Blows me away how the new folks continue to repeat history. First we had the chronic pain cocktails of opioids, benzos, and amphetamine cocktails. The denial that addiction occurred when treating chronic non cancer pain (thanks pharma and highly paid MD shills!), and now I’m seeing buprenorphine and benzos combined for addictions that aren’t even opioid based with the idiocy of “meet them where they are.” I’m amazed at how duped prescribers get.
I’m happily retired from chronic pain and addiction - so I have no more enemies (such as some administrators and a few academics). But u bet I’ll be sharing!
Your prolific writing continues to edify, explore, and open up issues for further discussion. Without knowing other meds used (or not) how can medical practioners extrapolate the association is benzo use? As a lay watcher of the post-Columbine luvox scare, seems an onset of SSRI / SNRI as “first line” anxiety tx also has created issues. Now, with the opioids crisis and the way benzos potentiate that class of pain meds, my region clinics REFUSE to prescribe the numb-out calmer downers. So the meth-psychotic turn to guess what? Opiate downers. I just -- question whether really we need Qualuudes to come back. (Only slightly joking.). Thanks for this column, Dr Muir. I fell in love w Frontier Psychiatrists on Clubhouse c. 2021.
Thanks for your support and continued readership! I think what we see is that helpers will keep offering something...but what that thing is needs to default to better. I don't thing reducing harm
With a "no" is as good as a "better yes" in terms of safety and efficacy.
Blows me away how the new folks continue to repeat history. First we had the chronic pain cocktails of opioids, benzos, and amphetamine cocktails. The denial that addiction occurred when treating chronic non cancer pain (thanks pharma and highly paid MD shills!), and now I’m seeing buprenorphine and benzos combined for addictions that aren’t even opioid based with the idiocy of “meet them where they are.” I’m amazed at how duped prescribers get.
It's why I wrote these historical and data based articles
And I sure appreciate that! Thank you!!!
Share with your friends. Or enemies? The podcast won't be hurt by a 5* review either ;)
I’m happily retired from chronic pain and addiction - so I have no more enemies (such as some administrators and a few academics). But u bet I’ll be sharing!
Your prolific writing continues to edify, explore, and open up issues for further discussion. Without knowing other meds used (or not) how can medical practioners extrapolate the association is benzo use? As a lay watcher of the post-Columbine luvox scare, seems an onset of SSRI / SNRI as “first line” anxiety tx also has created issues. Now, with the opioids crisis and the way benzos potentiate that class of pain meds, my region clinics REFUSE to prescribe the numb-out calmer downers. So the meth-psychotic turn to guess what? Opiate downers. I just -- question whether really we need Qualuudes to come back. (Only slightly joking.). Thanks for this column, Dr Muir. I fell in love w Frontier Psychiatrists on Clubhouse c. 2021.
Thanks for your support and continued readership! I think what we see is that helpers will keep offering something...but what that thing is needs to default to better. I don't thing reducing harm
With a "no" is as good as a "better yes" in terms of safety and efficacy.