Troubling news from my doc about new FDA/DEA guidelines.

[SonofDonald]

11. My pain clinic Doctor just told me that there are supposed "guidelines"

That they may have to follow pretty soon as to how much they can prescribe for an ailment.

I went down 60 mg's of morphine per day recently as some of my pain issues were corrected by better targeted procedures, this took me from 180mg's per day to 120mg's now.

I can't go under that without severe quality of life changes, it's now my worry that they'll say that's too much and I have to drop more.

The worst thing about it is I could have stayed just where I was at 180 per day, I dropped my dose because I WANTED TO not because I was told to.

Now that decision may come back to haunt me, I could have saved a bunch of meds to have in case I really needed them later on.

But my pain clinic has been my salvation for the last seven years of my life, it is my belief that this street runs both ways, I wanted to return the favor they do for me.

I was a Bering Sea Crabber and worked heavy construction for years, I destroyed my body, I'm six feet tall and weigh 215 pounds, my pain doctor said she has two patients much smaller than I am.

One at 600mg's per day and one at 800mg's per day of morphine.

I think they're in for a rude awakening.