DEA cancels hearing, wants to pull pain doctor’s registration
Already ONE DOCUMENTED SUICIDE Just another STATISTIC of the WAR ON DRUGS ? how many suicides goes unreported ? Because of the actions of the DEA in closing down this medical practice. But DEATHS from DEA/Judicial’s actions… are just COLLATERAL DAMAGE ? 8000 opiate dependent chronic pain pts being thrown to “the curb” …how many more SUICIDES will there be… and how many will we not hear about ?
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials have canceled a Tuesday hearing to consider a Seattle pain doctor’s ability to prescribe powerful narcotics, recommending instead that Dr. Frank Li’s privileges be revoked.
The former medical director of Seattle Pain Centers, a chain of Washington clinics, had been set Tuesday to defend his right to retain his DEA registration, which allows prescription and distribution of all controlled substances, including opiate painkillers.
The federal Controlled Substances Act requires that medical providers who prescribe controlled substances be appropriately licensed.
Through lawyers, Li had previously said that he would contest the revocation of his DEA registration because his medical license is merely suspended and could be reinstated. A lawyer representing Li did not immediately respond to questions about the proposed revocation.
State Medical Commission members suspended Li’s license in July amid charges that care by Li and Seattle Pain Centers providers MAY have contributed to the deaths of at least 18 patients since 2010.
California medical-board officials took similar action within weeks.
Li, 48, is accused of failing to properly monitor patients taking high doses of opiate painkillers.
Following the charges, the eight Seattle Pain Centers sites across Washington were closed, leaving an estimated 8,000 opiate patients and as many as 25,000 patients seen since 2008 in need of care.
The move threw the state’s pain-care system into chaos, leaving many patients without care and providers scrambling to help them. One former patient committed suicide and blamed the loss of Seattle Pain Centers in a note left behind.
Li is scheduled for a hearing before the Medical Commission next April.
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I have been on opiates since my surgeon screwed my back up in 2004. I have never abusd my medication nor have i run out early. I have been on the same dose of morphine for twelve years. I have never faied a drug test.
Over the last three months, my pain has become unbearable. I have never expected the drugs to take all of my pain away. I also don’t expect to live a long life if I can’t find a way to make this pain better. I don’t want new drugs or higher doses of my current ones. That would only mask the pain a little longer. I want a cure or at least a partial fixing of the problem.
If I die tonight or any other night from an overdose, I want my wonderful government to know that it was intentional. I will have made the choice to no longer live with agonizing pain. After all, I’m really not “living”, i am just surving each day so I can awaken to my private hell and do it again tomorrow.
I love your posts. Thank you for bringing the truth to light!
It saddens me,,,the position and choice u as a adult have been forced into…I am sure u have thought all this over,,,,,I am sure u have tried everything,,,,,but I gotta ask,,,have u tried that cbd oil???I guess its just in my nature to try and save life,,,,,but I do understand,,Also they will NOT record your death as ,”death due to untreated physical pain due to forced endurement of physical pain via our government,dea..The will record your death only as a O.D.,,Period..They refuse to put on any of our death certificates ,”death due to untreated physical pain from medical illness or doctors errors,”’ I have asked,,,to at least have 1 box on all death certificates,,the government refused..They want no legal record of the death they have WILLFULLY caused,We are trying to fight for our rite to at least have our medicines,,,like u said,,,it will never take it all away,,but it does lessen it enough to function a bit,,, jmo,,I am trying to grow my own natures medicine,,,via certain flowers,,,there are what are called essential oil extraction kits,,,U can make lavender oils,,essential oils from turmeric,,many many .”different,” types of flowers have essential oil u can extract to have natures purest pain medicines…There is a microwave extraction kit,,I know it takes at least 90 days to grow any plant,,which means 120 more days in physical pain..but to never ever have to rely on a doctor ever again,,hell there won’t be any more doctors left,,,,As a free adult,,,,am just tryen to save a life,,and lessen human suffering as any NORMAL HUMANE person would,in a once decent society,,,Just as it is Normal ,,that no-one facing a life time forced into physical pain when their are MEDICIES to lessen that physical pain,,would want to live a life time in forced physical pain,due to our dea..,,They have turned our society backwards to the dark ages of medicines,,Klondyne,the dea,,have turned the treatment of physical pain backwards 1000 years,,,sicko’s,,,they want us dead,seriously they want us all dead,,,soo they can say,,their forced endurement of physical pain by restricting our access to our medicines worked,,seee,,,the data shows less people on medicine,,,,,I am being a wise ass,,but it is true,jmo,,they want use dead,,its called genocide,mary,
Mary,
You are so sweet. Thank you for taking the time to read my post and to respond with love.
I may not have worded my post correctly and I am sorry. I have no plans to commit suicide and hope I never will! Tried many times in the past, to no avail. That was caused by untreated bipolar disorder though, not physical pain. I just want it known to the jerks who control our level of misery that if I were to EVER overdose on narcotics, it would not be for the purpose of getting high but accidently overdose
Mary,
I’m sorry. I’m having technical difficulties and my incomplete response was posted. Have litte to no working knowledge of the technical stuff on WordPress. I will fix this as soon as i figure out how to.
Love and hugs
Leah
I understand what your saying. We have no way to turn for help. No one hears us. Each an everyone of them will face what is being done to us. Their families will face the same pain as they grow older. It’s just a shame. I wish I could help you I would if I could. Maybe Palliative Care in Mexico . I’m not sure but check on line. I really do wish you the best.
Sandra G