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Louisiana has more opiod prescriptions than people
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:44 pm
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:44 pm
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quote:holy dogshit
Louisiana is one of eight states that has more opioid prescriptions than it has residents. The state has the sixth highest prescription-per-capita rate at 1.03 pain-killer prescriptions written per Louisiana resident in 2015.
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Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:46 pm to Jim Rockford
Not surprising. The new crack epidemic
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:49 pm to boosiebadazz
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Not surprising.
Maybe to you, but that is a shocking number. I don't know anyone in my immediate family who has an opioid prescription, so to have more of them than people seems insane.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:52 pm to Jim Rockford
How is that even possible 
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:54 pm to Jim Rockford
Snore On DRxugs
Profit over health.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:56 pm to Jim Rockford
Yeah, that's ridiculous.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:57 pm to Jim Rockford
Alabama the most at 1.2. Another championship they can claim.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:58 pm to Jim Rockford
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1.03 pain-killer prescriptions written per Louisiana resident in 2015
DAMN. Louisiana has a problem.
This post was edited on 10/6/16 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 pm to Jim Rockford
That is a wild stat.Many people that are in pain management or on palpative(sp)care have more than 1 opioid prescription.
AL used to be the leader in prescriptions of Hydrocodone.
AL used to be the leader in prescriptions of Hydrocodone.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 pm to Winston Cup
It really is an epidemic. My mom is dependent on them. She had a minor back surgery 7 years ago. She bounced back after that one and ruptured another disc and has been stuck on them since then. It's a sad thing, but she won't admit she needs any kind of help.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 pm to Winston Cup
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Alabama the most at 1.2.
Unbelievable.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:00 pm to Jim Rockford
Realistically what can be done to address this?
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:01 pm to Jim Rockford
People often drive with the assumption the other drivers are cautious.
I drive like everyone else is on a gumbo of opioids, Prozac, white Zinfandel, and they are texting.
My version is closer to reality.
I drive like everyone else is on a gumbo of opioids, Prozac, white Zinfandel, and they are texting.
My version is closer to reality.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:01 pm to Jim Rockford
I have a doctor friend who has been indicted for things he allowed his nurse practitioner to do. The nurse practitioner was charged with 91 counts of writing fraudulent prescriptions.
The doctor takes on more patients than he can handle. It's not out of greed. He knows everyone in town and tries to help everyone. Other people in the medical professions say he did nothing wrong and he'll be OK. I hope and pray they are right.
The doctor takes on more patients than he can handle. It's not out of greed. He knows everyone in town and tries to help everyone. Other people in the medical professions say he did nothing wrong and he'll be OK. I hope and pray they are right.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:02 pm to member12
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Realistically what can be done to address this?
Legalize weed? Seems like a better option, but that would take this thread down the rabbit hole.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:03 pm to Ryan3232
Issue is the percentage of out of pocket scripts adjudicated at pharmacy. Off book, no insurance fills. Valid fills will refill too soon due to PBM benefit edits. In other words, an addict using insurance can use the insurance to legally fill only so often. The issue lies with addicts running from internist to internist or FP to FP due to "pain". There is no national database for doctors to refer to in terms of medical history per patient SSN. Use a different pharmacy for each Rx and it's invisible.
Open season and even at out of pocket average wholesale price at point of sale, it's all made up on the backend fiend market.
Open season and even at out of pocket average wholesale price at point of sale, it's all made up on the backend fiend market.
This post was edited on 10/6/16 at 11:07 pm
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:04 pm to Winston Cup
There is an epidemic in this area as well (western PA).
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:11 pm to member12
What they're doing here is shutting 2 pain managements down.Close to 2,000 Patients were scrambling.
Those 2 were known for prescribing Dilaudid,Roxy,Oxy,etc.
Doctors are having to really watch what they write.
Patients are getting less pain meds from their Doctor.They don't like it.
That's a factor in the Heroin surge.Because there's not as many strong prescription opiates(shootable) on the street. jmho
Just because Doctors aren't writing as many doesn't change the massive demand for opiates.
Those 2 were known for prescribing Dilaudid,Roxy,Oxy,etc.
Doctors are having to really watch what they write.
Patients are getting less pain meds from their Doctor.They don't like it.
That's a factor in the Heroin surge.Because there's not as many strong prescription opiates(shootable) on the street. jmho
Just because Doctors aren't writing as many doesn't change the massive demand for opiates.
This post was edited on 10/7/16 at 4:57 am
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:13 pm to Jim Rockford
I'm not surprised. I went in for a planters wart and came out with 3 scripts: 1 for Percocet, 1 for lorcet, and 1 for hydrocodone. I asked which one would get rid of the wart and they recommended OTC Dr. Scholls wart remover
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:21 pm to RoyalBaby
Actually surprised you had all 3 filled without a rejection at pharmacy.
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