First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.
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Aug 29th, 2014Someone from Port Saint Lucie, FL writes:
I HAVE BEEN MISTREATED OR NOT TREATED BECAUSE OF MY PAIN. -
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Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Houston, TX writes:
If my doctor is a good person ( I will decide ) and is licensed to prescribe me a medication that helps me and do not abuse, I do not see it the business of the government to decide for me!! Leave the doctor/patient relationship alone!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Amarillo, TX writes:
Treating (or not treating at all) patients with chronic pain like this...will eventually lead to Pseudoaddition or suicide. The doctors are either totally uneducated about chronic pain or are more worried about the DEA than what's right for the patient. I've met more doctors who know nothing about Pseudoaddition than even know what the diagnosis is.....that completely goes against their oath of "first do no harm". Not treating someone's pain is very harmful....I know, I was a victim of Pseudoaddition. Chronic pain completely destroyed my life, my career, etc. I've lost friends and family because Ive taken pain medicine for years. People are very uneducated. Please educate yourself about the addiction rate with chronic pain....it's only about 1% and usually these patients have an addiction history already! not due to taking pain meds correctly.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Brockton, MA signed.
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Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Slater, IA writes:
EVERYONE deserves to be treated with dignity. Just because a person uses narcotics does not make him/her an addict, an abuser of meds or wrong to take pain meds. Do not assume we are "bad" folks.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Holt, MI writes:
Im ready to give up and Die, than live in constant pain. Its free and i dont need a Drs script for this!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Barberton, OH signed.
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Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Port Orchard, WA writes:
It is not only pain medication, but it is also anti anxiety medications. Doctors will prescribe anything BUT what was designed for anxiety as they are benzophobic, knowing full and well what they are prescribing will not work. I have suffered for YEARS with no relief. I have nearly taken my own life several times because I can't take it anymore. Then when I finally do reach out, every time I am treated like a drug seeker and treated like I am scum of the earth. I have been yelled at, labeled and this is cruel and abusive medicine. If I wanted to get high, there is a bar down the street! This is so I can function, not because I want to get high. It is a broken system and doctors need to be more compassionate. I seriously struggle to make it through one more day... each and every day. When you go to a doctors office they ask "Are you a victim of abuse" in their surveys and it is all I can do to not say "Yes, at your hands". It is barbaric what is going on in the medical profession.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Warren, MA writes:
Please! Help those of us with chronic pain. All these regulations are hurting us, legitimate users of pain medication. The drug addicts never have a problem getting there's. The war on drugs is basically wasting taxpayer money. Go after the smugglers!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Lake View, NY writes:
I suffer from chronic pain and it is still unfounded by doctors to find out why. After 2 1/2 years I have lived in pain to the point of not being able to work, not qualifying for ss benefits and trying to live on a meager allowance. Not everyone enjoys taking medications, but some people need them to have some sort of life.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from East Springfield, OH writes:
I just found this site after searching for the last week and a half. I have a very good friend who is a physician and the wonderful DEA, Medical Board, and Pharmaceutical board apparently investigated this physician and decided because he was prescribing pain medications (controlled substances) to his patients he was running a "pill mill." I had no clue until this what a "pill mill" was. Now I do, and my personal opinion is this: As both a patient and professional nurse, this has gone beyond ridiculous. A perfectly good doctor is suspended based on some less than credible sources that accused this physician of prescribing too many controlled substances. I, personally do not use pain medications although I do have severe scoliosis as well as arthritis in my spine. However, as a nurse I have seen many patients/individuals who suffer and I believe that it is not fair to cart off doctors (especially when there are plenty of illegal drugs being used on the street that is causing MAJOR problems). I firmly believe that physicians have the expertise to make decisions as to whether their patient(s) need pain medications.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Bowling Green, KY writes:
I just want to say that I am PRO LIFE. I do not like the comparison to abortion clinics, However I do not like the government interfering in my health care much more. I am sending this petition to all I know.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Springfield, MO writes:
I can't believe how much I could relate to this article. I have been misunderstood and mistreated by doctors and pharmacists when I live every minute in pain. How many pain illnesses do I have to have to be treated? How many medicines do I have to try (and have adverse side effects to) before getting help with pain? Why is it that the doctors are no longer treating the whole patient? Great question! I have to see a different doctor for each symptom and none of them work together in my care. It is not only the elderly that consider suicide due to low quality of life and lack of medical attention.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Bowling Green, KY signed.
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Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Miamisburg, OH writes:
I am no longer considered a "pain patient." I still have the pain (I have a very painful condition). The pain did not magically disappear. No, no. You see, because of government interference, my doctor turned on me, took me off the medication which allowed me to function (note: I did not say function better -- I mean FUNCTION, period) labeled me, and treated me as if I was an abuser WHICH I AM NOT, AND NEVER HAVE BEEN. No, I am no longer a pain patient -- I am back to being a bed-ridden PAIN SUFFERER. Stop this cruelty NOW.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Westlake, OH signed.
Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Albuquerque, NM writes:
We are not the one's breaking the law by having our pain meds prescribed its all the other people who doctor shop that makes it hard for the ones who really need the pain meds to get themREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Stanford, KY signed.
Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Minneapolis, MN writes:
I'm severely allergic too Lyrica & gabbapentine. My "doctor", after 6 years of CONFIRMED CRPS, decided to "wake up" my body by decreasing my pain medication. I was lucky enough to also be under the care of another chronic pain professional who reported my "marked deterioration in daily living activities". After 3 months my medication was reinstated...however the harm inflicted upon myself & my family are insurmountable. All in the name of the "war on drugs".REPORT COMMENTS
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Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Naugatuck, CT writes:
I had two failed back surgeries and there are days that I am not be able move or get up from my recliner or bed because the pain is so excruciating. The pain medication helps me with the back pain and to be able to walk. Without pain medication I will be in constant pain and in a wheelchair or not able to get out of bed. I hope you never feel this constant pain that is usually 8 and above, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy yet I have run out of options and the only way to alleviate my pain is not ibeuprofin, I strongly ask you to look at each case differently. The disabled and people in chronic pain need pain medication in order to survive!! Please rethink this carefully!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Slaughter, LA writes:
Well let's hope they can experience pain and not be treatedREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 28th, 2014Someone from Hayes, VA signed.
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Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Mc Clure, IL writes:
Doctors seem to no longer care about managing pain and will often tell the patient to take ibuprofen. Even though ibuprofen usually doesn't work for chronic pain, it is by far, harder on the body and causes many more complications than most narcotics. The doctor ha been scared into leaving the patients in horrible pain to satisfy the DEA. In the long run it will lead to more drug abuse and deaths as patients attempt to self medicate to ease their chronic pain using sedatives,otc drugs and other legal and possibly illegal drugs. You can only live in chronic pain for so long before it takes a tole on you mind and many will decide that life is no longer worth living.REPORT COMMENTS
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Aug 28th, 2014Someone from Greenwich, NY writes:
With out the relief of my pain meds I would not survive. Some days I can't move even with them. If you take them away I will be in a wheelchair and completely house bound.REPORT COMMENTS
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