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Posted on 4/12/17 at 1:01 pm to SuperSaint
My markers are all normal but I will be on meds for awhile.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 1:07 pm to Jim Smith
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The retards are the people who take the drugs without a prescription from a doctor or not as directed
Lol
Posted on 4/12/17 at 1:11 pm to Titus Pullo
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Xanax was just bumped up to Schedule II.
Alabama Pain clinic doctors used to write Xanax in addition to Opiates, but they changed over to Valium a cpl years ago and then slowly phased those out. Now pain clinics don't write benzoes and will tell you to go to a shrink if you need them.
I can't remember the last time I saw a Xanax Bar. Back in the 90s and early 2000s they were everywhere.
Which that's a combo of tighter prescription restrictions as well as me not being in college anymore either I suppose.
Xanax is for sure not Schedule 2. There is a resolution before the house in Alabama to make is schedule 2 but it has not passed yet.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 1:16 pm to dukke v
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I take it once in a while.... mix it with a few beers and crash city.....
I am pretty sure that's not the best idea...
Posted on 4/12/17 at 1:27 pm to tigerskin
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now the combo of Xanax and alcohol taking young lives as well.
No it's not. Stupidity is taking these young lives, no different than when I was in collage 20 something years ago. Whatever it was, we know it was dangerous but we did it anyway because we're just starting our lives, it's not going to happen to us. Well, it does. It did then and it does now. Nothing special or unique about this generation.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 1:51 pm to tigerskin
Anyone who pops pills is a moron. You can catch a good buzz with booze or weed. No one needs pills, prescription painkillers, hardcore drugs, etc. Total bullshite.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 2:00 pm to J Murdah
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Why does anyone even need Xanax?
It's a godsend for people with severe anxiety.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 2:10 pm to tigerskin
Play stupid games...
Posted on 4/12/17 at 2:13 pm to UAinSOUTHAL
Just going by what I saw in the news last week.
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Something has changed with my phone or the website and it's not posting URLs for pics or links correctly anymore.
AL to become first state to classify Xanax as Schedule II drug
Apr 6, 2017 10:44 PM
MONTGOMERY CO., AL (WSFA) - Alabama is on track to becoming the first state in the country to classify Xanax on the same level as opioids like oxycodone and fentanyl.
The Alabama Department of Public Health recently moved to reclassify Xanax as a Schedule II drug instead of a Schedule IV, at the suggestion of the Board of Medical Examiners. But, the pharmacy community say they've been left out of the conversation.
Dr. David Herrick, President of the Alabama Medical Association says the reclassification of Alprazolam, commercially known as Xanax, is going to save lives.
"Now you will not be able to get refills and you'll have to see your doctor a little more frequently to get the medication and you also can't call it in,” said Dr. David Herrick, President, Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
The vocal proponent of making Xanax as a Schedule II Drug says the highly addictive anxiety medicine is a contributing factor to a significant number of overdose deaths.
"When you take a medicine like Xanax, along with something else whether its alcohol or an opioid, it magnifies it, multiplies the effect. So you don't really know how much it’s going to affect you. it may affect you way more than you're hoping, it may put you to sleep forever,” said Herrick.
Dr. Herrick says Alprazolam is finding its way into our schools and the streets.
“I think the medications when used appropriately are safe in general but there's always some risk and I'm not calling this a dangerous medicine I think it’s a medicine that needs respect and it needs to be used more carefully because overuse is where the danger comes in,” said Dr. Herrick
Herrick admits that this creates more work for physicians and pharmacists but he says it’s worth it.
“Reclassifying it makes it a little more challenging for both physicians and pharmacists. It’s a little bit harder to get it, you can't casually pick up the phone as a physician and call in something for someone so it just makes it a little bit more difficult, it makes physicians think a little bit more about this medicine before they prescribe it,” said Herrick.
The pharmacy community is opposed to the reclassification. Pharmacists we spoke with say they’ll have to create a new prescription each time and they don’t think it will cut down on abuse.
"We had a similar situation with hydrocodone Lortab going to C2, it’s now Norco. It didn't have a whole lot of affect; you still see the same amount of prescriptions it just makes it more time consuming filling the prescription because you can't have refills,” said Jeremy Nolan, Pharmacist, Adams Drugs.
According to the Alabama Pharmacy Association, they and the Board of Pharmacy was not consulted in this process.
“We definitely should have a say so since we're dispensing the medication, in any law making both sides should be asked their opinion on the situation,” said Nolan.
The rule change will carry the maximum restriction possible and changes the way the prescription is filled.
“When you have a Schedule II drug that means you have to see the patient more frequently. You can't write more than three, one-month prescriptions, so that means at the end of three months the patient has to be reevaluated. With a Schedule IV drug you can write a years’ worth of refills,” said Herrick.
Barring any sort of appeal or legislative action, the reclassification goes into effect June 15.
[link=(wsfa/db_330846/contentdetail.htm?contentguid)]LINK[/link]
Something has changed with my phone or the website and it's not posting URLs for pics or links correctly anymore.
AL to become first state to classify Xanax as Schedule II drug
Apr 6, 2017 10:44 PM
MONTGOMERY CO., AL (WSFA) - Alabama is on track to becoming the first state in the country to classify Xanax on the same level as opioids like oxycodone and fentanyl.
The Alabama Department of Public Health recently moved to reclassify Xanax as a Schedule II drug instead of a Schedule IV, at the suggestion of the Board of Medical Examiners. But, the pharmacy community say they've been left out of the conversation.
Dr. David Herrick, President of the Alabama Medical Association says the reclassification of Alprazolam, commercially known as Xanax, is going to save lives.
"Now you will not be able to get refills and you'll have to see your doctor a little more frequently to get the medication and you also can't call it in,” said Dr. David Herrick, President, Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
The vocal proponent of making Xanax as a Schedule II Drug says the highly addictive anxiety medicine is a contributing factor to a significant number of overdose deaths.
"When you take a medicine like Xanax, along with something else whether its alcohol or an opioid, it magnifies it, multiplies the effect. So you don't really know how much it’s going to affect you. it may affect you way more than you're hoping, it may put you to sleep forever,” said Herrick.
Dr. Herrick says Alprazolam is finding its way into our schools and the streets.
“I think the medications when used appropriately are safe in general but there's always some risk and I'm not calling this a dangerous medicine I think it’s a medicine that needs respect and it needs to be used more carefully because overuse is where the danger comes in,” said Dr. Herrick
Herrick admits that this creates more work for physicians and pharmacists but he says it’s worth it.
“Reclassifying it makes it a little more challenging for both physicians and pharmacists. It’s a little bit harder to get it, you can't casually pick up the phone as a physician and call in something for someone so it just makes it a little bit more difficult, it makes physicians think a little bit more about this medicine before they prescribe it,” said Herrick.
The pharmacy community is opposed to the reclassification. Pharmacists we spoke with say they’ll have to create a new prescription each time and they don’t think it will cut down on abuse.
"We had a similar situation with hydrocodone Lortab going to C2, it’s now Norco. It didn't have a whole lot of affect; you still see the same amount of prescriptions it just makes it more time consuming filling the prescription because you can't have refills,” said Jeremy Nolan, Pharmacist, Adams Drugs.
According to the Alabama Pharmacy Association, they and the Board of Pharmacy was not consulted in this process.
“We definitely should have a say so since we're dispensing the medication, in any law making both sides should be asked their opinion on the situation,” said Nolan.
The rule change will carry the maximum restriction possible and changes the way the prescription is filled.
“When you have a Schedule II drug that means you have to see the patient more frequently. You can't write more than three, one-month prescriptions, so that means at the end of three months the patient has to be reevaluated. With a Schedule IV drug you can write a years’ worth of refills,” said Herrick.
Barring any sort of appeal or legislative action, the reclassification goes into effect June 15.
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