Why would you say something like this, especially given your dad's situation? yes they can cause constipation, but without opioids the pain would be much, much worse. To me it's a no-brainer, and nobody is forcing you to take opioids if you would rather the pain. I think opioids are a wonderful gift of nature to us and I'm immensely glad we have them. It terrifies me to think that we are so demonizing them now that they are withholding them from people who need them, and telling them to "take extra stength tylenol" instead. It's barbaric and cruel.
Fair enough, FWIW I wasn't trying to take it out of context. It seemed to me like a separate thread of thought being in the parens, but that's purely interpretive on my part. IMHO it would have been more clear to me your intention if you had said "(opioids are terrible for that)" or something similar. But that said I'm much too sensitive about the attacks on opiods because it's very much in the zeitgeist right now, and that would make me prone to defensiveness.
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Why would you say something like this, especially given your dad's situation? yes they can cause constipation, but without opioids the pain would be much, much worse. To me it's a no-brainer, and nobody is forcing you to take opioids if you would rather the pain. I think opioids are a wonderful gift of nature to us and I'm immensely glad we have them. It terrifies me to think that we are so demonizing them now that they are withholding them from people who need them, and telling them to "take extra stength tylenol" instead. It's barbaric and cruel.
To me it seems pretty clear that the parent is saying "opioid [side effects] are terrible" after seeing how much suffering they caused their father.
Sure if you take it out of context.
Fair enough, FWIW I wasn't trying to take it out of context. It seemed to me like a separate thread of thought being in the parens, but that's purely interpretive on my part. IMHO it would have been more clear to me your intention if you had said "(opioids are terrible for that)" or something similar. But that said I'm much too sensitive about the attacks on opiods because it's very much in the zeitgeist right now, and that would make me prone to defensiveness.