I must take opioids from time to time due to a muscle disease. I have suffered greatly for many years because if the difficulty in getting medication so I don’t have experience with doctors freely writing scripts for it.. I also fault the medical system and esp Ocare because doctors are put in a situation that they do not have time to really practice medicine. They write Rx because they don’t have time to do much else. Have Dr friends that say the Electronic Medical Record is killing the practice of medicine. I know doctors that will write Rx before they will recommend things like physical therapy which hurts like heck initially but in many cases, gives great relief.
The stupid part is the dea, etc want Patients to see a “Pain Clinic” to get them for any length of time or quantity.
Well Many of Us don’t have any insurance and the clinics I’ve called want $600.00 plus up front for the 1st visit.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY!!!