Ban on long term & large quantity opioid prescriptions

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It seems illogical to be able to walk into a grocery/convenient store and buy 15 Dr Peppers…

I am sorry, I do not agree with this; and this “idea” is the main stigma that pain patients are facing. And when I say pain patients, these are NOT people addicted to the medication, and take them responsibly. Years and years of history showing it as well.

There is a huge difference between “addiction and pain management”. One seeks a “high”, the other seeks the ability not hurt along with trying to do the best possible for themselves in life. Pain Management takes a person with severe pain and allows them to improve upon there lives. Addiction takes away from the person, and destroys their lives.

DJW

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Your request should be removed from this forum. You are not educated enough t to place a post on here about safe and effective pain medication for 52 million chronic pain patients. You should be banned ! Pain patients have been punished enough and large quantities of any medication was already banned , street drugs are what’s killing people NOT safe effective gold standard of science based evidence based medicine.
Glad no one is voting on your ridiculous post.
You are only one car accident , or cancer diagnosis , or injury away from needing these meds yourself. And I hope you only get Tylenol

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Its blatanly obvious you have no clue in regard to the current state of the prescribing of opioids for acute pain. Many hospitals are opioid-free, meaning their ED does not prescribe opioids, in addition to most surgical procedures being performed (and subsequent post-op treatement) being opioid free. Additionally, many states have inacted laws and guidelines for the prescrbing of opioids for acute conditions- 3-7 days is how the vast majority of laws are written. In regard to you uneducated theory on long-term opioid use for vhronic conditions, studies do not support your theory. Patients taking RX opioids as prescribed have increased QoL and the addiction rate is less than 1%. There are countless, rare diseases and illnessez that cause chronic, intractable pain. People woth these consitions need long-term opioid therapy in order to simply participate in simply daily life. And its because of people like you who have been misinformed and poorly educated on this subject, these people are suffering needlessly. The opioid crisis has nothing to do with RX opioids. Its illicit drugs that are killimg people. Opioid production has been cut drastically and those who do have prescriptions are going days, weeks and somettimes months without these life-saving medications. Furthermore , bevause of laws and the overstepping of state attorneys generals, the FDA, DEA, and CDC, patients have been cut off meds, fired from medical care and sent home to suffer, seek illicit drugs for relief or commit suicide. Additionally, good doctors are being arrested for helping patients in need because the DEA sees them as low hanging fruit, instead of going after the cartels flooding our streets with deadly drugs. You are absolutely CLUELESS as to whats really going on, as you are a healthy person whos needed opioids once and couldnt control yourself. You are literally one accident or illness away from being someone like me, suffering every day. I have a horrifically painful genetic disease for which there is no cure. And without the help of opioids pain medications, I wouldnt be sitting here writing this to you now. Please educate yourself.

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You have no idea what you’re talking about. Completely ignorant. You do realize people are being sent home after major surgery with nothing more than Tylenol for pain because of the current restrictions on opioids? There doesn’t need to be more restrictions on opioids. People are suffering and there hasn’t been a decrease in opioid deaths since the policies of reducing opioid prescriptions started. Deaths have actually increased! It did nothing but hurt people who were getting prescriptions legally. Don’t be an ignorant fool maybe do some research before making stupid claims.

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If you look at addicts, how long do they use with no increased need to take more? 3yrs? 5yrs, 10? People with chronic pain do not chase a high. They just want the pain to be manageable.
We know that it will never go away completely. But a person can not stay alive with pain at a level 10 that never stops. Can you even wrap your mind around having pain at a level 5 that is there day and night, minute by minute , second by second, that never ends? We, the chronic pain community, arent looking for shangri-la, we just want to be able to read an article, talk on the phone, and be able to work at our jobs for as long as possible.
Someone with chronic pain will not abuse their only hope of functioing. Pain medicine, in this population, is not abused because being without it is real, tangible, torture.
I have had to take pain medication for 40yrs. I am now 58yrs old. I have a Masters degree, and was able to work much lomger than I would have, if not for medical intervenntion and being able to take the appropriare medication therapy.
I am the face of a chronic pain sufferer. Was it the face you expected to see?

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Correct! If you look at addicts, how long do they use with no increased need to take more? 3yrs? 5yrs, 10? People with chronic pain do not chase a high. They just want the pain to be manageable.
We know that it will never go away completely. But a person can not stay alive with pain at a level 10 that never stops. Can you even wrap your mind around having pain at a level 5 that is there day and night, minute by minute , second by second, that never ends? We, the chronic pain community, arent looking for shangri-la, we just want to be able to read an article, talk on the phone, and be able to work at our jobs for as long as possible.
Someone with chronic pain will not abuse their only hope of functioing. Pain medicine, in this population, is not abused because being without it is real, tangible, torture.
I have had to take pain medication for 40yrs. I am now 58yrs old. I have a Masters degree, and was able to work much lomger than I would have, if not for medical intervenntion and being able to take the appropriare medication therapy.
I am the face of a chronic pain sufferer. Was it the face you expected to see?

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Your “solution” would cause the death of thousands of people by suicide. Opioids are suicide prevention. If you don’t want pain medication, tell your doctor that, and leave the rest of us alone.

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I am disturbed with what is going on in our state and country regarding Opoid Hysteria

Since the DEA PROP and CDC have illegally began Opoid Prohibitions,’In The Chronic Pain Community suicides have risen dramatically some say 400% (disturbingly, many among our Veterans). #MedicalTyranny

Gary Mendell, Chad Brummett, Andrew Kolondy and Dr Tom Frieden have been paid over 20 million dollars for speaking out against opioids. Since they have been given a platform, deadly od’s & suicides have gone up dramatically. ABJECT FAILURE!!
#SuicideDue2Pain

The Doctor Patient Forum and some brave doctors are fighting for our Constitutional Rights to be prescribed FDA approved safe Opiates under our doctors care.

Legitimate Drs who adhere to their hippocratic Oath are being persecuted Many have lost their licenses hence their livelihood. Some have lost their homes and families. Some have been imprisoned. They are precisely targeted if they treat patients who suffer from chronic intractable pain with opioids especially if they are also prescribed benzodiazepines. These compassionate doctors are paying the price while the real criminals walk across our border uninhibited SMH.

The Government Alphabet Agencies are waging war and blitzkrieging across the US and I am informing you that they are persecuting the wrong group of people.

I am a senior citizen and my background is clean as a whistle and yet I am treated like a criminal or a toddler.
Why would I wait til I am a senior citizen and all of a sudden decide to become and addict or a criminal??? I personally insist on freedom to chose how I will be medically treated for the remainder of my life. It’s no one’s darn business what I need so I don’t suffer My other option is, according to my back surgeon, multilevel fusion in my neck and lumbar (look it up) and knee and hip replacement. I have other age related issues too many to list I just want to be able to hang out with my grandchildren I have missed so much already because of this unrealistic reaction to medication that actually improves my quality of life and affords me the ability to get up and go. I’ll never get those volleyball games and football games back.

I know there are people with way worse chronic illnesses than me and they are needlessly suffering, Why??? The government needs to stay OUT OF MY DOCTORS OFFICE!!! That privacy is confidential and my Constitutional Right for Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

OPIATES DO NOT KILL they are inanimate objects just like our guns.

I am hoping you will check into this most urgent crisis. People are suffering needlessly.
I heard that RFK is advocating for Medical Freedom. I’m checking into that next.

Thank you for making this a priority

Sincerely
Diane Rittenberry
Grandma from Texas.

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Thank you for your response. Spot on, @djwilliamsnc

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Interesting how poster put so much thought into their “policy” yet has no clue what the landscape currently is like on this topic. You’ll be happy to know that now people cant get opioids even after surgery. Way to go!!! Idiot.

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Your solution will lead to mass harm and death.

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