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April 4, 2008, 12:54 pm
Flag as Inappropriate pen10
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Handing them out like candy
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I have a friend who is one of the types with a highly addictive personality. She had an injury and it did fully mess up her shoulder, but she has been addicted to pain killers ever since. It seems all the doctors she is going to dont really care, they just want the money for seeing her and giving her the meds. Does anyone know how this can be reported?
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April 5, 2008, 7:47 pm
Flag as Inappropriate skatss says...
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I don't know if you have all the facts or if each state has different rules. I live in New York City and my sister is a person who is in great pain and needs strong narcotic to even get some relief. Her primary doctor started her out with some regular prescription pain killers and then tried one narcotic.
Almost right away he told her that he couldn't prescribe the narcotics that she needs. He explained that the government checks it when regular doctors prescribes too many narcotic pain killers and a red light flashes and they are questioned rather quickly.
She has had to go to a Pain Management doctor who has special permission to give out a lot high narcotic prescriptions. And from the way that doc acted, he also might be under a microscope too if he giver out too many.
When dealing with addicts you need to take what they tell you with a gain of salt. She might be getting her drugs in an illegal way and not from her doctor and isn't about to tell you that fact.
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April 6, 2008, 6:36 pm
Flag as Inappropriate tmostuff says...
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I think it depends on the doctor, their personal ethics, views on narcotic pain relievers and how they determine the risk verses benefits to the patient. Not all doctors are willing to hand out pills like popcorn to anyone who asks for them. Addicts also doctor shop to find ones that will prescribe drugs and once the doctor sees there's a problem and suggests withdrawal from use, the patient looks for another doctor. The addict becomes good at lying often telling the new doctor this is the first time they've sought treatment for a particular condition.
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