Heroine methadone prescription pain medications don't cause brain damage

                          Doctors  For Equal Rights For Physical And Mental Pain

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The little known news about  prescription pain medications and heroin

Alen J Salerian MD

 March 12 2015

Science says  in general prescription pain medications( opiates) including methadone and heroin do not cause neurodegeneration. In fact they are neuroprotective. They combat premature death and brain damage .

     In Canada and Europe intramuscular heroin is used as  standard treatment for addictive disorders.

     In America we have been confusing the dangers of certain psychotropics _cocaine, alcohol tobacco  LSD PCP_with potential harm from opiates.

   Cocaine alcohol, tobacco , LSD  and PCP do cause cellular damage even in small amounts. This is absolutely untrue for  endorphins or endorphin like substances such as morphine, methadone, heroin or medications known as narcotics.    

       Furthermore the new long-acting formulations of prescription pain medications make it practically impossible for them to be abusable simply because they cannot chemically induce euphoria. They may help withdrawal symptoms but they don't  trigger euphoric – pleasurable sensations.

     Can prescription pain medications or heroin kill? Of course if you take an overdose. But this is also true for insulin or any antidepressant. How come we don't classify them as controlled substances? Ignorance and dogma.

        Our current FDA and DEA guidelines are archaic ,misleading and harmful.

   We should change them now.

   Do we have the courage to do it?

   Can we defend science against dogma?