John
The Rollercoaster
There’s monthly long acting pain meds which, if enough, make short acting pain meds “as needed” not needed. Patients loose count of the as needed meds and use the supply before the months end, then when refilled, jonesing and in pain, do it again thereafter- anchored to the jonesing and ongoing pain cycles. It’s not to get high, rather, to quench the withdrawal and the tolerance accrued early last month. It’s called the rollercoaster.
Doctors view these medically induced haggard patients as drug seekers rather than face that they misestimated the dose of the medicines.
The drug rollercoaster rolls on…