To: AlwaysLurking
"There is mounting evidence that physicians are being deterred from using opioid drugs for patients in pain, not only because of the bad publicity about certain ones of these medications, but also because they are concerned they will be investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency if they prescribe them," Giglio says. This is absolutely true and on target.
The Veterans Admin, for example, will not provide Oxy-Contin, but they will provide morphine.
Talk about medical correctness.
12 posted on
10/12/2003 8:02:08 PM PDT by
Cold Heat
("It is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." [Samuel Clemens, on lawyers])
To: wirestripper
"The Veterans Admin, for example, will not provide Oxy-Contin, but they will provide morphine."
It's probably just a matter of cost. The VA has to keep the cost of its formulary down. The side effects of both drugs are almost identical. They are both in the opiate class of analgesics.
90 posted on
10/13/2003 9:50:23 AM PDT by
neverdem
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