I was prescribed Fentanyl for a spinal paralysis condition. Basically given a lifetime prescription for patches. After 6 months, I decided the side effects (foggy, couldn't remember a thing, basically a shell of a human) I decided to go to a pain clinic to find alternatives. The pain clinic did a very quick ablation of the nerve bundle that was trapped between my femur and hip socket, then had to prescribe a blood pressure patch to ward off detox symptoms as I got off the Fentanyl. My question: Why do doctors not just start with ablation if it is safe and indicated by symptoms, and why do they not also prescribe the blood pressure patches to help addicted patients get off fentanyl safely without the adverse side effects that make them want to slap on another patch to relieve the symptoms? It seems the best way to get people to stop is to make it painless to stop.
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I was prescribed Fentanyl for a spinal paralysis condition. Basically given a lifetime prescription for patches. After 6 months, I decided the side effects (foggy, couldn't remember a thing, basically a shell of a human) I decided to go to a pain clinic to find alternatives. The pain clinic did a very quick ablation of the nerve bundle that was trapped between my femur and hip socket, then had to prescribe a blood pressure patch to ward off detox symptoms as I got off the Fentanyl. My question: Why do doctors not just start with ablation if it is safe and indicated by symptoms, and why do they not also prescribe the blood pressure patches to help addicted patients get off fentanyl safely without the adverse side effects that make them want to slap on another patch to relieve the symptoms? It seems the best way to get people to stop is to make it painless to stop.
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