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RKP5637

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11. I have a friend that went to the emergency room recently and they basically accused him of going
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 10:22 PM
Dec 2013

there for drugs. He was really pissed, I mean really pissed, before any tests, anything, they tell him they will not give him any pain medication at all. He was brought in via ambulance with incredibly severe pain. So, they did their tests and all, and it came back he had a severely ruptured disc pressing/wedged on his spinal nerves giving him incredible pain, plus more problems with his spine. Finally, they gave him a massive dose of medication to stop the pain.

What pisses one off is the blind accusation or implication you are trying to get drugs. That, is a real pisser.

This society is so F'ed in so many ways it's difficult to even count ...

I recently went to another pharmacy, had prescriptions in the same chain, and they would not fill my blood pressure medication because it needed authorization from my out of state doctor. I can't believe the bullshit I went through to get my BP medication I've been taking for 33 years. They failed to contact the doctor and then questioned the authenticity of the doctor even though I had given to them the damn bottle from the other pharmacy in the SAME chain. I did a search on the pharmacist's name, turns out he's a real control freak asshole, I found a review about him on the internet. I just can't believe that we, as a society, now let pharmacy techs, pharmacists and insurance companies override doctors decisions and course of treatment.

The more I watch the progress of the US over the years sound judgment and logical sense is being replaced with nonsensical idiotic decisions by people who should never be give that authority.

Maybe you ran into an asshole too.


I'm Fucking Pissed Off Big Time! [View all] Unknown Beatle Dec 2013 OP
I hear you, and this pisses me off too. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2013 #1
Time to find a different pharmacy. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #2
Except it seems that pharmacies are all on the computer now dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #8
But maybe not one with a pharmacist with an attitude. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #17
sure thing Rush, sore tooth uh huh. You're a junkie NightWatcher Dec 2013 #3
"Note from my doctor? No, you need to CALL HIM. RIGHT NOW." Warpy Dec 2013 #4
That was exactly what I was thinking.....the pharmacist should have called Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #14
Unfortunately, Unknown Beatle Dec 2013 #16
You filled a rx for 120 hydrocodone Chuuku Davis Dec 2013 #5
There's some hysteria right now about painkiller abuse. LumosMaxima Dec 2013 #6
And It Will Only Get Worse grilled onions Dec 2013 #7
Hell, they even look at me like some kind of criminal when I ask for cold RKP5637 Dec 2013 #13
Dr. Bigmack here.... Bigmack Dec 2013 #9
Indica is the only thing I like. Unknown Beatle Dec 2013 #12
I'm sorry this is happening to you. winter is coming Dec 2013 #10
I have a friend that went to the emergency room recently and they basically accused him of going RKP5637 Dec 2013 #11
Wow, welcome to the snake bit club. Sounds like me except I do every thing but pain RX. Yeah, freshwest Dec 2013 #15
Coming off of pain meds suck Lifelong One Dec 2013 #18
If you get desperate a old remedy is kerosene, was in every house back in the day, a little on a pie mitty14u2 Dec 2013 #19
hey man - try swishing with listerine a few times a day... CarrieLynne Dec 2013 #20
my mom has the same problems.. iamthebandfanman Dec 2013 #21
That idiot pharmacist has never had tooth pain. MsPithy Dec 2013 #22
It has been going on at least 15 years. gvstn Dec 2013 #23
While doctors and pharmacies continue getting heat from the DEA OwnedByCats Dec 2013 #24
I've got a compression fracture COLGATE4 Dec 2013 #25
Wow. What a hassle. n/t JimDandy Dec 2013 #29
Go to a pharmacy that does not have your records Motown_Johnny Dec 2013 #26
I am torn PowerToThePeople Dec 2013 #27
I am convinced the pharmacies TBF Dec 2013 #28
The war on drugs get the red out Dec 2013 #30
Maybe I'm missing something here...but didn't the dentist screw this up wercal Dec 2013 #31
If you have time, try clove oil intaglio Dec 2013 #32
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