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Asked By: invisiblonde 51-55, F  9 months ago

What is the REAL reason physicians won't even DISCUSS prescribing Vicodin for the WELL-DOCUMENTED, chronic pain conditioner I have that is severe enough to have qualified me for Disability??? They act, literally, like I'm not even talking.

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  1. themarvelousme - 22-25 years old - male

    Posted by themarvelousme Jul 31st, 2012 at 3:18PM

    You're doctor knows more than you do about this sort of thing, if they say no. There is a good reason. Vicondin is addicting and has harmful side effects. If you are thinking you know more about such a thing let me remind you that your doctor had to go through 4 years of college. 4 years of medical school. an internship, a residency, a fellowship if they are a specialist and THEN they can be your doctor. Basically that is 14 years of school. The short answer is, because they know it isn't the best treatment for you.

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  2. bepuzzled - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by bepuzzled Jul 31st, 2012 at 3:13PM

    from a Hospital Admin/liability person-Literaturegirl hit it on the head. Can you say, "Lawsuit"?

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  3. invisiblonde - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by invisiblonde Jul 31st, 2012 at 3:16PM

    Can YOU say, "Signed Release." Betcha I could NEVER sue for malpractice for failure to relieve pain. . . I am just so frustrated by the ridiculous, knee-jerk reaction. How about waiting until I do take them to the street to sell them before you treat me like a criminal???

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  4. bepuzzled - 51-55 years old - male

    Reply by bepuzzled Jul 31st, 2012 at 3:37PM

    well with more respect than you can show, my mother dies of Multiple Myeloma and yes the drugs were actually experimental and she signed away all liability. You said that they would not even discuss it leading the reader that the legal disclaimer was not even in the picture. I know the circus-and yes "if" they were to give you drugs with really dangerous side-effects, you would certainly be given the sign-off sheet. But, there have been cases in the past where the doctors told only so much-knowingly or not that lead the patients to make an non-informed decision-and yes it opened the doors to the legal system. My point in all this is that sorry to say-the legal system runs FEAR into the medical systems in the USA, if that is where you live. I am only too sure that you are in pain-no discussion there, but if you light off at the doctors like you just did at me-well,..., do you really think that will warm their hearts and touch their Humanity? And all this to the street stuff and selling them what's that all about?-you really need to calm down and "read" what i wrote-you seem to already have preconceived notions and ready for a fight that is not even there! They aren't offering it because they do not want to deal with the liability issues. And it's usually the Hospital's legal team that set this policy in motion-not the docs. Or maybe not-

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  5. nafiens - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by nafiens Jul 31st, 2012 at 3:12PM

    Becasue it's highly addictive and if you go to the doc and say can I have Vicodin your probalby not going to get any.

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  6. Illiteratetroll - 41-45 years old

    Posted by Illiteratetroll Jul 31st, 2012 at 3:09PM

    Serious answer, ask them why not!

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  7. invisiblonde - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by invisiblonde Jul 31st, 2012 at 3:13PM

    I do. They sit and STARE AT ME, like I'm senile, with those condescending, quasi-pleasant looks on their faces.

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