First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.
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Mar 18th, 2015Someone from Duluth, MN writes:
My mother has had debilitating pain from Post Polio Syndrome for many years. Her condition is chronic and progressive. Along with the pain she suffers every day she is losing strength in EVERY part of her body. Why should this 79 year old woman have to suffer pain because any new doctor she goes to is SO concerned about addiction potential but have not learned a thing about her condition? -
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Mar 18th, 2015Someone from Nicolaus, CA writes:
I've had 2 blown knees for 3 years, I am a California Work Comp. Victim.. My Claim has been accepted too..~!!!!! Still no surgery date yet, My original Doctor retires and a "RUSSIAN" Female Doctor takes over and cuts me off, cold turkey, sends me to a non prescribing RUSSIAN ran/owned Pain management clinic. I'M IN IMMENSE PAIN ,EVERY STEP, CANT SLEEP, I WAS FUNCTIONING VERY GOOD, PRIOR, TO ALL THIS CRAP~!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 18th, 2015Someone from Goldsboro, NC writes:
You no longer can find a doctor to treat pain and it causes a serious problem on the person who suffers with pain. The government looks at your age and it has nothing to do with your age at all. No doctor will treat a patient due to the laws and rules and then you have bad doctors but if a doctor is treating a patient to save a life that is what needs to be done. The government should be thankful for the America lives in this country but they are not thankful for us. They are now about hurting us and the government does not think clearly about what the ones who truly hurt them patients that hurt. Also it is hard to say if you look at xrays and see broken bones and say they are not in pain and they are doctors that need to be put out of business. Some injuries take time to come out but a person who is trying to seek treatment will do what they can when they are able to prove to the doctor that they have issues.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 18th, 2015Someone from Incline Village, NV writes:
This insanity needs to stop now. Commonsense, please.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 18th, 2015Someone from Dyer, IN writes:
THIS INSANITY NEEDS TO STOP--POWER TO THE PEOPLE--PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE LABELED AND HUMILATED FOR SICKNESS--PAIN AND NEEDZ FOR RELIEF.-F --THIS DRUG WAR--BIG SHAM~!!--GET OUT OF THE DOCTORS*****AND DEA -NEEDZ TO GO AFTER THE METH LABS--AND HEROIN --LEAVE OUR PAIN MEDICATIONS ALONE AND--LET OUR DOCTORS TO DO THERE JOB...MY AMERIKA MAKES ME SICKER..NOW MORE THAN EVER---WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS NOT FORWARD.-FOLKS THAT HAVE PAIN SHOULD NOT BE JACKED AROUND..GETTING OLD SUCKS--THE DRUG PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE FORCED LEGITIMATE PAIN SUFFERS TO THE STREETS --FOR THERE PAIN RELIEF....AND THEN WHEN THEY DIE YOUR STATICS DO NOT SAY --SUICIDE -BECAUSE OF LACK OF PAIN CARE-AND MEDICATIONS THAT WORK...ALOT OF THESE NEW DRUGS ARE FAR WORSE THEN WHAT WAS MADE IN THE 5Os-60s -70s.......these medications have been time tested ---STOP THIS INSDIOUS ********--AND GOVERMENT -DEA --LEAVE OUR DOCTORS AND ALL RELATED ALONE~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so help us god----REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 18th, 2015Someone from Dyer, IN writes:
THIS INSANITY NEEDS TO STOP--POWER TO THE PEOPLE--WE MUST FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS--THE GOVERMENT AND DEA NEED TO GET OUT OF THE PEOPLES ASS-DOCTOR`S ASSES AND GO WORK ON THE METH LAB BUSTS--OH--THEN THE DEA WOULD HAVE TO DO A R EAL JOB--WTF--AMERIKA--THE WAR ON DRUGS IS A SHAM AND TOTAL WASTE OF TAX DOLLARSREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 18th, 2015Someone from Detroit, MI writes:
To whom it may concern: I bet no one who came up with these new laws sitting at the round table in chronic pain. None of your close family and friends couldn't possibly be suffering. I want my quality of life back. I'm tired of unnecessary sufferings at the hands of someone else. If you want to play with a life let it be yours not mine.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 18th, 2015Someone from Crockett, CA writes:
I have complex regional pain syndrome. I spend 100 percent of my day in pain. I get treated like a criminal because of this. Doctors, pharmicists question me with no regard to HIPPA. I have been called a drug addict in the middle of a cvs pharmacy waiting room. This insanity has to end.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 17th, 2015Someone from San Angelo, TX writes:
I am so sick of feeling like I have to beg for one hydroco per day. I have cirrhosis and cannot take any thing but for pain. The DEA is turning Doctors into enemies of patients that have pain I am a grown woman and I resent being told what I can and cannot do for myself.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 17th, 2015Someone from Kingwood, WV signed.
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Mar 17th, 2015Someone from Baltimore, MD writes:
As I sit here and write this post, I am in a lot of unnecessary pain and feel very upset with a system that has the responsibility of keeping folks well. Understand that constant pain can break even those with a very high tolerance to pain after awhile. Affecting the spirit, taking away the joy of life and making a person wonder if life is even worth living... A system that claims to protect and keep folks well has changed the kind hearted person that I once was into someone with a nasty attitude and despite the pain, not a single tear in my eye because I had to get use to it... To cry only makes it worse. So, whoever pushed this law through, trust me it will backfire on you because your body can feel just like mine. 5 long years of this... almost every day, they see my left side swelling, see that my blood pressure is high, see that I went from 172 lbs. to 104 pounds and still losing because the pain won't allow me to eat or keep anything down. I am angry and do not want to be in my own presence because I do not like the person that I have become. Struggling to keep that tiny microscopic flame, representing my desire to live, burning. This law is probably responsible for the deaths of many... Because this country has "illegal drug issues" the good must suffer and this is not morally or ethically correct. Yes, I am angry and expressing my thoughts and at this point I have nothing else to lose. Now, the tears are coming for the first time... How many others are going through what I am going through and how many others will face this in the future? Will it be your child or grandchild, parent or best friend? Will you stand in a hospital room and watch a loved one cry in agonizing pain or can you turn your back and walk out? One persons overwhelming physical pain affects each of their loved ones. What about this law, pointing the finger at a doctor who has taken an oath to heal but, must watch a patient deteriorate emotionally, psychologically and spirtually as well as physically. The real drug issue is not being addressed because drugs are still sold on street corners and drug addicts still buy them. I do not see any logic in monitoring those that specialize in monitoring... Something is wrong with this picture...REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 17th, 2015Someone from Bayville, NJ writes:
I have been sick for 19yrs,Bedridded for 8 I finally was able to have some semblance of a life with the aid of certain pain medications.I did not look to get sick!I come from a hard working middle class family.we owned a small business.pd lots of taxes over 32yrs,yet now im being treated like a criminal because my doctor has decided after 15yrs with her ,to stop treating the pain of her patients. Now I cant get certain medicines that were made to treat pain[NOT DRUG ATTICS] Its amazing that people are more worried over drug attics than sick people?Why does man have to pervert and rule everything ?Does anyone believe scarring doctors and denying pain medicine to the sick is going to stop drug addiction? Everyone should look into when the dea started cracking down on medicine and doctors ive read it happened over a budget report around 2000 that the budget didn't fit the arrests, if that's the reason [money and power] well that is then pure evil. and sick.with pot going mainstream I guess another target was needed! Well please move on to something else, innocent good people who suffer so much are now suffering even more. Chronic Pain never goes away, Horrible pain is like being tortured 24 hrs a day. Medicine can help at least make life more bearable. Give sick or chronic pain suffers a chance at some type of life.How can this I still feel a great country, do this to its people. How have we gotten so turned upside down. It seems evil rules and we react to it even to the point of hurting good. How does this make any sense? Some things cant be controlled or won or cost to much. Taking medicine from the sick to try to prevent bad people from doing bad things is NOT the answer.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 17th, 2015Someone from Columbus, GA writes:
At 22 I was told I was a prime candidate for neck and lower back surgery due to the degree of disc degeneration within my spine; as well as many other factors. My quality of life was terrible- basically get through the day and try to hide my pain & suffering. I was poked, prodded, given shots, you name it, but I refuse to be cut on until it's my only option left. I regained my quality of life when I was prescribed a combination of medications that have helped subside my pain to the point where I can live my life on an everyday basis without being miserable. I have been working with my pain clinic for a few years now and even though I legitimately need these medications, I have been treated very rudely by many people & scrutinized by pharmacists and the techs. The rude under-the-breath comments about how I'm young, etc. is ridiculous- the people who judge me have absolutely NO idea the extent of my condition, nor what I've gone through. The scrutiny has become even worse due to the DEA "tightening down" on medication that SO MANY legitimately need. A trip to the pharmacy shouldn't be so deeply depressing & a visit to the doctor shouldn't be a monthly waiting game. All of this bc the DEA may just decide to make it even harder once again for patients to be treated in the manner that works/has been effective for them...all while making doctors worry constantly instead of doing what they are there to do- treat their paitents in an effective manner that works for both of them.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 17th, 2015Someone from Clendenin, WV signed.
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Mar 17th, 2015Someone from Boynton Beach, FL writes:
I don't know how much longer i live like this. 2 not at faulfREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 17th, 2015Someone from Discovery Bay, CA signed.
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Mar 16th, 2015Someone from Mahwah, NJ writes:
The only doctor I've ever met in the State of NJ that had an ounce of compassion for people who are in chronic pain, with no hope of a surgical or rehabilitation for their pain, has finally become a full victim of this unjust society. Thank you DEA, doctors who are more concerned about their license than their patients, politicos who stopped getting the checks from the pharmaceutical companies, you've finally forced me into withdrawal after 9 years. Now I have two herniated discs with arthritis and no pain medicine. Well, the detox has gotten to the PAWS stage, and now I have to apply for disability. I cannot sit for long periods of time, which my career requires. I cannot lift or bend without assistance, and without the pain medicine I cannot stand straight and walk any longer than from the house to the car. I hope the government doesn't fight my disability application or I'll be homeless. Our country should be ashamed of itself. Too bad I can't get a job in Canada.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 16th, 2015Someone from Discovery Bay, CA writes:
My fiancƩ has a severe ear infection that is causing her debilitating pain, so we went to the doctor to get antibiotics and something to relive the pain so she can function, well she ended up having a severe outer-ear infection that is spreading to her jaw, her ear was so swollen that the otoscope had to be forced in her ear causing her to cry, I've never seen her in so much pain and when she asked for something to relive some of the pain, the doctor said that he is sorry but under new law they are being strictly regulated, so she is still suffering and the ibuprofen that was recommended is not making even the slightest difference in her pain, so I decided to do a little research on these "laws" and I have just stumbled across this petition, and now looking back on it I belive that this physician was being over cautious with these regulations to not get penalized by the DEA's ridiculous new law, so I figured I will contribute to this petition considering not only my situation but for others that I'm sure have worse experiences with these new laws.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 16th, 2015Someone from Smithville, TN writes:
The gobvernment has taken the ability of good doctors to treat the whole person and caused good people to suffer at the hands of these money grubbing pain clinics that Do Harm to their patients. It also gives the valid pain management doctors a bad rapREPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 15th, 2015Someone from Laguna Niguel, CA writes:
I have personally seen how the reclassification of hydro from Schedule lll to ll has caused a great deal of hardship on a family member who had a great relationship w his Pain Management Dr. For years but the Dr. Moved out of state and now the new Dr. That took over, cut his meds and insists on surgery and billed over 400.00 for a simple Dr. Visit. In which he has to go every single month. It's affecting his work. And it kills me to see him struggle. He could go on disability but wants to work 10 hours a day. But now must suffer. This is absolutely inhumane, unjust and cruel.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 15th, 2015Someone from Hemet, CA writes:
Is the DEA bound by the Do No Harm oath? I already know that they CAN be sued and I can see an attorney just waiting for the exact moment to pounce on this, because there are thousands upon thousands of pain patients not getting the medications they need. You continue to take down the bad guys, NOT create a new rule where tens of thousands of chronic permanent pain patients also can't get to these much needed medications. I'm not talking about the common guy whose shows up at the ER with temporary pain. I am referring to chronic pain patients who will be disabled for life. I remember a quote from someone with the DEA saying "This new law shouldn't change anything for the patients who really need it". Oh really? I could have slugged the person who had the nerve to say that. You think you know me? You don't and you didn't think this through. I can jump through hoops if I want my much needed Norco. I can drive the 90 mile round trip to the spine center every month, because I would have to get three written scripts with "Do Not Fill" dates on them. I'd have to pay for an office visit each time. That's IF that scenario would work. The PA and the Dr. would have to be willing. If they were a little scared, I could go every month and get a new script. I haven't tried yet and I meet all the criteria to continue with Norco. So, let's say that's fine. I already know I could do one of those scenarios. Problem is, the nightmare doesn't end there, so I'm using Tylenol 4 which does not work. Pharmacies are so freaked out now, they're telling patients that they're out of the medication or they only order so much per month and its first come, first serve. Are you bloody kidding me? I hate rocking boats and I hate confrontation, so I decided to try Tylenol 4 instead of putting myself through all that. I was functional with my Norco and was fine for years. Same pharmacy for years. No problems for years. Went back to work part time. Now? I am home on disability. I hold onto the walls to walk. I do not sleep. I have terrible bone graft pain. When you lift up my shirt, you do not see a normal back with normal looking skin. The skin on my back is a deep dark red with several streaks of burn marks covering the entire lower half of my torso from having a heating pad on myself several hours per day, with pain so bad, I don't even know when I'm burning myself. I am so weak from pain I have taken a hundred steps backwards and am no longer part of the decent life I had before this. This is the problem the DEA never looked at seriously. You cannot change a law and scare hard working and caring doctors. You cannot intimidate pharmacies all over the country. I am not a criminal nor an addict. I have never and would never sell my precious medications. I WILL however, help ANY attorney in any way I can for a huge class action law suit against the DEA. Now, my pharmacy is out of Tylenol 4.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 15th, 2015Someone from Hemet, CA writes:
Is the DEA bound by the Do No Harm oath? I already know that they CAN be sued and I can see an attorney just waiting for the exact moment to pounce on this, because there are thousands upon thousands of pain patients not getting the medications they need. You continue to take down the bad guys, NOT create a new rule where tens of thousands of chronic permanent pain patients also can't get to these much needed medications. I'm not talking about the common guy whose shows up at the ER with temporary pain. I am referring to chronic pain patients who will be disabled for life. I remember a quote from someone with the DEA saying "This new law shouldn't change anything for the patients who really need it". Oh really? I could have slugged the person who had the nerve to say that. You think you know me? You don't and you didn't think this through. I can jump through hoops if I want my much needed Norco. I can drive the 90 mile round trip to the spine center every month, because I would have to get three written scripts with "Do Not Fill" dates on them. I'd have to pay for an office visit each time. That's IF that scenario would work. The PA and the Dr. would have to be willing. If they were a little scared, I could go every month and get a new script. I haven't tried yet and I meet all the criteria to continue with Norco. So, let's say that's fine. I already know I could do one of those scenarios. Problem is, the nightmare doesn't end there, so I'm using Tylenol 4 which does not work. Pharmacies are so freaked out now, they're telling patients that they're out of the medication or they only order so much per month and its first come, first serve. Are you bloody kidding me? I hate rocking boats and I hate confrontation, so I decided to try Tylenol 4 instead of putting myself through all that. I was functional with my Norco and was fine for years. Same pharmacy for years. No problems for years. Went back to work part time. Now? I am home on disability. I hold onto the walls to walk. I do not sleep. I have terrible bone graft pain. When you lift up my shirt, you do not see a normal back with normal looking skin. The skin on my back is a deep dark red with several streaks of burn marks covering the entire lower half of my torso from having a heating pad on myself several hours per day, with pain so bad, I don't even know when I'm burning myself. I am so weak from pain I have taken a hundred steps backwards and am no longer part of the decent life I had before this. This is the problem the DEA never looked at seriously. You cannot change a law and scare hard working and caring doctors. You cannot intimidate pharmacies all over the country. I am not a criminal nor an addict. I have never and would never sell my precious medications. I WILL however, help ANY attorney in any way I can for a huge class action law suit against the DEA for not allowing lifetime pain patients to get their much needed medications. How DARE yoREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 15th, 2015Someone from Hemet, CA writes:
Is the DEA bound by the Do No Harm oath? I already know that they CAN be sued and I can see an attorney just waiting for the exact moment to pounce on this, because there are thousands upon thousand of pain patients not getting the medications they need. You continue to take down the bad guys, NOT create a new rule where tens of thousands of chronic permanent pain patients also can't get to these much needed medications. I'm not talking about the common guy whose shows up at the ER with temporary pain. I am referring to chronic pain patients who will be disabled for life. I remember a quote from someone with the DEA saying "This new law shouldn't change anything for the patients who really need it". Oh really? I could have slugged the person who have the nerve to say that. You think you know me? You don;t and you didn't think this through. I can jump through hoops if I want my much needed Norco. I can drive the 90 mile round trip to the spine center every month, because I would have to get three written scripts with "Do Not Fill" dates on them. I'd have to pay for an office visit each time. That's IF that scenario would work. The PA and the Dr. would have to be willing. If they were a little scared, I could go every month and get a new script. I haven't tried yet and I meet all the criteria to continue with Norco. So, let's say that's fine. I already know I could do one of those scenarios. Problem is, the problem doesn't end there. Pharmacies are so freaked out, they're telling patients that they're out of the medication or they only order so much per month and its first come, first serve. Are you bloody kidding me? I hate rocking boats and I hate confrontation, so I decided to try Tylenol 4. I was functional with my Norco and was fine for years. Same pharmacy for years. No problems for years. Went back to work part time. Now? I am home on disability. I hold onto the walls to walk. I do not sleep. I have terrible bone graft pain. When you lift up my shirt, you do not see a normal back with normal looking skin. The skin on my back is a deep dark red with several streaks of burn marks covering the entire lower half of my torso from having a heating pad on myself several hours per day, with pain so bad, I don't even know when I'm burning myself. I am so weak from pain I have taken a hundred steps backwards and am no longer part of the decent life I had before this. This is the problem the DEA never looked at seriously. You cannot change a law and scare hard working and caring doctors. You cannot intimidate pharmacies all over the country. I am not a criminal nor an addict. I have never and would never sell my precious medications. I WILL however, help ANY attorney in any way I can for a huge class action law suit against the DEA for not allowing lifetime pain patients to get their much needed medications. How DARE you take my life away from me.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 15th, 2015Someone from Prescott, AZ writes:
This outrageous and wholly barbaric system of servitude, as well as the disgusting profiteering at the expense of those suffering, must stop now! Shame on all those immoral and ignorant fools, in their debauched hypocrisy, who can't see what's really happening here, and may you reap your own sorrows without compassion soon. This war on pain patients is perhaps the lowest in all of human history, completely without precedent, and never contemplated in even the most ruthless and bloodthirsty tyrannies of yesterday.REPORT COMMENTS
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