Hey guys, what’s up? It’s Stephen from CORE Therapy and Pilates in Austin, Texas and today I’m coming live with a little frustration… I read an article a day or two ago and it really, really, really set me set me off in a bad way.
The family who created OxyContin and who has made billions and billions of dollars off of OxyContin and off of basically creating, being a big part, let me just say it that way… A big part of the opiate epidemic that we’re in in America today has come from a company called Purdue Pharma and from a family. Richard Sackler runs this company and basically what’s happened is they’ve made billions off of OxyContin and creating this huge epidemic that we’re in where 63,000 people died last year of a drug overdoses and over sixty percent were from opiates. Now he’s patented a new drug to help wean people off of opiates…
What the hell man, so the guy that’s made billions of dollars creating the epidemic that we’re in is now creating a new patent, patented a new drug to wean people off of the drugs that he’s got us hooked on… What the hell is wrong with our system? Of course this drug is made of an opiate, it’s a mild opiate and it’s not as addictive… but it’s mind blowing that here we are today dealing with this and the powers that be allow this crap to happen. So this is why I’m so passionate about what I do as a physical therapist because I use my hands and I use exercise and I use homework and I use the people’s brain to teach them how to move better and feel better and move correctly. The rest of the culture is handing out opiates and handing out drugs like it’s candy and it’s sad because I see it affect so many of my clients.
So with that said, I just wanted to come on and and express my frustration… if you’re dealing with chronic pain, opiates are not the way to go about it. It’s just shown to be a very long, bad road and it’s really, really, really frustrating that this company can make billions of dollars creating this epidemic and now they’re going to make another billion dollars treating the epidemic that they created…
That’s all I got for you today I wish I was smiling but it really pisses me off. That’s it… go out and do something good, don’t go take those pain pills, go do something good to manage your pain, go do something natural, go do something healthy, not something unhealthy… all right that’s all I got for you today… take care guys!
I am very passionate about this topic. I have seen this opiate epidemic unfold in front of my eyes over the last 20 years of being a Physical Therapist specializing in conservative care of pain and dysfunction…
If you are looking for a solution to your injury, not just a mask with pain pills… then it is time to call us at 512-215-4227 and start your journey to being pain free and doing the things you love to do, without the mental fog and side effects of pain pills…
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