Re: Latest on Getting Meds

[Guest guest]

I had to get my prescription for Percocet filled today. It used to be you

could get refills. Then after the Oxy " scandal " they changed the laws in

Illinois that you had to get a new Rx every time you wanted it filled.

Fortunately, my Dr. just fills one out and I can pick it up any time.

But when I took it into the pharmacy today, they told me there was a new

law. Now they have to " card " me. I need a photo ID with my driver's license

number or social security number on it. They put that on the actual script so

that if/when the DEA audits them, they know that I was the person the med was

for.

I asked what would happen if I was completely disabled and couldn't bring in

the Rx myself. She didn't know.

And having my meds wouldn't stop me from going out and selling them on a

street corner, if I were inclined to do so, photo ID or not.

Just doesn't make sense to me.

Dix

[Guest guest]

This is unbelievable! Are we going to be treated like criminals in order to have

pain medication? The criminal element will always find a way to get what drugs

they want. We, as taxpayers and good people should not have to be put through

hoops when the truth is all we want is some quality of life. Personally, I have

been taking 160mg of Oxy every day along with 4-6 percocet and have never, ever,

felt any euphoria they talk about. I also know being addicted on oxy is a

terrible thing for a doctor to deal with but denying people with chronic pain

from a med they need is criminal. At this point, in Canada, we don't have a

problem getting pain medication. it is strictly controlled and while on oxy we

are required to visit the GP every month and there is a limit I am allowed of 3

x 80mg within a 24 hr period. I hardly ever take the third one because I get

that horrible itch from head to toe. I am never pain free but the pain is

controlled enough that I can at least do a few things that are fun. Once I get

my knee and ankle operated on, hopefully I won't need the oxy.

Okay, getting off my platform LOL but I will keep on fighting for all chronic

pain sufferers to get the meds they need and deserve.

Hugs

June

Re: [ ] Latest on Getting Meds

I had to get my prescription for Percocet filled today. It used to be you

could get refills. Then after the Oxy " scandal " they changed the laws in

Illinois that you had to get a new Rx every time you wanted it filled.

Fortunately, my Dr. just fills one out and I can pick it up any time.

But when I took it into the pharmacy today, they told me there was a new

law. Now they have to " card " me. I need a photo ID with my driver's license

number or social security number on it. They put that on the actual script so

that if/when the DEA audits them, they know that I was the person the med was

for.

I asked what would happen if I was completely disabled and couldn't bring

in the Rx myself. She didn't know.

And having my meds wouldn't stop me from going out and selling them on a

street corner, if I were inclined to do so, photo ID or not.

Just doesn't make sense to me.

Dix

[Guest guest]

I took Oxy for three days after my hysterectomy two years ago. It did nothing

for my pain. The only thing it did was make me sleep so I didn't feel the pain.

I didn't even know what I was taking until I threw the bottle away last year

that was in my safe. I was surprised that this was the drug I was hearing so

much about. Pain meds tend to just make me sleep and that's it. Advil works

better for me than anything I think.

Becky

Re: [ ] Latest on Getting Meds

I had to get my prescription for Percocet filled today. It used to be

you could get refills. Then after the Oxy " scandal " they changed the laws in

Illinois that you had to get a new Rx every time you wanted it filled.

Fortunately, my Dr. just fills one out and I can pick it up any time.

But when I took it into the pharmacy today, they told me there was a new

law. Now they have to " card " me. I need a photo ID with my driver's license

number or social security number on it. They put that on the actual script so

that if/when the DEA audits them, they know that I was the person the med was

for.

I asked what would happen if I was completely disabled and couldn't

bring in the Rx myself. She didn't know.

And having my meds wouldn't stop me from going out and selling them on a

street corner, if I were inclined to do so, photo ID or not.

Just doesn't make sense to me.

Dix

[Guest guest]

P.S. to the my last Oxy note. Oxy leaves me with a bad memory. I uncovered a

scandal in my children's Catholic School this past school year. A teacher there

(principal's sister who I did not like) was a felon. She was hired by her

sister the principal and no background check was done at that time. It was

hidden that she burglarized her father's pharmacy of oxy and valium, was watched

by the drug enforcement team, and arrested. She was found guilty but did not go

to prison (family is political in that part of Illinois) but was put on an

intense 5 year TASC probation. For a time she was on electronic home

monitoring. She was teaching in our school at the time it all happened and

continued to teach until I brought it to light at the Diocese. That was in

October of 2003 and she was allowed to finish out the school year until June of

2004, as was her sister the principal! Can you believe this?!?!?!? In the

court documents she was a self-admitted substance abuser. Another almost

cover-up in the Catholic church. Imagine my horror when I discovered the empty

bottle of oxy in my safe!

Becky

Re: [ ] Latest on Getting Meds

I had to get my prescription for Percocet filled today. It used to be

you could get refills. Then after the Oxy " scandal " they changed the laws in

Illinois that you had to get a new Rx every time you wanted it filled.

Fortunately, my Dr. just fills one out and I can pick it up any time.

But when I took it into the pharmacy today, they told me there was a new

law. Now they have to " card " me. I need a photo ID with my driver's license

number or social security number on it. They put that on the actual script so

that if/when the DEA audits them, they know that I was the person the med was

for.

I asked what would happen if I was completely disabled and couldn't

bring in the Rx myself. She didn't know.

And having my meds wouldn't stop me from going out and selling them on a

street corner, if I were inclined to do so, photo ID or not.

Just doesn't make sense to me.

Dix