First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.
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Jul 12th, 2016Someone from Anderson, IN writes:
I am not a drug addict. I I want to stop being treated as though I were. Who gives the DEA the right 2 tell me what my pain level is? What gives them the right to pass judgement? My daughter is afraid to death to continue treating my pain. I am now sent to pain management. Every month I have to go and ****ed in a small cup, sit on a dirty toilets and then speak to a doctor who does not even look at me and just type the way at his laptop. I am been told I have to have yet another series of injections. Really? And that my pain medication got cut down to a tenth of what I was thinking. How dare you. Every person's pain is different just like every person's personality is different. The DEA needs to get off these doctors asses. The drug problem will always be here. It is just more widespread open the media. You take away one thing and then you create another problem. -
Jul 11th, 2016Someone from Freehold, NJ writes:
This witchhunt has gone on far to long! You are killing innocent law abiding chronically ill citizens every day, as more and more LEGITIMATE pain pts are being shunned by the medical community and society, because of YOUR ACTIONS, YOUR ANTI-OPIOD ADDICTED DRIVEN AGENDA, YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO INTENTIONALLY CAUSE HARM ONTO A MINIORITY OF PEOPLE - CHRONIC INTRACTABLE PAIN PTS! YOUR BARBARIC AND INHUMANE TREATMENT ONTO FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, WE THE PEOPLE - WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM DEBILITATING INCURABLE CONDITIONS, WHO SUFFER FROM SEVERE PAIN ON A DAILY BASIS, PAIN SO BAD WE BEG GOD TO TAKE US, BECAUSE OF YOUR ACTIONS INNOCENT LAW ABIDING CHRONICALLY ILL CITIZENS ARE BEING FORCED TO TURN TO THE STREETS FOR RELIEF OR SUICIDE! WE HAVE NO OPTIONS HERE AS YOU RIP OUR LIFESAVING PAIN MEDICATION FROM US! HOW CRUEL CAN YOU PEOPLE BE!? WOULD YOU RIP YOUR PARENTS MEDICATION AWAY FROM THEM!? ANY OF YOUR PARENTS HAVE HEART CONDITIONS OR ARTHRITIS OR ANY OTHER CONDITION THAT REQUIRES SOME SORT OF MEDICATION AS A LIFE NECCESSITY, WOULD YOU SUDDENLY STOP THEIR LIFELINE!? FOR GOD SAKE PEOPLE ARE KILLING THEMSELVES EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF YOUR LIES, YOUR CORRUPTION, THE CDC, DEA, FDA AND PROP ALL IN ON THE MONEY TRAIN RIGHT!? PUSHING PAIN PTS TO SUBOXONE, HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK WE ARE!? I'D LOVE A ONE ON ONE WITH ANY OF YOU , I WELCOME YOU TO COME SEE WHAT MY LIFE AND A LOVED ONE WHO HAS BEEN PUT THRU HELL,SINCE DECEMBER, COME WALK IN OUR SHOES FOR A FEW DAYS. IN ORDER TO GET THE FULL EFFECT, YOU WILL HAVE TO ALLOW YOUR BODY TO BE BEAT WITH A BAT, YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW WHAT BURNING, PIERCING, STABBING, GNAWING, THROBBING PAIN IS LIKE , AS ELECTRIC TYPE SHOCKS SHOOT DOWN YOUR LEGS. YOUR FEET WILL NEED TO BE WRAPPED IN A ZILLION BURNING PINS AND NEEDLES, JUST A LITTLE OF WHAT I EXPERIENCE DAILY. UP FOR THE CHALLENGE!?!?REPORT COMMENTS
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Jul 11th, 2016Someone from El Dorado, AR writes:
I am a chronic pain sufferer & I can barely function each day! All they want to do is give me injections. THAT DO NOT HELP!!!! I want to kill myself because my pain is real!REPORT COMMENTS
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Jul 11th, 2016Someone from Litchfield, ME signed.
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Jul 11th, 2016Someone from Santee, CA writes:
I am a bilateral below knee amputee with 9 fingers partially amputated and live in constant pain daily! I am a single mother that needs to be able to walk and care for my children! Having the government dictate what I'm allowed to take is unethical. I've never abused my medications but as the doctor lowers my prescriptions I have been confined to my bed or power chair more hours of the day which effects not only my quality of life but my children's! This needs to stop! Not everyone can be controlled by a government standard!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 11th, 2016Someone from Detroit, MI signed.
Jul 11th, 2016Someone from La Fayette, NY signed.
Jul 11th, 2016Someone from White Lake, MI writes:
I am in the same boat, ship I might say since my caring doctor stopped coming in to to office a year and a half ago. Present doctor is taking meds away for no reason as I have been a CP pt for over 30 years. I did everything right, one doc, one pharmacy and still I am being treated like a street junkie. I cannot live in pain and am seriously thinking about joining my son who passed away on 2007. I have no life any longer, no friends, zero. I have no quality of life and the stress/anxiety/pain is so high I don't see how much longer I can do this. I AM NOT AN ABUSER!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 11th, 2016Someone from Springfield, OR signed.
Jul 11th, 2016Someone from Paradise, CA signed.
Jul 10th, 2016Someone from Houston, TX writes:
As advocate for my husband I am shocked at the amount of pressure the DEA has placed on Drs. There should be a place for those with long term documented pain to turn besides the streets. They not only destroy the life of the patient but the life of their caretaker and children.Without medication my husband is confined to his bed for the remainder of his life.As a reasonable, sound minded adult I resent the CDC/DEA and their one size fits all mentality. You are destroying more lives than you are saving.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 10th, 2016Someone from Paradise, CA signed.
Jul 10th, 2016Someone from Adams, WI writes:
Hey Mr/Ms Howell N.J,,,did a little research on Miss.Jenna from misery,[Missouri,]] Look up Happy Brain LPC,,,IE ,, liscence practicing counselor,,,,,,turns out,,,her line of work is telling people how to use HER method of counseling ,, u talk,to her,,,,to stop your physical pain from medical illness,,It is sooo obvious to all of us,,this lady is sooo ignorant ,cruel and inhumane we all know where she will end up...However,,,it is that 1 idiot our government chooses to listen to,,think about it,,our deductible and out of pocket have all gone up,,,,why??to pay for it ourselves if your medically ill,,,the government wants to put the medically ill in institution,,ie forced rehab if they have medically painful condition,,Soo at least she has shown us the type of cruelity were up against ,,,,but heres the rub,,,,,people like her,,,,are dead wrong,,,they are the archaic Neanderthal that refuse to evolve to a humane civilized society,,,who enjoy hurting the medically ill,,,,thier the definition of thee essence of evil,,,soooo pay no mind to the cruel,evil inhumane person such as this ,''jenna,'',,,,,carma is a *****,,,soo have a lovely time in hell,,,,,for that is where thee cruel,inhumane people go,,,jmo,,marywREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 10th, 2016Someone from Howell, NJ writes:
Jenna from MO..Unless you have walked a mile in the shoes of those of us who suffer from DEBILITATING INCURABLE CONDITIONS, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO JUDGE THOSE THAT REQUIRE OPIODS AS A LIFE NECESSITY IN ORDER TO HAVE A QUALITY OF LIFE! Your comment is clearly filled with hate towards fellow human beings whose bodies are stricken in severe pain. Karma is a b**** honey and when she comes knocking on your door and you find yourself stricken with incurable conditions , find yourself in pain so bad you beg god to take you like myself and many others do, you will find yourself being neglected by the medical community, you will be degraded by the medical community and people like yourself, you will be discriminated against and you WILL NOT get anything for your severe pain. You will be forced to suffer in the worst of pain, then go back and read your ignorant comment. Remember chronic pain DOES NOT discriminate and can happen to you at anytime. I would love to be a fly on the wall as you sit in front of a dr, in severe pain, crying for help, and you too will be DENIED any relief, boy would Imlove to see the look on your face then!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 10th, 2016Someone from Clayton, CA writes:
Prohibiting legal dispention of narcotic pain meds by a physician WILL NOT reduce accidental deaths. Patients who have chronic pain will simply turn to the streets/black market & will therefore not have the professional medical advice of managing the pain meds. If anything, accidental deaths will increase in the absence of appropriate, professional medical advice (how to manage the quantity & quality of opioids). This is common sense. I cannot fathom this outcome in our "United States"-It is ridiculous and very much political.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 10th, 2016Someone from Virginia Beach, VA signed.
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Jul 9th, 2016Someone from Lakewood, WA writes:
My daughter has a protruding disk in her back & has other mutiple calclcified ones too. Everytime she goes to the dr he tells her "It's mind over matter". Are you kidding me? Let's see how well you function in your life living in the hellish life she is forced to suffer. Best is, he is only comfortable prescribing her 30 tablets to be taken once every 8-12 hours? So what about the other 2 weeks of excruciating pain? If people hurt too much to get out of bed then what's the point? I thought the DEA was supposed to keep illegal drugs off of the street not harass and intimidate the doctors who are there to help.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 9th, 2016Someone from Fresno, CA writes:
I suffer from severe chronic lower back pain. I have good days and bad days. Bad days I can't even walk, let alone perform tasks at work to earn a living. Disability claims don't pay shit. Medication is the only way. There is an addiction there too. It just comes with the territory. So yeah, I'll admit, I'm an addict...but I'm also A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN! So am I supposed to turn to crime now to get the pain relief that I need to function like a regular working citizen? Sounds like the DEA is creating job security for themselves. First they bust the physicians, then bust the patients that seek medicine elsewhere. Great job DEA. Way to go catching the "bad guys". I hope you all live prosperous lives and sleep very well at night.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 9th, 2016Someone from Fresno, CA writes:
The DEA is just looking for easy targets. This is a very serious issue that will actually cause more harm than good.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 9th, 2016Someone from Plattsburg, MO signed.
Jul 9th, 2016Someone from Defuniak Springs, FL writes:
I'm not a junkie...i simply want to be able to walk. The pills just take the edge off...you guys are rediculious...you think there's a drug problem now???? Just wait....REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 9th, 2016Someone from Eagle Point, OR signed.
Jul 8th, 2016Someone from Racine, WI writes:
Shame on you, DEA. Drug dealers are still selling heroin, illegally obtained opiods, and still will. Yet you choose the low hanging fruit of honest doctors and their patients to target You even have a propaganda campaign against us, making our fellow citizens who have no idea what the hell of chronic pain feels like believe that we are addicts and criminals Not since AIDS have I seen a disease so politicized Like all those victims of that disaster, many casualties will include not only the sick, but the families that depend on them. If my pain cannot be controlled two children have basically lost a mother WTF are you playing Dr. for anyway? Not opiods, but other medications you are denying patients are far more dangerous. People can end up dying from cold turkey withdrawals, but you dont know or care because you are in the business of catching drug dealers, not practicing medicine. I bet you wont be keeping statistics of those you killREPORT COMMENTS
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Jul 7th, 2016Someone from Knoxville, TN writes:
An invisible illness like Ehlers-Danlos has no cure. Treatment is symptomatic. It would be easier to get help if I looked like I feel.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 7th, 2016Someone from Rhinebeck, NY writes:
These people don't want to get high. They are not looking for their next fix. They simply want some quality of life. They want to be able to work, to play with their children, to maybe get some sleep at night. They are not criminals and they are not addicts. They shouldn't be forced to suffer because other people abuse what they need to live a simple life.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 7th, 2016Someone from Laramie, WY writes:
I have been in chronic pain for 22yrs. I broke my back on the job as an electrician. All I ever wanted out of life was a decent job and to take care of me mine the right way. Well, didn't happen. After that I, at the least, expected to be treated with dignity. I've been treated like a drug addict. I don't just sit at home and get high off my meds or sell them or any of the things many think we do. I'm self thought in jewelry making, and am trying to get a small businesses going. Well, lately I was told that everyone at the pain clinic I've been going to for the last 17 years will ALL be put on the same low dose of medication. Because of all the DEA is doing, I can no longer be treated as an individual. Instead of taking advantage of the tourist trade this summer to show my wares, I am struggling to walk ,stand ,sit or do pretty much anything. I don't want to do this! It's a waste of my life. I want it back! I know I can be treated and have a reasonable existence, so to me, this is senseless. My government has declared war on chronic pain patients and this includes me. From now on, my letter writing to my representatives will be unceasing.REPORT COMMENTS
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