WA State Chronic Pain Patients Wiling To Stand Up For Your Right To Keep Your Opioid Medication And At A Dose That Works?
WA STATE TESTIMONY NEEDED! Looking for others in WA state who have had their opioid medication reduced or taken away since the CDC guidelines. Bill 1427 passed the WA Senate, and although some parts are good, their is a requirement for our DOH Medical Quality Assurance Commission to adopt new opioid prescribing rules by Jan. 2019. Just what we need, more rules. We need to be ready to stand up for ourselves. I will be at these public rule making meetings and have every intention of making sure… read more
I believe Claudia Merandi is our best bet at getting real change implemented... she has already crafted legislation in one state to benefit pain pts.... she is ah-may-zing♡
Is Anyone Else Being Forced To Get Off Their Pain Medications?
I have been having a rough weekend with my pain and my depression/anxiety and more so, far of what is to come, after recently finding out I’m being forced off of my pain medication. My health insurance is stating that they are tapering me down due to the obvious opioid crisis going on in the world which I completely understand, but to leave me with so many questions, no choice in this decision, no non-opioid medications or alternative treatment options being considered or offered, no plan if… read more
There IS no opioid crisis with pain patients! The issue is illicit fentanyl
Doctors are terrified of the DEA
AND doctors are pushing suboxone/buprenorphine which are the most difficult opioids ro… read more
Fibromyalgia/CFS
I don’t know what to do. My old doctor of 8 years prescribed medication which was effective in treating my symptoms, but since I moved my new doctor won’t prescribe the same meds. I’ve she’s put me on a bunch of new meds which only made things much worse and even though I’ve explained to her how the new meds doesn’t work but only make things 10 x worse she just won’t prescribe the stuff that works. 😖
New doctor!