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“I take opioids to treat chronic pain. Stigmatizing them will harm me.”
“I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I dont have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a re...”
“Chronic pain patients like me are not the cause of the opioid crisis; only 22% of those who misuse opioids are prescribed them by a doctor, and only 13% of ER visits for opiate overdoses were chron...”
“I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I don’t have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a r...”