Hi Jani! I met a lot of people using these prducts and dirt poor. They turned it into business since it is also a wonderful business to have. One lady she even had cancer, and her ex husband divorced her at that time, she did not have anything but cancer at that time. But now, she is cured, and owned her own business, herself is the best example which we people who are healthy don't have. You do have a chance.

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I have just read through all of the comments and find them quite appropriate. Before I became disabled to the point of having to file for SSDI, I used natural supplements, modalities, etc. however now I barely get enough from disability income to survive. I cannot afford anything that Medicare/Medicaid will not pay for and have no family to help me out financially. I lost my vehicle when a teenager on her cell phone, looking the other way ran a stop sign in front of me. I live in a small town and could not find an attorney to take my case;conflict of interest. the family is wealthy and lives 2 houses down from the district judge. I would love to use holistic but it does cost money and there are some of us that just do not have it. I wake up every day wondering how I am going to make it through the month/day. I have multiple, severe, neuro, muscular/skeletal issues and my pain is constant. My only connection to the outside world is my computer, I cannot afford t.v. or any extras.I do as much as I can for myself but for me I have no alternatives if Medicare/Medicaid will not pay. So please do not be so quick to make judgemnts regarding meds. for chronic pain.I would love to have the alternatives many of you enjoy but they are not available for me and many I know.There is a huge difference in being addicted and dependant. Yes, I do know the affects and it does scare me especially when I cannot even afford vitamins, etc. to counteract but again those things cost money.

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Yes, addiction is a very real fear. But, in the case of my mother who is confined to a wheelchair she has bursitis in both shoulders, stenosis of the spine (located in several different areas), chronic inflamation and pain of the left foot, and now "trigger finger" on both hands! She can't exercise, she only eats 600 calories a day, and she can't even get out so she might be able to be alone and collect her thoughts! Vicodin is the only solution of not living in total pain! She still has the problem of being loopy and possibly becoming an addict.

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I've had knee paing for 10 years and have gone to many specialists who have not determined the source. My experience has been as Milinia noted, i.e. the approach was to mask rather than determine the cause.

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You could say the doctor shouldn't recommend it even as a supplement, but he himself admits he doesn't know her history (we don't either) and doesn't know that it's the best choice. I agree on not taking these things habitually; I know people who refuse to take that stuff unless they really really have to. The fear of addiction is right.
Me, I got great results out of bodywork...specifically the Alexander Technique, for my terrifying tension headaches--and if it worked on my neck and head by teaching me to get more out of using and working my body in a good way. Don't see that it couldn't help someone with back pain, too. If you want to avoid pain and get more out of exercise, this helps you yourself control a source of aches and pains you maybe never thought of. It's no easy fix (you'd be surprised at what you do to yourself/how you use your body, I still am) and promises no instant results--but nothing happens overnight.

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I am puzzled as to why would a doctor who advocates for a wholistic approach to health recommend pain killers even as a supplement to so called alternative treatments. To me, that is not a holistic approach--that is still a compromise with the dominant western thinking about symptoms, approach that favors masking pain without addressing any origins. How is the toxicity of commonly prescribed medications addressed and the question about what they do to our bodies if taken for a long time?

Milina

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The main problem w/ the use of Opiate painkillers is the possibility of addiction. It is up to each individual to determine their own prediliction for addiction. My wife who suffers from severe Fibromyalgia Syndrome(FMS). FMS is characterized by severe, allover constant pain. She describes it as feeling like the floor of the arena at a truck rodeo. She was prescribed Hydrocodone, codeine, for more than 8 years. Then, because Hydrocodone is compounded w/ large doses of tylenol, and the doctors feared for the possibility of liver damage the switched her to morphine. After 5 years of morphine twice a day, because of the draconian laws and regulations on doctors who regularly prescribe drugs to manage pain., laws motivated by possible abuse and the fear that people might actually enjoy themselve, it became very difficult to get the drugs that sahe need to have some semblance of normalcy in her life. So one day she said"Enough of this s**t!" She tossed the rest of that months supply in the trash, went through 2 weeks of discomfort an has been drug free for three years. She was addicted, but not an addict. While many people become addicts, noone, to date, has done a study of users of addictive drugs that don't become addicts.
People need to find their own predilection for addiction and assess their needs and actions accordingly.

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My way is just easier! and I don't have any health issue at all! I don't need to see doctor either. I am here typing with my back supporter on, and that made me really smile!!

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