Who is having their medicine taken away?
This topic is important and I would like to tackle a few things. First, everyone hurts. Most people by the end of their life know what it’s like to slam a hand in a door. They have experienced a tooth infection and have had broken bones. Everyone knows stomach pain and what it feels like for their bones to hurt. Most people have many stories of instances in their lives where they suffered badly for a short time and overcome the pain. For these pains, there are other plants and medicines better suited to handle the job that do not require a prescription. It’s important to know we are talking about a different beast entirely.
People suffering from conditions such as Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, Arthritis, Bone and Joint injuries causing chronic pain, neurological disorders and injuries causing chronic pain… they are all being systematically under-medicated or outright restricted from their pain medicine. Some are even dismissed without true consideration. Deemed healthy, a drug seeker, or mentally ill. In any case they are used to justify limiting and restricting even more people. What they all have in common is their care is directly tied to their perceived character and lack thereof. Our medical system is failing your friends and loved ones. It failed me myself and it will eventually fail you. Our reality is doctors are only as good as the law allows and ours has destroyed many peoples lives over the last 25 years in efforts progressively increasing in intensity waged by our government in it’s War on Drugs.
If you have family members with health problems I encourage you to check on them. They are tough, proud, embarrassed… but if you ask them outright is your doctor changing your pain medicine dosages or changing your medicines the odds are high they will say yes. If you ask them if they are working the odds are they will tell you no or not close to good enough. They’ve been Forgotten.
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