tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932387366846538961.post7877370653830684362..comments2013-11-08T23:31:48.579-06:00Comments on Family Policy Fall 2013 MWF 10 am: FDA announces new labeling rules for opioid painkillers, including oxycodoneKelly Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05030814792351569118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932387366846538961.post-24379222732873286072013-09-13T14:09:38.611-05:002013-09-13T14:09:38.611-05:00I agree with you on the fact that a more obvious l...I agree with you on the fact that a more obvious label is not going to help prevent anyone from becoming addicted to any drug. That idea to me is laughable. It makes me feel that the FDA is naive. <br />What is happening is drug addicts are dying from overdosing on these drugs- NOT people taking them for pain management. Opioids have many negative side effects like nausea, vomiting, headache, and constipation that do not decrease with continued use of the drug. This clinical trial from pub med states that here:<br /><br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18443635<br /><br />So can you imagine regular people taking these drugs for pain management and every time they took it they threw up. I think they might refrain from taking it. <br />Now that brings me to the drug addict that doesn't care about not pooping for days and throwing up after they get high. And even they complain about the severity of the side effects.<br />I've known a handful of serious oxycontin/heroin addicts. Let me talk about two of them. <br />We'll call the first guy Mark. Mark was one of those babies who cried all the time. Doctors could not figure out what was wrong with him. He's in his 30's now and they still don't know. He complains of stomach pains all the time. He says his stomach always hurts and it always has since he was a baby, which is why he take oxycontin. That's all the doctors could do for his is offer pain management. Does he still abuse his pills? Absolutely. But it seems that he really needs them. <br />The second guy, let's call him Richard, was an ex-heroin addict who had been clean for about a year. Richard worked for UPS and he hurt his back. He had to have a disc removed and had to undergo surgery. So what do the doctors give hims to cope with the pain? Oxycontin. Big mistake there. He got hooked on those and started using again. So what are they supposed to do? Put a stricter label on the bottle! Right, great idea FDA.<br /><br />I wanna end on this note though.<br />Not being sympathetic toward a drug addict is your choice but it may not be the right one. Addiction runs in families. That has been well documented. Scientists are discovering genetic links to addiction as well. Check this site out:<br /><br />http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/genetics/<br /><br />Mollyskiezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925863114406314361noreply@blogger.com