Comments on: House Approves Prescription Limits In Opioid Fight

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:35:51 +0000

Hi I had a dr for 15 years, and I have a script for Xanax for 15 years also, my dr then after all these years my drug test was positive for Xanax.I said to my Dr what?why now? And I left this dr kohl from Sterling Heights mi after he told me I had to stop taking Xanax or no more pain meds, MY SCRIPT HAD TO BE FROM A PHYSICIST
NOT MY FAMILY DR….ridiculous this Dr kohl didn’t care about his patients.only cared about money$$$$$ It makes me sick to my stomach,I have severe pain,like the other comments.
It not right…

By: TUMom

TUMom — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 18:40:52 +0000

Once again those of us who take our medications correctly and visit our doctor on a timely basis are paying for the actions of those who won’t. I am in pain every day of my life and if I didn’t have my pain medications there are days that I couldn’t get out of bed. My pain management doctor is a wonderful doctor who follows the law to the letter and I thank God every day for him. Why can’t these do-gooder politicians come up with a better plan to catch and prosecute the ones who are causing us all grief. I beg you to please listen to those of us who truly need our medications!

By: Lisa Fuller

Lisa Fuller — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 13:20:14 +0000

If doctors, pharmacies, and insurance providers would follow the safeguards already in place, there would be no need to regulate prescriptions for responsible patients. My stepmother has been addicted to opioids for over 25 years. She has almost killed herself twice by accidental overdose. She went to rehab the second time but was allowed to check herself out before completing the program. I tried to intervene by directly calling the 4 different doctors who were prescribing the drugs (all at the same time), the 4 different pharmacies who were filling them, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield who was paying for them. I was told it was none of my business. They did nothing. This is the real problem. I’m not excusing her. She’s an addict by her own choice. But if she couldn’t get the drugs by prescription, I doubt she would have the means to get them on the street. Also, having a prescription, validates the drug abuse (in her mind).

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 04:58:29 +0000

This idea is really bad for people who live with chronic pain and are managing their pain. Adding to their suffering by complicating their lives is really unfair and pretty much abusive.
If you want to avoid having doctors prescribe narcotics then get the cost down for the non-narcotic pain medications.

By: ConcernedPharmTech

ConcernedPharmTech — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 03:39:48 +0000

I’ve been a pharmacy tech for years. If this is such a concern then monitor these pill mill drs more closely. There are so many drs today that get paid $2500 a year per patient (no insurance involved) and are at the patients beck and call 24/7. Just call and the Dr will leave an rx at the front desk or mail it to the patient. There is no physician/patient relationship because they may not even be seen in years. Unless its post surgery or medically proven pain then stop the Drs from addicting their patients

By: Lance

Lance — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 15:09:16 +0000

To think you can legislate addiction is asinine. Patients are already often looked at skeptically by the physicians at the mere mention of severe/chronic pain. Doctor’s are afraid to practice, patients are worried their reputations are soiled if they need pain medicines and these clowns use it to get their name on a piece of legislation with zero regard for a person’s individual needs.

By: Lou

Lou — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 12:58:56 +0000

This reasoning doesn’t make sense. Most addicts don’t buy their drugs from the drug store anyway. A ten day supply at minimum seems reasonable. After a major surgery just getting in and out of the car and going to the doctor is painful. Three day supply is ridiculous. More micro managing by politicians and job security. We passed x number of bills…wow, but did they really do any good?

By: Chronic Arthritic

Chronic Arthritic — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 12:34:37 +0000

A person who is addicted to these pain meds will just find something else to feed their addictions. The people that need and do not abuse the meds will suffer. How cruel would that be? I certainly hope that some of these idiots that are “not trying to be doctors” need to control their own pain gets paid back dearly for this stupid idea!

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:02:18 +0000

A three day limit is absolutely ridiculous! Boyd has his two friends examples but everyone is different with their pain level tolerance. Some can take a Benadryl and it immediately puts them to sleep, I take two at a time and don’t even get drowsy. Once again the people following the doctors orders, or following the law are penalized for those who will always abuse.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:34:54 +0000

This looks good on paper but, isn’t worth a flip in reality. People that are addicted may not be able to afford help, or desire help. If this is the situation, they will resort to street drugs. Also, people that need pain meds, but don’t abuse, will be penalized. Another case of the many being punished for the actions of the few.