First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.
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Jun 17th, 2015Someone from Jacksonville, FL signed.
Jun 17th, 2015Someone from Kent, WA writes:
Why should people with chronic pain from a tumor have to suffer? Drug addicts will always find a way. Don't punish us......we don't want this pain!!! And I'll gladly trade my tumor for a pain free life. .......but no.....some ******* is trying to regulate and control my body!!Jun 17th, 2015Someone from Port Angeles, WA signed.
Jun 17th, 2015Someone from Spring, TX writes:
Sometimes there are life changing events beyond the patients control that make some medications unsafe to take for fear of further organ damage. The patient did everything right but nature was in control. Then when trying to get pain relief they are treated like narcotic seekers, and the doctors refuse to treat the patient, and is rude and hurtful, and judgmental in their interactions. This sometimes causes the person to wish the did not survive the life changing event that was beyond their control. They begin to feel hopeless which increases their pain. Just because one doctor says you have to take a certain med and another doctor states a list of meds to avoid to prevent further damage. Then the pain management doctor that is supposed to help ends up making the person's situation worse.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 17th, 2015Someone from Crescent City, FL writes:
The doctors should be outraged that they went to school and paid lots of student loans to be told how to treat people but they aren't. They are just as "to Blame" as the Government and Ins. companies that have dictated our healthcare for far too long. Being treated like a drug abuser instead of a medication user caused me to ultimately make the choice to remove the opiates from my pain management. Doctors are "trapped" by the new laws meant to keep them from over prescribing addictive medicines, however this is not fixing the problem of addiction. It is creating a position of everyday people who are in serious pain to break the law and find the relief they need outside of the medical doctors. Seems to be counter productive. We need to take the power out of the government and insurance providers hands and back on the doctors and patients. Drug addicts will always find thier drugs no matter how many LAWS we put out there. Stop punishing the innocent.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 17th, 2015Someone from Theodore, AL writes:
I am 59 years of age. I was hit and run by a drunk driver right after my second birth of my second son. Life had so much to offer. My husband was stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. I remember auto insurance was very high. In that moment that I was hit my car was forced into oncoming car's because his old tank of a car was hugh compared to my Mazda Rx 4.I had just secured a job at a restaurant and was going to get my uniforms. I didn't know how badly that car wreak would change my life and my children's ! I have lost job after job because of the pain I've been in ever since that horrible day. It won't do any good to try to explain what all the damage to my body, because I doubt anyone will read this. I can tell you I believe in this country and I keep the Whitehouse number in my phone because I believe in our country period. Please congress help! This is outrageous. Third world countries that we help are treated very well to the best of our countries abilities, as it should be. Please Congress don't let the problems of the poor, weak, needy and frail be the victims of the over zealous who have alittle to much power over the disabilities of many. I am speaking of the DEA. I pray they really understand the pain and suffering they are causing. Thank You FOR YOUR Time. Yours truly, Brenda FloresREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 17th, 2015Someone from Belleville, WI signed.
Jun 17th, 2015Someone from Houston, TX writes:
Here is the thing. I am a pain patient of 17 years. I have never had a problem until moving to TX. After 2 years of trying to get my medication and failing I have been forced out of the state. I own a home here and the only family I have is here bit I can no longer afford the monthly trip to San Francisco from Houston to get my care. I have done a ton of research into the problem. I even took it to the DEA and have spoken to them several times about it. There is no law, n9ne, that prevents doctors from prescribing anything. We have to hold the doctors accountable. Do I think the DEA could do more to help us? Yes. But I blame the doctors for not standing up for their patients. That all being said I am in full support of getting our government involved. If they are aware of the problem they could certainly do something to help us.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 16th, 2015Someone from Columbia, KY writes:
Why doesn't the DEA just flex all their muscles and outlaw the production of ANY pain medications? It would be much easier. That way, those of us in chronic, severe pain will know that death will be our only option out of a living hell. I know the government knows what's best for me. They've told me enough times. Suicide clinics will be cheaper and easier than allowing a disabled person the ability to have somewhat of a quality of life. This is the way the government is going isn't it? It sure looks like it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 16th, 2015Someone from Saint Petersburg, FL writes:
Please help me, please help all of us in pain. If not now, then when? I suffer from Chronic Pain. My entire neck and back has nuts, bolts and plates. 2 failed lowered back surgeries. Plate on my clavicle and wrist. Nerve damage. MS. Permanent Brian Damage. Permantley disabled. Addison's Disease which JFK also had and lived a life in chronic pain behind closed doors as he took his pain medication. My meds have been lowered because the DEA only wants doctors to write a certain amount. My doctors are Angels who care about me. The Mayo Clinic cares about me and my family cares about me. The Pharmacists are scared of me because they whisper to me and try not to make eye contact or are they scared for their jobs? Walgreens now wants my medical records to fill a muscle relaxer that the Mayo Clinic approved, they told me the DEA wants these records on file. Is that a private rights violation? I don't know anymore... I feel violated each month after going to 10 or more pharmacies and had a pharmacist tell me I need a Anti Depression pill instead. Guess what? I take 3, did she mean 1 more? I don't know what has happened to my rights, to your rights, to our rights. I did not ask for this accident or this disease but God has a different plan. But should I suffer as well? How can this be humane to us? I could not stand to see a child or animal suffer, could you? Could you let your mother, father, spouse suffer? If not, please think about us when you look into their eyes and remember our suffering and by not doing anything to stop this inhumanity you are allowing the suffering. Please I beg you, I beg for us, keep the DEA out of my Medicare, out of my office visit and out of the pharmacy. Cut back on their budget and put it to good use such as research for chronic pain. Pain does not discriminate but I and us are being discrimated. The DEA has gone to far, the pendulum has swung to far, but you can change it. It is no longer a War on Drugs but a War on Pain. Please help us and in turn you will help yourself, your family, your community, your country. Chronic pain is real, and it is painful. Please save our lives, the lives that want to live. Thank you and I truly believe someone or some group will help this situation get better and we will feel better.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 16th, 2015Someone from Coolidge, AZ writes:
I just finished 2 weeks of withdrawals, after 15 years of pain management. I never lost my meds asked for extra, nor wanted anything stronger.My doctor convinced years ago I needed to choose quality over quantity in my life & to take these meds, because my whole family was suffering along with me because of my pain. Now here I am in horrible pain again & refused treatment. I just moved to Washington state & made an appointment with Seamar medical for pain management,which they said they would do. They were about the 60th office I called. I waited 6 weeks with only a portion of my meds waiting for that appointment only to be told we don't manage pain anymore. 6 weeks waisted time I could have been continuing my search. Finally I got into a pain clinic yesterday 2 & a half hours from my home, to be told they don't give out meds the first visit & I would have to live my life in pain & mysery for 1 more month. People who knowingly leave their animals in pain & suffering & do nothing are fined, denied their right to take care of other animals in the future, & sometimes given jail time. Why have all my rights been taken away along with my dignity? To be hurded thru pain clinics like cattle & treated like felons on parole is horrific. Let me also mention they are filthy whole in the wall clinics always to busy to really give you the care you deserve. I would really like to understand how honest people who are suffering from this abuse is helping their cause. From what I have heard they are sending people into dangerous situations to medicate themselves. As the report of heroine abuse is on the rise, along with theft of pharmacies. Who is actually creating this problem? When will I be given back my rights. Being in bed & in pain is a huge setback to my health & a burden on my family. This is a huge case of neglect & abuse. Prescription abuse is definately an issue which we shouldn't overlook, but by torturing millions in our country in this way to stop a few is just wrong in so many ways. I'm not sure what the answer is & how stop so many people from being drug abusers but I'm sure I & so many others like me should not be the ones paying the price.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 16th, 2015Someone from Las Vegas, NV writes:
I suffer from MS and Chronic Migraines it been 2 weeks and i haven't gotten my meds leaving me bed ridden. I'm a human with feelings this is not fair to let me live in pain when its not necessary.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 16th, 2015Someone from Solon, OH signed.
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Jun 16th, 2015Someone from Dandridge, TN signed.
Jun 15th, 2015Someone from Dover, DE writes:
I suffer from long term chronic pain in my back, which was broken in a car accident, and my hips and sciatica. Doctors need to remember that we are human too.I have been treated like a drug user.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 15th, 2015Someone from Santa Ana, CA signed.
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Jun 14th, 2015Someone from Houghton Lake, MI writes:
hello, it Has been over 6 weeks & have been waiting for a doctor to call. no blood pressure, meds or pain meds. never been in trouble! a drunk driver did this to me. & the doctors are discriminating hundreds of people in mich! where are the Lawyers? How much Longer will we human beings will be treated like animals! by over paid doctors!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 14th, 2015Someone from Summerville, GA signed.
Jun 14th, 2015Someone from Palestine, TX writes:
Did you know in Europe you can walk into a store and buy certain pain medication over the counter. I am NOT a second class or a sub class citizen because need pain meds to function. Doctors are AFRAID now because of our so called uncaring government. 'REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 14th, 2015Someone from Palestine, TX signed.
Jun 14th, 2015Someone from Flint, MI writes:
I know that I don't count as a human being anymore in the United States because I no longer have a job and I can't get one. I have submitted over 1 thousand applications and resumes over the last 3 years, however, I suffer from advanced rheumatoid arthritis and am very limited in what I can and can not do. My main problem is that I am not receiving adequate care from my doctor now that I'm a Medicaid patient. I have been on pain medication for years and my last doctor visit (last week) was a scheduled routine visit and I was informed that my pain medication and my antidepressant /anxiety medications were being cut by 3/4. Next month on my scheduled visit I fully expect to be cut off from all medication that my doctor deemed helpful. I need the pain medication to function on a somewhat normal basis. I knew they wouldn't increase it but I did not expect to be knocked down then kicked with the information that I will no longer get the medication that I need. I asked about an appointment for a rheumatologist but there is a one year wait then you get put on a waiting list. Well, it's been over a year and I haven't even made the waiting list. My doctor will not prescribe the medications designated for rheumatoid arthritis and now will not prescribe pain medication that at least helps me function. The DEA has criminalized pain medications thus labeling those of us that are in legitimate need of medication abusers/addicts. We can't go to another doctor because that is labeled doctor shopping and you will be refused treatment and receive even worse treatment than you do now. It is not legitimate patients fault that the DEA is inept and can not stem the tide of illegal drugs in this country. By enacting their policies and rescheduling pain medications and bullying doctors and dictating treatment of patients they are criminalizing people and severely diminishing our quality of life. These new laws go against the Hippocratic oath and patients deserve to be treated humanely and given the opportunity to a decent quality of life. My pain is only going to get worse, that's the nature of the disease. However, I should not receive less treatment or be labeled an addict or drug seeker because I ask for the same pain medication that worked for me in the past. There are so many other people that have the same problem that I do and we are being ignored. I would wager a guess that the criminal element in our society is not writing you to tell you that they need help so they can sell more illegally gotten prescription drugs on the street! You are only making the legitimate patients suffer. This will inevitably lead honest people to alternative treatments. Whether that be alcohol, illegal drugs (because those won't go away) and eventually suicide. Mark my words, you will see an increase in suicide in the elderly and the chronically ill because as the law stands we can not get the help that we need or deserve even though we have the Right to it. PleaREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 14th, 2015Someone from Flint, MI writes:
My husband has severe Rheumatoid Arthritis he lost his job and had to get medicaid insurance there is a waiting list for new medicaid patients to see a Rheumatologist, so long that it's been a year and he hasn't made the waiting list yet. our dr. refuses to treat it saying she doesn't want to be responsible for the side effects. if we look for a new dr. he becomes labeled as dr. shopping. so it continues to get worse. she refuses to give him more than 325 mg norco once a day for pain. my husband is in so much pain that he doesn't leave the house he can't work and he's become severely depressed. He is a 45 year old man who has given up on life. this is so unfair, if we complain he will be labeled a drug seeker. please help us.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 14th, 2015Someone from Weidman, MI writes:
I have contaplated suicide myself with 24/7 pain and now they will try to make a vet live with it, makes you ashamed that you did your duty.jerryREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 14th, 2015Someone from Peru, IN writes:
I have suffered about 4 yrs with what came to be spinal stenosis and spondylitis. I finally had to go seek help from a Dr. I wanted a life back so I could enjoy my new grandbaby, but that hope was soon dashed when I went to my first pain clinic. I was handed a "packet" as they called it. It turned out to be a contract, where I had to sign my dignity and rights away, if I wanted treatment. The Dr wasn't even prescribing me an opioid and demanded a drug test, that I would have to pay for. To make it short, I refused and told them "I will NOT let you treat me like this" and promptly left. I will suffer until I can't anymore, then who knows, but I'll not let these people take what self-respect I have left. I have pain, I live in America and they could care less that they have people suffering here. This alone, is cruel and unusual punishment, just because my body is broken and the DEA has stepped between the Dr-Patient relationship I and others have to sacrifice quality and quantity of life. All hope is gone in my life, to be able to run and play with my granddaughter, is only a dream that I will never be able to fulfill. Thank you for taking my life, hopes and dreams away.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 14th, 2015Someone from Euclid, OH signed.
Jun 14th, 2015Someone from Aliquippa, PA writes:
This change only keeps the medications from chronic sufferers, OVERDOSES ARE THOSE WHO CANT GET DUE TO NO PAIN, my husband is 49 with a condition they compare to pain from bone cancer and his doctor is reducing his pain medication. AND PLEASE NOTE HIS DOSE PER DAY (24 HOURS) WAS 2- 15 MG LONG ACTING AND 2- 10MG STANDART. Our daughter is 7 REALLY GOOD PLANREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 13th, 2015Someone from Doylestown, PA signed.
Jun 13th, 2015Someone from Naples, FL writes:
I would love to be a part of a committee for change. There has to be another way to control teenagers and folks that use recreational and then turn into abusers. I'm a young 54 on all accounts except for my back that is a mess according to the surgeon. I finally bit the bullet and visited a surgeon and will most likely go through with it but very frightened. I have waited for The cutting edge to come through. I have been on something for the pain for 24 years now. I've never taken more than 5 in one day. Never! When I'm setting at my pain management doc we all have little conversations. I'm on something mild compared to what so many are on. That's because I care about what happens to me. It is embarrassing to me for anyone to find out I take something for my pain. As I haven't went ahead and pushed for more I have gotten to the point where I have no quality to life. I took methadone for over a year and only had to take 1 20 mg pill a day and I could make it through most of the day. Now I have to take my Norco 10/300 4-5 times a day and wait for awhile. Get up and do what I have to and then go at it for a few hours and then pray to be somewhere that I can put my feet up to take pressure off. I found out last week that not only do I have 7 herniated disc but several beyond that called Jelly Donuts. I have nerves that are effecting my bowels but I have maintained staying strong but now I am faced with a big decision. Having my spine tampered with and taking a big risk or just keep dealing with my day to day, trying to manage with the help of Norco and just recently adding a patch that's very frustrating to keep on for 3 days ( I try to stretch to 5 days ) and have to pay my pain management doctor $200.00 every 30 days because primary doctors aren't allowed. Then trying to get your prescription filled. Very embarrassing. I am fighting for a change. Please fix leave it up to us private citizens to take care of ourselves and make parents take control over their children. I know it's difficult because I had my own to make sure they made it to adulthood and they did, after they sowed their oats. At the end of the day if you don't have a quality to life, there are many of us that just make it through the day and hope tomorrow is a better day. Let the physicians do their work and tell the pharmacist that they are there to fill the prescription and consult the consumer. Thank youREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 13th, 2015Someone from Houston, TX signed.
Jun 13th, 2015Someone from Tulare, CA writes:
Today I was forced out of my doctors office, as I was walking out my doc wasaid screaming "I REFUSE TO EVER SEE YOU AGAIN!! Do not come back" I'm 22 years old with SEVERE & CRONIN back pain, I was put on Norco a VERY strong norco, I went back to the doctor to simply ask her to lower my dose because it was Making me sick to take. She then proceeded to tell me "Your just an addict I bet you've just already taken all your pills and are wanting more" I have a WHOLE bottle of pain medication left still, I just cannot take it due to it Making me sick, I burst into tears as she told me "I used to work in a methadone clinic for years, and I would see girls like you come in all the time" I was in total shock as I listened to what she was telling me, being alone and without my mom there I was completeyounger ambushed and had no energy to defend myself. I left in tears as she was screaming at me the whole way out the front of the office. All I wanted was for her to simply cut my pain medication & MGS in half. I AM 22 YEARS OLD, recently married to a deployed sailor, and we are trying all we can to ha email our first child and just want to be able to fix my back problem before I carry a child for 9 months. I wasn't given even a Second to tell her "Hi how are you!?" She simply closed the door sat down and said "I'm not giving you anything. So why are you here!?" I honestly do not know what to do, or how to make the pain go away, she couldn't even talk with me to see if she could help me.. please someone help me, I need answers as what to do & how to tell a doctor I just want something to make this go away. I've got a really bad vertebrate & acute scoliosis, I can live with it, I just can't live with this pain. What do I do and how do I get help!? Please someone help me, I'm desperate & in need of help from anyone!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 13th, 2015Someone from Terre Haute, IN writes:
While I know this is a pain petition. I won't be posting anymore its very sad what this country has came to.Cancer patients suffering.And some conditions cause worse pain than cancers.We have a some rights left for now however .If president Obama appoints a new supreme court justice we will likely lose are rights to bear arms also. The second amendment.As chronic pain sufferers we are treated like the blacks where in the 50s Also in Canada pain management is so out of wack patients are treated with iv apap ketamine nortripaline gabapentin just to keep from giving someone an opiate. The media has twisted so many minds the majority of Americans and Canadians are against. opiates because of media propaganda.And as Walter Concrite all ways said that's the way it is.The last jornalist worth believing .REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 12th, 2015Someone from Terre Haute, IN writes:
Some groups of pain sufferers are now petitioning the United nations for suffering that has been brought upon us.I believe the Canadians all ready addressed the UN. about the suffering of pain patients.If your brave enough go to national pain report some are going to complain to the un. about the DEA. and our country making peoples sufferREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 12th, 2015Someone from Scottsboro, AL signed.
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Jun 11th, 2015Someone from Columbus, OH writes:
The government needs to maintain the infrastructure , provide other publics services like a clean food and water supply, emergency services. It has no place in my medicine cabinet.REPORT COMMENTS
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