barelythere
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Just read on another board that someone's local doc said hydro was going to go C2 this January. Does anyone know if this is a state by state thing or a federal thing?
TIA
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lincoona
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Google searches revealed nothing to that effect. Sounds like worry-mongering to me. Maybe in your state, but that would surely inconvenience doctors, who use hydrocodone as a relatively common painkiller.
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Berkeley1999
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There was heated discussion for either Federal or state (California) attempt to pass legistlation during the Rush Limbaugh thing. The sponsors of the Federal Regualatory Change hoped to implement it by January 1. They did not gain enough support (same for California). This WILL NOT occur on January 1 (except if your own state has made its own law that I am not aware of). This does not mean it will not happen as the sponsors are still hot and heavy on this one, another couple of celebrities getting caught shoplifting with HC, another political figure that everyone wants to crush getting caught with HC, another teenage boy buying online then OD'ing could be all it takes for political tidal shift and then it will happen. It did come very close to passing. Hate to say it since I have used this pain management but it has the potency of several other pain meds that are so by that reasoning it makes sense. Don't think it can't as Percodan/Percocet went to schedule II after being freely handed out by your dentist like candy.
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prettyday
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Something else to remember is that many Big Pharma companies are reeling already from loss of profit, and major legal expenses, from Vioxx, maybe next, Bextra, new warnings coming out for some of the SSRI formulations, etc. I don't mean for a second they are going broke. But I don't think they will be eager to see what is currently one of the most prescribed medications shut way down. It hurts to face it, when we try to figure out how to afford our medication, but hydrocodone costs very little to produce, by their standards; I would stay watchful of this, but I really hope for once special interest lobbying works in the pain patient's favor.
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TIGGIE
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IF THAT IS THE CASE, NO MORE REFILLS!
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clothesguy
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You nailed it there. Because it is so profitable for the drug company's they don't want it going to SII. THat will make it so hard for the patient and the Dr. that it would be a nightmare. I think the special intersts and lobbyist will be going at that in a big way to keep it a III. I think. Percoset and other II's are less prescribed partly because of the reorder. Dr.'s don't want to be seeing patients for HC scripts. That would be all they would want and then the HMO's would be pissed because then their costs would go up becuase of more appointments, and it goes on and on. Maybe they will make perco's a III. That would be nice, but there are a lot of people who can't use perco's either. I have taken HC for 6 years, with scripts because of a degenative bone disease, and 27 surgery's. I would be not a happy person. I can still take a HC norco every 4 hours and get great releive. THank goodness. I wouldn't want to see them go to a II.
Sorry for carrying on.
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jack_in_ca
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Quote:
...Sorry for carrying on.
S'alright...carry on...
Peace,
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DigitFreedom
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Another side to it is that by allowing hydro to be legaly sold online that medical costs are cut a lot. After all, there must be millions of people that run up very expensive medical bills that they cant not even afford, when all they really want is their pain meds. The way it is now, most people save a TON of money by simply dealing directly with op's instead of the mega $$ being wasted in the ER rooms that often result in NO pain meds being prescribed at all. This allows medical insurance and taxes to be lower.
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