Quote:
Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Vicodin (5/500) and Vicodin ES (7.5/500) were the among the weakest narcotics you could get, so no, the FDA was not interested in limiting narcotics with the ban.
What do you do for people who do have serious pain that needs to be managed so they can function? The best we have now are all addictive and decrease in effectiveness the longer they are used. We need to stop blaming people who take narcotics for pain and come up with better management strategies.
|
First of all, Vicodin and Norco are some of the most abused prescription narcotics out there so calling them "weak" is not correct, IMO. My point is that the issue is NOT that people were overdosing on the tylenol. The problem was that people were taking too much vicodin for the narcotic component.
Second I think you are asking the wrong question. The real question is how do we get people in our society to realize that some pain, depression, tears, insomnia and anxiety are a natural part of life and not something to be dulled with pills.