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Prescription Drug use finally Dropping
Just heard on the news yesterday that for the first time in years prescription Narc use on the downslide. It was stated that many doctors are starting to prescribe and refill as much as they used to. Maybe all this cr@p with Anna Nicole Smith is the catalyst ......waking doc's up. Scary part is that Smith's boyfriend is no being charged for enabling. I find that a little scary.
Maybe all the recent celebrity death's due to prescription drugs is sending a small message to doc's ...exposing many of them from under their rocks and putting a little flame under their coats.......dunno? but, prescription drug abuse is going down.......that's a good thing, but not so for the pain management forum, as they are still complaining that we addicts are making life so terrible for them......boo hoo
nauty..........
Maybe all the recent celebrity death's due to prescription drugs is sending a small message to doc's ...exposing many of them from under their rocks and putting a little flame under their coats.......dunno? but, prescription drug abuse is going down.......that's a good thing, but not so for the pain management forum, as they are still complaining that we addicts are making life so terrible for them......boo hoo
nauty..........
I have a now 20 year old daughter (obviously not a kid and a beautiful young lady we're desparetly trying to save from her self) always managed to find my wife's hiding places for her meds..hide them amongst her clothes in drawers..found 'em.in the bathroom under a bunch of towels...found them..In my closet in a pocket of coat...found them. If she has to have them now, she keeps them locked her in car one night, elsewhere in the house....I used to hide mine in my dirty clothes hamper...
Jim
Jim
I have no problem with them being prescribed responsibly(and used responsibly).
how kids ever get thier hands on them is beyond me. any parent who lets thier kids get them should be shot(well not quite shot)regardless of whether the parent is a CP patient or an addict.
My dr knows i'm not foolin round with my meds and so this causes no trouble for me. hopefully it makes it harder for those whom it needs to be harder for.
the less they are abused, the easier it will be for legit patients to get what thier dr thinks is appropriate.
hope that made sense
how kids ever get thier hands on them is beyond me. any parent who lets thier kids get them should be shot(well not quite shot)regardless of whether the parent is a CP patient or an addict.
My dr knows i'm not foolin round with my meds and so this causes no trouble for me. hopefully it makes it harder for those whom it needs to be harder for.
the less they are abused, the easier it will be for legit patients to get what thier dr thinks is appropriate.
hope that made sense
It was on my news. Because of the introduction of new drugs to control pain, narcotic use is down, which apparently is bringing down the abuse because doctors are now prescribing less. Less cabinet raids by kids if the parents aren't getting them so easily I would imagine.
The main thing stressed is that doc's are being more careful now and using alternatives to the standard narcotic.......Horrraaayyy! it's about time. I do believe chronic pain sufferers will feel the pinch from this....i suppose?
nauty.......
The main thing stressed is that doc's are being more careful now and using alternatives to the standard narcotic.......Horrraaayyy! it's about time. I do believe chronic pain sufferers will feel the pinch from this....i suppose?
nauty.......
Can you post the source for this? Just want to read it. You said "use" in the first post, then "abuse/use".
Somehow I doubt both went down. Perhaps they're just prescribing less, but not prescribing for actual pain is a worrying thing. There's still the incorrect stigma that anyone who takes them is an addict, which needs to end.
I don't think it's a good thing at all for the chronic pain community.
Somehow I doubt both went down. Perhaps they're just prescribing less, but not prescribing for actual pain is a worrying thing. There's still the incorrect stigma that anyone who takes them is an addict, which needs to end.
I don't think it's a good thing at all for the chronic pain community.
Hahahah .......Baron.......No, I don't think even the economy can't fight the urge to ease withdrawal.....lol. It was just something I heard on the local news today, or yesterday. Prescription drug use/abuse is down and doc's are getting the "memo" being informed and I think all the the high profile media exposure can't help. It was good to hear that doc's are now going to start pushing the new non-narcotic ..uh, huh.......drugs. They will still get incentives and kick-backs so no worries on their part..........
It's a good thing.........
nauty.........
It's a good thing.........
nauty.........
I think it's what Nauty said, plus the DEA has put a lot of pressure on doctors, pain clinics, etc to reduce their prescribing. Pain clinics drop you on one screw up, my doctor who used to (for about 2 years) prescribe me 90 vics a month (7.5s) told me after I gave them up that the pressure is unbelieveable...frequent audits, etc...hell even hospitals are getting tough.
Jim
Jim
Heh heh... I hate to say it but it COILD just be a side effect of the bad economy.
No jobs/ insurance and no money = less people able to actually afford to get prescription drugs legally.
I'll wait to see what happens to that statistic when America "Celebrates" the upsurge in the economy that will happen...eventually. :->
No jobs/ insurance and no money = less people able to actually afford to get prescription drugs legally.
I'll wait to see what happens to that statistic when America "Celebrates" the upsurge in the economy that will happen...eventually. :->
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