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mrmpa

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1. I am glad to hear of the FDA's decision..............

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:50 AM

Jul 2012

I think that any mandatory training would just make physicians leery of prescribing and pain medication(s). It would make patients like myself having to go elsewhere to find what is needed to bring my pain levels down from a morning level of 10 to an afternoon level of 6.

Within the past week, I have seen TV commercials advertising for rehab centers for people addicted to prescribed medications. I know that there are doctors and patients who abuse the system, but what is happening is that those doctors and patients who don't abuse the system would be scared away from using these drugs.

What I personally would give for marijuana to be legal.

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F.D.A. Won�t Order Doctors to Get Pain-Drug Training [View all] Poll_Blind Jul 2012 OP

I am glad to hear of the FDA's decision.............. mrmpa Jul 2012 #1

That's right. Warpy Jul 2012 #2

The imperatives of pain treatment overrode the imperatives of drug control. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2012 #3

People with endstage disease with chronic pain who are not in hospice have a really hard time with mucifer Jul 2012 #4

Bless you and thank you! FrodosPet Jul 2012 #5