TRAMPY,
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT....PCP'S PRESCRIBE SOME FORM OF THIS MEDICATION FOR PAIN..I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS...BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IN ORDER TO PRESCRIBE SUBOXONE, THEY HAD TO TAKE THAT 8 HOUR COURSE AND GET A SPECIAL # FROM THE DEA....IS THAT CORRECT? I KNOW MY DOCTOR IN NY TOLD ME HE COULD NOT REPLACE MY SUBOXONE IF I LOST THE BOTTLE, OR IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT...(WHICH IT DID) ... HE TOLD ME IT WAS EASIER FOR HIM TO REPLACE A RX FOR A SCHEDULE 2 LIKE OXY THAN TO REPLACE A RX FOR SUBOXONE!!!! HE SAID THE DEA WAS MONITORING THIS DRUG SO CLOSELY THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THEY WOULD PULL HIS (RE WAS REFERRING TO ANYONE WHO PRESCRIBES IT) LICENSE IN A HEARTBEAT IF THEY THOUGHT HE WASN'T FOLLOWING THEIR GUIDELINES TO A "T"! HE SAID THEY WERE BEING RIDICULOUS OVERSEEING IT...AND.. HE SAID IT WAS A SCHEDULE 4 UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO--I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS!--GOVERNMENT B.S., I SUPPOSE-HOPE