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Dala · 2538 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epidemic'
Doctors really do a terrible job of driving home the risks of taking these medications when they prescribe them. Add in on top of that the fact that a lot of the time these things are being prescribed and explained at a time when the patient is already on painkillers due to a surgery or what have you and not likely to be at full mental function. They fail to explain that it is crucial to take the medication at the intervals prescribed and not let the levels in the patient's system get too low before the next dose as repeated cycles of that high are what causes the addiction. If the level is kept even the risk is minimized.