Comments on: Florida Doctors Tops In Dispensing Drugs To Patients http://www.northescambia.com/2012/07/florida-doctors-tops-in-dispensing-drugs-to-patients Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carrie http://www.northescambia.com/2012/07/florida-doctors-tops-in-dispensing-drugs-to-patients/comment-page-1#comment-136094 Carrie Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:18:26 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=103383#comment-136094 These physicians are pill pushers. My Dad is dealing with this right now. The "doctor" would rather him OD than actually perform pain management services for him. The kickbacks the "doctors" are getting from pharmacuetical manufacturers are driving this problem of "over medicating" with highly addictive drugs. You can't ween someone off opiates after they have been on them for 10 years or more- the withdrawals will KILL them. The patients' quality of life is not the top priority and that is the problem. These physicians are pill pushers. My Dad is dealing with this right now. The “doctor” would rather him OD than actually perform pain management services for him. The kickbacks the “doctors” are getting from pharmacuetical manufacturers are driving this problem of “over medicating” with highly addictive drugs. You can’t ween someone off opiates after they have been on them for 10 years or more- the withdrawals will KILL them.
The patients’ quality of life is not the top priority and that is the problem.

]]> By: Henry Coe http://www.northescambia.com/2012/07/florida-doctors-tops-in-dispensing-drugs-to-patients/comment-page-1#comment-136002 Henry Coe Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:45:16 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=103383#comment-136002 California, 2nd Largest state, Florida 3rd. largest. One of the problems with Work Comp is that health care for a life altering injury stinks. They put patients through hell with administrative delays in preventing health care for people that need surgeries. Give these work comp patients that same quality health care as any one else, without having to get a lawyer and a ruling by a Judge to get health care and watch the use of opioids drop. The other thing is the war on drugs doesn't need to spill over into health care. Preventing someone with chronic pain from getting relief is a horrible thing to do. Pain medications help people who use them correctly, as prescribed, give disable people the ability to function. Florida's work comp system is horrible. Insurance companies are ripping off small business and destroying people's lives by delaying or denying health care. They are in the business of profit, not people. Most work comp claims are over with in 2 weeks to 2 or 3 months, but people with back injuries really get messed with. Especially when it comes to Self Insured Business Services managing claim. Just FYI, IMO, if you have never lived with chronic pain and been through the work comp system, you don't have enough knowledge to discuss it. If people are faking their problems and having pill party, doctor shopping, etc. then they are committing fraud and need to go to jail, but don't give the Insurance Companies another tool for abusing patients. Health Care needs to be between their patient and their doctor. California, 2nd Largest state, Florida 3rd. largest. One of the problems with Work Comp is that health care for a life altering injury stinks. They put patients through hell with administrative delays in preventing health care for people that need surgeries.

Give these work comp patients that same quality health care as any one else, without having to get a lawyer and a ruling by a Judge to get health care and watch the use of opioids drop.

The other thing is the war on drugs doesn’t need to spill over into health care. Preventing someone with chronic pain from getting relief is a horrible thing to do. Pain medications help people who use them correctly, as prescribed, give disable people the ability to function.

Florida’s work comp system is horrible. Insurance companies are ripping off small business and destroying people’s lives by delaying or denying health care. They are in the business of profit, not people.

Most work comp claims are over with in 2 weeks to 2 or 3 months, but people with back injuries really get messed with. Especially when it comes to Self Insured Business Services managing claim.

Just FYI, IMO, if you have never lived with chronic pain and been through the work comp system, you don’t have enough knowledge to discuss it.

If people are faking their problems and having pill party, doctor shopping, etc. then they are committing fraud and need to go to jail, but don’t give the Insurance Companies another tool for abusing patients. Health Care needs to be between their patient and their doctor.

]]> By: 429SCJ http://www.northescambia.com/2012/07/florida-doctors-tops-in-dispensing-drugs-to-patients/comment-page-1#comment-135982 429SCJ Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:37:20 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=103383#comment-135982 They are going to have to wean them off of those opioids. They are going to have to wean them off of those opioids.

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