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Old 04-14-2009, 03:46 PM
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This subject was already covered for a while. I did do my homework, and never did i state that we are drug seekers, or just want to get high. It is very well known that narcotics are highly addictive and must be monitored because of their high demand on the streets and the possibility of misusing them. I did well over 100 hours of research on my paper and no where did I state anything that I cannot back up by the research that I did. What I wrote is accurate, I'm sorry you think otherwise, and I feel that I have described/given an overview of RSD and various other subjects that relate to it very well and I do not need to rewrite any of it. The truth is, is that we do need various medications on a daily basis to keep sane, and unless somebody can understand that then yes, we will unfortunately be viewed occasionally by both our peers and by other doctors as drug seekers. And that is what i was trying to get across in that section. Many of us are/have been looked at by others as just wanting to get drugs, I personally have had several doctors think that when i've gone to the ER because my pain was so bad. I've been sent home w/o treatment because they thought i was just some young adult wanting to score a quick high. It may not be a reality for everyone who takes narcotics to be viewed as drug seekers or addicts, but it is for some of us. And I have also been to many highly acclaimed pain docs/rsd specialists, and have been told several times that narcotics aren't an ideal drug to use because of the high rate of addiction, the damage continuous use does to the rest of our body, and the high likely hood of our body building up a tolerance to them. I was not describing what all of us go through or experience, because each of our cases are different. But was giving an overview of the disorder, its treatments, what it is, how it affects us, etc. And that was stated in my paper- that each case is its own and no two are identical.

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Originally Posted by CZZ74 View Post
I concur with Denny on your writing about narcotics. I have never had a high from my medication. With all I take I still have pain even through the breakthrough meds. Narcotics are essential for those of us that have intractable pain that does not respond to all other treatments. the leading doctors in the world just held a conference on the use of narcotic and endorsed full heartedly their need to those of us with intractable pain. You need to to your research and read Dr. Tennant's Handbook on Intractable Pain. It is free on the web. This type of writing is dangerous fro the community of those of us with intractable pain. It infers "addict behavior".
Regardless of your good intentions. Be sure to correct that section immediately. It is in accurate. And dangerous writing. Read and do your home work and correct that section. the video is on Dr,.Kirkpatrick's website and is called the adverse affects of narcotics for those with intractable pain. The heading sounds like they are not endorsing the use but it just the opposite. They are merely discussing the side effects which must be handled like constipation. Please correct your errors in your paper. It will take you one hour to read Dr. Tennant's Intractable Pain handbook. This is a "Bible" to survival for those of us with intractable pain. I have full body rsd and have been treated by Dr. Schwartz man, Dr. Rohr in Germany, Dr. Kirkpatrick and many other international recognized experts. Pleases make your corrections.
Having gotten hysterical and said all that congratulations on your hard work and sharing it with us. This is just a frighting area for those of us that have no other recourse. So it is important to us that it is written about correctly.Thank you. CZ
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