Lawsuit: CVS Pharmacy refused to fill Riverview woman’s opioid prescription
Link to lawsuit filed https://www.wfla.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2020/08/Class-Action-Complaint-Fuog-vs-CVS-Pharmacy.pdf
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Lawsuit: CVS Pharmacy refused to fill Riverview woman’s opioid prescription
Posted on May 20, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Yes, it was my insurance company that said the mme amount was only covered as part of a titration down, which left me suffering greatly and lead to becoming housebound. When will I be able to sue for that and then find a Dr who will prescribe my high doses I need since losing my pain pump to infection. Any lawyers want to take that case?
what is a primary function of the practice of medicine is the starting, changing, stopping a pt’s therapy, I am not aware of any insurance company that has the licensed right to practice medicine. So they are saying that you do not have pain? There is the story behind the MME system The True Story of Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/03/01/true-story-morphine-milligram-equivalents-mme-16154
By Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA — March 1, 2022. It was a observational program of nursing asking post-op surgery what their pain level was and notating the med & mgs & frequency the pt was taking. which has NOTHING TO DO with the meds needed for treating a chronic pain pt. Since it was done in the early-mid 70’s – our DNA was not fully mapped until around the year 2000, and that is what pharmacogenomics (PGx) testing was developed. If you are a normal metabolizer, your oral dose will be 50 to 100 times what you were receiving via your implanted pump. If you are a fast/ultra metabolizer of the opioid you were taking.. your required oral dose to match up with your implanted pump dose could/may be much more than 50 to 100 times what you were receiving via your pump. Also if your implanted pump may have had a lidocaine category of med – that may not work orally.
Sorry this happened to you & others, but thank you for pushing forward!
Thank you Edith Fuog.
You’re so welcome, but no thank you’s are needed. We’re all in this together. Changes ARE coming! So please hang on!
That’s right! We ALL MUST really push Now!
Thank you is ABSOLUTELY justified here! As a nurse and chronic pain patient I am disgusted by the actions of so many pharmacies/pharmacists. I hope this lawsuit sets a precedent for all of us to be able to have some relief!
Thank you. My daughter is a nurse, currently working in an ER. She said it’s bad for chronic pain, she’s only seen it given to a few sickle cell patients. And Covid patients. For me personally, I’ve only had issues with Hospital’s and ER around 3 times out of probably 40 admissions since 2014. However, I go to the same hospital, and all my records are in front of them on their computers. I know I’m extremely lucky. However, I don’t have much luck with pharmacies and pharmacists! It’s a nightmare. And I know I’m blessed because I actually have an amazing Pain Management Dr who’s been treating me for 8 years. I’m terrified he’ll retire soon. He’s told me he won’t until things get better for CPP’s, but that might be another 10 years!
I do have hope that it’ll get better, at least with pharmacies. Next up: state/federal laws protecting us, and possibly against a few major insurance companies for refusing to cover opioids prescriptions.
PS – thank YOU, Kim! You are brave and courageous doing a hard job, saving lives! I am thankful for you and all the amazing nurses wanting to make us all healthier!