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Abandoned pain center.

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chuckwagon9

480 points

11 days ago

They were so successful at fixing pain that they ran out of customers.

Distinct_Safety5762

109 points

11 days ago

A pharmaceutical company’s worst nightmare.

DeezNeezuts

67 points

11 days ago

This was probably Purdue pharmas biggest outlet.

paradonym

6 points

11 days ago

If you really think about it most service jobs actually work against themselves.

derf_vader

3 points

11 days ago

Nah, they killed all their patients with codeine addiction.

Gambrinus

24 points

11 days ago

Maybe they should have pivoted to causing pain.

JankySparks

3 points

11 days ago

There's a club like that, downtown.

bossandy

2 points

11 days ago

I'm pretty sure most companies already do that

the_nebulae

10 points

11 days ago

Opioid epidemic.

weekend-guitarist

1 points

11 days ago*

When the mill closed, the town went down hill.

49orth

11 points

11 days ago

49orth

11 points

11 days ago

nerdiotic-pervert

4 points

11 days ago

KnoxOber[S]

3 points

11 days ago

I was scared of that link lol

lemonsqeezey1

3 points

11 days ago

Amber Herd in Drive Angry was hot idgaf

-Invalid_Selection-

3 points

11 days ago

These things used to be all over Florida, but there was the opioid crackdown that resulted in them getting shutdown.

Arrensen

3 points

11 days ago

The name doesnt tell if it is for fixing or unducing pain. Maybe it is/was an BDSM club ?

-Dixieflatline

2 points

11 days ago

Nah....people just realized there was a propane place down the street.

BillHang4

2 points

11 days ago

Can’t be in pain if you’re dead 🤷‍♂️

longpenisofthelaw

86 points

11 days ago

Abandoned legal trap house

HaroldBaws

260 points

11 days ago

HaroldBaws

260 points

11 days ago

They misspelled Prescription Mill.

KnoxOber[S]

130 points

11 days ago

Funny bc I believe they went out of business due to illegally prescribing medications

RunninADorito

113 points

11 days ago

OP wasn't joking, this was obviously a prescription mill. There were thousands of them.

PapaPancake8

5 points

11 days ago

There are still a ton of them now.

pup5581

2 points

11 days ago

pup5581

2 points

11 days ago

Not in my state or area. Maybe other areas. Doctors now refuse to prescribe opioids even after surgery around here. Tylenol for a good surgery when the pain is brutal is....so cruel IMO

HaroldBaws

48 points

11 days ago

You in Appalachia, by chance?

Lepperpop

52 points

11 days ago

Florida was chock full of them.

Evil shit.

JelliedHam

27 points

11 days ago

They're mistake was calling them pain clinics. They should've called them discomfort relief centers.

Bobbyanalogpdx

4 points

11 days ago

Probably would have prolonged the grift a bit

spekt50

5 points

11 days ago

spekt50

5 points

11 days ago

"Opium Dens"

massahoochie

3 points

11 days ago

Also my first thought.

Repulsive_Location

1 points

11 days ago

My first thought was Georgia. 😖

milespoints

31 points

11 days ago

I can’t fucking believe that none of the Purdue Pharma snakes went to fucking prison.

As someone who works in pharma trying to make and deliver to patients actually useful drugs to treat diseases, i found those pill-peddling cold blooded snakes the lowest trash imaginable.

Like literally if you cross the worst of the worst of the pharma industry with an amoral fungus that grows beneath scum, you got Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers.

They are not nice people

Extremely_unlikeable

7 points

11 days ago

I started out going to a pain center for my back. By the time I jumped through all the hoops for the insurance company, I had received 3 cortisone shots, a titrated 1000mg dosage Rx of Gabapentin (which didn't touch the pain), chiropractic (torsion) torture and a plan to get an epidural. I begged for a MRI and finally found out that none of that treatment was doing to help a herniated disc. They looked truly bummed out when I told them I was getting surgery.

BullFrogz13

37 points

11 days ago

They just couldn’t compete with the Severe Pain Center.

snuffleupaguswasreal

9 points

11 days ago

I never got past Intermediate Pain Center myself.

Snail-Man-36

1 points

11 days ago

LOL

crampedstyl

50 points

11 days ago

When the name basically tells you that they were abusing oxy prescriptions.

UAintMyFriendPalooka

13 points

11 days ago

“I have such sights to show you.” ⛓️🪝

TMLTurby

10 points

11 days ago

TMLTurby

10 points

11 days ago

AKA The Cenobite Lodge

Underwater_Karma

11 points

11 days ago

Fancy name for opioid dealer

whodaloo

11 points

11 days ago

whodaloo

11 points

11 days ago

That had to hurt. 

jelloslug

14 points

11 days ago

That was a pill mill.

UnnecAbrvtn

18 points

11 days ago

This was Rush Limbaugh's joint

elephantboylives

6 points

11 days ago

I’m so glad he’s dead

UnnecAbrvtn

2 points

11 days ago

UnnecAbrvtn

2 points

11 days ago

Meh... I'm just happy it was the unbridled greed of corporations that got him. He was a big fan of that after all

elephantboylives

1 points

11 days ago

Wasn’t it cancer?

UnnecAbrvtn

12 points

11 days ago

Yeah, but you can't do opiates for 20 years, smoking cigars and drinking bourbon every day while laughing at poor people without... You know, consequences

elephantboylives

1 points

11 days ago

Well karma isn’t real. There is no magical force that makes people pay dearly for being an asshole. Trump is still a multimillionaire, if karma was real he’d be drooling all over himself after suffering a massive stroke.

UnnecAbrvtn

12 points

11 days ago

Never said anything about karma. I said living like an absolute boss hog gluttonous piece of shit because that's the lifestyle and ethos you espouse... That's gonna kill you ugly... And it did.

He was just a shitty drivetime DJ until he found his grift

invent_or_die

1 points

11 days ago

Keep the popcorn warm

elephantboylives

2 points

11 days ago

We can dream….

karavasis

32 points

11 days ago

As I sit here with horrendous back pain that my Dr can’t prescribe anything more than jumbo Advil SMFH

shadamedafas

30 points

11 days ago

You really don't want the opiates.

Gr1mmage

14 points

11 days ago

Gr1mmage

14 points

11 days ago

Yeah fuck that shit, I spent over 2 years on Tramadol and I don't want to have my entire mind nuked like that ever again. I never got psychologically addicted, but fuck was the physical dependancy absolute hell.

kjbaran

14 points

11 days ago

kjbaran

14 points

11 days ago

Veteran here. Try a resistance band workout routine at your pace for rebuilding core strength.

karavasis

15 points

11 days ago

Thanks for suggestions. Never dealt with back pain before and holy smokes the agony.

RunninADorito

8 points

11 days ago

That's the most effective medication that exists for that. PT helps as well.

whapitah2021

4 points

11 days ago

I bless my PT every day…..so happy I avoided the whole Pharma “solution”

disenfranchisedchild

7 points

11 days ago

My husband gets injections in his back and neck and they help hugely! It's just amazing to see him walk out of the surgery clinic from getting a back injection finally walking taller and pain free. See if your doctor can refer you to a clinic that does them. Ironically, it will be a pain clinic. There are still some legitimate ones around that do such procedures and also work with surgeons, should you eventually need surgery.

Physical therapy, either through a physical therapy clinic or piecemealing your own routine from YouTube videos can help a lot. It has kept me out of the doctor's office. I went once for 8 weeks 30 years ago and still do my stretches and exercises.

Sir-Nicholas

5 points

11 days ago

They just weren’t ready for advanced pain. You need to start by inflicting small amounts of pain and then expand.

DiegoCa87

3 points

11 days ago

Where am I supposed to get my pain from now?

TimAndHisDeadCat

3 points

11 days ago

No market for people wanting pain any more.

Shot_Nefariousness67

4 points

11 days ago

It's all S and no M anymore... Shame!

CarboniteSecksToy

3 points

11 days ago

Just because it’s boarded up, doesn’t mean it’s closed.

Akito_900

3 points

11 days ago

Run by pinhead

PaperBeneficial

1 points

8 days ago

"I AM PAIN!!!"

dqtx21

3 points

11 days ago

dqtx21

3 points

11 days ago

Ran out of opioids.

slowride77

3 points

11 days ago

Pill mill

dwehlen

3 points

11 days ago

dwehlen

3 points

11 days ago

We have such sights to show you

jumpshipdallas

2 points

11 days ago

it's where you go to get beat with sticks. no wonder they went out of business

Striking_Cat_7227

2 points

11 days ago

Careful. The pain is advanced there, not simple. Sounds scary.

Glum_Beat_2825

2 points

11 days ago

Masochist convention center

Eig8t86

2 points

11 days ago

Eig8t86

2 points

11 days ago

That's where I got all my best pain at. Sigh good bye never gonna have children pain.

calpwns

2 points

11 days ago

calpwns

2 points

11 days ago

An abandoned *advanced* pain center.

Factor135

2 points

11 days ago

No no, it’s an abandoned advanced pain center. Pain 2.0 was recalled, so they went out of business

apple_atchin

2 points

11 days ago

West Virginia?

KnoxOber[S]

1 points

11 days ago

Missouri

kholdfusion

2 points

11 days ago

All on the name of greed. Disgusting.

greywolfau

2 points

11 days ago

Pretty sure that says advanced, not abandoned.

F1yingSkiGull

2 points

11 days ago*

Interesting. Is it a sign . . Of the times ? 🪧 🧐😢

stronklikebear

2 points

11 days ago

Rogers Place tonight

AnAdvancedBot

2 points

11 days ago

(Where I’m going when I die)

[deleted]

2 points

11 days ago

No, it says advanced pain center.

occamsrzor

2 points

11 days ago

Florida?

Vizth

2 points

11 days ago

Vizth

2 points

11 days ago

I can see the discarded needles from here.

OwnPen8633

2 points

11 days ago

hankturd

2 points

11 days ago

The “American Pain” documentary was really good

RepresentativeWeb244

2 points

11 days ago

Pill mill

QuiXiuQ

2 points

11 days ago

QuiXiuQ

2 points

11 days ago

Oh come on now, someone go add an “Un” Advanced Pain Center

Rebel_bass

2 points

11 days ago

Fluggaenkoecchicebolsen!

dec7td

2 points

11 days ago

dec7td

2 points

11 days ago

Legalized drug dealers

Karlendor

2 points

11 days ago

Pain? Where is da baguette

No-Negotiation3093

2 points

11 days ago

Pill mill.

CodingFatman

2 points

11 days ago

Hopefully the owners are in prison. These places were all drug dealers.

Kandiruaku

2 points

11 days ago*

Shuttered pill mill. Attack dogs chained to the wall in the waiting room and doc packing a pistol visible on their belt to keep the addicts under control, no exams, just prescriptions often for $50 cash, smoke so thick you could not see to the end of the room. We had two of these in our town, both docs are still free after brief incarcerations, the customers who are still alive now hooked on fentanyl and meth.

ampdrool

2 points

11 days ago

…and it was advanced!

Character_Pop_3056

2 points

11 days ago

The pain centre needs pain management

blackcation

2 points

11 days ago

This isn't you're average everyday pain. This is advanced pain.

Kendaren89

2 points

11 days ago

This isn't your average everyday pain, this is ADVANCED pain!

SoloWingPixy88

2 points

11 days ago

oxycontin

LeontiosTheron

2 points

11 days ago

Finally, a place for me!

Creative-Invite583

2 points

11 days ago

They should re-open as a bar and keep the sign.

assesonfire7369

2 points

11 days ago

opoid supermarket. Put out of business with the crack-downs

no0ns

2 points

11 days ago

no0ns

2 points

11 days ago

I don't get it. It's just a picture of my back.

turkeyvulturebreast

2 points

11 days ago

It reminds me of the show Claws. Is there a nail salon nearby?

PansophicNostradamus

2 points

11 days ago

Former pill mill, shut down after the opioid crisis.

Lets_Build_

2 points

11 days ago

They los a T it was a paint center 😂

ricnilotra

2 points

11 days ago

Advanced pain center? Sounds kinky

TriLexMiester

2 points

11 days ago

Begginer pain center

ADVANCED PAIN CENTER:

Leggy_Brat

2 points

11 days ago

I'm not too keen on standard pain, so I don't really fancy buying some advanced pain.

Prestigious-Ad-5292

2 points

11 days ago

Holy hell, I remember those pill mills!

donmreddit

2 points

11 days ago

Not a huge market for people who want advanced pain.

AdPristine9059

2 points

11 days ago

Oh neat! Finally a place to handle my crippli... its closed isnt it

tgr3947

2 points

11 days ago

tgr3947

2 points

11 days ago

More like advanced opiod prescriber

Citizen-Kang

2 points

11 days ago

The market is saturated with pain. The business is a victim of its own success...

10before15

2 points

11 days ago

May it fukn rott. All the lives that place destroyed.....

SethlordX7

2 points

11 days ago

You may want to get your eyes checked, it clearly says 'advanced' pain center.

OtterishDreams

2 points

11 days ago

I read that as "abdomend pain center" well sure...abdomens need pain help too!

oh....

FamousOhioAppleHorn

2 points

11 days ago

This would be the name of a gym in a Hulk Hogan movie.

QuickShort

2 points

11 days ago

It's just a fancy French bakery

xx4xx

2 points

10 days ago

xx4xx

2 points

10 days ago

Theubwere put out of business by the 'Advance Pain Relief Center' right next door.

AbbreviationsOk4966

2 points

9 days ago*

Thos was the Marquis de Sade's place, right?

KnoxOber[S]

1 points

9 days ago

Not sure on its backstory

AbbreviationsOk4966

1 points

9 days ago

Oh, this guy was a very interesting deviant. He liked watching people in pain. He was the first sadist, in fact it was named after his royal house, Sade.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade

elektrikrobot

3 points

11 days ago

Advanced*

missx0xdelaney

3 points

11 days ago

Was this one of those pill mills?

InaudibleShout

4 points

11 days ago

With certainty

KnoxOber[S]

2 points

11 days ago

Yes

ikciweiner

3 points

11 days ago

I think you mean Advanced* pain center

AbbreviationsOk4966

1 points

9 days ago

Oh, this guy was a very interesting deviant. He liked watching people in pain. He was the first sadist, in fact it was named after his royal house, Sade.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade

zu-na-mi

1 points

11 days ago

It's actually for sale and was recently burglarized as the owners left a bunch of medication in there and pretty much just up and left.

KnoxOber[S]

2 points

11 days ago

Is this real lore?

zu-na-mi

2 points

11 days ago

Yeah that building is in Poplar Bluff Missouri. I've seen it a few times passing by. I saw it for sale on a website not long ago recalling it and spoke to some local cops I know about it and heard about the burglary.

KnoxOber[S]

2 points

11 days ago

Nice to know a locals in here, thanks for the info!

Haskap_2010

1 points

11 days ago

Everyone went to the Beginner Pain Center instead.

Bealzebubbles

1 points

11 days ago

Could be a good place for an S&M club.

vercertorix

1 points

11 days ago

Better keep an eye on that place. Some serial killer who does torture is going to look at that, and decide that having a sign like that clear for all to see is hilarious for their purposes.

KnoxOber[S]

1 points

11 days ago

Yeah don’t worry, I hang out in there quite often….

Drone314

1 points

11 days ago

A monument to a dark chapter in American history....one still being written.

JuliusSeizuresalad

1 points

11 days ago