What Will a Doctor Do When Notified of a Patients Prescription and Other Drug Abuse?
Question by k f: What will a doctor do when notified of a patients prescription and other drug abuse?
My sister is heavily addicted to her prescription drugs (fentanyl patch, xanax, and other assorted pain pills) along with bathsalts and meth. I called her doctor and informed them of her addiction because I am worried about the drugs interacting with each other. Does the doctor have to stop prescribing that stuff once informed of a problem or did I waste my breath informing them?
Best answer:
Answer by Durward Hoff
in my life i learned that the doctor has a say in to what he gives your sister just try to take her to the narcotics anonymous so that she can learn to contain her drug addiction i’m an ex drug abuser and i was cleaned through my family taking me to the narcotics anonymous
What do you think? Answer below!
ACP calls for national prescription drug-monitoring program
Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is calling for a national prescription drug-monitoring program as one of 10 recommendations to help curb the growing problem of prescription drug abuse. The physican group laid out the recommendations in a …
Read more on FierceHealthIT
Former Clay County pharmacist gets 10 years in prison for illegally selling …
Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment
A former Manchester pharmacist has admitted he routinely filled pain-pill prescriptions for people even though there were plenty of signs those customers were drug addicts or dealers. Terry Tenhet owned Community Drug Pharmacy, which was used by …
Read more on Lexington Herald Leader
NIH Issues New Blood Pressure Medication Guidelines
Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment
According to the new guidelines, adults who are 60 or older should only be prescribed treatment medication if their blood pressure is above 150/90, which is higher than previous guideline of 140/90. The panel also looked at gaps in treatment guidelines …
Read more on RedOrbit
Why the changes with Vicodin prescriptions
Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment
The current rash of abuse of prescription drugs has made it important to establish more control over how Vicodin is dispensed. Drug-related overdoses are now the leading … Chances are you'll wind up with better treatment. Q. I'm ambivalent about …
Read more on Chicago Sun-Times