tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post1519108703455253081..comments2024-03-27T18:00:02.032-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Feel the PainKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-59788594937140937812011-04-21T09:25:49.810-04:002011-04-21T09:25:49.810-04:00@Turnipseed,
Comments issues have been reported (...@Turnipseed,<br /><br />Comments issues have been reported (off and on glitches/difficulties posting). Meantime, if you have a comment, feel free to email me kmgarcia2000@yahoo.com and I will post it. Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience. And don't forget that RealityChex (next door to your right) now has a comments feature up.Karen Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-78964672417764016702011-04-20T22:11:07.641-04:002011-04-20T22:11:07.641-04:00I just had another longish post that I spend some ...I just had another longish post that I spend some time on be rejected by the system! This is the third time. Is there any reason for this. I think I'll start copying and pasting them into a file before I try to post!Janet Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645361065385918800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-68728573626599894332011-04-20T20:47:47.710-04:002011-04-20T20:47:47.710-04:00Let's not forget the other big reason drugs ar...Let's not forget the other big reason drugs are still illegal: the hugely profitable prison industrial complex. <br /><br />P.S. I love the NYT comments by several of the regulars there! It's often so much better than the actual columns. I'm glad you guys can work through the Brooks/Douthat columns. My eyes glaze over and my brain gets befuddled trying to make sense of them sometimes and I just skip to the comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-75319833771335300602011-04-20T12:19:16.266-04:002011-04-20T12:19:16.266-04:00The quantity of chronic pain patient is not very n...The quantity of chronic pain patient is not very nominal and this is increasing day after day. Nothing can be more disastrous than living with a chronic pain. The cause may vary from patient to patient. This is the most complicated issue that you need to overcome with proper medication and prescription.Lilly Abbotthttp://www.findrxonline.com/blog/prescription-drugs-online/narcotic-pain-management-for-chronic-pain-management/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-73322127453240953992011-04-20T09:59:52.953-04:002011-04-20T09:59:52.953-04:00The "kids" don't need to do Meth. Th...The "kids" don't need to do Meth. They can get Oxycontin from their doctors for a variety of complaints, real or imagined. They bring them to school and share or sell them. Oxycontin is expensive and no ore effective than several generics costing much less. Between over prescribing and not prescribing generics billions are waisted on pain medication each year. That money should be saved or put to better health care use.<br /><br />RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-24545561008196166832011-04-20T09:17:47.195-04:002011-04-20T09:17:47.195-04:00Since I posted this, the Times is running another ...Since I posted this, the Times is running another article about an entire small town becoming victim to the oxycontin epidemic. I guess this sudden burst of publicity on prescription pain pills is meant to push the Obama Administration's new war on drugs agenda that is mainly a war on doctors who prescribe drugs.<br /><br />I am suspicious of this sudden governmental concern, for a number of reasons. How much of this is a smokescreen to combat designer drug trafficking which is cutting into big pharma's profits? <br /><br />For a really great read on how one small Iowa town got caught up in the grip of meth addiction, I highly recommend "Methland" by Nick Reding. Agribusiness moved in, destroyed local farming and the population took to cooking meth to stay awake to work three minimum wage jobs. The federal government did NOTHING to stop it, because the pharmaceutical lobby did not want to lose the profits on the raw materials going into meth manufacture. And Agribusiness liked things the way they were -- hopped-up employees working around the clock for no money. The town eventually solved its own problem, with the help of one lone doctor and a police chief. Very compelling.Karen Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-25040591674843522992011-04-20T08:52:34.322-04:002011-04-20T08:52:34.322-04:00That's "meth" not "math." ...That's "meth" not "math." I only wish high school kids were doing math.John in Louisiananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-6296922334085873362011-04-20T08:51:15.528-04:002011-04-20T08:51:15.528-04:00Valerie, when you say you can't believe that p...Valerie, when you say you can't believe that people getting addicted to drugs are getting them from legitimate sources you are making my point.<br /><br />Keeping drugs illegal has done nothing to reduce either the demand for them or their availability. I've lived in Louisiana less than one year and know almost nobody here, but I'm sure I could walk out of my house right now and be back with any drug on earth within an hour.<br /><br />Ask any high school kid why he smokes pot or does math instead of drinking and he'll tell you it's because the drugs are easier to get than the alcohol.<br /><br />Make drugs legal and put them behind the counter in the pharmacy. If you want your insurance to pay for it, get a prescription. Then we'll eliminate all criminal activity surrounding the drug trade except for that of big pharma itself.John in Louisiananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-73248277526393821072011-04-20T01:46:22.347-04:002011-04-20T01:46:22.347-04:00What am I missing? The drug companies have highly...What am I missing? The drug companies have highly paid reps whose job is to PUSH pills. Who thinks drug companies will be motivated to reduce the pain scripts?<br /><br />Oh well. I guess it's not crazier than cutting taxes in order to raise revenue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-14138820875394147172011-04-20T00:40:29.374-04:002011-04-20T00:40:29.374-04:00I don't know that I agree that all drugs shoul...I don't know that I agree that all drugs should be legalized, John, but we certainly should decriminalize marijuana. It should be like alcohol, no one under 21 can buy it and if you get caught driving (or operating any motorized vehicle) under the influence, there is a penalty. Personally, I think the penalties should be a lot stiffer for DWIs, but alcohol and pot are basically the same thing. - Said by someone who doesn't smoke pot and drinks a glass of wine rarely.<br /><br />What an insulting piece of legislation to throw at doctors! - and what a colossal joke that the drug companies should be in the position of educating physicians! As Karen said, doctors are already monitored in their prescribing medication. My cousin, with a brain tumour used to get crippling head-aches and doctors were scared to death to give her much pain relief. I can't believe that people addicted to these drugs are getting them from legitimate sources. More likely, the weakness in the system is from some aspect of the pharmaceutical distribution process. I smell a rat in all this.Valerie Long Tweedienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-25569327573915478142011-04-19T22:53:35.929-04:002011-04-19T22:53:35.929-04:00When is this nation going to finally give up on th...When is this nation going to finally give up on this ridiculous war on drugs? What makes anyone in government think they have the right to intrude upon the doctor - patient relationship? <br /><br />ALL drugs should be legalized and the government needs to get out of the business of policing them. The only things our current system has done are:<br /><br />1) keep people who need drugs and don't wish to break the law from getting them<br />2) make criminals of those who either wish to get a legal drug a doctor refuses to prescribe or want a drug that has no official sanction<br />3) enrich big pharma at the expense of the middle class<br />4) enable a huge criminal class which, in turn, undermines governments all over the world<br />5) keep the price of drugs - both legal and illegal - artificially high (no pun intended)John in Louisiananoreply@blogger.com