This little news item just came to my attention:
http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2007/07/13/713814.html&cvqh=itn_vapaindoctor
It seems that if a doctor prescribes enough medicine to relieve intractable pain, he's going to be accused of drug dealing. This is forcing more and more caring physicians to go against their SOUND MEDICAL JUDGMENT AND COMPASSION AND THE HYPOCRATIC OATH - not to mention THE PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS - and treat the worst pain with an over-the-counter Tylenol!
Wake up, America! Wake up, Judicial System (a name I use with a great deal of reserve). Patients in pain are NOT drug-seeking addicts. They are people, who could be your mothers, daughters, sisters, fathers.....just ordinary people in your lives. They deserve quality of life - in other words, not spending 24 hours in crippling, disabling pain!
This latest bit of hysteria at the hands of the "Judicial (?) System is going to have more pain treatment centers throw away their prescription pads and compassion.
So, to what country do we have to travel to be relieved of pain? The US medical profession has turned its back on those who need us most because they're afraid of losing their country club memberships and yachts, only to end up in a jail cell.
This is a sad commentary on what USED to be a caring profession, one in which decisions were made between the doctor and patient - not an over zealous bunch of narcs!
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Doctors only care about their insurance premiums and their own skins.
I can't say as I blame them, it is hard to think that 15+ years of education to get your MD can all be flushed away by the DEA.
But where is a patient to go then?
Some of us are literally at the end of our ropes.
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