I as seeing a larger and larger picture evolve.. as pieces of this war on drugs/pts comes into focus.. I spent a large portion of my day with Staywell ( FL Medicaid) trying to help a pt getting their meds in the system.. Most of the staff at Staywell seemed to be pretty well trained to express empathy for the pt’s plight.. However, they obviously haven’t been granted any authority to help resolve a problem.. So I guess that empathy expressed without any action.. is a pretty hollow gesture.
The investigative reporter (Darsey Spears) from channel 13 in Las Vegas just did her second report this year… and has tried to gets answers from the major chains, DEA, and this time bureaucrats. The impression from the responses from the NV Federal bureaucrats.. IMO.. a lot of “I want to care”… ” I don’t want to know about it”.. “I will get back with you .. if you contact me several times in the next year or two”
Matt Grant at channel 2 in Orlando … has done several articles.. Gov Scott, AG Bondi and the local DEA special agent did a lot of finger pointing… the local Orlando Pharmacist that spoke to Matt Grant his independent pharmacy has since been visited by the DEA..
It is becoming more obvious me that bureaucrats, politicians, wholesalers, judicial system, corporate pharmacy, and others .. are perfectly happy with the status quo and have no valid intentions of moving from that point.
BUT,,, all of these entities have one thing in common – FEAR … yes that FOUR LETTER “F” WORD !
You just have to listen to what they each say individually…
Pharmacists routinely profess that they are declining filling controlled Rxs for fear of losing their license and their livelihood.. which boils down to MONEY… sue the individual pharmacist and they will lose MONEY… the more pts that sues them… the more MONEY they will lose.. They can keep their license but their financial quality of life … could take a seriously hit.
The pharmacy corporation FEARS losing money and their stock price falling.. apparently more and more people are spending money with them.. from the financial reports that they make public.. but .. imagine the bad PR that could be generated by pt who could be turned down.. making factual posts on their website and/or send out tweets with #their name… Trust me… they scan the web.. watching for what is said about them on the web.
Videoing their Pharmacists as they make unsavory statements about you or our prescriber…
There has got to be more than just Matt Grant and Darsey Spears have a concern about pts not getting their meds.. they claim that there are 116 million chronic pain pts.. that doesn’t count all those others with subjective diseases that requires treatment with a controlled med. Pick up the link to these investigative stories and send them to the investigative reporter in your area … and ask why they are not concerned about chronic pain pts being denied their medications.
You can believe the promises and platitudes of these various entities.. how long are you going to accept these worthless, hollow words ?
I am receiving emails from more and more pts that are being cut off of their meds from pharmacies that they have patronized for years.. IMO.. it is not if you lose access to your meds… but.. when you lose access to your meds.
First they came for the mentally ill addicts, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a mentally ill addict.
Then they came for the empathetic prescribers, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a empathetic prescriber.
Then they came for the Pharmacists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Pharmacist.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me
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