[GailA]

CALL YOUR CONGRESS CRITTER AND STOP THIS ASAP!

[LIConFem]

I've read that pharmacies are actually denying some patients their pain meds, especially if the prescription is new. And in at least one case, a terminally ill cancer patient in hospice had a prescription denied by a pharmacy.

I realize that these drugs are highly addictive and even dangerous. But until the pharma companies come up with a safer alternative, denying relief to people in pain is just plain cruel.

[Old Man From WV]

Joe Manchin should be recusing himself from any legislation dealing with pharmaceuticals instead of sponsoring it since his own daughter, Heather Bresch, is the CEO of Mylan, a major manufacturer.

[King Moonracer]

What is this, a drug pusher full employment act? Do cancer patients need to go to the bad parts of town to find a local dealer?

[GailA]

Please pass on to any Pain Patients you know.

[Zhang Fei]

Gotta wonder if CDC staff are on trial lawyer payrolls.

[wintertime]

I had a herniated disc in my neck. Without the 24/7 opioids I would have been driven insane with the pain.

[Bob434]

[[until a study can be completed on the long-term use of opioids.”]]

Studies HAVE been done, and it’s been proven that less than 3% of patients who take the medications as directed ever get addicted-

[Bob434]

This IS going to push people with severe pain to seek drugs off the street which are not controlled, and one won’t know the dose they are getting or whether the drugs have been cut with other crap- it WILL increase deaths

[sparklite2]

Suffering is noble ... as long
as someone else has to do it.