FDA Warns Doctors About Misinterpreting Opioid Warnings Comments

The doctors have fought against this forced cut-back of pain meds to all patients who were taking over the "recommended limit". It's the DEA's unleashed power to threaten doctors and pharmacies combined with the forced reduction in production of needed meds that are causing the real harm.

Quite a coincidence this came today. I fell on April 22nd and broke 2 ribs and had a bad lung contusion. I sat in the ER for over 2 hours in agony before they would give me anything and after another dose in 1 hour, they announced they would give me no more. They had the X-rays and a CT scan but I still had an extremely difficult time getting pain meds. I was sobbing, sweating and my blood pressure was way up. I’m a critical care RN and I would NEVER let my patients suffer like that. The ER apparently has lots of drug seekers, but that’s no excuse not to not treat patients with legitimate pain. The whole experience was dreadful.

In my opinion in order for anyone to completely understand how it feels to suffer would never know what it is like. With that said ; If you can go to the store and by liquor/ Cigarettes and other things that aren’t good for you ... why can’t you get your prescription so you can be comfortable and enjoy your life. So be it! Let the physicians take the pen to the pad and the pharmacist fill it. Enough of this pill control. They are forcing people to go to the streets $$ black market. God only knows what their going to get. If they die from poison pills who really is to blame? Stop punishing people for your ignorance.

Amen

It is cruel and unusual punishment to subject a patient, whose diagnosis is fresh and current, to the withholding of opioid based pain medications. I see another epidemic starting and that is the immediate referral to pain management for epidurals or procedures and other off scripts drugs that one does not need. These can have a great number of side effects and procedures can go very wrong. I know. This happened to me within the last six months and for three months I was in the worst pain I have ever had, complicated by a rushed epidural because noone would provide appropriate pain medications to just get me to the appointment of my specialist two weeks away. Noone will take responsibility for the lack pain therapy and pain management is a revenue stream for any hospital. Cruel and unusual punishment. I don't want to ever have to go through that again, even though I lost 32 pounds in six weeks. Pain will do that to a person. When providers are more concerned with losing their license than the care of their patient, they are not practicing medicine any longer.

As a patient that has been in pain for 20+ years. It took me this time find a pain management Dr. took an MRI and a Never Conduction for a doctor to find my problem. In just 5 vertebra it is so messed up that in the next 5 to 10 tears I could be in a wheelchair. I' ve had shots in my spine that worked for a while, but with in 6 days the pain came back.

I am in total agreement with the statement by the FDA. No patient with genuine pain requiring opioids should be left to suffer. Judicious use of these drungs is the key. Education of providers, the public at large should be ongoing. Abuse of these drugs has to be discouraged with whatever action is necessary.

I get 1 oxycodone a day since 2016. That means I have only 4 hours to do any housework or enjoy some time out with my family. I don't want to die, but long for the time when I do die so the pain will end. This is a tragedy for chronic pain sufferers. Why would we want to live in constant pain for the rest of our lives? Isn't there a better way? I have been in chronic pain since 1990 from trauma. I don't want to be addicted to pain meds and I have been through some really nasty pain meds and withdrawals...like fentanyl, lyrica and darvocet. I love my family, but when I take my last breath, I will be smiling : ) No more physical pain and my doctor can't control my quality of life any more by only allowing me 4 hours of pain free a day. What would you do with your 4 hours a day?