tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644064919888028581.post8965007168693966935..comments2023-10-18T08:20:09.252-05:00Comments on Living With Chronic Pain and Depression: The War On DrugsRaven/Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502412577584236318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644064919888028581.post-7772469326421689362009-11-02T16:26:40.883-06:002009-11-02T16:26:40.883-06:00I hope you do not get to the point of mandatory dr...I hope you do not get to the point of mandatory drug testing for anyone on pain medication. <br /><br />What you said about how you would fail the drug test happened to my daughter. She was given medication on an as needed basis. The doctor was very stern when he told her to only take it when she really really needed it. So she did exactly what he said. She happened to have a couple good days in a row, so did not take the meds. Those days came right before a doctor's appointment. They insisted on a drug test and when she came up clean, despite having her medication with her to show she still had all the tablets she should have, he discharged her as a patient because the DEA guidelines required that he do so. I was flabbergasted! He told us that basically she has to take the medication on days of doctor visits, whether she needs it or not, so she can pass the urine test. I was amazed!<br /><br />I talked to the other doctor in the office (the one who started that particular group of doctors) and explained what happened. He told me that the doctor had made a bad mistake and he took my daughter on as his patient instead. Because of that she still gets pain control, but her record is marked with that failure on the drug test. <br /><br />It is truly scary to think that some day, we will not be allowed pain control at all. I know for a fact that I wouldn't survive very long if that happens.Raven/Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502412577584236318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644064919888028581.post-84380327777179106712009-11-02T05:43:39.365-06:002009-11-02T05:43:39.365-06:00I know this refers to the US, but similar things a...I know this refers to the US, but similar things are happening here...we just haven't gotten as far as to start randomly drug testing people. In a way I am lucky, I take a slow release morphine tablet twice a day to manage my pain so that it stays at a 5 most of the time, then for days when it gets unbearable, I take severdol, another type of morphine to top up..if I lived where you did and had not had a bad pain day on the day of the test, then I would be deemed as "selling my drugs", which is, to excuse me from swearing, fucking ridculous..if I used them every day they wouldn't work when I did need them and I would become addicted to them...crazy, crazy world we live in...Joey Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00950833278471728849noreply@blogger.com