tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3682238899985508712..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: 'Dallas Buyers Club' concept metastasizesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63574329759388708742014-02-26T09:10:49.513-06:002014-02-26T09:10:49.513-06:00I am from Kerrville, and the rule of thumb for the...I am from Kerrville, and the rule of thumb for the local Dr.s is to prescribe a narcotic pain pill only as a last resort no matter how severe the patient's pain my be. When a pain pill is prescribed, the medicine will almost always be in the form of some kind of mild opiate like Hydrocodon in Vicodin doses with at least 325 milligrams of Tylenol per pill. The opiate portion is so small that it is far from dangerous, but the Tylenol will destroy a patient's liver and is far from safe in the long term or short term. The Dr.s are afraid of the DEA and local law enforcement, and the net result is that people WILL find a way to deal with severe pain, for instance - borrow the neighbor's pills, drink whiskey until oblivion sets-in, or maybe score little Heroin. Heroin, is easy to get and relatively cheap, but the nasty mess is deadly as Hell. Basically, if the Doctors would do their job, many problems could be averted. There is absolutely no reason, with modern medicine, for a patient to experience pain. Being sick or hurt is bad enough without having to unnecessarily fight the pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86875276112048754952014-02-20T12:08:28.101-06:002014-02-20T12:08:28.101-06:00Both the Afghan oversupply and the emerging black ...Both the Afghan oversupply and the emerging black market in prescription drugs show the fallacy of criminalizing things people want and will get no matter what. Want to destroy the cartels? Decriminalize the drug trade. Those billions in cartel profits will wither within months and with it the violence that goes side by side. Then, once the idiotic "War on Drugs" is gone, maybe we can talk regulation of Big Pharma and really cut our healthcare costs.Phillip Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23340033890469936322014-02-19T18:13:28.713-06:002014-02-19T18:13:28.713-06:00News flash, metformin is on Wally marts list of $4...News flash, metformin is on Wally marts list of $4.00 for a month's supply.<br /><br /><br />PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53052011104534593112014-02-19T15:50:49.547-06:002014-02-19T15:50:49.547-06:00My wife's best friend is a police woman and sh...My wife's best friend is a police woman and she recently attended meetings with the DEA and in those she says that several agents "jokingly" asserted that the main reason why they want local police departments to crack down on narcotic pain pills was so drug dealers could sell more heroin. They said that Afghanistan had increased its supply 1000 fold since the war began over there and that there was a huge glut in the market here that had forced prices down to their lowest in history. I do not believe we can any longer trust the current government and have had a 180 degree change in my thinking about the drug war. You do a great service here and I am amzaed daily at what I read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51276012320357876322014-02-19T14:32:30.633-06:002014-02-19T14:32:30.633-06:00The feds too, fwiw.The feds too, fwiw.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30350120504335159062014-02-19T12:40:41.745-06:002014-02-19T12:40:41.745-06:00That's only assuming the government is by and ...That's only assuming the government is by and for the people. It clearly is not in Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com