I am from India. I have two close family members who are fighting metastatic cancer.
Their pain is not manageable with lower pain killers. I am thankful we have opoids to prescribe, which is making significant improvement to their quality of life.
Their pain is not manageable with lower pain killers. I am thankful we have opoids to prescribe, which is making significant improvement to their quality of life.
If you take a look at /r/ChronicPain/, you'll find lots of people who have been unfairly affected in exactly this way, some even becoming suicidal because of it.
Cancer pain is not long term pain, cancer pain is short term pain (or acute pain). I've never argued against using opioids for cancer patients or for end of life treatment.