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Originally Posted by Nathans_Dad
Here's the problem in a nutshell:
A few years ago the government banned Vicodin. Know why? Because Vicodin had a higher amount of Tylenol (500 mg) in it vs Norco (325 mg) and people were overdosing on Tylenol because they were taking so much Vicodin and they went into liver failure.
It blew my mind that instead of the government talking about how people were taking too many narcotics, they ban one because it had too much tylenol in it. Anyone ever think to talk about how people should be taking less hydrocodone? Nope.
No one in this country who is in a position to do anything has the balls to stand up and tell the populace that our society is in a downward, addiction riddled spiral. Whether it be opiates, alcohol, marijuana, antidepressants, sleep aids, whatever. People want a pill for everything and don't want to feel anything.
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Long time no see....
I need to schedule an hour with my doc. There's nothing wrong .. I just have a long list of drugs to ask him about...."are they right for me?"
Follow the money trail....there lies the solution out of this imo.
Started in the early 80s....by '88 I wasn't even cautioned about Percocets...just prescribed a bottle and sent home with no precautions, etc. none. I was one of three back-to-back knee operations for my excellent surgeon that morning....I suspect he prescribed the same for each of us.