Prescription for Abuse | KCTS 9 Documentary

[@JohnDoe-ib9bc]

I understand that having a family member die of an overdose of prescription medication is so incredibly sad, but unfortunately the answer to solving that issue is not going to be fixed by making the medication harder to obtain. When you're dealing with an addict, they will go to extreme lengths to get their fix, whether it be pills or heroin, they are so determined to get high that it doesn't matter to them. I hate to say it, but her son would have found a way to get his fix no matter what the circumstance.The only people you're hurting by making prescription drugs nearly impossible to obtain is people who are truly suffering. The kid didn't accidentally overdose on a drug he was prescribed to by his doctor which he had no idea was dangerous, he was injecting it into his body in combination with an illegal drug, he knew exactly what he was doing and controlling prescription medication was not going to stop him.

[@JohnDoe-ib9bc]

Bottom line, stop making it harder for people living in serious agony to get help because your son made the choice to abuse a prescription drug on his own time. Taking the pills away wasn't going to stop him. I couldn't sleep at night if I knew non addicts were suffering because they weren't being treated properly and couldn't get the medication they needed because of my own selfishness.

[@iamcasihart]

I completely agree with everything you expressed in your comment.

[@CmdrPwnage]

Exactly, all it does it make it harder for people to get pain relief when they really need it. I've already run into this problem myself.

[@camman6912]

John Doe well said

[@sicah8898]

I am a patient I am not a drug addict!!! I need the medication I have been prescribed which I use correctly according to my doctors instructions. I will not be penalised or be made to feel I am a drug addict and I wish this very sad story and all the others would not be used to control a nut with a sledgehammer. Yes it is sad that people die because of the addiction they have but the flip side of that is my grandmother who died in screaming agony because she had brain cancer and very little option to obtain painkillers. I do not want to end up like this

[@rochelle123ist]

What about cancer patients?

[@rochelle123ist]

So if someone comes to a trauma center with a gun shot would or a serious car accident be denied pain morphine or oxycodone?

[@ticks4ticks4]

No; that's a different case. (In-patient administration of morphine or hydromorphone) would be vital; along with inpatient administration of antibiotics; and later, when still admitted. continued in-patient therapy, with oxycodcodone for breakthrough patient; and perhaps toradol as well. That's a different story.

[@northoftheriver1504]

Ive been on 1mg of clonazepam a day in the morning, ive been on this dose for nearly 3 years, I don't see the tablets as a high, coz they helped me, i no im addicted to them but I never want more, ill never go over my recommended dose, watching this doco makes me happy that Aussie doctors aren't so chilled about giving out hard pain meds.

[@fauxmanchu8094]

Northoftheriver I'm glad too. I was given opiates only once for a week and it was strictly controlled by my gp. I was never given any painkillers that was more than necessary. In America, some people, once a medication make them high n feel good, they'll go on to abuse it.

[@kimcarpenter446]

willing to help much of the time. Like with so many other things, it seems those that don't really need it-abuse it-have no problem getting access to all they want and those of us who are legitimately in need can't get the help we need and suffer needlessly. It's very depressing.

[@divapowers00]

What happens to all the people in chronic pain that NEED those meds. All those laws they wanna pass will just penalize those of us that need those meds. People are such knee jerk morons. I'm sorry people die. I'm sorry famlies suffer. But these drugs aren't all bad and all users aren't junkies or selling their pills

[@sandrabushaw2772]

I agree, the ones miss using the pain meds are going to make it bad on the ones who are in chronic pain and don't abuse their medicine.

[@davidlabelle361]

Fuckin’ A.

[@barb7124]

You can buy fentanyl from Cayman Chemicals

[@kimcarpenter446]

fear of prescribing the meds needed. You're right that people-doctors included-have made life a living hell for patients legitimately seeking relief from chronic pain by with holding prescription meds or by those who do not follow the rules and sell their meds. Until a person is in pain 24/7 each and every day with little or no relief it's hard to understand I'm sure but it's not something I would wish on even my worst enemy. The sad thing is to know there is help available but no one is

[@wqcharleston]

What is really sad, is the doctors who keep writing for people who are re-selling them.

[@marcbarlow8099]

I'm a CPhT (board certified) and RPT (florida) .... Bless you.... I pray you find peace...

[@sweetiepie4328]

$90 a pill? Whats it do? Make you fly? Mine were $5 bucks

[@merlinjones3158]

they're lying to hype the story. 15k a year because they prohibit everything in a free society which sends these people underground. alcohol still kills far more but they wont ban that.

[@dfdemt]

The point that Im basically trying to make is that not everyone who asks for pain pills from their doctor is a drug seeker/dealer. Through one doctor's compassion, I now enjoy a quality of life that I thought I would NEVER get back. I want anyone that reads this to know that these meds are a godsend to people like me, and to let the dealers/drug seekers know that they are hurting people that they've never met by making chronic pain patients suffer in agony trying to find a doctor to treat them

[@camman6912]

Michael druggies don't give a shit about anyone but themselves Druggies will always get what they want no matter what All this will do is take away the meds from people who need it

[@rochelle123ist]

Cancer is no fucking joke! There are valid reasons for pain killers.

[@paulp6775]

Thanks for sharing and the debate

[@DreamWizard9]

People talk about all these deaths from prescription drugs. But it is all in cases of abuse, i hope? Like injecting pills and taking way too high doses. Or do I see this wrong?

[@andrewmckenna00]

i think the main issue is Ie i go to doctor and say got bad back In UK you would get 30mg Codeine, But in US your getting morphine equivalents After a month if bad back hadnt cleared, in UK you would get sent for physio, but in US you seem to just keep going back and getting more and more, then before you know it you have been taking Hydrocodone for 6 months, Now tell me that your not gonna have to take 2 to get same effect as 1 after that time scale, 3 months later, 3 for same effect 1 year later BOOM,

[@kylepitzer6978]

Nobody starts out bye shooting. They start because they actually needed them but over time you become addicted. Alot of the times doctors were prescribing pills when they probably warnt necessary

[@dfdemt]

If you try to press your doctor for narcotics, you are labeled a drug seeker. If you ask for a specific medication by name, its even worse. 4 operations and 2 years of unemployment (due to my condition) later, I was put on 40mg of Oxycontin twice a day and it basically gave me my life back. But the doctor shoppers and those that sell their pain pills have made life a living hell for patients legitimately seeking relief from chronic pain.

[@Estabanwatersaz]

Thank you for your strength to come forward.

[@sarak6860]

Now we have a problem with severe chronic pain patients commiting suicide because they cannot get their meds. Some of these victims in serious pain are young people. Thanks, PROP.

[@colleenc5932]

Yup, my daughter is 20 and has lived with chronic pain half of her life. She can't get prescription pain medication anywhere she goes.

[@quattro5413]

5:30 - What opiates is he on?

[@rockbay79]

I always find it so sad to see parents who have lost children to drug abuse. Please listen to these folks, they are attempting to save others lives. Prescription drug abuse is no game, used improperly, they can kill.

[@MrMurphdog17]

If it wasnt oxy it would be something else. Give it a rest dogooders. You dont even realize your doing more harm than good.

[@ursula.m8265]

Never Like pain medication, make me sick but I know few people that love it!

[@carolmiller760]

Myprodil is that an Opiod

[@jasoncoulter8850]

God bless u women I’m sure he was a nice young man

[@kimcarpenter446]

I know exactly what you're saying and I agree with you 100%. I'm in the same situation as you except my pain dr that very adequately managed my medical condition retired and I am yet to find a dr that isn't afraid to treat me with the meds I need for an improved quality of life. I'm back to spending a majority of my days in bed due to my intense pain and it just shouldn't be this way. It's difficult for drs I do understand but people with legitimate pain are being made to suffer out of physician

[@collegeman1988]

Dr. Orr should be commended for her work. It's really too bad that she had to lose her son over prescription drug abuse.

[@sublimeInSalem]

My mom gave me my first OXY a few years ago Christmas morning, I now have a 100 a day habit and have lost everything, family, money, house, car...Everything is gone. Thankfully i have hit bottom and im heading to rehab in a couple weeks. This shit is just as bas as heroin, KEEP your PILLS hidden away parents.

[@camman6912]

Joe S 100 a day??? Oh my God I am prescribed 8 norcos a day and never take more than that I can't even imagine taking more

[@LolLol-su1ju]

I just really don't get it why people want to overdose themselves

[@barb7124]

Depression, suicidal feelings, wanting to be numb. Dont look down on what you dont understand.

[@phinf2959]

lmao... she talks about exteneded release opiods then shows a picture of benzos

[@zzaher91]

My mother had major ear drum reconstruction twice. she was given 50 perocet low strength. Not knowing that you can get high from it she only takes the meds for a week and the rest was thrown away. If you believe that abusing any drug is a sin,and god can punish you for it then in your heart you will never get addicted to any meds.

[@peternorthrup6274]

How did he pay for all the drugs? Im sorry he killed himself. Its not your fault. My brother killed himself to. It killed are family. We will never be the same. It killed my mother. Because he was the boy that chould never do wrong. Both my parents always said. NOT my boy. He had a choice. He made it. Its just to bad the choices these people make affected so many others. Im still curious. How did he pay for the drugs???

[@sicah8898]

I AM A PATIENT I AM NOT AN ADDICT DON'T TAR EVERBODY

[@JazzaJazza1990]

You're wrong on that one. Even though I haven't ever been on Heroin/Methadone or even tried them, I've read a lot throughout my career as a student. Methadone withdrawal is worse than heroin withdrawal. It's more protracted, and fucks around with your head way more than Heroin.. Heroin withdrawal is just like 3-5 days of cold sweats/flu/diarrhea and sometimes, vomiting, so yeah, it ain't that pretty. Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome is something really fucking bad, it's like Hell on Earth!

[@phinf2959]

fuck benzos. theyre so FUCKED

[@zekedallas6687]

Benzo withdrawals are the worst. Been through both.

[@LolLol-su1ju]

For real, I don't even want to give it a try those drug, I don't understand why so many people out there wants to even try dangerous drug at all, it's so sad, that people trying to find away to get high only that way...

[@jaycrim5766]

What the balls is Clonazepam doing in the mix with the opiates?

[@missTgalman]

Jay Crim its a controlled substance and can be known to cause addiction. All controls are labeled that way. If its a control, you can get addicted to it. the different levels depend on the how bad the addiction rates can be. CII's are Hydrocodone, Ms Contin, Klonopin is a CIII. Oxycodone is a CII but in many states they run your drivers license through the FDA database to see where you're getting pain meds anywhere in the country.

[@ticks4ticks4]

Klonopin (clonazepam) is a CIV (not "CIII").

[@catherinerothe4374]

4:46 junkies Are dying. Which is a good thing.

[@TheWaynelds]

Not everyone likes weed, so why would they smoke it?

[@bingswigcrosby9319]

That doctor at Swedish is right, it all starts in medicine cabinet