“Without opioids, life would be torture”

By PATRICK SKERRETT @PJSkerrett

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As the nation begins responding to the epidemic of overdoses and deaths caused by opioids, some people with chronic pain who have relied on these powerful painkillers for years are finding them harder to get. A survey conducted by the Boston Globe and Inspire, a health care social network of 200 online support groups with 800,000 members, found that nearly two-thirds of respondents reported that getting prescribed opioid medication had become more difficult in the past year.

STAT asked three Inspire members with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome — a painful condition that affects the connective tissues that support the skin, bones, blood vessels, and other organs and tissues — to talk about their experiences with opioids.

Dianne Bourque: Pain control is a problem in rural areas
Michael Bihovsky: Opioids give me quality of life
Alison Moore: People who responsibly use opioids for chronic pain aren’t addicts

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