As this reads, it would appear that the state’s medical board has instructed all prescribers in the state to reduce the number of opiates prescriptions. So the medical board is denying/discriminating against all pts who are covered by the Americans with Disability Act and Civil Rights Act appropriate care. So bureaucrats at the STATE LEVEL can dictate the violation of a FEDERAL LAW by all the licensed physicians in this particular state.
Last I looked.. it is against the Control Substance Act to prescribe (de-prescribe) controlled medications for a person that the prescriber has not done a in person physical exam. According to this posted letter, these same bureaucrats have not even bothered to review the medical records of any patient that they have decided to deny care.
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Somebody needs to sue the state if any attorney will take the case. The only way the attorneys are interested is IF big money is involved.
Damn I wonder what state this is from?
There’s no way in hell anyone with a brain will getting any surgery from this surgeon. Omg how cruel!
Donna, I was curious myself. Edward G. Stokes of San Bernardino, California …. An immediate 50% cut in pain medications will throw many into withdrawal. He’s been practicing for over 40 years and is 72 years old, so karma might just come back to bite him in the ass.