Painkiller abuse more rampant in Oklahoma than any other state

[BadgeBunny]

I was in so much pain, all I cared about was the immediate relief that it provided. I noticed no side effects.

You're right. tRdoc is one of the good ones. If everyone had his attitude, then this problem would certainly be different.

Oh, no, if you were like me you'd have noticed. The nausea is so bad that I had the dry heaves for nearly 3 hours after. It was so bad that the headache they gave me the stuff for came back ... by then I was like "GAH, just take me home so I can die in my own bathroom floor!" Sometimes I can't win for losing ... lol

 

[MLRyan]

Painkillers are pretty popular inthe armed services as well. When I messed my knee up a few years ago I finally had to ask my doctor for something not opium based so I could still function at work. I know a lot of people that have had "back pain" from sitting at their desks all day and the on base med just hands out Lortab scripts like it's candy.

 

[redmax51]

Actually, most doctors seem to hate dealing with pain management stuff. The vast majority of them are very time-intensive in your caring for them. Most docs aren't giving the stuff out to hook them into coming back more frequently, it's just the path of least resistance and easier to give in. The tools are there to help manage this stuff, like the PMP system mentioned above, but it's only good for the State of Oklahoma, and most docs are so pressed for time they don't take the time to look people up on the system. I can guarantee you, though, every person I see for a pain complaint is getting looked up. And believe me, the druggies in my area absolutely HATE me. But some of my colleagues they can't wait to see because they know they're getting shots of Dilaudid and a script for some Percocet for a chronic pain complaint from their "arthritis".

It's no joke.

I can't tell you how many "drug seekers" I've "escorted" out of the ER because they were pissed off at a doctor for not writing a script for their drug of choice.Some of these people spend their day going from hospital to hospital trying to get something for their "back pain".Many of them we recognize immediately they've been here so many times.

 

[tRidiot]

I know it's not, I'm just emphasizing the fact that more laws don't seem to be the answer.

At the end of the day though, I have to wonder what the solution is.

I know this much... that Dilaudid shot they gave me at the E.R. once is the first and only opiate I've ever had and it was AMAZING how well it relieved the acute pain I was experiencing.

It also creates a ridiculous feeling of "high", which is what brings people back for it over and over again. There are other things which do the same for killing pain, but without the intense "high" that the druggies are seeking.

 

[tntrex]

We will never win this battle.

 

[daugbl5]

Yes they sure are. The ways of the Sovereign Nation. I think the DEA doesnt really see it as being that big of a deal to mess with. The BIA know about it and havent even messed with it.

 

[BadgeBunny]

It also creates a ridiculous feeling of "high", which is what brings people back for it over and over again. There are other things which do the same for killing pain, but without the intense "high" that the druggies are seeking.

This ... and I am not sure why more docs don't go with them. I know that the pills that don't produce the "high" have been a godsend for me. They literally have given me my life back.

I'm on three different things ... two for nerve pain and one for muscle pain. While the first couple of weeks were dicey ... insane dizziness and tiredness mostly ... now that my body has adjusted to them I feel pretty good most times. Good enough that we are talking about me starting physical therapy. Something I could not do without them. I am so looking forward to doing some of the things I haven't been able to (like shoot) for quite some time now.

 

[Billybob]

Yeah, that's what lawyers do ... Gotta have a bunch of laws so you can get arrested for livin and breathin ... Good for bizniz ... It's the perfect business model!

Job creators.

 

[Billybob]

I'm trying to remember when I ever met a "good" lawyer ... yep, nope, ... not coming to me, haha!

ETA: Oh, WAIT!! I do know ONE -- but he's only ONE of a bazillion I've met over the years! He doesn't post here though!!

"God works wonder now and then; Behold! a Lawyer, an honest Man."

--Benjamin Franklin, 1733

 

[Billybob]

Triangle Doctor Arrested in Cash for Oxycontin Business

"Dr. Yadao, who lives in Alexandria, was responsible for putting 8,000 pain medication pills on the street each week."

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...in-Cash-for-OxyContin-Business-135443283.html


California Doctor, Arrested After The Deaths Of 3 Patients

"Tseng wrote more than 27,000 prescriptions over a three-year period starting in January 2007 – an average of 25 a day, according to a DEA affidavit."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/dr-hsui-ying-lisa-tseng-arrested_n_1314934.html


Doctor arrested in probe of painkiller overdoses

"The affidavit depicts Diaz as a drug-dealing doctor known to some patients as "the candy man ... because they knew he was the man to go to for drugs." Two female patients treated at a local emergency room told hospital staff that they and their friends got drugs from Diaz in exchange for sexual favors. Doctors at a local hospital considered Diaz such a menace that they kept a spreadsheet documenting his patients' emergency room visits."

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/05/local/la-me-0105-drug-doctor-20120105