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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the flip side my parent needs a low dose to leave her bed every day. She can only get a 30 day supply and is treated like a criminal every time she goes to the pain clinic. There are no surgeries for her condition and she's tried everything. She's not an addict and never takes more than her low dose. When she runs out, she just cries in bed and is unable to move. We've had to carry her to doctors appointments. The lack of availability of Percocet has limited her life. She has to schedule vacations in between her doctors appointments and often misses holidays and birthdays because she can't travel close to her refill dates. She would like to move closer to her granchildren but can't because she can't find a doctor. She carries her MRI results with her in case of emergency.

I'm worried what happens when Percocet is banned[/quote]

My dad and I worry that if Percocet is banned that she would turn to the black market or heroin. She's so crippled physically in pain daily. I think this is why a lot of people turn to heroin. [/quote]

I am sorry for her pain. Still it sounds like she needs to find a new doctor. The doctor shouldn’t treat her like a criminal if s/he properly understands and is treating the condition. In a nut shell, she shouldn’t be running out. The refill/follow up would be scheduled on day 29, so that on day 31 she begins the script.[/quote]

Pp here. She can only get a refill every 30 days and she needs a doctors appointment before she can get a refill. If her day 30 is a Saturday, she will run out until a doctors appointment on Monday. Or sometimes there's a holiday. She tries to stretch the pills and skip so she can travel to see me. She knew she was running out near my births but didn't want to miss her grandsons births.

Also, traveling is hard on her body and she's in more pain when traveling. It would be so nice if it automatically refilled and she could transfer the refill to a pharmacy near me. She has a condition similar to RA plus 4 herniated discs in her back. She's perfectly normal on the pill, bed ridden without. [/quote]

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