HELLO, I lost my pain med and now I have to beg for another script.
Keep me close to your heart.
Michele

Basically, it all boils down to $$. The u.s. government spent a lot of time eyeing those "opioid suit settlements" to help line their pockets, so they set up the FAKE narrative of an "opioid epidemic" brought on by chronic pain patients and their pain medications. That scenario has NOT even been relative (or relevant) since 2010. PWUD don't "start out using prescriptions, then transition over to heroin." There IS NO heroin anymore; it's ALL adulterated with illicitly manufactured fentanyl (NOT the kind doctors use for surgery and prescriptions), along with ALL OTHER illicit drugs. IF someone is "taking pills," unless it is THEIR prescription, it is most likely a counterfeit pill (read: laced with illicit fentanyl). REAL pain patients who receive pain meds prescriptions RARELY divert their medications because they are needed. REAL pain patients do NOT "get high" from their prescription pain meds, either. NOW--while discussing the False Narrative set up by the u.s. government, it has become glaringly obvious that the REAL culprits are the Chinese chemists who create fenta-logs (fentanyl analogs) and then mail or ship them to Mexican drug cartels, who then set up distribution throughout epicenters within the u.s.a. The sad part?? The u.s. government KNOWS THIS, yet pretends to "care" about its people...HAHAHAHA...sorry, couldn't resist - gov only cares about greed and power and lining their own pockets. Their HIGHEST PAID professional witness in the "Opioid Trials," Andrew Kolodny, Ph.D., M.D., an ADDICTION SPECIALIST, NOT a pain-treating physician (actually NOT a human-treating physician at all!!!) STATED in a widely-shared quote that this generation needs to "DIE OFF" to get a grip on the opioid epidemic. Really. He said it. Look it up. It is NOT a prescription drug epidemic at all. It IS a polydrug overdose crisis, though. Hope this helps elucidate the topic a little for you. Don't hesitate to ask for more info.

Sadly, the bad apples have ruined for those of us that truly suffer pain. There have been so many that have abused the opiods, that it makes us also look like drug addicts. 😥😥😥😥

Stay Strong, We Are the Worriers!

Yes @A MyChronicPainTeam Member, one person can make it difficult for everyone else. I now have to show my ID at the local beer store because they sold to someone underage. In the case of Chronic Pain, regulators like the DEA and CDC have everyone scared to death about "Red Flags". The slightest error or even the reasonable judgement of a licensed professional can draw their wrath. Even when we're proactive we can be labeled as "knows too much" about how to work the system. My advice is to look for compassionate, even Christian, providers that will work together to cover each other's back and reduce Red Flags along your journey. For Medications, that means using one pharmacy for everything and avoid retail. Retail pharmacies don't have resources to do the extra work needed to reserve your medication or work with prescribers to smooth out any obstacles that could come.

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