Pill Mill Law Shifts Prescriptions From Opioids to Weaker Meds: WCRI

December 31, 2014

  • December 31, 2014 at 8:50 am
    former addict says:
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    These laws are just creating more problems for everyone. I was taking pain pills for my back until my doc cut off all his pain patients due to the fear of DEA crackdowns. The withdrawals were unbearable and like many others, I resorted to heroin and naturally became addicted. I struggled a long time until i discovered Poppy Seed Wash. Its made of legal poppy seeds and water. I have been heroin and pain pill free for 7 months.

  • December 31, 2014 at 12:15 pm
    Vox Sanitus says:
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    For people in intractable pain, some will commit suicide. Is this what they want? Used properly, opioids are safe and effective.

    • December 31, 2014 at 1:48 pm
      Agent says:
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      My wife has had 5 major surgeries on her back and has been fused three times and was taking Hydrocodone medicine which was about all that would give her relief. They keep giving her weaker medicines and it doesn’t put a dent in her pain. What a joke. I agree that taken properly, they are fine for treatment.

      • January 16, 2015 at 12:23 pm
        Linda says:
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        Hello,

        I am actually writing a piece reporting on this new law and I would love to ask you some questions about the hardship you and your wife might be facing with this new law taking place, if that is okay with you.

        • January 16, 2015 at 3:25 pm
          Agent says:
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          Linda, all I can relate is what my wife tells me. Hydrocodone seems to be a no no with all pharmacies due to this law. Walgreens, CVS and others often say they are out. She has to go each month to the doctors office and get a hand written prescription from a Pain Management doctor to get it filled. We have found one pharmacy that will work with her. The other meds they have tried are not effective for severe pain in the back.

  • December 31, 2014 at 1:51 pm
    Matchoo says:
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    Congratulations to the DEA for increasing the amount of pain in the world! Just what our planet needed!

    • January 2, 2015 at 11:15 am
      Agent says:
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      We need this from the DEA just like we need the disastrous Obamacare imposed on the country. By the way, the now infamous Jonathon Gruber has admitted that Obamacare might not be affordable.

  • December 31, 2014 at 3:23 pm
    AdjustThis! says:
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    The results of this study only show that the doctors stopped prescribing out of fear, not that people didn’t need the medications. The DEA is yet another government agency we not only don’t need, but are far worse off by having.

  • January 1, 2015 at 6:17 pm
    James K Rotchford says:
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    All medicines have benefits and risks. Any means to limit access can effect both potential benefits and risks. As a society when it comes to addictive medicines we tend to only focus on risk reduction and this is why the regulatory agencies have political support.

    Rational discussion about prescription patterns, access, etc., would have meaningful information on risks and benefits as well as unintended consequences. For example, while limiting prescription opiates may limit complications and abuse, what effect does it have on illicit drug abuse, and overall community health outcomes.

    In my opinion physicians have underestimated the risks of long term use of opiates in pain management. But to have politicians or regulatory agencies address physician ignorance or in rare cases their unethical or unprofessional conduct is inappropriate. This is the role of state professional regulatory agencies with oversight expertise and not the federal government.

  • June 22, 2015 at 11:33 pm
    Sherry Prothe says:
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    People that haven’t significant pain of any kind can’t begin to understand what is going on with their bodies or the mental condition they are in based on their pain. I think you will find that more people will go illegal measures to try to maintain some sort of lifestyle even though it will be below the worse standards that they can ever go through. I think most pain patients did not intend to live their lives this way but that do deserve some sort of relief from that pain. Most doctors recommend 3 month check ins before that are given their scripts. It is hard to fake the pain and the blood work.



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