@lucaspickford2: I was taken off of 2mg of Klonopin a day for the better part of 10 years. The doctor just said “I’m sorry I can’t prescribe that to you .anymore.” and cut me off cold turkey. It was the most terrifying, harrowing six weeks of my life. It was really, really awful. I won’t” Doctors are cutting patients off benzodiazepines because of the fearmongering coming from physicians who demonize these medications, along with increasing government scrutiny and regulatory pressure. Benzodiazepines are legitimate medications that can be life-changing and, in some circumstances, lifesaving.

I was also raised to hold physicians in high esteem. That’s no longer the case. It’s dangerous to leave a loved one alone in the hospital. It’s dangerous for a pain patient to go to an interventional pain doctor. Patients are no longer safe unless they know how to defend themselves from medical predators There’s some great doctors, but there’s a generation who believe all harms are acceptable as long as they don’t treat pain

Millions are being ripped off their life-saving benzodiazepines, including individuals, living with muscular dystrophy/cerebral palsy/ALS @DrJosefWD have you been retained by a law firm?

It’s astounding that doctors could actually believe opioids cause pain much less publicly admitting it Doctors are some of the smartest dumbest people I know

Doctor confronts Claudia Merandi once and for all ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

My colleague, Bev is far kinder than I am We’ve created a generation of weak- minded individuals. I blame this on participation trophies and bad parenting. As a single mom, I ruled with an iron fist and I’m glad I did. Today’s harm reductionists have led addicts to believe there was nothing wrong with lying, cheating, diverting, and to blame their woes on doctors. How about you apologize instead? How about: “I’m sorry my actions have led to people being denied pain medication?”