That's so interesting. I have Crohn's, so I have basically been in some level of constant pain since the age of 15. Even during a bad flare up, I can still function mostly normally. Much more irritable, but I still go to work. Still take care of my daughter. It's manageable. In that regard, I feel like I handle pain pretty well. And I'm always surprised at how much tiny cuts and scrapes hurt me.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

”Study finds” and ”we were surprised”. Should be ”study confirms”. Also, no wonder these people fall for opioids fast, as the only way opioids help chronic pain is by shutting the brain down to sleep mode through five of ten times the recommended dose.

Several of my co-sufferers from chronic pain treatment groups entered opioid addiction, from the opioids not helping at all against the pain. Their addiction started when they had to take such a high dosage to get their brain to stop registering any kind of pain or anxiety and enter sleep mode. Once they could get nerve pain blockers, most could taper down from the opioids. Some, of course, never could as they actually entered a serious opioid addiction. Two from a group of twelve are now passed, women in their 30’s.

Whelp, good that it’s confirmed. And. There are a lot of good studies being done. What worries me is yet another pharmaceutical finding yet another cheap-to-produce addictive option instead of fighting the real problem and discouraging actual help.