I don't know of any right now but you might check with a lawyer who specializes in medical malpractice to get more information. Your state bar association may have a Lawyer Referral Service and help you find a reputable one. Many will meet for free for the first appointment and work on a contingency basis.

With a topic as hot as a case against the DEA you can bet it would get a lot of publicity.

Good luck and please keep us posted!

you have to find a lawyer to start a class action lawsuit that will take your case....the thing is unless they feel they will make boat loads of money they usually will not take on a class action case....

Maybe the ACLU. I don't think you get money from suing the government, but policies can be changed. Unfortunately, there are a lot of doctors on crusades against long term opioids. There was one recent study saying they weren't harmful for people in chronic pain.

I don't know of any. When would it have been filed ? A attorney is not required to file a Federal Law suit. But, I seriously doubt a lay person would be able to get through all of the specific requirements for filing in Federal Court. They are very specific and exact and if something like the spacing of the typing isn't as they specify, they won't accept the suit. Filing a Class Action in Federal Court is not cheap.

I don't see a private attorney/law firm suing because someone can't get pain meds. It would be very unpopular with the general public, not to mention the politicians. And very few attorney don't have political aspirations. Then there is the cost. Same thing goes for the ACLU.

It is important that anyone considering filing any suit in Federal Court be aware that the info can be obtained by anyone. For example, your local news can get the info and put your idenity in the news. Then it will be on the internet. Saying you will be ridiculed and criticized is a huge understatement. You also need to be aware that your children, spouse, parents, grandparents, employers, neighbors, spouses employer,etc may well have their privacy invaded and their lives made public because of their connection to you. Can these people handle questions like have they know you to have one to many drinks, do they know if you have ever abused any drugs, even if it was smoking pot when you were 18 & you're now 55, etc.

I doubt anyone here will believe this can and probably will happen. But, at least if it does and someone can't handle it, I'll know I tried to show the hidden and negative side. Suits like this have been talked about on the internet for a very long time. But, I have never seen, heard or read on any suit like this being filed.

Thanks everyone, I was so emotionally and physically beat on Wed that I was grasping at straws. I was able to get my medicine at Sams Club which was a relief. I know that I do not have the strength to fight the dragon. They are so secure in their positions in the community that they just don't care about us. Believe it or not I was actually going to bring balloons to CVS congratulating the pharmacist for getting his MD degree, but I thought they would call the police and THEY are not worth it. Only when the people revolt and move their business elsewhere will they care and I hope that I can achieve that one customer at a time starting with me.

Jasmine, that's great that you found a pharmacy with reasonable employees to help you. Word will get around about the one at CVS because I bet you aren't the first person he's pulled this crap on.

And won't be the first customer they lose. An email or phone call to CVS management could help them realize that "pharmacist" is a public relations nightmare.

Please see my new thread about fighting the DEA. These are issues that need to be addressed at the federal level where oversight of the DEA takes place. I am committed to spending the rets of my life battling them through the proper, recognized way of grassroots political action. A lawsuit would be dismissed as frivolous in this instance and you would need a miracle to find an attorney willing to help you. The usual aim of such an action is to receive financial renumeration for damages and harm done. The parties involved on the other side will simply point to DEA requirements that are impacting their ability to deal with you. I hope this helps and that you will help me.

I read somewhere that it is the Obama administration who is cracking down on prescription pain medication. You are going to have to wait until we have a new president in office. Obama is not going to change his mind on any of his issues. We need ride out this administration and then see f we can get some change. I wanted to do a documentary abut this. I emailed Michael Moore about financing a documentary about pain patients rights, but I never heard back from him. A good documentary of the entire process will help get the general public involved with our efforts. Most people are against pain meds because they do not know how bad people are suffering. We need to get suffering people in front of the camera in order to educate the public about living with chronic pain. If you are interested in someone to rep here in California, I will help you out. I hope you make some headway with all of this. Hugs!

Jeremy!

I do not know of there ever being a situation where once stricter regulations were enacted, that they were changed to lessor. Does anyone know of meds this has happened with in the past ? It isn't this administration anymore than it is any other administration. Who was in office when they moved oxycodone and tylenol to a Schedule II ?

jeremy has a good idea about informing the general public about what chronic pain patients go through. But, if the patient is receiving strong pain meds with meds for breakthrough, don't expect much. If the patient isn't able to receive pain meds because their insurance doesn't cover pain management or there are limits on how many doses insurance will pay for in a year, that may be different.

You have to realize that since chronic pain is not the direct cause of death, like drug abuse is, it will never be view as being as serious or as important by the general public or the politicians. It shouldn't be , but unfortunately it won't be. I seriously doubt that the general public will believe a small number of people talking about not bring able to get pain meds for chronic pain when they have heard and read from numerious sources for years that if someone is "really" in pain that they will be able to receive pain meds.

What might make a difference is if drs and medical organizations were to lobby to get these regulations changed. Even though we are the ones who live with the chronic pain everyday, we are not, nor will we ever be considered experts, but, drs are. It has been support from certain drs and other health care professionals that has made the addicts/abusers voices so loud that it brought about these tighter restrictions.