Thank you Dr. Lily & Dr. Singer! True heroes in the fight for patient privacy & autonomy. ❤

Many States are considering making euthanasia LEGAL. Mark my words Chronic pain patients will be on the top of the list! Just as MAIDS is in Canada! This is because of the cost of care. They would rather honestly truly have you pass away versus treating you with an opiate that could increase your quality of life. Many that could have their quality of life improved could even possibly work. It is so unethical to have to choose euthanasia when there is treatment. Is there a cure, no, there is not. But it can be controlled with opiates for those who are in severe chronic pain. we shall live to see this. I would choose it, even at the point I am because I am on less than half of the medicine I need. I can’t do the basics of ADLS on many days. I literally live on a day-to-day basis as I don’t know what I am going to wake up to. I am a former nurse practitioner with over 30 years of caring for chronic pain patients. Never in my life would I think we would be where we are today on treating Pain? Again, it is unethical, inhumane, and totally not acceptable in regards to what the government is doing to the people with chronic pain in the United States of America. We never got any attention because there’s so many people out there, shooting other people and so much violence going on. How sad our world is.

I think when you take a chronic pain patient precipitously off the meds even if they’ve been on a stable dose with no addiction or diversion it’s simply cruel to expect a patient who was put on by they’re doctor, to suddenly with no warning stop prescribing. The private hospitals and clinics have made policies in which they “no longer treat chronic pain patients “leaving them in a precipitous unexpected abrupt tapering and often results in the patient experiencing abrupt increase in their pain and then withdrawal symptoms. There is a difference between opioid dependence and substance abuse disorder. Many have proved over time they are responsible and the meds make it possible to do more activities without experiencing severe pain afterward. Pain patients are suffering and they need support, not abandoned after it was their doctor who put them on it and as such must take responsibility for that, stop taking it out on people who live with intractable pain every day. That is burden enough.

Great presentation. We look forward to collaborating.

From a patient’s prospective, please note that we are totally out of the loop when trying to determine who has the ball and delaying the issuance of a script. The pharmacy blames the physicians and vise versa. Occasionally the insurance carrier is blamed. Regardless, we have no line of sight on who is holding the ball. Just imagine the reduction of workload (phone calls alone) and improved customer service if the patient knew who is delaying a prescription. Geez, it ain’t rocket science.

So much for HIPPA rights if you have chronic pain.

Everything is about money not people's lives

So it sounds to me like anyone in pain will CONTINUE TO GET THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS ON THE STREET. Thanks for taking care of those who actually need these medications. So now people who answer the questions properly will get meds. Those who don't, won't. Oh that's great.

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons members are great heroes of the 21 Century. Pushing back the tyrants that want to bury you takes great courage. Aristotelian Logic and Science will prevail in the end, If not, hell on humanity. I am proud of you all.

My body. My choice.

Thank you Dr. Lilly- excellent information. My dr who lost license for being a board consultant and triple bd certified----(but did prescribe pain meds)- told all of us to "remove label when disposing of empty bottles---for safety". Now I see someone somewhere can look in the data base, see who gets what- and send some home invasion gang over to the house. This is very scary. At least credit reporting agencies have to leave a trail when they look at someones credit- this needs to be fixed immediately for patient safety.

Profits over people. A

I just want to add one more thing. The pdmp admits there may be errors in our records. I encourage EVERYONE to get a copy (which you are entitled to) of their pdmp/pmp.

Orwellian. States should opt out one by one until it's shut down for disuse.