So because some abuse opiates the rest of us will be restricted.
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That pretty much sums it up....
This is coming tot he forefront because it is killing wealthy people now; here in NJ they had a recent case where they wanted to try the dealers for murder because some rich kid died. Never came up with crack or meth, but now it is an issue because of who is dying...
So, only seven days for my broken femur and the surgery. I guess they could get me to beg to die that way and reduce costs.
so if a guy with a bad back just had to have 320mg of hydrocodone daily(true story) then that was that..
so what happened when these drugs were prescribed legally?.....did people act responsible?...no
did people make good decisions?...no...
did a legal does suddenly not become enough and more and more and more demanded?...yes...
I heard a story today that an end of life pt told her provider that she was not using her pain pills, oxy, because she was giving them to her grandson to sell for money, because that was all she had to give him....sad....
Well, you know, suffering is ennobling,
if someone else does the suffering.
Yes. This is dangerous for people who truly suffer and need pain relief. They will leave them to suffer.
I find it ironic that ObamaCare also had an agenda to start using pain control instead of actually treating those deemed to old/worthless/conservative to merit expensive treatment and now they start tightening up the rules about pain meds - lots of doctors are getting skittish about prescribing them.
Yes, it is now much harder to find a Primary who will write a pain script for more than 2 weeks.
If you are in chronic pain and I mean high level 8-9 pain you need a new script each month and they want you to go through Pain Management. Hubby had his shoulder ball replaced 8 months ago, ran out his Medicare Rationed PT, still in pain until the muscles are rebuilt requires daily pain med not a 2 week course. Still doing his PT at home.
Well those of us who have had all the nerve blocks, steroid injections, side effect riddled drugs like Lyrica will tell you they don’t work and we would like to live with a little less pain. And should not be forced to need a new script every month. Since we are retired Military over 65 we are DOD MANDATED to use Base Dispensary or Express Scripts, and the script MUST contain the words CHRONIC PAIN or it will be filled as a 2 week script. All they want to script for is 5 MG NORCO and that crap needs Nexium to take it will eat your stomach up. And 5 mg is no more than 2 extra strength Tylenol.
So that forces you to make a trip to the doc’s office to get a new paper script monthly. Even if all you do is pick it up at the window. It can NOT be faxed or E-scripted in. It must be a paper script.