Comments on: Florida Prescription Database Goes Online

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:05:00 +0000

You “privacy” people are cluless. There needs to be regulation to prevent crooked and money hungry doctors from prescribing drugs to patients that do not need them. These “pill mills” are no different than the neighborhood crack dealer. OxyContin is no different than heroin. NONE. Dont believe me? Look it up.

Here is a great documentary on the problem: The OxyContin Express. The sheriff in the movie is from Kentucky where there is a huge Oxy epidemic. All the pills are coming from Flordia. He tells the host “All the profit is in Flordia, and all the problems and pain are here in Kentucky”. Trafficking, theft, deaths, incarceration, etc are what is happening in many states because of this drug.

To all the “privacy” people: use your brain next time before you make ridiculous statements about privacy and freedom. Im sure you would be crying for regulation if your child died from an overdose from the drug. And you later found out that he walked into a clinic without a damn thing wrong with him and was able to walk out with 180 pills of one of the most strongest pills on the market.

By: cj

cj — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:03:41 +0000

Kathy I couldnt agree more!

By: cj

cj — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:02:24 +0000

I think that the biggest issue is that if they start regulating this if people think that “only” the pharnmacist and the doctor will see your info and never comment to a third party then you really don t no people. Some people that are in pain now will not go see a dr. becuase of the styma that goes along with pain management and they spend their lives in pain as grumpy old people when they are forty and could be helped. Our Govt should not be in our healthcare. At least that is how I feel the next thing will be that they will make legislation to tell the pain dr. s how much medicine each person should recieve! If you had a car accident at 20 yrs old and had been on these meds for ten years but a Govt person decided that you are to young to be taking a high dosage (not your dr deciding) would you feel the same way. Because that will be the next law that will be passed! It is not about who is doing what it is about the slippery slope of letting Govt run our lives and our health! just my opinion

By: DJS

DJS — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:29:00 +0000

I am so glad that a law like this is coming out and I hope they make it mandatory for all doctors to use it. I know of several people that doctor shop all the time for drugs. Then again who’s to say that they doctor’s will even use the system. Not only should they monitor the people getting the drugs, but they should also monitor the doctor’s that prescribe it…just sayin’ it goes both ways.

By: The Zilla

The Zilla — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:43:05 +0000

It’s good that this has happened.Because people are abusing these medications and doing illegal things with the medications,it makes it almost impossible for people with LEGITIMATE injuries, who live in chronic pain from back,neck,knee or other injuries to receive the proper medications to be able to deal with their pain to be able to perform simple things.Such as cleaning their homes,cutting their grass,grocery shopping,family functions,even holding their grand babies.The E.C.S.O. recently sent a blanket letter to physicians threatening them about writing new patient pain prescriptions.Informing them that they would be investigated,possibly arrested,their medical license taken and put in prison.This is because of the growing abuse problem with prescription pills,but at the same time the people who need the medications can’t get them.It’s a shame that we live in a society where the police can threaten doctors and stop them from caring for patients.This is no longer The Republic of America,but The Socialist Republic of America.Welcome to the new police state in which we live.

By: Walnut Hill area resident

Walnut Hill area resident — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:04:42 +0000

AMEN!!!!!!!!! to Molino-Anon. Besides if a person is addicted to perscription drugs and you cut them off most will probably change to illegal drugs. Better make sure your doors Locked!

By: L A Redneck

L A Redneck — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:48:50 +0000

I don’t see a problem with this law. Everyone knows that once the government gets involved , the problem (Dr. shopping) will be solved. Not to mention the new government jobs that will be created to run the program. Surely that will help the economy. Besides , once the problem is fixed I’m sure the program will be discontinued!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:45:41 +0000

@Molino-Anon…. Well said!

By: Amy M

Amy M — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:09:20 +0000

Why don”t anyone ever think of the dangers of all the other meds being used to treat pain. Seizure meds are used all the time think about that for a second… well I guess anyone who knows a person with seizures know the risk. I’m sure this law will work great because the laws against crack and meth help a lot and save so many laws.

By: Molino-Anon

Molino-Anon — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:19:12 +0000

I was telling a friend the other day, freedom is an illusion, everything in this world is controlled or in the process of being controlled and there’s no such thing as total privacy. Man kind can not have total freedom, total freedom is dubbed anarchy.

The way the government is working is to slowly take away freedoms you once had until X years from now you look back and say “I use to be able to do that.”

If you take freedoms away slowly over generations then ultimately no one will remember when they had more freedoms then they do today. Every time those freedoms are taken away people say “that’s not so bad because…” then another freedom is taken away, and “that’s not so bad because…”

Communism, fascism, democracy, etc. etc. it’s all different levels of control, and this country is slowly moving toward Totalitarianism, wait and see. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, nut job, etc. I pay my taxes, I attend my church, I love my friends and family, and I do what I can to maintain and survive… This is just my perception of the way society is heading in this country.

Wrap it in any pretty acronym or socio-economic cause you need to justify what is happening.