This appeared as a comment on another closed FB page for Chronic Painers !
I called my doctor out on this and all he could respond with was that his hands were tied and that management has changed the policies, as they are following the max daily dosage but refusing to follow the guidelines on exemptions
How many in the chronic pain community have signed various petitions… how many have made phone calls… sent letters/emails… to various entities…
Does this statement now demonstrates that prescribers are reluctant to follow the guidelines that the CDC and some states have published ? This particular pt was told that THE MANAGEMENT had made the mgs/daily limits decision..
So if this MANAGEMENT does not have a license to practice medicine then they are apparently believing that they are capable of doing so
IF this management does have a license to practice medicine then we are talking about COLLUSION among the prescribers in this group.. to discriminate against a specific group of pts.. because of their medical necessity for certain medications (controlled substances). COLLUSION is ILLEGAL as is discriminating against those covered by the Americans with Disability Act… it is considered a CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION.. the same if they refused to treat a pt because of the color of their skin, their religious beliefs, sexual preferences … etc…etc…
Law firms are not going to take on a single pt’s legal issues on a contingency basis because in our legal system the “value of life” of someone who is disabled/handicapped, elderly, unemployable is “NOT MUCH”… but when a SINGLE ENTITY – like a corporation… makes a decision/policy that will harm hundreds or thousands of people the formula changes.
Here is a previous post that I made and suggest that your read it
Regain your quality of life … SUE THEIR ASS !
Or you can continue to sign petitions, sending letters/emails/faxes to our elected officials… and see where that gets you… The problem belongs to those in the chronic pain community… only those in the chronic pain community can hope to change the direction things have taken.
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This is all said and good but how do you get a lawyer to do a class action lawsuit. Why are the non-profit groups that are suppose to to support chronic pain patients not filling a class action lawsuit. Why are not doctors groups filing a class action lawsuit suit. The point is what the hell are we supposed to do other then what we are already doing.
The non-profits are not a “harmed party” the only thing that they could do is challenge the constitutionality of most/many/all the regulations that the DEA has implement – thru their interpretation of the CSA – IMO.. none of the entities (doctors,pharmacies,pharmacists,wholesalers, manufacturers) licensed by the DEA are going to challenge/sue the DEA.. because they control their ability to prescribe/sell controlled substances. We have seen the DEA still creating regulations from the 1970 CSA to serve their current agenda to “take out” some entity or some substance that they had determined is not in the public’s best interest. The DEA will “wipe out” a few dozen licensees and the rest will fall in line and drop any lawsuits
amen,,,ditto,,on Mr.Steves comment,,,,until we find a lawyer or a entity that actually has the monies and actually CARES about humanity,,,were screwed,,,,,mary
When a pain management clinic is owned by a hospital or others, they are referred to as “management”. In most states, an M.D. has to own at least 51% of the clinic before it can open as a Pain Management Clinic.
When a hospital creates a edict via policies and procedures that all employed prescribers will limit opiate dosing to 90mg ME and claim that they are following CDC guidelines.. they are only observing a portion of the CDC guidelines and ignoring all other portions.. the corporation is attempting to practice medicine via corporate edict… which will cause hundred or thousands of chronic pain pts to suffer and be harm from the physiological harm/consequences to those under treated pts. That is where class action law firms should start taking notice
These are exact type of stories I forward to my ACLU contact ,”for”’ a case,,,,m