Comments on: Bill Would Require Drug Database Checks In Florida

By: Mind Ur Business

Mind Ur Business — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:54:35 +0000

Once again we are letting government get into our business. Haven’t they proved that they can’t run their own household(the United States), so why do we let them try to run ours. People hurt those are facts, some people say you can’t die from hurting that’s not true so many people have to have pain medicine to improve their quality of life to make it bearable to work or function daily. Yes there are people that abuse the system but, that is part of it. Everyone wants to blame someone else take blame for your household. Leave the doctors alone to do their jobs & stand up & fight these intrusion bills the government is trying to force on us.

By: Non sense

Non sense — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:05:45 +0000

I don’t think there is an national database. My primary doctor in Alabama was telling me a few months ago that he can only see a database in Alavama. I see a pain management doctor in Florida. So I’m pretty sure that the doctors in Florida can only search in Florida. If was was “Doctor Shopping”, I could see a doctor in Alabama and a doctor in Florida and they wouldn’t know crap!! So what good is this bill going to do? BTW, my doctor in Alabama is my family doctor that sent me to my pain management doctor. And my pain management drug screens me, he checks my pee in his office and then ships it to Texas to a lab to check the levels of my meds.. So yes so doctors are doing things the right way!!

By: Kandice

Kandice — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:00:41 +0000

I watched my mother suffer for years due to back problems a single mother she would stand for hours then come home and not be able to take care of my younger siblings she was depressed it would not have hurt for her to have a few pain pills a month she suffered till one day I told her to stop apply for disability and guess what when she went before the hearing officer he could not understand why no one would help her he looked at her records and BAM approved! My mom worked a good job and then when she got approved she finally gets to live sure less money but its for the better. I hope others like her can get the same help really people pass all these laws so let them pay for the people who’s lives have to suffer. If someone wants to get high they are gonna find away people should not have to suffer because of people who could care less about them.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:26:26 +0000

1. Once again we crucify people without all the facts.

By: NurseBrandi

NurseBrandi — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:55:47 +0000

The database is a wonderful tool, but it shouldn’t be made mandatory to check it every time. My clinic sees anywhere from 120-200 patients in a 12 hour day, and we do not prescribe narcotics for chronic problems. We do, however, treat acute injuries-and lots of them! If we had to check the database for each one of these patients, it would dramatically slow down care for those patients, as well as all the others who are waiting their turn. There is such a thing as using your professional judgement and that is just what we should be allowed to do. Unless you enjoy sitting for hours in a waiting room….

By: Leigh91c

Leigh91c — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:52:22 +0000

He was not SHUT DOWN. You have no idea what you are talking about.

By: lmn

lmn — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:49:44 +0000

One more freedom taken away. These people will find there pills head North to Alabama or Georgia. They may evev take up a more dangerous drug like meth, Heroine or crack. Needles and dumped meth labs in our neighborhoods. Not to mention that some people go crazy on these drugs. Has any one ever heard od a pill popper going crazy and hurting someone. I know that Ihaven’t. I may understand an emergi care or emergi room checking or a dr checking a new patient. Most people have a primary dr and these dr’s know thier patients just one more thing for the government to be in our lives about. Whereis our country really going?

By: rebear

rebear — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:47:59 +0000

@ Oversight,
You are another miss informed individual. The doctor in Jay was not handing out pain killers hand over fist. He was set-up, and was never found of any wrongdoing. It’s people like you that crucify before getting the facts.

By: Oversight

Oversight — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:39:35 +0000

If doctors were really concerned for their paitents, this would seem to be a no brainer, and all doctors would be eagerly willing to participate. But then there is the possibility that those good ol docs would be losing business like the one from Jay who was handing out pain killer scrips hand over fist before he was shut down.