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Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur
I understand completely and was in no way coming down on you, or your clinic old friend. Just wanted to show the contrast of what I see. Unfortunately, we have a couple of big chain pharmacies that refuse to report to the system tracking narcotic Rx scripts as required, thus making it impossible to stop the abuse.
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Bryan, a few years ago (5-6), this area was overrun with this kinda stuff. I remember one place in particular right here in Bogalusa. I'd be headed to work at 6-6:30 in the morning and people would be lined up at this one door. I thought it was a food stamp office or the like. Turned out it was a pain clinic. Back then they were not called "pain management" because they provided no such service. There were a couple more here, but, they've all been dismantled. There are no "pain management" clinics...to my knowledge.
One other thing about the legit clinics.....most of them don't even accept cash/checks. If you were paying your own way (w/o insurance), I don't know how they do that, or, if they even do. I know mine doesn't.
This is not an attempt of mine to justify the fact that I take pain meds (almost) daily. Millions of people suffer from chronic back pain and, for them, pain management is (almost) a must. It's intended to help the patients cope with their pain...not to gain a continuous "buzz".
