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Andrea Anderson

@aander1987

National advocate for patients, clinicians, research & scientists… all who are involved in living with, treating, or researching chronic/persistent pain.

Katılım Mart 2012
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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
1. My #RealPainStory: in 2006, I jumped down a mountainside to stop a child from going over a cliff. I herniated a few discs. 6 months later, a neurosurgeon confused me with a different patient, & cut out the back of my lumbar spine. That plunged me into my first 15 years of pain
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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@julianbuchanan And here is the relevant section. There are nuances I’d be happy to discuss after you’ve had a chance to review:
Chad D. Kollas, MD (he/him)@ChadDKollas

What PROP wanted, but didn't get: 1) Hard dosing limits of ER/LA opioids 2) Limiting ER/LA opioid use to palliative care (which they wrongly conflated with end-of-life care) 3) FDA to abandon the concept of pain-adjusted OUD prevalence (which estimates OUD prevalence at less than 2% for people taking opioids for pain management, and not for non-medical use - see yellow below) 4) Bloomberg's and Kolodny's mischaracterization of OUD risk (see pink below, which was actually misuse, not OUD).

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Julian Buchanan, PhD
Julian Buchanan, PhD@julianbuchanan·
Let's keep our conversations about drugs sensible, accurate & adult. Drug use is NOT drug addiction. Only a minority who use prohibited drugs develop drug problems (about 10%). Don't use 'drug use' & 'addiction' interchangeably. ...as if they mean the same thing. They don't!
Julian Buchanan, PhD tweet media
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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@julianbuchanan Yes I’ll get it for you. It was actually 11 different studies over 10 years but I’ll show you the results. I also have a thread about it here:
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roon@tszzl·
sycophancy is the twisting of an important ai virtue that should not be thrown out with the bathwater: ai systems should make the user more like themselves rather than more like the ai. a new part of their cortical stack, with a minimal set of guardrails
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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@rattlecans Canada bears proves this, offering MAIS to those who are homeless, in pain, and mentally unstable teens at this point (2027 for the teens)
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Rattlecans
Rattlecans@rattlecans·
Of course that's what we think And first in line will be the working class and poor. That's because this is a class-ridden society and has been for centuries.
Mel 🕊️@meljomur

So basically people in Scotland think dignity in dying means: 1) all disabled people are going to be told to end their lives. 2) anyone who isn’t contributing enough to society is going to be told to end their life. 3) the SG is going to pass our end of life meds to save money.

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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@TSBurkhardt Lay it out, let’s be radically honest and transparent about the scams and abuses of these ideas that “sounds good” to people who have no idea what these populations actually need and would use.
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🔥Temporary Solutions💉
🔥Temporary Solutions💉@TSBurkhardt·
@aander1987 lol you have seen my previous harm reduction vending machine discussions, haven't you andrea? i was trying to keep the claws and fangs in the shadows for a bit here, but obviously there are so many further problems to discuss.
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🔥Temporary Solutions💉
🔥Temporary Solutions💉@TSBurkhardt·
naloxone doesn't work when you use alone. fent test strips are literally gonna kill people in the age of cychlorphine and nitazenes. even if this is the best we can do, it still needs to be said: this is pathetic. bandaids dont fix bullet wounds.
zellie@zellieimani

Folks are upset over this. But imagine needing something that could save your life—and not being able to get it. We’re launching vending machines with free naloxone (reverses overdoses), Plan B, test strips, and more—24/7. zeffy.com/en-US/donation…

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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@JohnnyDundee It’s not peaceful. It’s horrific. It only looks peaceful because you’re given a paralytic that paralyzes all of your muscles so you can’t communicate the horror you’re feeling as you drowned to death as your lungs filled with fluid, which can take days and not even work.
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Johnny
Johnny@JohnnyDundee·
There will be people who will now be terrified as they approach the end of their lives because the option for them to have a peaceful death has just been removed by politicians at Holyrood. Really depressing.
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🔥Temporary Solutions💉
🔥Temporary Solutions💉@TSBurkhardt·
@signulll if you are looking for a pivot, some techbros just got approved for wifi electroshock devices to cure addiction by frying fentheads
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signüll@signulll·
note to self: don’t comment on lawyers + ai lmao. the lawyers are all trying to litigate against me in the replies. 🤣
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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@MarcNixon24 Agreed. Well done. Also, please include a full disclosure of the medication’s used and how the person’s death is actually going to happen so they know they’re going to be paralyzed while they are drowning to death.
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Marc Nixon
Marc Nixon@MarcNixon24·
BREAKING: Alberta introduces a bill restricting MAiD to cases where natural death is reasonably foreseeable within one-year Mental illness is not an acceptable case for MAID Danielle Smith is leading the country in Common Sense. WELL DONE I fully agree with this decision
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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@PaulMcLennan7 Then you need to fully disclose what the death medications are and how the patients will be suffering while they’re dying. There are adequate medications and treatments that can keep people comfortable during the dying process. Medicine is about giving care, not death.
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Paul McLennan - MSP for East Lothian
Paul McLennan - MSP for East Lothian@PaulMcLennan7·
I will be voting for the Assisted Dying Bill this evening.   This bill is about choice ; it`s about giving people the dignity on how they die .   It`s about reducing suffering   I vote for those and give them the compassionate death they deserve My vote give us all that choice
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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@brawday The process of MAID in Canada & Oregon is full of suffering. It only looks peaceful because they’re paralyzed to the smallest muscle, but they’re actually drowning - their lungs filling with fluid. Not always successful, can take days, & can include vomiting up the meds…
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The Lady J of Tay
The Lady J of Tay@brawday·
People will be dying anyway. Its final for terminal illness . The bill states only people under 6mths left to live could ask for this. many excuses to stop this bill . You wouldnt let a family pet suffer so why would you let your loved ones? #jeremyvine#jeremyvine
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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@RossDMcDermid Once again, this whole idea that it’s a “peaceful death” is false. It’s drowning to death while you’re paralyzed & often taking days of extreme suffering. It only looks peaceful because they’re paralyzed - to the smallest muscle. Appropriate sedation and pain relief is better.
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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@elsamars21 Disclose the actual medical realities of this “dignified death“ and make sure people know that they will be dying by drowning in their own fluids, as their lungs fill up, and they drown while paralyzed on unable to communicate. Also, it could take days and might fail
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rosalind ⚢
rosalind ⚢@elsamars21·
re assisted suicide bill failing in Scotland, its worth reposting this thread. I used to be pro AD. I bought the bullshit about dignity. These campaign groups are fucking ghouls that never wanted this limited to the terminally ill
rosalind ⚢@elsamars21

did it make you kiss and make up with that Irwin guy over at My Death My Decision who split on you because they didn't want it for terminally ill only? you know, your old chair #AssistedDyingBill #assistedsuicide what's good @kimleadbeater

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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@MichaelPTKelly Dying is frightening to all of us. Selling the idea that we’d be in control of our deaths can feel persuasive. But one need only examine at Canada & Oregon to see that the slippery slope is very real and that death process, agonizing. While it is emotional, facts matter.
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Michael Kelly ن
Michael Kelly ن@MichaelPTKelly·
For media literacy, note the bias framing in the story. The msn who proposed euthanasia is painted as thr victim in need of ‘consolation’ and the opening line is “rejected the chance” - as if they’ve passed up a golden moment. A sunning example of distortion. bbc.com/news/articles/…
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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@CopelanPeter Please make sure you get fully educated about these medications, how they are given, and what the death is like, because Canadians MAID involves a paralytic, which makes the person unable to move, and then they die because their lungs are filled with fluid and they drown.
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Peter Copeland
Peter Copeland@CopelanPeter·
Alberta’s bill is therefore an important and necessary corrective. No one should be eligible for euthanasia when death is not reasonably foreseeable. This standard wrongly treats pain and suffering as fixed and unchangeable, rather than realities that can be alleviated through proper medical, psychological, social and spiritual care. 3/
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Peter Copeland
Peter Copeland@CopelanPeter·
Canada’s euthanasia regime was set in motion by judicial fiat, not democratically elected legislatures. Ten years later, it is fitting legislatures are reclaiming their rightful role and having their say. Since the Supreme Court of Canada read a right to death into the Charter’s guarantee of ‘life, liberty, and security of the person’, Canada’s euthanasia and assisted suicide regime has grown to be one of the most permissive in the world. It is now the 5th leading cause of death, with the cumulative total set to surpass a world-leading 100,000 this year. 1/
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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@Erudite4Unity @lornaslater It’s so cruel and selfish as to be unthinkable. The only reason it was “peaceful” for her is that he was paralyzed, unable to communicate his horrific distress about drowning in his own fluids.
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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@GovEvers It is amazing to see a politician, do something that actually benefits the citizens of this great nation. It’s so rare. It’s almost suspicious, but I want to believe that this is truly and sincerely for the benefit of the family. I hope that’s the case.
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Governor Tony Evers
Governor Tony Evers@GovEvers·
BREAKING: I just signed the bill to extend postpartum coverage for Wisconsin moms from a lousy 60 days to one full year after giving birth. I promised I'd never stop fighting to make sure moms and babies had the postpartum care they need, and today, I delivered on that promise.
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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@dignityindying If you knew that that “death” was not peaceful, but was drowning - your lungs filling with fluid yet you are completely paralyzed and can’t communicate that you are drowning- (Also, this can take days and it’s not always successful) - would *that* give you peace?
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Dignity in Dying
Dignity in Dying@dignityindying·
“If I knew I had the choice of an assisted death at the end, I could live the rest of my life without fear.” Liam McArthur concludes his opening speech with the powerful words of Lisa Fleming, who has secondary incurable breast cancer. Dying people deserve choice and dignity.
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Andrea Anderson@aander1987·
@RebeccaCait04 @sammyjoluxton1 That’s where the evil is we have medications that can eliminate pain, induce a medical coma if necessary we can alleviate the suffering without killing people. That is what we should be advocating for.
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Bec
Bec@RebeccaCait04·
@sammyjoluxton1 My dad too. My friends dad died of bowel cancer just before Xmas. He was screaming in pain and in the end they agreed to give him a morphine drive. and PADLOCKED the dosage part so he couldn't up his dose if needed.
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