First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.
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Mar 10th, 2015Someone from Chicago, IL signed.
Mar 10th, 2015Someone from Lancaster, PA writes:
Who is profiting from this insane law? Get the government OFF MY BODY!Mar 10th, 2015Someone from Johnstown, NY writes:
I am a chronic pain patient, My Dr does a pretty decent job at trying to treat my pain. However he is afraid to give me more pain meds because of the DEA and insurance companies. I was hurt on the job and Sedgwick claims told my Drs to stop prescribing me Oxycontin because they didn't believe that I needed it, so my Dr said that he needed to start weening me off it. I said to him what am I going to do for pain? He said I don't know but that what the insurance company wants, I asked him are they Drs? seriously are they the ones that are treating me, I said to him do you think I need my medication and he said yes I do, he says you are in pain! All of my medical evidence points to me needing to be treated for my chronic pain. And I am not saying that I can't be treated for something else besides oxycontin but for and insurance company to be telling Dr how to treat their patients is crazy! And Dr said DEA is also cracking down Drs as well and I said I understand that but you can't leave patients in pain. My Dr did not listen to Sedgwick claims and did fill my script and medicare is covering my medication which I have a $120.00 co-pay.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 10th, 2015Someone from Albuquerque, NM signed.
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Mar 10th, 2015Someone from Franklin, TN writes:
I am 43 years old and injured my back in 2005. I have been in chronic pain ever since. Due to New laws from DEA it is hurting Ppl like me who do not abuse my pain meds or been addicted. Without the pain meds I could not even get out of bed. Something needs to be done to help us instead of hurting US bc other drug addicts abuse the system and make us the chronic pain suffers pay for their actions,.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 10th, 2015Someone from Franklin, TN writes:
I am 43 years old and injured my back in 2005. I have been in chronic pain ever since. Due to New laws from DEA it is hurting Ppl like me who do not abuse my pain meds or been addicted. Without the pain meds I could not even get out of bed. Something needs to be done to help us instead of hurting US bc other drug addicts abuse the system and make us the chronic pain suffers pay for their actions,.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 10th, 2015Someone from El Paso, TX writes:
I'm a 56 year old disabled nurse due to failed back surgery . Just 6 years ago I was working and looking forward to my"golden years". It now causes pain just to shower. My pain management doctor is doing the best he can to help me with procedures (none have provided relief) and opioid medications which, due to restrictions, are not enough to allow me to do very much. I would neverseek medications elsewhere and would rather be in pain. I have thought that perhaps I would no longer suffer if I weren't alive but would never commit suicide due to my beliefs. Please help me to get the relief that I need. My pain is so severe that opioids and heating pad are the only things that help. Thank you very much.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 10th, 2015Someone from Knoxville, TN writes:
Stop taking away my quality of life! Stop offering me medications and procedures that are more dangerous & costly than the simple pain meds that DO work. Stop making me worry that I won't be able to work until retirement. Stop making it difficult for me to bathe myself, dress myself, prepare a simple meal, clean my home, etc. Stop opening doors to pain mgmt. clinics who are there to humiliate me and treat me like a drug seeker. I am not a LTDU - I am a chronic pain sufferer, and I did NOT ask for this to happen. I was obeying the law, and my husband was practicing safe driving habits when we were rear-ended by a driver who told the police she wasn't watching traffic. I didn't want 3 surgeries in less than 3 years, with the last 2 happening in 2014, rendering me in more pain than ever. Stop allowing pain management to treat me like they treat non-compliant patients and make them treat ME and not go by a chart that says if I have this disease give this certain drug. MAKE THEM TREAT US AS INDIVIDUALS AND GIVE US BACK OUR SAY IN OUR CARE - AND REMEMBER WHO SAYS ADEQUATE TREATMENT FOR PAIN IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 10th, 2015Someone from Bronx, NY writes:
There are legitimate people living everyday in this country with chronic pain and I am one of them. Not everyone gets addicted to pain medications and for the few that have, they do not outweigh the people who live with chronic pain and you really do need these medications to live a normal life, pain free. Please stop tying the hands of our doctors and our pharmacists by telling them not to prescribe or fill our pain medications. Also please stop profiling people at the Pharmacies when they show up with the prescriptions for pain medication. Thank you.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 10th, 2015Someone from Pemberton, NJ signed.
Mar 9th, 2015Someone from Amarillo, TX writes:
3/9/15; Folks, don't be fooled. These people making the decisions WILL get their pain medications. They have name recognition OR an employee badge with their name and govt agency name on it. Don't think for one second they will suffer if they are ever in need of pain relief. These posts go to YOUR respective senator and the POTUS. They care not what inconvenience they cause for they will not go without. That's why it's so easy for them to make blanket decisions based on 576 letters. Even 100,000 drug overdoses pales in comparison to the 100 + millions of chronic pain sufferers that this is affecting. In the grand scheme of things...we matter not.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 9th, 2015Someone from Silver Springs, FL writes:
I know there are issues.......SHAME ON YOU FOR AGAIN TAKING OVER PEOPLES LIVES WITH NO HEART OR CONCIOUS OF THE OUTCOME...I PRAY THIS COMES FULL CIRCLE RIGHT TO YOUR LAP...ONLY THAN YOUR HEART AND MINDS MIGHT UNDERSTAND...riiiighttttREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 9th, 2015Someone from Collegeville, PA signed.
Mar 9th, 2015Someone from San Bernardino, CA writes:
I too, live in pain and have found relief with pain medication. It has allowed me to take care of my daily responsibilities that I know I would not be able to do without pain relief. I am not a criminal or drug addict, I am a human being. It is cruel and demeaning to judge others when you don't know their pain and suffering.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 9th, 2015Someone from San Bernardino, CA signed.
Mar 9th, 2015Someone from Panama City, FL writes:
I feel victimized as a disabled person that also has severe pain. Am now required to visit the dr. every month for the one pain medicine I receive ($65.00 each visit), pay for each month instead of every 3 months delivered through the mail ($$ adding up) and given drug tests at the doctors office each time I go in. Excuse me, but I believe that I am not a criminal and yet am treated like one and paying for being treated like this also. This is discrimination of the disabled and chronic pain suffers. No one else is subjected to this type of treatment. Now along with all the other diseases I suffer, I'm also getting an anxiety disorder because of this. DEA needs to let the doctors treat us and not have us subjected to a classification of drug dealers, drug abusers, etc. The laws need to change for our betterment, doctors & patients!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 9th, 2015Someone from Gulf Shores, AL writes:
I have done Auto Body work all my life, a rough job and it take a toll on my body and lungs,I have severe chronic back pain,Toxic neuropathy from painting cars and breathing body filler plastic for 50 years but yet I'm treated like a drug addict and have a hard time getting my pain under control.I'm an American Grandpa and suicide is not an option !REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 9th, 2015Someone from Hamburg, NY writes:
i'm 55yrs old i have had manual labor hard working jobs my whole life. people tell me i work like a man. i am female and weigh 110lbs . i have 3 herniated disks in my lower back both knees bone on bone, both hands have ganglia cysts from osteo arthritis, hips and shoulders are really starting to go. i've been on hydrocodone10mg for years, taken as directed. i asked my dr. who's a pretty good guy, if i could have something stronger. i could tell he was nervous and said he didn't want me to become addicted. i'm like what? these letters have helped me and i'm sick of being treated like an addict as well can't smoke pot because it's illegal in n.y. and so i get drug tested even though my dr. doesn't care if i do for pain.this whole thing sucks!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 8th, 2015Someone from Sun City, CA writes:
I am not a criminal, but paiin management and dea sure treat me like one. They don't get problem fixed, yet won't provide pain relief. Had 2 rods, ten screws inserted in neck to fuse 5 vertebrae, lower back been fractured 3 times (WAS horse trainer). Neck fusion 2 yrs ago, still very painful...been tellin pain mngmt for 2 yrs back is worse each month. They STILL have done nothin. I am so saddened by our so called wonderful government, how they treat people like us who r in too much pain to function. Maybe we could be out in work force contributing to their salaries with our taxes...but they prevent us from being able to do so. Hang in there folks, something has to crack eventually...maybe when the government fools can't get pain relief due to their own idiot rules, maybe then someone somewhere will listen. The rest of us are just screwed cuz no one hears us. WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS! Dogs get treated better...if you let your pet suffer pain you get prosecuted! Why are our elderly made to suffer? Why are we? Please helpREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 8th, 2015Someone from Milan, TN signed.
Mar 8th, 2015Someone from Daytona Beach, FL signed.
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Mar 7th, 2015Someone from Woodland Park, CO signed.
Mar 7th, 2015Someone from Milan, TN writes:
I am a mother of 5, My son Devin was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia last year, He is dying from this disease which works like cancer on the blood. My seventeen year old is very young and deserves to have his comfort level met. Dignity when you die....Animals are treated with more dignity. God didn't have plants grow to make medicine for us to outlaw it. God have mercy on everyone that is treated less than a animal.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 7th, 2015Someone from Bozeman, MT signed.
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Feb 18th, 2015Someone from Las Vegas, NV writes:
I have been on the same medications for a10 years. I have been going to the same CVS pharmacy is Las Vegas for the past 4 years and have had my prescriptions filled by the same pharmacist for 9 months. Two weeks ago I went to the same pharmacy and pharmacist and was told she declined to fill my medications. Her first reason was stated she had 2 other customers who died of these drugs. The second reason was she considered in her professional opinion that they were a dangerous drug cocktail. I asked if she would call my doctor and if my doctor should call her. Which she declined. After several day to make a long story short contacting CVS corporate office several times since it escalated to where the pharmacist refused to fill my non-narcotic prescriptions which they told her she had to it escalated to where she set it up so when I picked up my non-narcotic prescription she had security escort me out of CVS under threat of arrest. During this I stated that I believe she is required to follow State and federal protocol for denying to fill prescriptions. I found Nevada law NAC 639.753 section (NRS 639.070) which she clearly violated each of the legal requirements she is required to take which she did non of them. I have also discovered this pharmacy was under DEA investigation supposedly and discovered when I had them print out my prescriptions for several years that there were a number of very strong narcotics that were listed under my name and a doctors name which I had never received nor did my doctor ever order these prescriptions. I am now following all the legal protocols and contacts for having this investigated. Any one who has been denied their prescriptions should immediately have the pharmacy print out a list of their prescriptions as far back as they can and then call your insurance company to provide you a list of all your prescriptions who had since you started taking them. This is first an over reach by the DEA and second their is a huge market for illegal drug sales which pharmacy personal can be tempted or persuaded to steal medications and bury the evidence in computer records of patient's. Be aware of this. Also these denials to people can cause death or suicide and force patients o become criminals being forced to buy their medications off the streets especially from illegal aliens and cartel controlled dealers, Do you think illegals and cartel are only trafficking heroine, crystal-meth and crack from Mexico. I think not. How many pills do you think can fit in a back pack or duffel bag across the border. The DEA needs to do their job of protecting American citizens rather that destroying the health, welfare and lives by forcing pharmacies to make decisions they are not qualified to do so. The DEA is killing the disabled and terminally ill people by their actions. We disabled people have value. We need more signatures and more people to contact their State pharmacy Board, American Disabilities Act representatives and CoREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 17th, 2015Someone from Bronx, NY signed.
Feb 17th, 2015Someone from Fremont, MI writes:
I suffer from two ruptured discs in my back and have had nothing but problems and headaches trying to manage my pain. I can't exactly medicate leaglly while at work but can with a pain medication. Nothing but hypocrites. My medical liscense comes from the same place as the docotrs licsense who won't prescribe pain meds bc the DEA says he can't. Also after asking for documentaion stating what he said I was no longer able to see him bc of "patient doctor relationship break down" what a joke. They can prescribe narcotics like heroin dealers bc the drug companies want their money every month from you when you go to pharmacy. They are not making any money off a person when they make there own. It all comes down to $$$$$$!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 17th, 2015Someone from Longboat Key, FL writes:
A nightmare for real people who are in chronic pain. I live in fear in the good olé USA! There is real problems that need addressed, common sense says this is nit the way. I would love to be part of a round table volunteer to assist in establishing real solutions to the real problems. My community does have enormous illegal drug usage problems and rehab shortages, but its not being solved by targeting me.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 17th, 2015Someone from Orlando, FL writes:
I have osteoarthritis combined with hypothyroidism and fibromyalgia. I would rather be playing with my granddaughter than worrying about if my pharmacist is suddenly going to say that my prescription can't be filled. When pharmacists and bureaucrats decide to "play doctor" it puts all of us at risk of no longer being able to receive the medical care we pay for. Let's face, drug addicts will find their pills somewhere no matter what we do. Why do all of us have to be punished for the sins of a few? Perhaps we are looking at this the wrong way: maybe we should be suing our pharmacists, the DEA, and our state representatives for practicing medicine without a license.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 17th, 2015Someone from Orlando, FL writes:
I have osteoarthritis combined with hypothyroidism and fibromyalgia. I would rather be playing with my granddaughter than worrying about if my pharmacist is suddenly going to say that my prescription can't be filled. When pharmacists and bureaucrats decide to "play doctor" it puts all of us at risk of no longer being able to receive the medical care we pay for. Let's face, drug addicts will find their pills somewhere no matter what we do. Why do all of us have to be punished for the sins of a few? Perhaps we are looking at this the wrong way: maybe we should be suing our pharmacists, the DEA, and our state representatives for practicing medicine without a license.REPORT COMMENTS
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