Topic: opioids

The larger issue is that most drug pricing is still market-driven, or as my endocrinologist puts it, “they charge whatever they can get away with charging.”

So if… the real problem at this late stage isn’t the lack of a plan but the absence of motivation to implement it– then what’s in the way?

He compares the patients he treats, who are often homeless, to “outcasts” and ‘lepers”, who have been “derided, despised, and marginalized.”

There’s no blood test, no scan to aid diagnosis. Knowing intellectually that one in ten will succumb is very little help; it has no practical value in terms of predicting an individual outcome.

I fear they’re regular Americans, like some of us, except for their twisted attitudes and beliefs about addiction.

That’s why I’d welcome more research into the tapering process, with an eye to improving success rates.

Of course with additional treatment responsibilities, a counselor couldn’t be expected to manage a caseload of up to 75.

Then word hits the street of a new product that can make you feel almost like your first time… No wonder they come running. And some never wake up.

If a life in balance is the ideal, then a broader approach has a better shot at sustainability.

Assumption: Without that reinforcement, use will simply stop on its own.