol instead until i got home.
Homemade space cookies, single malt and home comfort worked way better than anything cooked up in an autoclave.
An article yesterday stated that Tramadol kills almost as many people now as Heroin and it's increasing every year. They grudgingly made it a class C substance here recently which is a bit strange since other opiate type drugs are class A. Government backed dope peddling is VERY lucrative business.
Homemade space cookies, single malt and home comfort worked way better than anything cooked up in an autoclave.
An article yesterday stated that Tramadol kills almost as many people now as Heroin and it's increasing every year. They grudgingly made it a class C substance here recently which is a bit strange since other opiate type drugs are class A. Government backed dope peddling is VERY lucrative business.
I read a lot about the pain relieving effects of cannabis. I don't understand it, because it does not work like that for me. Cannabis actually intensifies all sensations for me, pleasure, pain, whatever. Intensified pain is not something I really enjoy.
The claims of pain relief are so wide spread, I gotta give them credit, but I don't understand them.
The claims of pain relief are so wide spread, I gotta give them credit, but I don't understand them.
I think it depends on the strain - (THC to CBD ratio) and method of consumption. I know it's no use for dental pain but i have had relief from bowel and back pain, it made me eat when i had no appetite and it helped me sleep. Although it did aid in my recovery from surgery, nothing works for everyone.
One downside is that continual use makes people lethargic and in my case it made my hearing so acute that any noise in the street outside became annoying.
Good music sounded amazing though and earplugs are cheap
One downside is that continual use makes people lethargic and in my case it made my hearing so acute that any noise in the street outside became annoying.
Good music sounded amazing though and earplugs are cheap
I've scared myself a few times, that way. Too intense.Cannabis doesn't help my pain at all either.
Tramadol is a joke for pain and I don't feel like having a seizure just to get some pain relief.
Tylenol is also a joke for pain relief, maybe a mild headache is all it's good for.
Ibuprofen is much better than Tylenol.
Mother nature made opium and so opiates are the best IMHO, much less abusive to the body than all the legal poisons. The downside is that it works so good and makes people feel so good it gets abused. Thank god I do not have an addictive personality but I really think it just takes self control like anything in life, learning music, electronics, etc.....it all takes personal discipline.
Alcohol has to be the silliest thing I have heard of for pain relief unless topical.
Tramadol is a joke for pain and I don't feel like having a seizure just to get some pain relief.
Tylenol is also a joke for pain relief, maybe a mild headache is all it's good for.
Ibuprofen is much better than Tylenol.
Mother nature made opium and so opiates are the best IMHO, much less abusive to the body than all the legal poisons. The downside is that it works so good and makes people feel so good it gets abused. Thank god I do not have an addictive personality but I really think it just takes self control like anything in life, learning music, electronics, etc.....it all takes personal discipline.
Alcohol has to be the silliest thing I have heard of for pain relief unless topical.
"personal discipline" YES ! I have gone today without my "script" (legal
drug dealer DEA#).
I really got sick of it about at day 6. The convergence of tolerance and
recovery makes the pain about the same (no real difference).
Funny so many here are Cannabis fans. That actually does work , without
any of the side effects of the "script". Too bad all the local weed dealers are
in prison for a decade .
Alcohol will do it , but very short term. Sort of the same effect in it's use for
depression / celebration. It also has quite the side effects considering
the many additives included by the Corporation.
All these "remedies" are part of the biggest , most pervasive "snake oil".
Drugs and alcohol , power and control ... all highly contrived , for our
"benefit".
OS
I've had knee injuries and surgeries of which one was a replacement which made the implant leg longer than the other, two auto accidents that caused back injuries and a motorcycle falling on me while it was being loaded onto the moving truck. Along the way it was determined that because of the injuries To my spine being non localized that opiates would be the best way to treat the pain. Until recently. Now the pain doctors are telling me that I need to stop taking opiates because they are going to kill me. I've been taking them as prescribed for 7 years. But suddenly I'm going to die if I don't stop taking them and that is suddenly my fault I've become dependent on them. This is ********. The quality of my life has improved and I'm not suffering like I was prior to taking morphine sulfate. I don't take any more than I did when I started. In fact I take a little less. When I started I was getting drowsy but since regulating it I take about 30 mg less per day and I'm able to do more. I do need to take a laxative but I'd rather deal with that than not being able to walk or stand or feel fatigue from the excruciating pain I used to suffer. I'd be happy to try canabis but I don't thing employers are accepting of that as a medicine yet.
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