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In reply to the discussion: This Couple Died by Suicide After the DEA Shut Down Their Pain Doctor [View all]Snackshack
(2,541 posts)23. Agreed
The DEA has gone caveman on this. I think partly because they dropped the ball in the first place in being in front of this epidemic. Anyone who was in a treatment program or caring for someone, a family member maybe back in the 00s could see this was going to be a problem. Doctors used to give my grandmother 180 Vicodins a month (15mg tab) after she had a surgery. I remember calling the Doctor asking them to please not fill anymore because they were causing more issues then they solved.
To make up for that IMO the DEA has gone with a response that lacks any common sense when it comes to the pain management of patients.
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This Couple Died by Suicide After the DEA Shut Down Their Pain Doctor [View all]
Jilly_in_VA
Nov 2022
OP
The DEA can find these small practices actually serving patients but couldn't find podunk ...
marble falls
Nov 2022
#1
The DEA is very good at finding possible irregularities and totally walking past 5 alarm fires.
marble falls
Dec 2022
#36
I too believe the DEA is overreaching. Pain is counterproductive and inhibits healing.
Raster
Nov 2022
#2
I too have been dealing with post-shingles neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve for the past 3 years.
LudwigPastorius
Nov 2022
#11
I get a 30 day supply of Vicodin in FL. And he used to give me paper copy along with calling
Maraya1969
Nov 2022
#24
We shouldn't need pain clinics but we do. Primary care Drs got screwed by surgeons
flying_wahini
Nov 2022
#5
we need a constitutional ammendment giving us an uninfringed right to medicine
Blues Heron
Nov 2022
#6
My husband has chronic pain in his elbows, lower arms, and hands. He is 76 years old.
ratchiweenie
Nov 2022
#12
Yes and no. He has arthritis but it's caused by years of remodel work that damaged
ratchiweenie
Nov 2022
#19