18th March 2007
I am new to this board and it is comforting to hear that I am not the only one having these issues although I am sorry you had to go through that. I work in law and have seen a few docs go to jail, not for overprescribing, but underprescribing! It is a form of malpractice. People really need to start complaining more about these kinds of docs. I had a similar situation when my doc went out of town and I didn't fill my meds in time, so I went to my primary doc per her instructions and he called and lectured me and said he was NOT going to prescribe me any narcotics even though he had my history and instructions from the PM doc. He kept callin my Actiq, "perca pops" which I later found out is the street name, and how they were selling on the streets for $50 a piece implying that I might be selling my meds. He even went back in my records a year to see I had taken Tussionex one time when I had the flu and mentioned how people go through a process of seperating the "good stuff". I just remember thinking, "this guy us obsessed with all the tings he thinks I could be doing with my meds!" I was so insulted. And by the way, Actiq is prescribed for pain other than cancer pain. It is even starting to be used for Migraines. My insurance covered it when I was diagnosed with cancer 4 years ago, but they still covered it year later for my back surgery, so he was wrong about that. Anyway, I would go to that site I gave you the link to, at the very least so that if it happens again you know your rights and the law so you can make him aware that he is messing with the wrong girl!
