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Raine,

Actually, your doctor probably described it that way because that was

what his attitude towards it was. Some doctors have an attitude about

opiates that they are not necessary and just cause addicts and that

people who are on opiates must be " strung out " . That is merely the

attitude of some doctors, as other doctors realize that this is not

true, that patients in pain do not for the most part become addicted,

and that they need it for their pain so they can live a normal life.

What seems like a huge dose of narcotic that nobody could function with

to one person is barely a dent in the pain of another person. I am in

constant pain and am on morphine ER. It does not affect me like it

might to someone who is not used to narcotics. In fact, it is not

usually given until a patient has worked their way up in dosage and

tolerance of other less strong narcotics. And, what most people mistake

for addiction is actually dependance, which means you cant just stop

taking it, you have to be weaned off slowly, this applies to other drugs

besides narcotics. Hope I have cleared up some confusion.

Meg

Oregon