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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2019.Cancer patients in poor countries needlessly denied pain relief: WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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wanderlust
Japan has one of the lowest levels of opiate use amongst the top 20 developed countries, leaving many terminally patients in agony, despite a 2007 campaign to increase their use and care better for patients. They seem to prefer weaker non-opiate solutions, along with large doses of gaman, and I have even seen traditional folklore remedies such as ginger and potato paste applied to a patient's skin by a relative in a university hospital here.
Post-operative pain relief here also leaves much to be desired, despite data showing that adequate post-op pain relief helps the patient to a quicker recovery.
Strangerland
Japan has the exact opposite problem as America, where doctors hand out pain killers willy-nilly; The health system here doesn’t allow for prescription of pain killers. It’s a problem as the body takes longer to heal wirh pain.
weedkila
What about CBD oil then? It might go some way in helping patients relieve their pain.
Strangerland
It exists here to some degree. I recently bought a CBD vape pen in Shibuya.