Comments on: The Opioid Files: Data Shows Opioid Pain Pill Numbers For Escambia County

By: Trina Coburn

Trina Coburn — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:39:19 +0000

I know that Century is listed high on the list, but I also know our insurance sends us to CareMark CVS to fill our meds, curious to know how many Alabama residents, such as myself, fill these prescriptions in Century due to insurance. Also I don’t believe we should be punishing the elderly, those fighting a serious illness, or like me those that fill a small amount for the year. I am under 50 pills for this year, only due to a dental error.

Food for thought

By: Tina Pina

Tina Pina — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 06:20:18 +0000

It is very irritating to the patients that adhere to rules every month, make their copays and premiums to the insurance companies and have to pee in a cup to get their pain managed. Now Florida is trying to abolish opiates and give epidural injections instead. Some of us old folks cannot endure the pain of an injection each month. I don’t know of anyone my age or older selling their pain medication. I’m sure there are some who do, but we don’t. It’s the dealers who make it bad for the ones who really need it. And you have to go monthly? Why can’t they write the RX for 90 days. Who has the gas money to travel to Pensacola? Ridiculous! There needs to be more methadone clinics for these people who don’t manage their pain legally.

By: Dern K

Dern K — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 04:55:23 +0000

We can only hope that the people are against pain management, find themselves needing them and not available.

By: Geno Armstrong

Geno Armstrong — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:47:25 +0000

Let’s just pretend that alcohol is not the most destructive legal substance I do not understand the pharmacy listings, doesn’t a Rx have to be written by someone with 12-16 years of learning. The Drs. and pharmacies will do whatever the government allows.
How did oxycodone ever become non-addictive ?
Huh huh ? Why was I allowed 12 Methadones a day and my friend 90 -30 mg. Oxys and 60-40 mg. Oxys plus 90 Somas. ? You tell me. ?!?!
Because the government was looking the other way and the Dr. wanted to make $$.
Why did the pharmacies fill it ? Because they did not care. Now all of a sudden on my C2 Rx it says offer Narcan ?
That’s funny

By: JW

JW — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:45:37 +0000

Actually, taking your prescribed medication at the correct dosage for medical issues that are legit will allow your body to build a tolerance and function correctly. This happens when your doctor is doing their job and evaluating your actual needs and not your perceived needs. Also, drug testing and med counting by pain management doctors allows them to try to make sure the patient is not abusing meds or taking anything on the side. That being said,it’s not a perfect system, the illicit drug users that get it from a street dealer or “friend” are the ones being arrested for possession. Overdoses happen because you take more than prescribed or it’s illegal. Most these meds say you should not consume with alcohol but that doesn’t stop people either. So they get a DUI that’s a mix of drugs and alcohol I.e. super messed up. Nobody’s going to be able to stop that behavior, not the government or the police, it’s been going on since impairing substances were invented and it will continue. Sadly, people with serious issues that are responsible are being punished because of addicts and criminals.

By: JW

JW — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:29:45 +0000

A & E was popular because they would help people who had poor or no insurance on the cost of medication. My wife had a tumor and some pretty major surgeries. She was fired from work because she couldn’t work and lost her insurance. At one point, her medication was about 650.00 a month at Walmart and even more at CVS and Walgreens. We went to A&E and got the same meds for about 175.00 a month. So we stayed with A&E until they closed, even after getting health insurance. I’m sure they helped a lot of people like us out which would account for their high sales. Also, they were in a fairly populated area.

By: Jim JJ

Jim JJ — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:22:48 +0000

This “fake war on opioids” statistics do not cover that most deaths are from heroin. and fentanyl laced heroine. basically street drugs. Most chronic pain patients need their pain meds to have a life thats even functional. the chronic pain patients don’t get high on their meds. they don’t abuse their meds and they make them last monthly. the life of a chronic pain patient is that they are NEVER out of pain, the pain meds only get them by, and moving to be able to live what “appears” to be a halfway normal life. this war on doctors is taking away chronic patients medication AND/ or limiting the allotted monthly amount; to the point that patients are NOT able to do much but sit and cry or stay in bed. non-productivity. This war does not stop the heroin, does not stop deaths, doesn’t stop the street problem where most opioid deaths are. in fact AND what’s worse, the cutting meds of THE chronic pain patients may, can, and in a lot of cases leave the patient desperate for pain relief where they may turn to the streets for the pain meds they’ve been limited or cut from. the problem with this is it’s forces the patient to buy off the street’s which is illegal BUT WORSE it puts them in immediate danger for they may encounter or purchase medication that is something else, bogus, or laced with fentanyl. at this point the patient is in danger all because the doctors quit prescribing, all because the dea crack down, all because ppl died on mostly street opioids , heroin. This seems more like a weeding of a population. a lot of chronic patients will commit suicide from lack of meds. others will turn to the streets, go to jail if they get caught, some of them will go in debt paying for the high priced black market street opioid where some of them will commit suicide still, and all because a doctor cannot or will NOT prescribe any longer. This seems more of a human rights issue. where are they lawyers for this? or for the suffering?. there should be a lawyer or several lawyers to come to the aid of so many suffering in pain because the government is making them suffer AND die. or die off!? and for escambia county if a lawyer would pick THIs up as a class action suit, the investigation of chronic pain and the bone pain in patients i believe is linked to the fluoride used in escambia county water. there is plenty of merit to fight what IS happening to chronic pain patients in the community and nationwide!

By: A Alex

A Alex — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:50:32 +0000

Just a heavy thought here. How many minor to major car wrecks have been caused by these pills. No you can’t drive safely while taking these on a daily basis.

By: phil

phil — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:33:21 +0000

To all the people saying no one forced the pill down anyones throat or think the opioid crisis has been from illegal distro and not pharmaceutical companies: You probably should get educated on the tactics used by the drug manufacturers.

They lied to doctors on both dosage metrics and addiction.
They lied to patients.
They lied to everyone.

Their goal was to pump pills into the patients mouths daily. They knew what they were doing.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:42:45 +0000

There needs to be accountability for the mass quantities being distributed but on the flip no one is forced to put a pill down their throat. Unfortunately some find themselves in situations where they feel they are left without options for pain relief and resort to relying on these horrific drugs. The solution lies in requiring more education about the addictive nature of these pharmaceuticals PRIOR to treatment. The government is trying to control all aspects of our healthcare with an epidemic scare when it’s all personal choices and liberties. I’m sorry some people can’t take their medication as prescribed but those that need it and do take it as prescribed shouldn’t be ostracized for medicating appropriately.