NOW FOR HEALTH ALERT, TROUBLING
NEW REPORT ABOUT OPIOIDS IN THE
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION FINDING THOUSANDS
OF PATIENTS RECEIVED A HIGHLY
POTENT FORM OF SENTINEL WHEN
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
THE U.S. FDA FAILED TO CLOSELY
MONITOR THE USE OF THE RESTRICT
DID FENTANYL .
OPIOIDS KILLED 43,000 USERS
LAST YEAR .
THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES WHICH ALSO
POINTS OUT THAT HELP
PROFESSIONALS ARE TRYING TO
FIND A WAY OUT OF THE ONGOING
CRISIS.
SURGEONS AT THE CLEVELAND
CLINIC IN WESTON ARE DOING JUST
THAT.
CBS FOUR SHOWS US WHAT THEY'RE
DOING THEIR TO CURB THE CRISIS
.
I THINK I JUST SERVED TOO
MANY BALLS .
88 YEARS OLD MARVIN RAYNER
IS ENJOYING LIFE PAIN-FREE AN
ATTORNEY HE IS STILL PRACTICES
LAW AND PLAYS GOLF.
AFTER YEARS OF PLAYING
TENNIS, MARVIN WORE DOWN HIS
SHOULDER AND NEEDING
REPLACEMENT SURGERY .
I'VE BEEN PLAYING TENNIS FOR
OVER HALF A CENTURY .
HE WENT TO THE CLEVELAND
CLINIC THREE YEARS AGO AND
FINALLY GOT HIS NEW SHOULDER .
I'M HAPPY I HAD SUCH A
SUCCESSFUL RESULT .
HE HAD POST OFF PAIN TO GET
THROUGH IN THE DOCTORS GOAL WAS
TO KEEP THEM FROM RELYING ON
OPIOIDS TO TREAT THE PAIN .
I DID USE ONE OXYCODONE
ALONG THE WAY.
AND THEY GAVE ME 30 AND WE
THROUGH 29 AWAY .
I HAVE ONE TENDON THAT
RIPPED AWAY FROM THE BONE .
SUSAN WENT THROUGH SOMETHING
SIMILAR THREE MONTHS AGO AND
ALSO KNEW ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
OPIOID ADDICTION .
YOU'RE GOING TO BE MANAGING
DISCOMFORT AND YOU PREP
YOURSELF FOR THAT .
DESPITE EXERCISING BEFORE
SURGERY, SHE STILL NEEDED
SOMETHING STRONGER .
WHAT I DID WAS I HAD AN OLD
BOXY FROM AN OLD SURGERY THAT
WAS FOUR YEARS OLD .
THIS DOCTOR IS AN ORTHOPEDIC
SURGEON WHO PERFORMED SUSAN AND
MARVIN SURGERY .
HOW IS THERAPY?
THE DOCTOR SAYS AND PLANNING
FOR SURGERY WITH PATIENTS, SHE
DISCUSSES THE OPIOID CRISIS AND
RISKS OF RELYING ON THE HIGHLY
ADDICTIVE PAINKILLERS AFTER THE
PROCEDURE.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRUG
ABUSE SAYS EACH DAY MORE THAN
115 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
DIE FROM AN OPIOID OVERDOSE
THAT INCLUDES PRESCRIPTION PAIN
RELIEVERS, HEROIN AND SYNTHETIC
OPIOIDS SENTINEL.
THE INSTANT TO ALSO POINTS OUT
THAT 29 OF 21 PATIENTS MISUSE
THEM.
80% OF THOSE WHO USE HAIR ONE
NOW ACTUALLY STARTED BY
MISUSING PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WERE DOING RESEARCH WHERE
THEY'RE BOUND TO FAT MOLECULES
AND SLOWLY DIFFUSE THE
ANESTHETIC.
LOCALLY, WHEREVER THE SURGERY IS
.
IN THE CASE OF MARVIN AND
SURGEON SHE NUMBS THE NERVES
INSIDE THE SHOULDERS KEEPING
THEM PAIN-FREE UP TO THREE DAYS
LATER, THAT'S PRECISELY WHEN
EACH PATIENT TOOK ONE OPIOID
PAINKILLER AND FROM THEN ON
RELIED ON OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDS
INSTEAD .
HE ASKED ME HOW HIGH I COULD
REACH MY'S SHOULDER AND I WAS
ABLE TO GO LIKE THIS .
I DON'T LIKE THE FEELING OF