Lawmakers heard from chronic pain patients and officials, all saying that the laws put into place to help with opioid addiction are hurting.
"We used to go-to date night Friday night, daughter's soccer game Saturday, church Sunday. We had 2-3 bad pain days a month when she was on the level of medication that was appropriate for her pain level now. We are lucky to have 2-3 decent days," said Oklahoma resident Daniel Byard.
As a caregiver and patient here in Oklahoma, Daniel Byard sees firsthand what the policies in Oklahoma to cut back on prescribed opioids have done to his family.
He details how doctors are hesitant or even refuse to prescribe opioids, even the ones allowed under state law for fear of prosecution or other consequences.
Nationally, restrictions on opioids resulted in increased cases of suicide, contemplation of suicide, and drug overdoses between 2016-2019.
"We have applied one size fits all approaches that necessary are exposing our patients to new harms," said Stanford University researcher Beth Darnell.
Others also discussed that they are seeing an increase in overdose deaths by substances other than opioids that are plaguing the state.
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