Substituting prescription drugs for recreational

[QuietLunatic]

I talked to one of my brothers some time ago, and he was telling me about his kidney stones and the pain they were causing him and his efforts to get morphine for them. He was really angry at one doctor who refused to give him any morphine, and went on a real rant against her and how inept he thought she was. For my part, I thought she was pretty on the ball, and it dawned on me that although my brother joined AA over 25 years ago and stopped drinking and doing all the recreational drugs he had been into for years and years, he had simply sidestepped into prescription drugs instead.

We're not close in distance, nor in other ways, and I know him well enough to know that if I try to point this out, he'll just shut me out complelely, but you know what? It's sad to see that he's still in the same trap he's been in since the late sixties, although he thinks he's climbed out. I hope he realizes that he's still running the endless wheel of addiction.

[britjojo]

I very much doubt that anyone in that situation would realise that they actually are no better off than they were. And at least when they were doing illegal drugs, they had a chance of getting caught and helped!

I'm sorry to hear of his situation.

[QuietLunatic]

I think you're right, britjojo. He's never going to see that he's still a hamster in the drug wheel, running around in circles. I hope it doesn't get bad enough to interfere with his work and family. He went through that back in the early 80's when he joined AA to quit the recreational drugs and booze.

[britjojo]

I guess that is the only good thing about it; it doesn't have the same effects on one's body as do other drugs and alcohol. So in itself it might be tolerable to a greater degree without compromising his life. I hope so, for his sake.

[QuietLunatic]

I know he got mad at one doctor who wouldn't give him morphine for his kidney stone pain. I think she (the doctor) realized what was going on and wouldn't feed the addiction. He got mad and stormed out, and found another doctor.

[britjojo]

That happens a lot. My mother in law works in an ER, and she sees it all the time. They have actually changed policies to reduce ER drug misuse. For instance, if a person comes in with toothache, instead of demerol or morphine, they are given a pundental anaesthetic (a nerve block if you will). So the narcotics are now less frequently given.

[mtajim]

I think this cases happens everywhere , in my place too now doctors dont give morphine for pain release rather give some other dose

[britjojo]

They've had to do that, they really had no choice. It gets abused far too often, and doctors are supposed to do no harm. That means no furthering peoples addiction to these drugs amongst other things.

[mtajim]

Yes thats the doctors duty , but sometimes in places like ours even doctors give them for some extra bucks , you know money buys everything

[Ricardo]

Once while I was waiting in the examination room at my doctor's office, I overheard him talking to a colleague about someone's prescriptions and he said "He's abusing the prescriptions" or something like that.

The patient was going to more than one doctor for the same pills, apparently.

[shinningstar]

Yes thats the doctors duty , but sometimes in places like ours even doctors give them for some extra bucks , you know money buys everything

You're exactly right mtajim. I encountered the same problem in my place. Some doctors don't really care of other's welfare as long as they earned bucks.