Posted by dougb on April 15, 2001, at 11:54:54
In reply to Re: no biggie » dougb, posted by judy1 on April 13, 2001, at 18:11:09
Judy:
Thanks for post, it was interesting that 3 out of 4 health care providers were reluctant to get you the medicine you needed.Also interesting was how after 1 yr on a lot heavier opiate and at an elavated dosage (200 mg/day) that you were weaned off of it without too much trouble. Your experience is the norm, it is the rare exception that gets 'addicted' in the legitimate use of these substances.
The following link gives a brief outline of a major govmnt study opiate use, here is a small quote from that page:
"Of 24,000 patients studied, only 7 could be identified who got into trouble with drugs as a result of medical administration." (of theraputic opiate use)
The conclusions of this discussion are clear:(a) dependence and addiction are not equivalent to each other;
(b) patients who become dependent on opioids during the course of medical therapy rarely become addicted to those drugs; and
(c)in managing pain with opioids, there is little need to fear addiction. Tolerance to opioids is rarely a problem because it is possible to continuously increase the dose. Depedence is only a concern when prescribing drugs with antagonist properties and in managing withdrawal."
http://www.widomaker.com/~skipb/Scheme.html
Doug
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