[gas_dr]

Tax doctors who perscribe these poisons? Ok. I am a board certified anesthesiologist. I have two other board certifications one of which is critical care meeicicine. I have a doctorate and masters degree. I also have five years postdoctoral training in the alleviation of pain. I have seen tragic acute and chronic pain. I have treated people disintegrating from cancer who have pain that only the demons of bell could create. So tell me based on your qualifications why you can judge these medications to be poisons and based on your professional credentials why you Have the expertise to make such a dangerous and ignorant statement.

[grania]

I'm speaking of personal experience, of doctors and dentists who gave me pain killers and demanded I take them. I didn't, and the pain never reached that level. I'm talking about the shear numbers of folks whose addictions started with prescriptions.

So, of course, continue to prescribe pain killers when they're necessary. And pay a tax. It will stop those who are in less critical situations than you're in from getting people addicted.

[cymbeline]

“I am a board certified anesthesiologist.”

We’re looking for ideas to reduce the abuse of pain medications, not to disadvantage those that need them..

As someone in the medical industry, give us some ideas for reducing the abuse.

I don’t expect you to have any ideas that would reduce the amount of money we pay into the healthcare industry.

Tell us some ways we can reduce healthcare costs other than the usual crap about eliminating unhealthy habits.

Here’s a good chance for you to inform us and be honest with us.

[vortec94]

Hear, hear! My mate for life is dealing with Stage 4 bone cancer. I don’t think these idiots should have a vote.

[MarkL]

You’re absolutely right. Over the last couple of decades, it’s been more and more difficult for honest, caring doctors to be able to provide relief to people with chronic pain (due to Crohns disease, degenerative disc disease, and severe arthritis, I understand both chronic and acute pain.)

Many doctors have been forced to strictly limit how much pain medication they will give to their patients, because they’re afraid of the government.

Unfortunately, it seems that some of the worst offenders of prescribing opioids “like candy” are the doctors at the VA. It seem that for many of them, they took Obama’s advice, “rather than having that surgery, just take a pill.”

Mark