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26543 Re: Ohio Shocker: 793 Million Opioid Drug Doses Prescribed in One Year,,,,,Go figure,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
   oxycodone and morphine Wonder who had the brilliant idea to combine... 		lkorrow   POPE IV   08 Jun 2017
 12:23 PM
26505 Re: Ohio Shocker: 793 Million Opioid Drug Doses Prescribed in One Year,,,,,Go figure,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
   ...morphine is dirt cheap and effective! There isn't a drug company in... 		ribit   POPE IV   08 Jun 2017
 2:30 AM
26502 Re: Ohio Shocker: 793 Million Opioid Drug Doses Prescribed in One Year,,,,,Go figure,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
   HEY! It is only killing a little over 40,000 people a year. 		DGpeddler   POPE IV   08 Jun 2017
 12:01 AM

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Re: Ohio Shocker: 793 Million Opioid Drug Doses Prescribed in One Year,,,,,Go figure,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

By: gjwigginton in POPE IV
Wed, 07 Jun 17 11:10 PM
Msg. 26500 of 47202
(This msg. is a reply to 26462 by capt_nemo)
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NatGeo recently ran an interesting special on opiod addiction. Some of their stuff is pretty dodgy, but they claimed that morphine is perhaps the best drug for treating pain. It's dirt cheap, effective, and, according to their sources, less addictive than what's being developed to replace it. They claimed the big problem with morphine is an acquired bad rep that opens the door to worse alternatives.

I've had a lot of experience with both oxycodone and morphine over the past some years. I get them through a coop, recently taken over by Kaiser Permanente. Prices are so low I can't imagine any fantastic profits in manufacture, not true of some of the emerging alternatives.

Like the vast majority of those treating pain, I seem immune to any possibility of addiction. Side effects are so miserable I only hit them when the miseries approach intolerable.