With a 10-day supply of opioids, 1 in 5 become long-term users
The problem with the backlash against opiod use in the US is that people who actually have to have the drugs are finding it increasingly harder to get.<p>As a disabled veteran with nerve damage I am rationing pain medication daily. I cannot afford to have a manageable pain day due to the fact I might have a week of excruciating pain.<p>As you may or may not know, little can be done for functional nerve damage. Some experimental procedures are available but in general, only the symptoms can be treated. For me this means a lot of different muscle relaxers and an opiod for when things are beyond control.<p>But, the opioids have become increasingly more difficult to get prescribed because of recent DEA rule changes and legislation affecting these medications.<p>This basically means, for me at least, I will take my own life at some point as the pain will be too unbearable and I won&#x27;t be able to acquire the medications necessary to control it.