First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.
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Jun 6th, 2015Someone from Blue Springs, MO writes:
Sooner or later everyone needs pain relief. If you think it won't happen to you? You have not lived long enough. -
Jun 6th, 2015Someone from Jordan, MN signed.
Jun 6th, 2015Someone from Spokane, WA writes:
The mistreatment of chonic pain patients over the use of opioid medications is horrible and unfair!! I have been a sufferer of severe neuropathy caused by a frostbite injury... Both feet were frozen. I have dramatically decreased circulation due to the damage and excruciating nerve pain! The best way to describe the sensation in my feet is like the sensation one has after burning themselves on a red hot stove element or from touching a fully hot wood stove. It is when the sensation of pain surges back to the burned spot a few moments afterwards... that is the sensation in my feet but it's all over the bottom and doesn't go away!! I have been mistreated by doctors and pharmacist because of the ignorance about chronic nerve pain. I am now at risk of not being able to obtain the only medicine that has proven to give some relief... a med I have been on a stable and unchanged dose for over 5 years. Now I may not be able to get the meds and I will have no way to survive! This treatment of legitimate pain patients is cruel and mental torture on a scale that most people cannot comprehend.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 6th, 2015Someone from Ridgeway, SC writes:
This is so sad that it's come to this . People that have pain like this should not be made to feel like drug addicts when they need this med to function from the pain . It should be left up to the doctor if someone needs this med.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 5th, 2015Someone from Madison, WI signed.
Jun 5th, 2015Someone from Tucson, AZ writes:
In 1986 I sustained traumatic TMJD for which I was prescribed a variety of physical therapies and rxs like vycodin and clonopin and robaxin. In 2003 I fell and completely messed up my left arm's radial and ulnar nerves, had to have surgery on each nerve and a steroid shot that caused necrosis on my wrist for years thereafter. My diagnoses are RSD/CRPS and TMJD. Not only had I managed to stay on pretty much the same dosages (8x19mg mthadone, xoy prn), recently I had asked my prior doctor if I could try backing of the methadone by one pill to see how it worked for me. It didn't work. I had hoped medical marijuana would take the place of the methadone, but the amount of medical marijuana I can afford will not replace the methadone or oxycodone. Btw, I do not get high off my methadone or oxycodone. I simply hurt less. Just as the medical marijuana doesn't remove the pain, the mmj doesn't either. But it does seem to make me mellower and more able to DEAL with the pain. But none of this works anymore. Since Dr. Jane Haveline took me OFF my methadone overnight (despite me having tolerated it properly for 12 years) I am now in a great deal of pain. I have had to add supplements like tumeric, valerian and black cohosh just to help take the edge off. I am NOT better off now. I am only more in pain and miserable. I was fully functional (albeit somewhat limited in scope due to my injuries) on those meds. I could do most my shopping and a good deal of my housework and take pretty good care of myself on them. I never lost them or misplaced them or fooled around with my doc, none of that. I was a good patient,am still, and I need medical help.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 5th, 2015Someone from Tucson, AZ writes:
In 1986 I sustained traumatic TMJD for which I was prescribed a variety of physical therapies and rxs like vycodin and clonopin and robaxin. In 2003 I fell and completely messed up my left arm's radial and ulnar nerves, had to have surgery on each nerve and a steroid shot that caused necrosis on my wrist for years thereafter. My diagnoses are RSD/CRPS and TMJD. Not only had I managed to stay on pretty much the same dosages (8x19mg mthadone, xoy prn), recently I had asked my prior doctor if I could try backing of the methadone by one pill to see how it worked for me. It didn't work. I had hoped medical marijuana would take the place of the methadone, but the amount of medical marijuana I can afford will not replace the methadone or oxycodone. Btw, I do not get high off my methadone or oxycodone. I simply hurt less. Just as the medical marijuana doesn't remove the pain, the mmj doesn't either. But it does seem to make me mellower and more able to DEAL with the pain. But none of this works anymore. Since Dr. Jane Haveline took me OFF my methadone overnight (despite me having tolerated it properly for 12 years) I am now in a great deal of pain. I have had to add supplements like tumeric, valerian and black cohosh just to help take the edge off. I am NOT better off now. I am only more in pain and miserable. I was fully functional (albeit somewhat limited in scope due to my injuries) on those meds. I could do most my shopping and a good deal of my housework and take pretty good care of myself on them. I never lost them or misplaced them or fooled around with my doc, none of that. I was a good patient,am still, and I need medical help.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 5th, 2015Someone from Alameda, CA signed.
Jun 5th, 2015Someone from Vineland, NJ writes:
I am 46 years old thru my life due to surgeries : back rotor cuff gallbladder removal I was on pain medications and gotten off when I no longer needed them.Until the last 6 years of my life after getting my gallbladder removed I was diagnosed with spnincter oddi and pancrese divisum. 75 visits to the ER I have had many ERCP s cutting my sphincter muscle and stents placed in my duct 2 spncter plasty surgeries endless counts of bouts of pancreatitis.i do take pain medication. Soon as I am able I lower my dose I do not abuse my pain medications I never ever ask for a increase until last month because my last major surgery did not work scare tissue is my issue. Each time I go to pain mng dr I see people who are abusers. I heard one guy when I was signing in say he had his toes crushed years ago when I went to sit in the room were he was he had work boots on, I even saw a lady slumped over and when she did talk her speech was slured. When I have to go to the ER they know I am not a abuser and treat me with respect because of my condition and take care of my needs. I don't know about any one else but I take my medication as prescribed I do not abuse it. I can only speak for my self but living with pancrese pain is not fun. You need food to eat yet food causes pain.I do understand those who abused the system effected those who need the system. It starts from the doctor who proscribes it,then the place who fills it. I go to the same doctor and the same pharmacy .BUT I AM NOT A DRUG ADDICT PLEASE DO NOT TREAT ME LIKE ONE! If you have proof that there is a need to be placed on long term narcotics there should be no issues.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 5th, 2015Someone from Lexington, KY writes:
As an Ambassador for the US Pain Foundation, and chronic pain sufferer myself, I could write a novel on the injustices perpetrated upon people who already suffer extensive physical and psychological agony, by the medical community. Please go back to the time when a doctor could actually treat their patients and patients do not have to feel like criminals for being ill.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 4th, 2015Someone from Angier, NC signed.
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Jun 4th, 2015Someone from Susanville, CA writes:
I have been denied my medication after 20 years. I have had 23 surgeries and in pain 24/7 I can have some type of normal life on the meds. Please every one sign it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 4th, 2015Someone from Beaverton, OR signed.
Jun 4th, 2015Someone from Dayton, OH writes:
I am a mom of 3 have had back pain for years, my doctor started cutting my medicine off, also I have not been able to get my anti anxiety med for years just started getting it, the nurse told me the reason i couldnt get xanax which helped with my anxiety in the past is because ohio is cracking down on it. For what?! I can not even leave home! This is ridiculous, also I have tons of broken teeth they won't even give me anything for my dental pain at any dentist office, they said after my surgery, which they cant do until SeptemberREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 4th, 2015Someone from Bethesda, MD writes:
The dea has no place in the doctors office. The dea is circumventing our 4th amendment rights by strong arming doctors. These pain contracts make doctors appointments adversarial. Lets get the dea out of the doctors office.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 4th, 2015Someone from West Memphis, AR writes:
My girlfriend and I are suffering from many orthopedic problems. I use to get 30 hydrocodone I would sometimes go 90-120 days on 30. If the terrible government had to walk around with what feels like a bullet in my body, they would stop letting the masked gunman storm the pain clinics and our family doctors.( DEA Agents) Our government needs to concentrate on what they are going to do about ISIS. Those guys are gaining strength due to stupid Governing. Oh! by the way if someone wants to jump off a building, let them do it. In other words, if over 16,000 people are dying do to pain meds, let them. The government is not GOD. 100,s of thousands of people are dying monthly because we invaded Iraq. I thought they were doing a good job of fighting Iran for over 2,000 years. I hope our Disabled Vets are not suffering from chronic pain because of our ignorant government. My doctor told me "I cant give you hydrodone any more because the DEA is tough on us". All I could say to my doctor was " The House and Senate members better straighten up or they may be looking for new jobs". Legalize Marijuana and all drugs with a 30% Tax, If people die, they shouldn't have jumped off the building. In other words, drug use in moderation is not a killer. But people who think they can play GODS role, are KILLERS. Please look at your Politicians opinion on this issue and get them out of office if they believe its ok to stop people like me, from getting the little amount of pain medication that I need to be a continued asset to society. Thanks to them, I am a couch potatoe because it hurts to walk, talk, laugh and breathe. 1000's of miligrams of Acetominophen is worse on your liver than 1 pain pill a week!!!! Its a crying shame that we have Americans joining ISIS! Could this be one of the reasons why they are joining them. I certainly hope not!!!!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 4th, 2015Someone from Findlay, OH writes:
I have fybromyalgia, osteoarthritis, nerve a bone pain ,degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, spondylolthesis. I had been on pain meds since 2008. I asked for doc to wean me off cuz I wasn't getting helped but judged or I'm sorry. Now I don't have a right to have a quality of life ? Instead I am in bed most of the time .REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 4th, 2015Someone from Safford, AZ writes:
i think it's outrageous that I as a person with Lupus-SLE and Fibromyalgia and Sciatic Nerve Problems And Discs In My Back That Are Rubbing Bone To Bone Can NOT get a Dr to write me a Prescription for Pain Meds Because The DEA Has Intimated and Threatened The Drs in My Town To Not Write Pain Pill Prescriptions! I Am In Horrific Pain 24/7 !! This Is Not Fair To Me Or The Other True Suffering People! I Have Had Lupus-SLE For 20+ Years And More Things Keep Getting Added On! I Have NEVER Abused Or Been Addicted To Pain Pills. Until Recently I Have Always Been Able To Get Pain Meds For My Diseases! Do You Know What It Is Likr To Wake Up In So Much Pain You Can Barely Make It From Your Bed To The Sofa With Out Crying?? This Needs To Be Changed And The Drs Not Be Intimadated To Write Pain Meds To Their Patients That Have Chronic Daily Pain! I Am Sure If It Was You Or Your Loved Ones You Would Expect Them To Be Able To Get The Pain Meds Immediately And Not Watch Them Suffering Day By Day!! This Needs To Be Changed Immediately!! It Is a Complete Outrage!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 3rd, 2015Someone from Chesterfield, VA writes:
being in chronic pain is the worse thing that could ever have happened to me. My whole existence has changed. I've withdrawn, I'm afraid of doing anything when I'm not in pain, bc I'm afraid it will cause pain, and I have nothing that will help it. It's excruciating. I can't play or be active with my children who are 5 and 20mos. It's ridiculous!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 3rd, 2015Someone from Seekonk, MA signed.
Jun 3rd, 2015Someone from Springfield, MO writes:
I was a Soldier 22 years. Injured as an MP and in combat. I was treated for back and shoulder issues with surgies. I was on pain medication. Now that I am out I can't find a Dr who will treat me nor can I get the VA to treat my pain and ailments. Thanks for nothing.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 3rd, 2015Someone from Mooresville, IN writes:
I have two daughters who are angry when they wake up in the morning. Angry because they face another day in pure agony, unable to care for their kids, just wishing they could die. But that e bright side is that they are not "addicted". What is wrong with this picture?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 3rd, 2015Someone from Ocoee, FL writes:
Here in Florida there are thousands of legitimate pain patients that are being denied when trying to fill their prescriptions, myself included. As I have seen it the problem seems to lie at the distributor level because they have become so scared of the DEA. My pharmacist is having ever more difficult time getting opiate medications because the distributors are picking and choosing what they are sending to the pharmacy. This has got to stop. It should be up to the doctors and pharmacists to make determination about the need for pain medication and the distributors should be required to send medication that is ordered by the pharmacy unless there truly is a shortage at the manufacturer/distributor level. Many good people who live in constant pain are having their lives ruined by regulators and politicians that don't have a clue what it is like to live in pain everyday with the only chance at some relief is with pain medication.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 3rd, 2015Someone from Cincinnati, OH writes:
I was a victim of a hip replacement that went seriously wrong and ended up with mrsa and it was a year long battle and almost lost my life. The dr let it go one for so long I ended up in the hospital with kidneys failure and my body was just over it. I had to 10 months pass and had to demand the hip to be removed because the infection was clinging to the metal and was not clearing up. I got records and found so many multiple lies it was unbelievable. I had the hip removed to treat the infection without a hip for 3 months. And at that ended up with one leg longer than the other and walked completely unbalanced. Which in turn ended up in the hands of a dr that I can't go into details due to a federal gag order. My spine was left unstable and as well as my neck was a mess. He did both lumbar laminectomy and cervical fusion in my neck. Then he wanted to go back in one year later into my neck. I didn't like it. After his surgeries my body as far as bowel and bladder. My digestive track went hey wire and he caused a lot if problems that threw me into having to be in pain management. I have a dr who treats me well and k is my circumstances. I am moving to Charlotte N.C. and I am freaking out that I am going to get the disrespectful mental junkie bashing I had gotten from other pain management drs.. The only public knowledge is that the spine surgeon was arrested and posted bail and fled the county. So he is wanted across the world. I am tired of the way not just how other drs treat you to if they know your on pain meds and it is also going on in hospitals. I have been labeled. I get treated terrible because of drs screwing me up. I lost my job and have no quality of life. I don't over take my meds but I try to limit them. I am very careful with them. Now I am facing moving to another state.. How can I tell my drs the truth with a federal gag order? It us my body and health problems but I can't tell them everything and what you can tell them goes in one ear and out the next. They don't care. This has to stop. Because of the stress it has caused financiallybetween my spouse of 20 years we are seperating. I am moving to Charlotte N.C. I do not know what or who to choose as a dr or am I allowed to discuss the situation. Why are these drs not held accountable? They have ruined me. And I get treated bad because what was done to me? It is so twisted. If you all knew the whole story. And how this person came along and set up shop is beyond me. I will onot get 1400 hundred for this when it is over. Bug deal. If you knew what I knew I think my medical bills should be paid for, for life. Hopefully it goes to the Supreme Court. But here I am caught in chains needing to line up a stranger as my drs before I leave here and panicked and afraid that I am going to be beaten dead mentally by a dr I am paying. Tested and treated like a junkie. I am fed up with the wrong full behavior. They should be restricted from treating anyone like this unless the peREPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 2nd, 2015Someone from Pinehurst, ID writes:
I too am a pain patient, and have suffered many years with a back injury, SLE, and Fibromyalgia. I am still receiving treatment, however, I have had my medication reduced. I too, have endured the humiliation bythe pharmicists and even doctors who treat me like an addict instead of a patient. The DEA needs to back off and allow the doctor to do the job he went to school for - and to DO NO HARM. Let's make Congress overturn this.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 2nd, 2015Someone from Pinehurst, ID writes:
I recently went to the ER - for the first time in 7 years - I have a severe spider bite on my left finger interfering with my work all week (not to mention sleep). Reluctantly I went - only to see how the healthcare system has changed. I received no treatment for pain - just a mild analgesic that I can buy over the counter and a few antibiotics - and I am probably going to be slapped with a whopping bill for absolutely no care. They asked me what level my pain was - I told them 9 out of 10 - they told me to take ibuprofen. I was already taking ibuprofen. I was seeking relief from the excruciating pain, and received none. DEA needs to stay out of the doctors office and let them practice without fear of repercussion. I was scrutinized and humiliated by a doctor who probably will be paid $1k for 5 minutes of his time. This law needs to be reversed. It is outrageous how people who endure pain on a daily basis, are no longer receiving the care they once received. If there is a way to get this reversed, let's do it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 2nd, 2015Someone from Pinehurst, ID writes:
I too am a pain patient, and have suffered many years with a back injury, SLE, and Fibromyalgia. I am still receiving treatment, however, I have had my medication reduced. I too, have endured the humiliation bythe pharmicists and even doctors who treat me like an addict instead of a patient. The DEA needs to back off and allow the doctor to do the job he went to school for - and to DO NO HARM. Let's make Congress overturn this.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 2nd, 2015Someone from Fitzwilliam, NH signed.
Jun 2nd, 2015Someone from Aledo, TX writes:
I am a 35 yr old mother of two beautiful children that should be able to have a mother who can play and run with them. Teach them to ride a bike and play baseball without having to limp and sit down, or be afraid that if I am pushing them on a bike that my side will give out. I have several ribs that are separated from the ligaments on my spine. They awkwardly lay tilted downward pressing on my colon. The surgery that is required to fix the problem is well out of my price range, not to mention that it could potentially paralyze or kill me. Point being is that not everyone who takes and really need the medications are drug addicts. On the contrary it seems that we are responsible adults seeking appropriate and lawful medical care that is supposed to be an American and God given right to are being treated like common criminals! This is not the America that I know and love. If this is the new America then I'm afraid for every new generation to come losing freedoms piece by piece. Please listen to The People!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 2nd, 2015Someone from Aledo, TX writes:
I am a 35 yr old mother of two beautiful children that should be able to have a mother who can play and run with them. Teach them to ride a bike and play baseball without having to limp and sit down, or be afraid that if I am pushing them on a bike that my side will give out. I have several ribs that are separated from the ligaments on my spine. They awkwardly lay tilted downward pressing on my colon. The surgery that is required to fix the problem is well out of my price range, not to mention that it could potentially paralyze or kill me. Point being is that not everyone who takes and really need the medications are drug addicts. On the contrary it seems that we are responsible adults seeking appropriate and lawful medical care that is supposed to be an American and God given right to are being treated like common criminals! This is not the America that I know and love. If this is the new America then I'm afraid for every new generation to come losing freedoms piece by piece. Please listen to The People!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 2nd, 2015Someone from Temple, TX writes:
instead of targeting the obvious "pill mills", the DEA makes all Drs afraid to help patients in chronic pain. 100 million people live in pain so intense it makes them home bound ; takes away their quality of life.REPORT COMMENTS
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