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0 pointsslg7y ago0 comments

Oxycontin is likely a safer drug than heroin. That doesn't mean we should be working on growing the Oxycontin market on the assumption that every new user is someone who might have otherwise used heroin.

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varjag7y ago

Methadone is safer than heroin and is widely used in substitution therapy.

Either way, the bulk of health damage from smoking was from the complimentary products of burning. You ain't getting lung cancer from nicotine.

slgOP7y ago

I am not aware of any doctors that would recommend using methadone permanently and and it is only legally available to be prescribed for ongoing substitution therapy by federally certified abuse recovery centers. So my analogy still stands. No one should be actively campaigning to grow the methadone market the way that people are for e-cigarettes.

malkuth237y ago

The metaphor is somewhat flawed, but methadone is unfortunately often considered a life long way to manage an addiction.

bfuller7y ago

You'd be wrong. Opiate maintenance with suboxone or methadone is often understood to be a lifelong thing.

nasredin7y ago

AFAIK any MD can write a script for methadone.

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_Schizotypy7y ago

Actually, you just might get cancer from nicotine.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/

tigershark7y ago

As far as I remember you are getting cancer, although at a lower risk, at least accordingly to some study posted here in the past that I can’t pinpoint right now.

_Schizotypy7y ago

Here's one :) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/

Nursie7y ago

If being addicted to Oxy was 95-99% less harmful than being addicted to heroin, I think we'd be OK with a small rise in Oxy users as heroin use fell off.

But as these are not in any way analagous to the current situation, it seems silly to talk about them.

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varjag7y ago

Methadone is safer than heroin and is widely used in substitution therapy.

Either way, the bulk of health damage from smoking was from the complimentary products of burning. You ain't getting lung cancer from nicotine.

slgOP7y ago

malkuth237y ago

The metaphor is somewhat flawed, but methadone is unfortunately often considered a life long way to manage an addiction.

bfuller7y ago

You'd be wrong. Opiate maintenance with suboxone or methadone is often understood to be a lifelong thing.

nasredin7y ago

AFAIK any MD can write a script for methadone.

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_Schizotypy7y ago

Actually, you just might get cancer from nicotine.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/

tigershark7y ago

As far as I remember you are getting cancer, although at a lower risk, at least accordingly to some study posted here in the past that I can’t pinpoint right now.

_Schizotypy7y ago

Here's one :) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/

Nursie7y ago

If being addicted to Oxy was 95-99% less harmful than being addicted to heroin, I think we'd be OK with a small rise in Oxy users as heroin use fell off.

But as these are not in any way analagous to the current situation, it seems silly to talk about them.

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