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In reply to the discussion: Maine doctors requiring random drug tests before writing prescriptions for pain pills [View all]Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)61. It would have been more apt to say this is part of the rise of the surveillance society.
All of our electronic communications are recorded.
CCTV cameras everywhere.
License plate readers on the highway.
Searches to get on a plane or in a stadium.
Drug testing for work or school.
And now, drug testing from your doctor.
All this stuff creeps me out.
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Maine doctors requiring random drug tests before writing prescriptions for pain pills [View all]
Maine-ah
Nov 2012
OP
It seems like a major hassle. Doctors are smart enough to detect drug-seeking behavior...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#27
I always fire them when they miss things or try to sell me treatments that I don't need
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#81
fibromyalgia is a disease determined by the lack of evidence of anything else.
happyslug
Nov 2012
#88
Can't you see the pain med doc, get the script, and just not fill the script? nt
valerief
Nov 2012
#57
I recommend that you research the studies that address how many chronic pain
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#16
I think the HealthPartners program only applies to patients who have been moved to the
dflprincess
Nov 2012
#83
Lots of pain specialists require "contracts" and routine drug tests. Lots of Limbaughs out there.
Hoyt
Nov 2012
#11
The percentage of parents who abuse their kids physically or sexually is vastly higher
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#37
It would have been more apt to say this is part of the rise of the surveillance society.
Comrade Grumpy
Nov 2012
#61
Spending some time caring for an addicted newborn and then call it a police state.
magical thyme
Nov 2012
#49
I have severe chronic pain caused by small fiber sensory neuropathy. I have a neural stimulator
Dustlawyer
Nov 2012
#50
Thanks. Since I live in Texas, we will be last. These nuts here still argue that the sun dial is
Dustlawyer
Nov 2012
#84