Dax Shepard
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The great challenge to me still seems like asking patients for behavioral modifications.
versus pills or procedures is a tall order.
Getting people to change their behavior is really, really hard.
I agree with you.
I would say it's a combination of things.
I am not telling people to go off their pills.
Absolutely not.
Like pain medications are a godsend.
We're no longer biting on wooden spoons.
Thank God for good drugs.
Think of Ulysses S. Grant dying of throat cancer for months.
Like, what was that experience like in the age, you know?
Yeah, I mean, crazy.
No, and I want to say also that opioids are appropriate for post-surgical pain and end-of-life care and cancer pain.
I just feel like we are screwing people.
Can I ask a question?
Oh, yeah, you can ask.
Did it start with an injury?
So I had been eight years sober when I had a motorcycle accident.