johng
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Reged: 02/13/03
Posts: 374
Loc: great lakes
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The news of operation pharmnet while is bad news for chronic pain patients is not a surprise. Our society as a whole is becoming one of litigation and lawsuits. It begins with people not taking personal responsibility. The overdose on oxycontin as told by all the news networks to adnausium blames the doctors. The doctor did not put the pills in the patients mouth the doctor did not make the person abuse oxycontin.
Int the USA we sue for lead paint, guns alcohol and for our own stupidity. It is far easier to blame then to take responsibility. It is far easier to point a finger at a place that is legal only because its place in society has not been defined yet. When the family of the person takes there revenge they call everyone under the sun. this bring to light LE and the DEA and FDA to look at what is going on. Thus the OP is easy target because it is in the grey area right now
with the hysterical family members calling for revenge (and probably a large sum of money for wrongful death) they will say what ever it takes to win. They will not take responsibility that they watched that person ramp up there meds and not get involved. Where they could have stopped it sooner or warned the doctor.
In all of these Doctor hunts loose there life they had. We CP patients are the victims. These OP that are on the fringe trade money for our comfort and the hopes of a normal life. We CP are the victims in these operations. The op may be in the grey area but it serves us the under treated pain patient
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PrivateRealm
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Reged: 03/18/03
Posts: 927
Loc: usa
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I agree so much and could say so much more. This is a problem in society today. Everything is anybody's fault but their own.
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sloan12
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Reged: 01/09/02
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Loc: Southeast
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Blessed be. I could not have said it better. One of the hardest things I ever learned in life... was how to say I'm WRONG, but I learned, and if I am wrong I will say it. You are right, people need to stop blaming something else for what may have gone wrong.
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LumbarSpasm
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Reged: 05/07/02
Posts: 1538
Loc: USA
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I think too most people do not understand chronic pain, they feel if you are on opiates your probably an addict. And again there is ignorance about anxiety.
So the uninformed majority are easily swayed and led happily by the benevolent administration which is waging war on big bad drugs. Great for an election year.
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Or just a pain in the butt?!
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night_shade
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Reged: 08/26/03
Posts: 907
Loc: The State of Hockey
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I have long been a proponent of personal responsibility. I just about died when I read the class action lawsuit against Purdue because several patients became addicts when they crushed and snorted (or injected) their oral OxyContin tablets. First of all, the patients doubtfully BECAME ADDICTS--they probably ALREADY WERE addicts--come on!!! I NEVER, EVER, considered crushing and snorting my medications...that thought NEVER EVEN CROSSED MY MIND in the decade+ I have been prescribed opioid pain medications! According to that lawsuit, Purdue should be liable because they DIDN'T specifically warn against crushing and snorting? Get real! The saddest thing of all is that some jury bought into that garbage. Those poor, poor addicts must have been corrupted by that evil OxyContin...give me a break!
But then again...I've even seen a post on THIS BOARD where the person wondered if they should sue their doctor for "becoming an addict"....UGH!
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Jewels2
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Reged: 04/25/02
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Loc: PNW
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Seems to me that we live in a sue you, sue me society. Personal responsibility has been thrown out the window. People trying to make a quick buck by filing frivilous lawsuits. It makes me angry. Why can't everyone take responsibility for their actions instead of blaming everyone and everything else? People choose to break the law and then when caught blame the drug co., pharmacy, and Dr........ PATHETIC!!!!
I have always believed in personal responsibility. When I am wrong or have screwed up somehow I have no problem admitting to it. It isn't that hard at all. And it isn't anyone elses fault but my own when I do mess up. I'm no angel but when I am wrong, I am wrong.
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