I Am: An Un-apologetic Opioid Patient

I Am: An Un-apologetic Opioid Patient




Liza Zoellick








[1] https://www.superiortelegram.com/news/government-and-politics/4574090-advocate-opioid-crackdown-had-chilling-effect-those-chronic

[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cancer-idUSKCN1PP26X

[3] https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/6033839-151/opioid-limits-hit-hospice-cancer-patients

[4] https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/03/13/oral-and-iv-tylenol-work-equally-well-hip-replacement-pain-do-they-work-all-13877


7 Responses

  1. I can only tell you that it has happen to me and if you googled it you will find it has happen to a lot of people. In short if this just happen,I would see if you can get retested. I don’t know of anyone that has had any success My Dr. did same to me. Wasn’t open for debate. Was an 80 yr ole retired pharmacist, and a pilot that his test came back claiming he had meth in his. It’s a joke but not funny for us. There is no proof these tests are accurate and there are to many false positives. Good Luck

  2. Welll,,,,although thee author states her case for ,”I get it,”’,,,I won’t speak for all Cppp,,,,but for myself,,,,Of course I understand thee ,”addicts,” excuses’,,,of course I ,”understand their rationales,,their justification to themselves as to their ,”why their addicts,,” but NO,,,I DO NOT ACCEPT THEIR excuse’s!,,,As far as the media stating 45,000 dead from opiates,,again,,,,thats just a outright lie by liars,,,,,the data is corrupt,,,,,I have said before I specifically asked the cdc to please send me data on how many people have died from taking their opiate MEDICINE as prescribed,,,,the cdc replied.,,,,they have no data on it,,,,CAUSE THEIR AREN’T ANY,,,NO-ONE DIES FROM TAKING THEIR MEDICINES AS PRESCRIBED!!!!
    ,,Think about this fact,,,many of us have had a bottle of medicine before us for 5,10,15,20,25 years of some sorta opiate MEDICINE,,, why have we not choosen to taking 10 pills instead of the 1-2 every 4-6 hours as our doctors prescribed??Why have all us Cpp’s for 5,10,15 etc years choosen to take those medicines as our doctors have prescribed for years and NEVER once choosen to abuse those medicine,,,when we easily could of????
    Point being for me,,addiction is a choice,,,our opiates have been around for 3,000 years,,our medicine for 250 years,,Addiction has been here since the dawn of mankind,,,The difference in the last 25 years is a thing called Andrew Kolodny,who saw he could make a buck off of grieving mothers by abusing them,by using them and their grief to make money,,,To use hatred to make money,,to use prejudices to make himself rich and his family ,,To use the system like a EVIL genius to kill the chronic/pre-existing medically ill,,owning a insurance company himself,,Andrew kolodny saw a way to make a buck off of the backs of addicts and their guilt ridden parents..that’s the difference and thee only difference..All this bullshit data he puts out is exactllt that’s,,,a lie by a liar,,,For me,,,he is thee only reason why soo many of us Cpp are now dieing from literally being tortured to death…Andrew Kolodny even changed the definition of addiction soo normal people could be falsely labelled addicts ensure a never ending supply of money for his pocket book,,,No I disagree w/this author on that premise,,,,thee only thing that has changed in the last 25 years w/opiates,,is the addition of a socio-psychopaths’ name Andrew Kolodny who use his demented mind to willfully torture,murder,and torture to death the pre-existing medically ill legally,,,as Steve once said,,State sanctioned tortured devise by Andrew Kolodny..History has showed,,10 of thee worse human atrocity have started w/a psychiatrist demented mind using his mind for political advances,,jmo,,maryw

    • MarywM you said everything I wanted to say about that piece of shit.I tried,but after writing 2 or 3 sentences, My mind starts racing and my blood pressure starts rising. Why? Because this scumbag fooled the government into thinking he is an expert,when in fact he is just a fraud.He’s never treated a pain patient. What is he an expert in? Nothing he’s a shrink And now he’s going to be a rich shrink,because he has everyone convinced his word is golden. He pushes suboxone and rehabs. He has financial stake in both. Last time someone played the government like this bozo his name was Bernie Madox. Hopefully Bozo will go the way Madox went. Enjoyed reading your post!

  3. I’ve been dropped cold turkey this week after being on Opiads for 14 yrs. Because my urine test came back negative. How do I explain that ? I take my meds as prescribed. I’m a youth minister. My doctor will not speak to me about this bad unexplained urine screen test. I blame Aigis Lab company from Tennessee. Why does a California Dr. send his patients urine to Tennessee???? I need back up here. and quick. No Withdrawals

  4. This post states what is happening to chronic pain patients so well.I wish that it could be seen by all the people who are judging all of us. I am so tired of all the stigma and discrimination we are having to deal with on a daily basis.We are not drug addicts. We are not abusing drugs.I just don’t understand how we can be treated as we are.What has happened to Patient Rights? Where has compassion and empathy gone in the present health care system? Also, benzodiazepines need to be included in the list of meds denied.

  5. Wow! Your story is my story. I, like you have been fighting and kicking and yelling because of the absurdity of it all. I’m getting 1/3 of the medication I was getting before this “crisis” started. Now we have this Bozo testifying against J&J in the OK lawsuit. I don’t understand how they let this guy on the stand.He is a shrink He has never treated a pain patient.. His drug of choice is Suboxone.I believe he has a stake in Suboxone and rehab clinics.For some reason judge is letting him testify as an “expert witness!”This guy is the “anti opioid God” The “fighting” wears on you as you know. I’m 66 yrs old. I can’t live the rest of my years on the couch. I hope with all the “rally’s coming up and headway we are having we get change soon.
    Good luck to you

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