Those Drs. are out there. We have a PM Dr. in our area that has gotten 3 people I know addicted to Oxycontin. I ask one of them how often she saw him. Once a year and he mails her the script. I saw him once and I think he can figure out the ones he can get hooked on those meds because he's the one that said I needed to come to his rehab at 10,000. cash. Another friend of mine got addicted at 63 by him. The church tried to intervene and her friends and family. Her family finally moved her back home to help her. I call him a pill pusher and now he also pushes the SCS.

They are also talking about Dr. shopping. I know that goes on too from what I have seen from some people I know. That 63 year old friend of mine was seeing my Dr. and he didn't know she was getting meds from him and this PM. When he found out he gave her a choice to bring in a list of her meds or he wouldn't see her anymore. She chose to leave him after 15 years.

My PCP gets all of my paperwork from other Drs. I see to it so he can know I am not looking for other meds.

I think too, these Drs. donot want to see these patients as often as they should to keep up with their meds and make sure the patient is doing ok on them so they hand the meds out and move on to the next patient.

I do think too, there is a different kind of person doing this. I would say people like a lot of us come off differently then those looking for meds. They
know how to get the job done to get them from different Drs. This one friend of mine that sees this Dr. went to the ER to get meds and she attacked a nurse and the police had to haul her out. She still sees this Dr. for meds too. I doubt that he knows this happened.

The people who need the help doesn't get it and I'm wondering how long it will be before it gets even harder for us to get the meds we need.

Ada