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#946179 - 10/19/09 12:02 PM
Re: www.frontierpharmacies.com - Is this a NROP?
[Re: zeny28]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 09/21/04
Posts: 1189
Loc: California
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#949028 - 10/25/09 06:39 PM
Re: frontierpharmacies.com
[Re: resorts]
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Journeyman
Registered: 12/11/05
Posts: 88
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[quote=resorts]91: You're being idealistic. Doctors (in general) do NOT care about how you REALLY feel. ALL they care about is how much money they can make off you and how they can "eek by" the DEA regulations. NOTHING ELSE. You could be dying and really need to be comfortable but your doctor will "weigh" the benefits of prescribing what you need as compared to what he/she (Dr) can prescribe without raising "flags". Make no mistake, your health is SOLELY in the DEA's/FDA's hands. NOT in your dr's hands.
True for most physicians, but this is a complete generalization. There are medical providers that do care about you as a person and patient. It is just a pitty that the State Medical Boards and DEA make it a crime to allow the provider to treat with less expensive, less dangerous narcotics as opposed to massive doses of ibuprofen (leading to kidney failure) or tylenol (leading to liver failure). They like the more expensive, less helpful drugs. Insurance companies also make it difficult, essentially dictating what medications are covered, and this is not limited to pain medications. If it were an idealistic world then treatment would be decided between a patient and a physician without input from the government or insurance companies. Quite honestly, for most physicians it is just not worth the risk of having to deal with a regulatory agency so they will not deal with pain issues. If there is a compassionate physician who will prescribe narcotics on an ongoing basis, often a mass of people show up wanting treatment once the general public becomes aware of it. Unfortunately, a substantial number of people will take medications in a manner other than as directed, frequently "lose" medications (usually the scheduled ones only), and are very demanding about getting what they want, when they want it. I suppose you could say they feel intitled to special treatment. Basically this ruins reasonable and appropriate care for the majority of others, who do not call for medications at all hours of the day and are responsible about taking medications exactly as prescribed. If it were an ideal world, we would not need a place like this DB board to help one another out.
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