My name is Jay Fleming, I've been a speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition for over 10 years.
My background is in Law Enforcement, working both unifrm and undercover, I was trained as a Moile Intensive Care Unit Paramedic, and have spent the last 20+ years suffering chronic pain from a failed back surgery.
My first real pain doctor was Dr William Hurwitz. He was one of the leading pain speciallists until DEA went after him. The Police State of Medicine by William Hurwitz, is something every pain patient should read.
The pain crisis is only going to get worse. Suicide rates will increase as pain treatment declines as the chilling effect of recent fines continues.
Every study say's pain is undertreated, yet pharmacy wholesalers have put quotas on pain medications, and physicians are reluctent to prescribe pain medications, not because it's bad for the patient, but because of fear of DEA.
According to DEA there have been no new regulations. There have been no rule changes. There have been no changes in the Controlled Substances Act,” said Payne.
“People will call us and they’ll say, ‘I can’t get my meds. And the pharmacy tells me that it’s your fault.’ It’s always popular to blame the government for something. We’ve been blamed in the past for having a chilling effect by a lot of people in the pain management community.”
That “chilling effect” stems from recent enforcement actions taken by the DEA against doctors, drug store chains and wholesale drug distributors.
Cardinal Health, one of the nation’s largest wholesalers, was fined $34 million in 2012 after it failed to report suspicious orders for hydrocodone at a distribution facility in Lakeland, Florida. Shipments of controlled substances from that facility were suspended for two years.
http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/dea-doctors-pharmacies-responsible-pain-med-denials-8822886.htmlPharmacy wholesalers have put quotas on pain medications, leaving patients to suffer withdrawals waiting for refills.
If you have had your dose of pain medications lowered by your doctor, because it was required by DEA. Please file a complaint with your state medical board.
The undertreatment of pain is a serious problem. Nothing will change until patients start filing complaints about the undertreatment of pain.
Please pass this information on.
