First Do No Harm: The DEA targets Physicians who treat their patients pain.
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Jun 29th, 2016Someone from Schenectady, NY writes:
Please consider the group of people who deal With chronic pain on a daily basis. The majority of Is don not abuse the medications due to who Wants to live in pain? I take mine exactly as prescribe, don't dr shop, but yet I'm considered a what??? -
Jun 29th, 2016Someone from Rock Falls, WI writes:
I suffer from Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (no cure), Fibromyalgia, Gastroparesis and many other issues. I live in CHRONIC PAIN 24/7. I am not an addict, I do not depend on my pain meds as they only make life doable. Stop treating me like a druggie.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 29th, 2016Someone from Kansas City, MO writes:
I am a chronic pain suffer. I've been in pain for most of my adult life. Up until a few years ago I was able to manage my pain with OTC MEDS, but in 2009 I had to have back surgery. I was actually pain free for a couple of years, then my legs started hurting, then my back went out. Since then I suffer in horrific pain everyday. I have severe OA in my spine, hips, knees and know shoulders. I also have a Syringmyelia starting to put pressure on the my nerves, along with chronic radiculopathy. Without pain medication I am unable to move. I still try and work everyday, (on restriction)I'm not ready to give up yet. I do alternative therapies but pain medication work with them to keep me going. Taking away pain medication from people like me will not stop addicts from getting high. It will only hurt people like me from living.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 29th, 2016Someone from High Ridge, MO writes:
As a Registered Nurse, I have seen firsthand; pts whom run through their script... But the number of pts in true pain, are living in hell, far outweighs the the number of ppl abusing. In fact, the ppl abusing, find it on the street. The disabilitated 67 yr old c hx of 27 surgeries related to auto accident (hit by a drunk driver, two passengers killed) sitting in a chair, kicking her legs and screaming, "I just want my life over! No ones cares and no one believes me!" All because the dr STATES, "I am afraid to get a Dicipline- the DEA has tied my hands" is disgusting. Especially when this person is your mother. Long term care facilities, nurses are being threatened and State being called because THEIR LOVED ONE IS SUFFERING. One pt told me he would go back to war and have the amputation done overseas so he could gain pain relief. Tramadol, now the go to Med for severe pain, is being prescribed hand over fist, to elderly c compromised kidneys and ppl are contraindicated. This is wrong and I'm sad to say I am a RN and I forced to give ppl meds that are not a good choice. I hate to see the day when the few Drs left that aren't afraid of the DEA will also be scared to honor the oath they took. I have to laugh when I see "heroin on the rise". DEA!!!! Give ppl help with addiction! Medicaid, at least In Missouri, pays nothing for rehab!!! Wage ur war on by also focusing prevention and education. Not ppl like my mom.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 29th, 2016Someone from High Ridge, MO writes:
As a Registered Nurse, I have seen firsthand; pts whom run through their script... But the number of pts in true pain, are living in hell, far outweighs the the number of ppl abusing. In fact, the ppl abusing, find it on the street. The disabilitated 67 yr old c hx of 27 surgeries related to auto accident (hit by a drunk driver, two passengers killed) sitting in a chair, kicking her legs and screaming, "I just want my life over! No ones cares and no one believes me!" All because the dr STATES, "I am afraid to get a Dicipline- the DEA has tied my hands" is disgusting. Especially when this person is your mother. Long term care facilities, nurses are being threatened and State being called because THEIR LOVED ONE IS SUFFERING. One pt told me he would go back to war and have the amputation done overseas so he could gain pain relief. Tramadol, now the go to Med for severe pain, is being prescribed hand over fist, to elderly c compromised kidneys and ppl are contraindicated. This is wrong and I'm sad to say I am a RN and I forced to give ppl meds that are not a good choice. I hate to see the day when the few Drs left that aren't afraid of the DEA will also be scared to honor the oath they took. I have to laugh when I see "heroin on the rise". DEA!!!! Give ppl help with addiction! Medicaid, at least In Missouri, pays nothing for rehab!!! Wage ur war on by also focusing prevention and education. Not ppl like my mom.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 29th, 2016Someone from High Ridge, MO writes:
As a Registered Nurse, I have seen firsthand; pts whom run through their script... But the number of pts in true pain, are living in hell, far outweighs the the number of ppl abusing. In fact, the ppl abusing, find it on the street. The disabilitated 67 yr old c hx of 27 surgeries related to auto accident (hit by a drunk driver, two passengers killed) sitting in a chair, kicking her legs and screaming, "I just want my life over! No ones cares and no one believes me!" All because the dr STATES, "I am afraid to get a Dicipline- the DEA has tied my hands" is disgusting. Especially when this person is your mother. Long term care facilities, nurses are being threatened and State being called because THEIR LOVED ONE IS SUFFERING. One pt told me he would go back to war and have the amputation done overseas so he could gain pain relief. Tramadol, now the go to Med for severe pain, is being prescribed hand over fist, to elderly c compromised kidneys and ppl are contraindicated. This is wrong and I'm sad to say I am a RN and I forced to give ppl meds that are not a good choice. I hate to see the day when the few Drs left that aren't afraid of the DEA will also be scared to honor the oath they took. I have to laugh when I see "heroin on the rise". DEA!!!! Give ppl help with addiction! Medicaid, at least In Missouri, pays nothing for rehab!!! Wage ur war on by also focusing prevention and education. Not ppl like my mom.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 29th, 2016Someone from Columbus, OH signed.
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Jun 29th, 2016Someone from Stafford, VA writes:
I get that there are some people who want pain meds just for the hell of it but there are many more people who are suffering with the most painful diseases you can have. Unless you have walked in my shoes you have no right to judge me or threaten my doctors for treating me.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 29th, 2016Someone from Rancho Cucamonga, CA writes:
DEA should look into Dr. Carlos Martinez D.O. in Rancho Cucamonga 91739 as he is a pain management doctor who WON'T prescribe pain meds ands calls you and addict to your face on your 1st visit by reading 1 page of history of your life's struggles with pain. Pushes injections because that is his specialty which if he read my full report I had done n still was given pain medication along with it. He should be closely looked into cause he will lead many chronic pain suffers to consider suicide!REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 29th, 2016Someone from Le Roy, KS writes:
I have chronic pain and have been on the same dose of pain meds for 6 years and it does not work anymore my doctor keeps putting me thought the injections and physical therapy and sends me to nu Neurosurgeons and they say nothing g can be done but control The pain and I can not get her to increase it to control it do not know what else to do thinking about just going and getting on methadone at Lest they well take u up I have had two vertebra s replaced and I have a bone and join diseas digenative bones the vertebras that they replaced have post operative changes iswhat the last MRI said and I did the injections like my doctor wanted and and he hit something in my neck it made my arm jerk and it hurt like hell and it was suppose to be numb Food not feel the first two but I felt the last one and I have been in severe pain ever since and the morphine is not working been to hospital so it is getting were you can not get any help in unless you go on the streets I hope the DEA could walk in my shoes for a few years and see how they would reactREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 29th, 2016Someone from Le Roy, KS writes:
I have chronic pain and have been on the same dose of pain meds for 6 years and it does not work anymore my doctor keeps putting me thought the injections and physical therapy and sends me to nu Neurosurgeons and they say nothing g can be done but control The pain and I can not get her to increase it to control it do not know what else to do thinking about just going and getting on methadone at Lest they well take u up I have had two vertebra s replaced and I have a bone and join diseas digenative bones the vertebras that they replaced have post operative changes iswhat the last MRI said and I did the injections like my doctor wanted and and he hit something in my neck it made my arm jerk and it hurt like hell and it was suppose to be numb Food not feel the first two but I felt the last one and I have been in severe pain ever since and the morphine is not working been to hospital so it is getting were you can not get any help in unless you go on the streets I hope the DEA could walk in my shoes for a few years and see how they would reactREPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 28th, 2016Someone from Leonidas, MI writes:
I'm a 39 year old family man that is in pain constantly! I was diagnosed with lumbar spondylosis and lumbar spinal stenosis 4 years ago, I have tried every option out there and absolutely nothing worked. I was finally put on Norco, which helped out a lot , I never sold or gave them away, would have been extremely stupid because I have to have them. I'm a law biding citizen , and now I feel like I'm walking into a prison and being profiled by the doctor's now .....this is no way to live a life . Please listen to the people you are supposed to help and protect. By waging war on people that have chronic pain ain't going to change anything except hurt us even more . Doesn't the DEA have bigger fish to fry? I mean come on ! This whole situation is B.S.. Please correct this hell you people have created! Thank you.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 28th, 2016Someone from Pittsburgh, PA writes:
Where dose this leave a person like me ? Nerve damage . The dea scares doctors not to treat pain , I have no doctor . My pain makes me wish for death because it?s untreated, I never had problems with opiods never abused never needed rehab never needed to slowly stop taking them . They just helped with pain . Seems there is never a mention of people with nerve damage just addicts and abusers . I did try to take my life because of this never ending pain , they say this is a behavior problem? To not be treated while forced to have mandatory health care insurance and I?m the one with the problem ? So I should lay in bed in pain the rest of my days and not get treatment and if I don?t like it I have a behavior problem? Not crazy,not an addict, not an abuser,just a patient with no doctor and no medicine.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 28th, 2016Someone from Shreveport, LA writes:
The DEA takes no oath to first do no harm and they are creating a sort of terrorism in this country. To wage war places people in a paranoid state, it creates terror within. It is using those who are so afflicted they can not move, and creating terror in the minds of all of those who suffer, in those around them, and in the general public. But could this be strategic??? Anyone knows that before there was drug abuse there existed child abuse. Until that is fixed we will have a drug problem, but it is NOT the pain patient who should be watched. God knows I?m not giving away or selling that which saves me every day of my medically inflicted life. Think about that. It is the DEA NOT doing an appropriate job, not having an expanded vision of peace and compassion. We are a very sick country so bring on the drugs if u r not going to stop the pain and let it be. It worked for my grandfather who was only a country doctor, and for his father and for his father. And now you come into my life and designate my treatment, and you are not my physician. Just who the hell is the DEA and what is their vision? U have a responsibility to the people to serve the people legitimately, and yet you refuse... I will stop here. Thanks for listening.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 28th, 2016Someone from Chapel Hill, TN writes:
I had my first back surgery when I was 17 years old. I had a fusion performed a few years later, unfortunately only one side held. I have had chronic back pain and panick attacks since. I take my medication as prescribed, I give a drug screening every month, and have had random pill counts. Every thing has always been fine as I do not abuse my medicine. It gets me through the day. I could probably get onto disability and not work at all, but with the help from my doctor and pain management clinic I am able to work, rather than live off of the government. I understand these rules and changes are in place to protect people, but not everyone that is prescribed a narcotic is a criminal. It was hard enough when I had to start taking one day each month to go to the doctor, which meant more money spent and a day's pay lost. When did common sense go completely out the window? The people that abuse this system are now only going to get worse. You are creating a larger black market for these narcotics. You will see an increase in ER visits, possibly even robberies (I pray that is not the case, but it is a possibility). Please, someone needs to hear and be the voice for the patients that will or have dealt with chronic pain or serious illness and don't abuse the system. However they still need to be able to see a doctor without being treated as a criminal. I sincerely hope you hear the voices and concerns on this petition and respond accordingly to what is best for our country.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 28th, 2016Someone from Norwich, CT writes:
Had chronic neck pain Dr says won't prescribe pain meds all this will do is force me to the "streets" where drug dealers will profit,the cdc and DEA interference will exacerbate opiate abuse not alleviate itREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 28th, 2016Someone from Saint Petersburg, FL writes:
My husband suffers from a chronic, horribly painful disease. He has been put through HELL to get help. My daughter has painful scoliosis and she is going thru the same thing. This is inhumane and cruel, people have a right to live with as little pain as possible.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 28th, 2016Someone from Corning, CA writes:
Please do not punish the many for the careless acts of the few. Do not make those who suffer from pain, also suffer to get relief.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jun 28th, 2016Someone from Defuniak Springs, FL writes:
I had back surgery last month and my doctors will not give me my pain medication. How absolutely rediculious is that??? I was told if I'm in pain next month that I'm going to be in big trouble....unbelieveableREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 28th, 2016Someone from Corning, CA writes:
******PLEASE READ****** Like many other chronic pain patients, I suffer daily excruciating pain, only lessened by my opiate prescription medications. I had my first job at age 13, and I had to resign from a lucrative job at age 27 because I have MS, crushed vertebrae which was made worse by a botched vertebroplasty, where liquid cement was leaked into my disc space and,then hardened. I essentially have a rock in my spine! I have tried every kind of non narcotic pain relief method available! Nothing has helped except for opiate meds. Ironically, I graduated at the top of my class, with honors from one of the top criminal justice schools in the US, with plans for law school and now I must urinate in a cup like a common criminal. I need opiates to live some semblance of a life,just like a diabetic needs insulin. I have been on pain meds for over ten years, since two weeks after giving birth. I am now 38 and because of my young age have been through hell to prove in this last decade of pain that I never get high,nor do I abuse medications. EVER. These new regulations are merely going to make the meds on the street worth more money and cause more criminal acts associated with illegal procurement! In addition, the innocent, law abiding people in real pain can only suffer so long. There will be more suicides. Before my pain was managed I fought for years but I was at the end of my rope and almost ended it. I fought for my young son and husband and thankfully found a doctor to help me. Unfortunately his hands are now tied by the DEA, CDC, etc. There are millions of us responsibly using our pain meds. We shouldn't be punished for the thousands abusing them. That's like prohibiting alcohol because some people are alcoholics! Not to mention, are these urine tests unreasonable search and seizures?! This war on chronic pain patients has to stop before more people die....or there will be more than just addicts and celebrities who overdose dead. Pain does kill! Those of us legitimately in pain every day urge you to scrutinize the ramifications these regulations will and ARE having. I have accepted I will not be able to have a career in justice, but I would like to see my son grow up. I cannot do that without pain relief. Thank you.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 28th, 2016Someone from Corning, CA writes:
This is inhumane! Like many other chronic pain patients, I suffer daily excruciating pain, only lessened by my opiate prescription medications. I have MS, crushed vertebrae which was made worse by a botched vertebroplasty, where liquid cement was leaked into my disc space and next vertebrae, then hardened. I essentially have a rock in my spine! I have tried every kind of non narcotic pain relief method available! Nothingreat has helped except for opiate meds. I HATE that I need opiates to live some semblance of a life, but I do,just like a diabetic needs insulin. I have been on pain meds for over ten years, since two weeks after giving birth. I am now 38 and because of my young age have been through hell to prove in this last decade of pain that I never get high,nor do I abuse medications. EVER. These new regulations are merely going to make the meds on the street worth more money and cause more criminal acts associated with illegal procurement! In addition, the innocent, law abiding people in real pain can only suffer so long. There will be more suicides. Before my pain was managed I fought for years but I was at the end of my rope and almost ended it. I fought for my young son and husband and thankfully found a doctor to help me. Unfortunately his hands are now tied by the DEA, CDC, etc. There are millions of us responsibly using our pain meds. We shouldn't be punished for the thousands abusing them. That's like prohibiting alcohol because some people are alcoholics! Not to mention, are these urine tests unreasonable search and seizures?! This war on chronic pain patients has to stop before more people die....or there will be more than just addicts and celebs who overdose dead. Pain does kill!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 27th, 2016Someone from West Hollywood, CA signed.
Jun 27th, 2016Someone from Ronkonkoma, NY writes:
This is yet another absurdity regarding the medical industrial complex. To categorically tell patents they do not prescribe medication but use epidural steroid injections is credible evidence that these "practitioners" prefer prescribing an expensive (and often ineffectual) course of injections. This way there are three people in the money chain: the doctor, the facility where the procedure is performed, and (at least) an anesthesiologist. It seems that there are more and more hands out asking for money. It's all about the money and the hell with the patient! I have had a medical office who initially out me on a long term pain medication (who I had to stop seeing due to insurance changes), and who I called once they were back in network tell me "we do not prescribe medications -- only injections." This is inexcusable! They put me on this medication so they bear some responsibility in this matter. But to refuse to even look at my latest laundry list of MRI reports is criminal in my mind. I have documented issues that I have had for over 15 years. To now deny me the medications that help me live an acceptable quality of life is insanity at its worst. Ideally, I feel that any"practitioners" who categorically refuse chronic pain patients, for which they were prescribing said medications, deserve close scrutiny from a local medical review board and possible censure. Please fix this fiasco! This is clear overreaction to this problem!REPORT COMMENTS
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