First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.
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May 16th, 2016Someone from Grand Rapids, MI signed.
May 15th, 2016Someone from Midlothian, TX signed.
May 15th, 2016Someone from Parkersburg, WV signed.
May 15th, 2016Someone from Buckhannon, WV writes:
As a chronic pain patient it has been a horrible nightmare seeing doctors for help. U get treated like a dog and labeled as a drug user. Just recently my meds got cut and now they hav me on a medicine that makes me vomit and they will not restore meds that helped me. Living with Sle Lupus and fybromagalia along with bulding disc in lower back is very hard. I am a single mother as well. Now i have a great fear of even going to see a doc. Also i think about wanting to die because of the great pain i have. Getting very desperate for help. Have heard many others say they want to die or even go to street drugs. All i want is a quality of life so I can enjoy my family. They can not stand to be around me because of how I get. I pray that people like me can get help without all the discimination. In a few years u will see the suicides go up and people seeking help off the streets and then there will be a great epidemic of drug users. As long as people comply to their pain contracts there is no need in all these stricter laws. God help this country. Where has the human compassion gone.May 15th, 2016Someone from Oklahoma City, OK writes:
I'm a patient not a addict, I have crps2 due to my job and I've been fighting everyone ssi insurance and doctors.but I don't take med for my crps2 because I lost my insurance and now called the working poor so help from state dr.drew is no help he never will be until it happens to him.I too a lot of med had to withdraw from them all because 400.00 to stop the pain can't pay for that and 300.00 to breath nope no go.so I sit here today in fire pain and ready to give up on life,I wake up to see if anyone read their history books and will step up and stop this other countries have free health care for anyone.yet the USA nope about the money.I want to be me again and not wanting to die.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 15th, 2016Someone from Charlotte, NC signed.
May 15th, 2016Someone from Shaftsbury, VT writes:
My disgust is beyond words as to what has happened to the Chronic Pain Community at the hands of these 'guidelines'. We are being held hostage by Government & the Medical Community. Our dignity has been ripped away along with our right to lead a normal, pain-free life. Haven't we suffered enough???REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 15th, 2016Someone from Mishawaka, IN signed.
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May 15th, 2016Someone from Orlando, FL writes:
That's right .... The right to bear arms is specifically one of our righst under our constitution .... but it appears that those of us in pain are being made to suffer because others make poor choices! PLEASE remembe,r when you make someone suffer the rest of their days that you are taking. away people's life and there way to live in a dignified manner!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 15th, 2016Someone from Cleveland, TN writes:
Has society learned nothing over time? The problem is not the medication, it's the person that abuses it. Are we going to outlaw anything that is harmful? Then outlaw baseball bats, screwdrivers, pocket knives, etc... Anything can be abused or on the other hand can be beneficial when used correctly!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 15th, 2016Someone from Tucson, AZ signed.
May 14th, 2016Someone from Spokane, WA writes:
I have been in chronic pain for over seven yrs. now. I used to be able to work with my Dr. or any Dr. for that matter until 2011. A Dr. in my states son was a junkie robbed a pharmacy and killed himself. Now Rod Portman in order to secure more votes is on the bandwagon. It is people like him that make me vomit. Another vote and damn with sick people. YA! I know, I get it. You clowns in D.C. or state legislators have no business between a Dr. and his or her patient. I am in sever pain, no know cure, and even though my life may be shorter, I sure would like to spend what time I have on my feet than in bed. I am sorry I sound so brash, but it is the nature of the beast. pain makes you grumpy and sever pain makes you real grumpy. Please get out of my business. Sincerely Me.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from Colorado Springs, CO signed.
May 14th, 2016Someone from Freehold, NJ writes:
I'd like to know why an addict is not required to bring their medical and pharmacy records when they go to a detox dr or ctr for help!?!? I know there are MANY addicts/abusers that go see a detox dr and lie and say that got hooked from a dr prescribing it. Many addicts get away with this lie, afraid to take accountability for the bad CHOICES THEY MADE and place the blame where it belongs. on themselves!! Had addicts been required to show their past history and pharmacy records, I bet close to 80% of these abusers DID NOT GET HOOKED BY A DR, but by getting illegal drugs off the street. A chronic pain patient is put thru living hell just to get into a PM dr, we are required to bring pharmacy records, going back.a year or more and medical records, we are treated horribly if we even get into a dr. Innocent law abiding citizens who are chronically ill are killing themselves to escape the pain! The media continues to add more fuel to the propaganda ******** fire, leaving out millions of legitimate pain pts who are being FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT to endure SEVERE NEVER ENDING PAIN! How do you people sleep at night knowing you have blood on your hands!? Are any of you corrupt pen pushers touched by someone who is suffering from chronic pai!? Surely some of you must have experienced or been around a loved one who exists in severe pain!!! This is GENOCIDE, CPP ARE NEGLECTED,ABUSED, MISTREATED, UNDER MEDICATED, DEGRADED, AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. HOW MANY MORE SUICIDES WILL IT TAKE!? SUICDE SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION FOR ANYONE, BUT NONE OF YOU CARE. POPULATION CONTROL!! GIVE US BACK OUR RIGHT TO TREAT OUR PAIN WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECTREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from East Aurora, NY signed.
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May 14th, 2016Someone from Smithville Flats, NY writes:
I am a 44 yr old, law abiding wife, mother of 3 whi has multiple chronic, progressive, incurable, pain conditions/diseases that leaves me unable to fulfill my duties and responsibilities as a mother, among other things. One of these conditions causes me to have allergic reactions to many medicines, including NSAIDS and every non-narcotic pain relieving med on the market (which I discovered by trying them all). This leaves me with opiates as one of the few classes of drugs that I can take without getting terribly ill. These help me to have a very limited quality of life, where I can take care of most of my own personal needs, like showering & feeding myself, and help my spouse with the kids with whatever I can manage. Without these meds (that I hate needing), I would likely need to be in a nursing home because I couldn't manage to do anything independently, and my spouse could not handle the additional burden. Honestly, I would rather die before that happens. Without the little relief from the 24/7/365 pain that the opiate meds provide, I would be begging for death anyway. The blame would be on the hands of a government that has no business being my doctor, or influencing my doctors' decisions in any way. Is this truly a genocide project - to get rid of the weakest citizens and chronically ill? Are you ready for the suicide crisis that this legislation will create?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from Anaheim, CA writes:
The media has destroyed public perception of pain meds in order generate exciting and politically correct stories. I personally know quite a few in the media. All of them use or have used pain meds. Hypocrites!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from Woodland, CA signed.
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May 14th, 2016Someone from Surprise, AZ writes:
I have chronic pain. I had a bad flare up that took me to ER. They refused to treat my pain. Dr. Ballou asked if i was looking for my next fix.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from Waterbury, CT writes:
Why can't lawmakers target the problem, instead of trying to practise medicine. Resourses should be spent on pill mills, fake pharmacies, etc..., and treatment, (something the government is well practised at ignoring!). That does not pretend they are doctors, doctors can again treat the whole patient, not just the parts the government has decided to allow. If we still have a huge problem after you follow through then we can talk about your medical opinions. ps the only ulcers i ever got came from nsaids, both times. So when the endoscope shows lesions in your stomach thats a sure sign of an addict. just as stupid as labeling a CPer an addict for imparting this knowledge to the doc, who can look it up.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from Saint Michaels, MD writes:
I have Chiari Malformation and EDS (a nasty connective tissue disorder. There is no cure for either yet I have been left on my own for pain control. I do revive alternative methods and "choose" not to take narcotics everyday but now I am concidered a junkie if I need them from time to time. Recently I had a bad fall and dislocated my shoulder, my hip and a few ribs. I was offered nothing for pain even when they had to manually pop my hip back into place. The fall sparked off nerve pain in my entire spine that is not being treated. I have MCAS so I'm ellergic to many medications. The EDS has trashed my stomach and intestines so bleeding is an issue for a lot of the non narcotics. I get the nerves burned off of my spine every six months so that I can take care of the two kids that I passed these lovely genetic conditions down to! But when that isn't enough I need extra help! There are just as many people who need and don't abuse these drugs as those that don't and do! There has to be a compromise!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from Smithfield, VA signed.
May 14th, 2016Someone from Lawrenceville, GA writes:
My doctor too, after having a gallbladder removed, and an umbilical hernia repaired will not prescribe me any more than 20 7.5s hydros for my recovery. they didn't touch the pain in the first place, and when asked the doctor would not prescribe anything more for the 5 holes he cut into my abdomen. these laws are hurting people and they need to be changed so a doctor can actually treat their patients. i never would've let someone cut me open had i known i would be forced to suffer bc of a scared doctor and stupid lawsREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from Lawrenceville, GA writes:
My doctor too, after having a gallbladder removed, and an umbilical hernia repaired will not prescribe me any more than 20 7.5s hydros for my recovery. they didn't touch the pain in the first place, and when asked the doctor would not prescribe anything more for the 5 holes he cut into my abdomen. these laws are hurting people and they need to be changed so a doctor can actually treat their patients. i never would've let someone cut me open had i known i would be forced to suffer bc of a scared doctor and stupid lawsREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 14th, 2016Someone from Stockton, CA writes:
Where do we go from here. A future where pain management is non existent and many who need adequate pain management are considered addicts. It would be nice if we could file a class action law suit against these crazy law makers who please themselves in watching the least of these suffer in pain and then call us the drug addicted. There is a 100% difference between addiction and pain management. Suboxine is one of the most used drug by addicts in the world. So why put pain patients on suboxine? Possibly the payoff that two main pharmaceutical companies will drastically profit from providing it to pain patients. After all it is one of the most addictive drugs on the market. I am not taking it. Sadly I have been given the boot. Dropping my medication 5 pills at a time. I know that science has already studied the difference between pain patients and drug addicts. I don't crave or seek a high off of the pain medication prescribed. Drug addicts want a high, the fix that they chase until they finally go in for help. My low dose medication helped me get up in the morning and live my life with some dignity. We don't go after people who need their heart meds or diabetic meds. Don't go after pain patients. Go after drug addicts. Open the doors of wisdom. When uncontrollable pain is now considered a weakness- then we need people to come in and straighten out this mess. Stand together and allow patient and doctor relationships to continue. Chronic pain is real. Why throw the baby out with the dish water. I feel my right to have relief of pain has been taken away from those of us who suffer with it everyday. Let us stand together and not let this fly by us as if They Win...Nobody wins when pain management is not going to be addressed logically and adequately anymore.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 13th, 2016Someone from Shawnee, OK signed.
May 13th, 2016Someone from Howell, NJ writes:
GENOCIDE at the hands of the corrupt government and their sidekicks DEA, CDC and the FDA! Who the hell are any of you to dictate to millions of innocent law abiding citizens who are crippled in severe pain what we can have to treat our pain!? The CDC guidelines were based off FALSE data. made up studies and whatever the hell they want to claim to demonize the chronic pain community and our LIFE SAVING MEDS! I watched parts of the CNN special with Dr. Drew and Dr. Gupta, what a one sided show that was.They allowed ONE chronic pain pt to speak and cut her off no less. The media, government, CDC and the DEA are intentionally creating mass hysteria, the propaganda ******** just keeps on coming, Opiods/pain MEDICATION were made to help the SUFFERING and to give them some QUALITY OF LIFE! I get it, it's election year and its all about the $$$. You murderers don't care about saving lives, YOU ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANY SUICIDES FROM LEGITIMATE PAIN PTS WHO TOOK THEIR LIVES DUE TO INADEQUATE PAIN RELIEF! You all have went way to far with your addiction driven agenda, leaving the legitimate pain pts to take the brunt of your wrath, stripping us of our LIFE SAVING MEDS, FORCING US INTO DEADLY WITHDRAWAL, LEAVING US TWO OPTIONS: TURN TO THE STREETS FOR RELIEF OR JUST END OUR F***** LIVES! WE ARE NOT ADDICTS! I am a 50yr old Mom of two, My kids deserve a Mom who can sit at the dam dinner table with them, a Mom who can cook them a meal, or do their laundry, a Mom who can be at their games, A Mom who can attend their school functions, a Mom who can smile and have some enjoyment out of life, a Mom who can walk the dam dog, A Mom who can attend family gatherings,.Instead they have a Mother who is HOUSE BOUND WITH ZERO QUALITY OF LIFE! I am on the couch all day, crying in agony, BEGGING GOD TO TAKE ME!! My kids deserve better but no thanks to the corrupt government , the corrupt DEA, corrupt CDC and the corrupt FDA, my LIFE SAVING MEDICATIONS, NOT ILLEGAL DRUGS FROM THE STREETS, LEGAL MEDICATIONS THAT WORKED TO EAZE MY PAIN FOR EIGHT F***** YEARS HAS BEEN LOWERED TO INEFFECTIVE DOSES THAT LEAVE ME IN AGONY! YOU ALL ARE VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS, OF LEGITIMATE PAIN PTS!! YOU ALL WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THE INTENTIONAL HARM, PAIN AND SUFFERING YOU ARE INFLICTING UPON THE CP COMMUNITY! THERE IS NO OPIOD EPIDEMIC! DO YOU MURDERERS THINK WE ARE THAT STUPID!? COME ON NOW, THE CDC ADMITS TO MISCLASSIFYING MANY MANY HEROIN AND FENTANYL DEATHS, LABELING THEM AS A PRESCRIPTION PILL DEATH, WHEN IN FACT THOSE DRUGS CAME FROM THE STREETS NOT FROM OUR DOCTORS!! THE CDC ALSO USED FALSE DATA WHEN THEY RECORDED THE OVERDOSE DEATHRATE, doubling & tripling one persons death, suicides from legit pain pts who took their life to escape the pain were labeled as a overdose, if alcohol played a part, the CDC looked the other way and labeled the death as an overdose. "WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" DEMAND all of you corrupt murderers to makeREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 13th, 2016Someone from Angola, NY signed.
May 13th, 2016Someone from Angola, NY writes:
My ins. Comp. gave me over 15 pain docs to call. Every single one asked are you from dr gosys? I got to the point were I said no, but the questions they just started asking more. Then they said well if you are not from gosys why are you seeking another provider, until so many questions I finally had to say yes I was from gosys. I called my ins back to ask for more numbers cuz all 15 either said we are closing , not accepting new patients, or you will be seen after a waiting list! Really!!!! When my ins said that was all the numbers they had I asked them then why aren't you dropping all these other pain doctors who are not doing what's in the contract by helping. These insurance companies should be dropping these pm docs for not helping and being lazyREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 13th, 2016Someone from Reno, NV writes:
I was a patient of dr rand in reno nv. who has been taken to court so he is closed. I cannot find any dr. to continue my meds that worked just gr8 and had NO side effects. I had an accident in 98 and alot of drs. wont except records if not faxed. some facilitetie dont even exist anymore. and dr rands office refuses to fax. I have called over 100 drs and NO ONE will take you in! The news shows an elder woman on the floor surrounded by pills? they say all of his 1000 are out on the streets looking for heroin? Well that nevr entered my mind at all. We may be addicted but also we are in severe pain for life! We are guilty till proven innnocent. Instead of looking for street drugs like recreational users may do, we are having withdrawals that can KILL YOU! thats what they should look for especially the elderly that cant go through withdrawals home alone like me! They are not to stop meds without consulting a dr. all bottle lables say this!. Opiods have been used succesfully for decades and the few that abuse them are getting us KILLED by lack of medication! I went through withdrawals alone. Now I need my siezure meds asap or I will go through them alone. I was even told by a practitioner to drive myself to the er!? thats not possible. Do no harm? they are going to have many lawsuits! Every dr that has refused to treat rands patients will be sued for non treatment or tappering off. So lawsuits and death by withdrawal even suicides can and will occur. This makes NO sense for people just trying to function! I cant get recrords faxed since my accident was in 98! these places are closed. I have my own records but they wont except anything but faxes from facilities..recent mris..i cant have an mri i have metal plates! Since my accident I have fallen through the cracks of the system. 17 yrs later I finally get relief..ow this? I can DIE in here alone so Im writing down all drs who refused to help 1000 patients so my family can later sue them for accusing us all in pain from hardworking industrial accidents as being drug addicts! Too many alternative drugs have horrible side effects so I dont want them. You see ads for meds that say pills for pain may cause suicidal thoughts meds for insomnia may cause insomnia. its ridiculous this is MY body and I know what works and doest after all these yrs! I see another comment that sys there is a new class for dr on how NOT to treat patients? This is MURDEROUS for those who dont abuse sell or overtake or get not one side effect but relief! I see this is happening now in all states. Is it genocide? this must stop! people are being villified for being able to function? WE ARENT CRIMINALS or recreational users I never ever got any high from these pills. ever! I dont have opiod constipation I dont except any new prescriptions that drs tried to push i am fine with pain and siezure anxiety meds. My own mother is in pain and has nothing. but she stopped taking potassium pills against the directions..and nearly died from stoppiREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 13th, 2016Someone from Dallas, GA writes:
I have been in agony for years due to severe degenerative disc disease and sacrilitis and migraines. Without my prescription id rather die. I have never misused drugs. I do not drink alcohol. Have commited no crimes. I am 62 years old and living on disability. My meds allow me to bathe myself, feed myself, and bear to walk and talk with others. Without them i lie in bed crying and need constant help and care. I am no addict. I just want what time i have left in this world to be without unnecessary grinding pain.REPORT COMMENTS
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May 13th, 2016Someone from Washington, MI writes:
Never imagined this would be my life. I am in chronic pain because of misdiagnosis. Knew nothing about pain meds & did everything in my power to remain off narcotic therapy. Now with RA,Sjogrens, Fibro, Neuropathy, DDD, muscle damage along with damaged/herniated discs not only do I have to worry about attempting to live in unimaginable pain but constantly being treated like a drug seeking addict. Judged by the very medical community that left me in this condition. Pharmacists now have a say so in my treatment & can deny me my meds based on what? Never broke one rule in PM. Animals are more protected. We do not allow them to be mistreated or suffer but humans can? Because of those who choose to abuse? The rich & famous that can buy doctors? I've been beyond humiliated by pharmacists to the point of fear & depression. Simply because I do not want to suffer. Pain that leaves me unable to use hands, feet or to even talk. It's about quality of life here. People in CP should not be punished for acts beyond their control. So I've heard CP is not life threatening. Tell that to those with vitals all over the charts, or heart attacks, uncontrollable BP, suicide...... Where is that oath of DO NO HARM? I'm blessed with a good PM but remain in fear with what ifs? Pharmacies will not fill my scripts leaving me with pain..chest pain.. Withdrawl.. My HIPPAs been violated by these same Pharmacist but who cares? After all I must be an addict right? Im a mom, wife, grandmother, sister, friend who just wants some normal & quality.. I'll always live in pain even with treatment but at least it's livable. Walk a mile in my shoes & then tell me what you think. That would include holding parts of your body over a blow torch..receiving needles in your spine. Watching your joints & body slowly go... What would you do? We just want to live without fear of being left to suffer. Addicts will always find away just as those without permits end up with guns. Don't punish the rest of us. I know I cannot live in this pain if not treated. It's simply inhumane. We need to stand united on this or risk the unimaginable.REPORT COMMENTS
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