Well, shoot. Not good for us that this is resurfacing.
Hope my mom doesn't see it again.
Thanks, thaliajen......hugs.....jc..

Just what we need more stupid reporters driving addicts to their scores to get high.

Please explian to me why it is OK for these addicts to be on TV proving they are criminals without being arrested for the harm they are doing?????????

Actually, Current TV runs Oxycontin Express every few weeks, like they do their other documentaries. Those Florida "Pain Clinics" were a disgrace, handing out oxy and xanax to anyone who walked in, often from other states, like Ohio, Kentucky. I felt particularly bad for that sherrif in Kentucky who said regarding those pain clinics: "All the profit is there (Florida) and all the pain is here."

So now those clinics in Florida are closed, and they have a state-wide rx narcotic tracking system--which they strangely didn't have before. And the true pain patients are paying the price. '

My PM doc says he feels a "little bit" pressured, which is why he does a urine drug screen for each patient each visit. And he keeps in very close touch with each patient's referring MD. And he's the one who suggests increases to me without my asking.

I am extremely lucky. For how long, I don't know.

Hugs,
Theresa

My second thought after feeling bad for the loss of such a talented woman was thank God she didn't take pain meds. Her Drug was cocaine mixed with pot and a few cocktails. Guess that doesn't matter, the gov't and it's minions in television are on a crusade to take away pain meds. All the new reports seem to be heading that way or claim there needs to be a standardized approach to treating pain with the gov't in charge with a big focus on prevention. What the heck does that mean? More posters of proper lifting, taking bone meds (so what if they also can kill bone), how not to get arthritis? Not get painful DXs like fibro or RSD? How not to age?

These are all bad signs to me.

I live in Kentucky and I can attest to the fact that prescription drug addicition is horrible here. As a result, I have had no pain management in the past 3 years. They didn't even give me anything but Ibuprofen after my hysterectomy. Well, that is until my friend advocated for me and threw a hit. It is estimated that in my county alone drug abuse affects more than 75% of the residents. It's scary and it's frustrating.

Oh, and they still make pill runs to Florida. The clinics might be closed but they're still getting them down there. I have personally encountered people as recently as Christmas who bragged about going down there to get pills so that they could sell them and get their kids Christmas presents.

Methadone clinics are also popular in my state for the people who are trying to recover.

I live in FL so I face the problem head on. It is like pulling teeth to get my pain doc to prescribe me anything for the pain. He is very strict about what he gives his patients, mostly because I this. And your right about the tracking system in this state. I went in for my 2nd appt with this doc and he had copies of all of the scripts I had gotten from my GP in the last 6 months.

But yet my brother can go to one of those "pill farms" and get bottles full of roxicet and 2mg xanax bars. Whatever he wants. He would rather pay all of that money for his pills than get health ins for his kids. He also sells his pills when he is running out of money and to make ends meet.

Alot of the places down here are getting more strict in treating people. My pain doc is nice, but very strict. When the hospital put me on different meds, he just about had a hissy fit, when I called to tell them I was out of the hospital. So I had to schedule a sooner appt just to go over what I am on now. Honestly I am glad he is strict, but at the same time, I am the one that is suffering. I don't get the pain care that I NEED becaue of the addicts.

Also you should see the number of addicts coming out of rehab now and how young they are. It is insane.

I will check to see if I have that channel as I would like to watch the documentary. It would be interesting to watch. It just sucks that we CPers have to suffer becuase of all of the addicts and bad docs that just dole out pain meds like they are candy.

it's frustrating that they can keep running that over and over without showing how it saves many lives. a companion piece would be wonderful.
they like to stir up the pot while, like you said jenna, the druggies and celebrities know how, when, where. they aren't really providing a service, but making people paranoid and misguided.