These two aside, the DEA can suck rocks as my wife needs stronger meds than she’s getting, but her doctor has flatly stated that he’s afraid to prescribe what she needs because of the government.
My father got decent pain meds in his last months but my neighbor is self medicating with alcohol (and killing himself as he is diabetic) because his doctor refuses to prescribe strong enough meds ,, and the ones he does prescribe contain nsaids to prevent taking more than prescribed due to liver damage.
My doctor has told me the exact same thing when I asked him to refill a Vicodin script. He states the DEA is burying him in forms that compel him to justify ANY narcotic refills he makes-I really needed that pain medication and thanks to the DEA and my spineless doctor I went through 3 weeks of hell. I finally had to go to the hospital emergency room where they gave me a shot of morphine and a script for 20 Vicodin.