Pills Won't Heal the World

He wanted to heal the world. Michael Jackson may have been the King of Pop, but in becoming so he "popped" a lot of pills...for pain. And that is a common denominator between Michael Jackson and those who suffer chronic pain, including those with fibromyalgia. Michael died as a result of those pills, we want you to live.

There is no question that the pain associated with fibromyalgia can be debilitating. There is also no question that the people most susceptible to pill addiction are those in chronic pain. Even people who have a serious injury or a single surgery can become addicted to pain pills prescribed following their particular experience.

And I am not the only one who is concerned.

The FDA may ban two painkillers that are widely used by some with fibromyalgia. For more information, just click here: painkillers .

The bottom line here is safety. Safe use of drugs. Safe management of pain. Safe maintenance of health. I don't know that banning drugs that are useful when administered properly is the answer, but I don't have a solution to recommend either.

I do know that there is no good reason to solve one problem by creating another, to become addicted to manage pain; addiction (and overdose/death) are certainly not positive or rational or acceptable alternatives to pain. There are other choices.

Pain is serious, it's life-changing, it's hell, but addiction and/or death are worse.

So, be careful, be smart, be safe. Monitor and manage and moderate.

We need you around. And the world needs you...to make it a better place - for you and for me and the entire human race.