Thanks for the warning. I probably won't ever be in a situation where someone tries to prescribe me zohydro, but I'll know not to take it if I am.
I desperately wish the pharmaceutical industry would look for heavier-duty non-opiate painkillers. The few times I've had to take them after a surgery or for some acute problem, they've dulled the pain some but not gotten rid of it, and, much worse, have left me useless and crying not only the entire time I was on them, but for days thereafter, and depressed for longer than that. They are miserable drugs for me, and I avoid them up until the point that I'm even more incapable of doing things without them than with them. Codeine is never, ever worth it; I'd much rather take four ibuprofen or naproxen and deal with the rest.
Opiates have so many issues for so many people, and I really don't understand why there's not more work on other options. There's an awareness that not everyone can take tylenol because of liver or kidney issues, or ibuprofen because of stomach issues, or whatever, so they're always working on another alternative so that there's something else available otc, and they come out with a new one every so many years. There must be more possibilities for drugs to counter more pain than that, and yet they are not available.
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I desperately wish the pharmaceutical industry would look for heavier-duty non-opiate painkillers. The few times I've had to take them after a surgery or for some acute problem, they've dulled the pain some but not gotten rid of it, and, much worse, have left me useless and crying not only the entire time I was on them, but for days thereafter, and depressed for longer than that. They are miserable drugs for me, and I avoid them up until the point that I'm even more incapable of doing things without them than with them. Codeine is never, ever worth it; I'd much rather take four ibuprofen or naproxen and deal with the rest.
Opiates have so many issues for so many people, and I really don't understand why there's not more work on other options. There's an awareness that not everyone can take tylenol because of liver or kidney issues, or ibuprofen because of stomach issues, or whatever, so they're always working on another alternative so that there's something else available otc, and they come out with a new one every so many years. There must be more possibilities for drugs to counter more pain than that, and yet they are not available.