Comments on: Addicted to OTC (in the UK) painkillers http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/addicted-to-otc-in-uk-painkillers.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisahttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/addicted-to-otc-in-uk-painkillers.html#comment-71677 Lisa Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/addicted-to-otc-in-the-uk-painkillers.html#comment-71677 It's good to know that people like this are the reason my doctor is reluctant to prescribe codeine for a painful chronic disease out of fear I'll become addicted. I'm saved from the dangers of OTC painkillers! Of course, I'm stil in pain, but who cares? It's worth it for truly ill people to suffer so a few morons don't abuse the stuff. It’s good to know that people like this are the reason my doctor is reluctant to prescribe codeine for a painful chronic disease out of fear I’ll become addicted. I’m saved from the dangers of OTC painkillers! Of course, I’m stil in pain, but who cares? It’s worth it for truly ill people to suffer so a few morons don’t abuse the stuff.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/addicted-to-otc-in-uk-painkillers.html#comment-71672 Anonymous Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/addicted-to-otc-in-the-uk-painkillers.html#comment-71672 What a load of crap. This isn't addiction, it's just the ordinary, expected withdrawal syndrome found in many people who have developed resistance to a short-half-life analgesic.<br/><br/>True addicts have a hard-wired compulsion to take massive doses, due to a dysfunctioning learning process. What this guy had was discomfort phobia induced by frequent drug withdrawal. Repetitive pain simply drives most folks a little neurotic. That's why he was right as rain after a couple of days of stoicism training and a course of benzos. What a load of crap. This isn’t addiction, it’s just the ordinary, expected withdrawal syndrome found in many people who have developed resistance to a short-half-life analgesic.

True addicts have a hard-wired compulsion to take massive doses, due to a dysfunctioning learning process. What this guy had was discomfort phobia induced by frequent drug withdrawal. Repetitive pain simply drives most folks a little neurotic. That’s why he was right as rain after a couple of days of stoicism training and a course of benzos.

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