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Kittycow

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7. I would have to agree with coming down hard on bad doctors.

Fri Jun 2, 2017, 01:06 PM

Jun 2017

Besides coming down on all kinds of patients. That would at least cut down on some of the illegal and abusive practices. I wonder if bad doctors are shielded somehow by the AMA or privacy laws. I never thought about it.

I think the government made the manufacturers of hydrocodone cut down the amount that they made by a third this year but I forget the details off-hand.

ETA: also the feds won't let me try medical marijuana even though it's legal in my state. The pain clinic would kick me out since I would be breaking federal law and it would reflect on my doctor's tightly regulated practice.

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One short letter's huge impact on the opioid epidemic [View all] IronLionZion Jun 2017 OP

Where do legit severe chronic pain patients fit in? Kittycow Jun 2017 #1

The recommended dosages were known to be too high IronLionZion Jun 2017 #3

Well in my case. .. Kittycow Jun 2017 #4

You're right about the database JesterCS Jun 2017 #5

Is it national? Does it track if you go out of state? IronLionZion Jun 2017 #10

Not national Chuuku Davis Jun 2017 #25

Ya not national. State by state JesterCS Jun 2017 #35

Sorry to hear that IronLionZion Jun 2017 #6

I would have to agree with coming down hard on bad doctors. Kittycow Jun 2017 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #23

Yep. Addiction is a medical problem and ought to be treated as such. hunter Jun 2017 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #33

We've accepted that some percentage of the population are alcoholics. Mariana Jun 2017 #39

Oh bullshit. "Chronic severe pain" can be seen on an MRI when a patient has bone cancer or spinal anneboleyn Jun 2017 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #24

Why the opioid addiction and abuse problem? IronLionZion Jun 2017 #27

I'll say that I would rather have the meds and not need them thecrow Jun 2017 #34

Abusers ruin it for everyone IronLionZion Jun 2017 #36

Abusers don't ruin it for anyone. Mariana Jun 2017 #40

We've passed and repealed prohibition in this country IronLionZion Jun 2017 #49

I can't stand the anti-opioid hysteria as we have seen the suffering of REAL patients in our own anneboleyn Jun 2017 #11

+1000. Crunchy Frog Jun 2017 #14

Right. Fucking. ON, anneboleyn. Your fury and frustration towards every aspect of this Leghorn21 Jun 2017 #18

I sense your frustration IronLionZion Jun 2017 #29

Except that it DOES stop them from getting their meds. Coventina Jun 2017 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #20

Don't forget meditation! Oh! And also "counseling" to make you accept pain will be your life. Coventina Jun 2017 #44

Kick. dalton99a Jun 2017 #2

One letter. A convenient scapegoat that lets us ignore lots of other impacts. kcr Jun 2017 #8

Drug companies are exploiting people IronLionZion Jun 2017 #9

This isn't tobacco. Real people, with real diseases, are suffering hideously, and if these drugs anneboleyn Jun 2017 #12

Agree with you about indifference to pain patients. Kittycow Jun 2017 #15

Pharmaceutical companies are being sued? It must be Tuesday. kcr Jun 2017 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #21

It's Friday and who's ramping up the drug war? IronLionZion Jun 2017 #30

Sorry. I thought that was old enough for DU. Apparently not. kcr Jun 2017 #48

The medical version of the 1975 "Global Cooling" article in Newsweek hatrack Jun 2017 #16

That's exactly what it is. kcr Jun 2017 #19

I'm sure if we make it harder for people in crippling pain to get relief, good things will happen Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #22

I want to do something about drug overdoses and deaths IronLionZion Jun 2017 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #31

The problem isn't oipiates given for chronic pain Warpy Jun 2017 #26

Thanks for sharing that IronLionZion Jun 2017 #38

They might not have been addicts. They might have been dependent Warpy Jun 2017 #42

Would you explain the difference between addiction and dependency, please? Mariana Jun 2017 #43

I answered someone else about that last night Warpy Jun 2017 #45

Dependency means you need the drug to live a decent life. Coventina Jun 2017 #46

I don't know the answer to this. I used oxycontin for weeks when I broke my shoulder 5 or so years seaglass Jun 2017 #37

Very soon a simple genetic test will identify people highly likely to be an addict. AngryAmish Jun 2017 #41