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[quote=Anonymous]One of my siblings is a surgeon at a top practice in a large American city.  The older, middle-age, and young doctors in her practice discuss their experiences and have noted that as diagnosis, tools, and treatment has become more targeted, more precise, and less intrusive, the pain medications have - somewhat paradoxically - become even stronger.

Patients born before 1980 seem to be okay with being prescribed old-fashioned Advil, Bayer, Motrin, or even Tylenol for outpatient use and recovery, perhaps because they developed a stronger tolerance for pain.  Those born after about 1980 seem to prefer a prescription for the opioids because they equate stronger with better.

The physicians in her surgical group, and at her hospital, are now generally of the consensus that stronger is not better, and that the destruction caused by opioid abuse far outweighs their medical benefits overall.  They have adopted a new, wholistic, and more "natural" approach to pain management that encourages less strong forms of chemical intervention, and alternative therapies like cognitive behavior exercises and meditation.  The practice is thriving and their patients approve of the new approach.[/quote]

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