Another problem is the lack of viable alternatives for people in chronic pain. My friend ‘Alice’ has severe fibromyalgia. She was on some heavy painkillers, including oxy, but was trying to wean herself off them and work on alternatives, until the pain clinic where she was going closed abruptly. She’s conserving the last of her prescription for really bad days, but is now perpetually in pain with no clinic willing to accept her as a patient and work with her on moving from opioids to a viable alternative without forcing her to go cold turkey.
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