Think Before You Fill: Four Reasons to Reconsider Using Opioid Prescription Medications

Think Before You Fill: Four Reasons to Reconsider Using Opioid Prescription Medications Getting a prescription from your doctor after an injury, illness or surgery seems like a no brainier. Why turn down medications that will ease any aches or pains you’re feeling? But there’s another side to many common opioid-based prescription medications you should know about before agreeing to take one regularly, even as prescribed by a physician. Here are four things you should know about opioid-prescription drugs that might make you reconsider using one. You might not need the prescription. Most people naturally assume that if their doctor recommends a drug to them they absolutely need it. In reality there are a variety of reasons why your primary care physician may recommend certain drugs. Their specific suggestion may be an honest effort to give you treatment options, but it may also be a result of an aggressive pharmaceutical marketing campaign. By all means you should follow your doctor’s medical advice, including recommended prescriptions, but don’t forget you have a voice in your medical treatment and the right to ask any questions you want, including asking for alternatives to opioid-based medications. 2. Prescriptions can get expensive. The price of a good is generally related to a few common sense factors like how difficult it is to make and how rare or valuable it is. Pharmaceutical companies, on the other hand, have seen such little consequence for ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - Category: Addiction Authors: Tags: Richard Taite Source Type: blogs