Agreed. This is a serious issue today. Thanks to the addicts....
I worked with hospice patients recently and was happy to see they were getting the pain meds needed.
Not sure if people with health issues are otherwise... it scares me to see physicians backing off from opiates today for people that genuinely need them.
The reason this happens is these half-sighted government attempts to sue and regulate them out of existence. And we call it virtue? And we don’t appeal to Donald Trump about it?
Clientele matters so, so much, and yet the announcements about it never tell us anything about the clientele.
Hospice patients in America, have no problem getting adequate pain relief. The problem is, that this trend of reducing and withholding pain meds for OTHER chronic pain patients, if allowed to continue, will logically cause the scenario of insisting that chronic pain patients be placed on hospice. Easier to off, that way. Hospice patients cannot be admitted to the hospital, or have aggressive treatment, or they’ll be dropped from hospice. Think of the savings, especially to Medicare! (And now, thanks to obamacare progressively increasing measures, anyone on obamacare). BTW, just got a bill for $347, for a pap smear, and a notice from Medicare that they will not pay for it, because I’m over 65! But, noooooo, “Medicare benefits won’t be reduced.” Thanks again, Obama.