Opiate Pain Medication

I don't dismiss CBD or any particular drug and I wouldn't. I was onlybaddressing the difficulty doctors are having now in legitimately prescribing any drugs that 'might' (by the government) be considered possibly habit-forming. I had mycoplasma pneumonia and whopping cough and, in order to prescribe 48 hours worth of hydrocodone, the doctor's office manager had to file paperwork to 4 different government websites. And the prescription could not be called into the pharmacy. It had to be printed and taken, by patient no less, to the pharmacy. And we had to try 11 different pharmacies to find one that had it in stick. So, there I was, with a fever of 104, taking my feverish self to a pharmacy that did not have a drive-through window, exposing everyone to the germs I was carrying, just to be able to get a cough-suppressant so I could maybe sleep through the night. I had been sent to the ER earlier in the day but the hospital lost the admitting papers and sent me home, with a then-temperature if 104.5.

The state's prescription laws made unnecessary work for the physicians, intolerable inconvenience for patients and loved ones and have so far not dented the illicit drug trade. I feel for people in chronic pain whose access to life-saving pain help is being restricted by stupid laws passed by those not suffering themselves. I read a comment once wherein a physician referred to 'the tyranny of the healthy' who don't always understand the lives of those who aren't so lucky. I think that policy makers and politicians can be guilty of that myopia.

I get opiates every month. No problem. My doctor had to fill out government paperwork for chronic condition one time and file with government. They fax prescription or call over no problem. I am so grateful I was not effected by this unthoughtful government over-reach.

Hi, I’m currently on Xtampza which is a long acting opiate and I’m on opioids three times a day for breakthrough pain. I have severe degenerative stenosis of the spine and I’m currently becoming a full quadriplegic from the cervical area. I’ve already been a person with three spinal fractures and have herniation from almost every cervical too thoracic and from T 11 down I’m herniated with cord compression and complete mobility from the waist down. The only thing that gets me through every day is the pain medication, which like somebody said before gives me a few hours of relief. I had a good compression in 2001 of C5 to C7 due to arthritis that was undiagnosed for one year. So I’m already using pain medication for that many years ago. It was difficult some years back to get pain medication if you switched pharmacies but now it has become impossible. As of June 1, CVS Walgreens, Walmart, Publix and all two little local pharmacies completely stopped writing prescriptions for opioids for several pain doctors not that they did anything wrong. My doctor was never written up, brought up for any reason and has been practicing in the same town for 25 years but because of the shortage of pain medicine doctors for chronic pain, he’s one of the only doctors that sees patients so his practice is tremendous so many patients in the county get their medicines from these local and national chains now because the pharmacies are no longer giving out the medication I was forced to go to a national male or a company. But as you may know with mail away prescriptions, take time to get received in the mail and with the law in the state of Florida opioids can only be dispensed after 28 days so there is a gap of about one week where I will not have any medication and I’m completely panicked because I don’t know what to do. Does anybody know about laws in Florida or anybody involved with any lawsuits for this or any reason? If so, please let us know.

Hi, I’m currently on Xtampza which is a long acting opiate and I’m on opioids three times a day for breakthrough pain. I have severe degenerative stenosis of the spine and I’m currently becoming a full quadriplegic from the cervical area. I’ve already been a person with three spinal fractures and have herniation from almost every cervical too thoracic and from T 11 down I’m herniated with cord compression and complete mobility from the waist down. The only thing that gets me through every day is the pain medication, which like somebody said before gives me a few hours of relief. I had a good compression in 2001 of C5 to C7 due to arthritis that was undiagnosed for one year. So I’m already using pain medication for that many years ago. It was difficult some years back to get pain medication if you switched pharmacies but now it has become impossible. As of June 1, CVS Walgreens, Walmart, Publix and all two little local pharmacies completely stopped writing prescriptions for opioids for several pain doctors not that they did anything wrong. My doctor was never written up, brought up for any reason and has been practicing in the same town for 25 years but because of the shortage of pain medicine doctors for chronic pain, he’s one of the only doctors that sees patients so his practice is tremendous so many patients in the county get their medicines from these local and national chains now because the pharmacies are no longer giving out the medication I was forced to go to a national male or a company. But as you may know with mail away prescriptions, take time to get received in the mail and with the law in the state of Florida opioids can only be dispensed after 28 days so there is a gap of about one week where I will not have any medication and I’m completely panicked because I don’t know what to do. Does anybody know about laws in Florida or anybody involved with any lawsuits for this or any reason? If so, please let us know.

Hi, I’m currently on Xtampza which is a long acting opiate and I’m on opioids three times a day for breakthrough pain. I have severe degenerative stenosis of the spine and I’m currently becoming a full quadriplegic from the cervical area. I’ve already been a person with three spinal fractures and have herniation from almost every cervical too thoracic and from T 11 down I’m herniated with cord compression and complete mobility from the waist down. The only thing that gets me through every day is the pain medication, which like somebody said before gives me a few hours of relief. I had a good compression in 2001 of C5 to C7 due to arthritis that was undiagnosed for one year. So I’m already using pain medication for that many years ago. It was difficult some years back to get pain medication if you switched pharmacies but now it has become impossible. As of June 1, CVS Walgreens, Walmart, Publix and all two little local pharmacies completely stopped writing prescriptions for opioids for several pain doctors not that they did anything wrong. My doctor was never written up, brought up for any reason and has been practicing in the same town for 25 years but because of the shortage of pain medicine doctors for chronic pain, he’s one of the only doctors that sees patients so his practice is tremendous so many patients in the county get their medicines from these local and national chains now because the pharmacies are no longer giving out the medication I was forced to go to a national male or a company. But as you may know with mail away prescriptions, take time to get received in the mail and with the law in the state of Florida opioids can only be dispensed after 28 days so there is a gap of about one week where I will not have any medication and I’m completely panicked because I don’t know what to do. Does anybody know about laws in Florida or anybody involved with any lawsuits for this or any reason? If so, please let us know.