This will put Vicodin/Hydrocodone in the same classification as Oxycodone(OxyContin) and Morphine, ect. COMPLETELY wrong headed and stupid. The DEA already has providers so scared/intimidated to prescribe these types of medicines, patients that are literally suffering can barely get any help.
Hydrocodone CAN be abused like anything else, but due to being mixed with ‘Tylenol’, someone would kill their Liver if they got out of hand in using it.
The DEA should stay out of the doctor/patient relationship. As a matter of fact, the DEA shouldn’t even exist.
“This will put Vicodin/Hydrocodone in the same classification as Oxycodone(OxyContin) and Morphine, ect. COMPLETELY wrong headed and stupid. The DEA already has providers so scared/intimidated to prescribe these types of medicines, patients that are literally suffering can barely get any help.”
I have been taking Vicodin for years for my shoulders. One before bed helped me get to sleep. All the injections over the years did squat to help me. Last time I went to my doctor he said no more Vicodin. Gave me Ibuprofen 800’s that don’t help at all. Said if I want Vicodin I have to go to a pain management center.
So I did. Gave them my history, my prescriptions, my injection dates, my physical therapy treatment history. They look at everything and ask me what I am looking to accomplish. I said simply sleep, since my shoulders will never get any better. They write me a prescription for Ibuprofen and if that doesn’t work they will start on injections and physical therapy.
Wtf?????