"Somewhat related. My doctor has been a GP for 35 years and he tells me that the DEA has been harrassing him and many other doctors by flooding them with paperwork which forces them to explain in detail many of the prescriptions they write for pain medication. He states he is becoming so worried about these intrusions into his medical practice that he now hesitates to refill prescriptions for anything that contains narcotics or benzodiazepine."Such things make it dammed near impossible for the people that really need such medicines to get them. Unless someone is literally dying, a provider will rarely prescribe anything 'stronger' than Tylenol III, and some won't even do that much.
“Unless someone is literally dying, a provider will rarely prescribe anything ‘stronger’ than Tylenol III, and some won't even do that much.”
I take oxycodone for my back pain and have no problem getting a prescription for it from my doctor.
The only hassle is that they aren't refillable and I have to get a new written prescription for every 90 pills.