[blackbart.223]

"no doctor is ever going to refuse his pt. pain meds. at all, even when the doctor knows he is dealing with an addict, because the legal ramifications of leaving your pt. in pain is looked at in a worse light than over prescribing, even to addicts....imo...."

Wrong! Most doctors under prescribe pain meds for fear of undergoing audits by The DEA. Cancer patients, even terminal patients, suffer as a result.

[slimer]

Wrong! Most doctors under prescribe pain meds for fear of undergoing audits by The DEA. Cancer patients, even terminal patients, suffer as a result.

Sad but true. Oxycontin is (i believe) a class III drug, which means the prescription is in triplicate form and a refill cannot be called in. You have to get another prescription from your doctor each time.

[slimer]

Wrong! Most doctors under prescribe pain meds for fear of undergoing audits by The DEA. Cancer patients, even terminal patients, suffer as a result.

Sad but true. Oxycontin is (i believe) a class III drug, which means the prescription is in triplicate form and a refill cannot be called in. You have to get another prescription from your doctor each time.

[sandpit]

Doctors do underprescribe pain medications. I've had a herniated L5-L6 (yes, some folks have an extra vertebrae) for a few years, and only manage to get pain pills about once a year if I complain loud enough. I started ordering Ultram over the internet, it works OK I guess. On the up side, the lack of pain pills got me into swimming, and the pain seems to have improved quite a bit.

I just cannot fathom that this is a true story about Rush. Of course, it took a while for 9-11 to sink in too.

This is really ugly. Every time I hear someone say something bad about the US or Pres Bush, it takes a lot of restraint for me not to whack them in the face with a beer bottle.