(07-31-2017, 11:58 PM)Charon Wrote: Actually, big pharma is only prescribing a select few meds to cover all ur illnesses.  They want one to take an anti depressant for pain.  They are pushing a horrifically dangerous medicine, humira, for RA, for which it was intended, but also for skin issues, chrons disease, and anything they can think of.

Doctors are still being prosecuted for writing PK or benzo scripts throughout USA.   But i bet any members of the prosecution team will surely want appropriate treatment when they develop the autoimmune diseases or cancer.

It is cuz so many are, without warning, being cut off the benzo and or the PK that doctors prescribed even four months ago, that these people are turning to wacko anti psychotic drugs.  Those can be prescribed.  Might make u nuts, but hey, doctors only take an oath to do no harm.  sighs.

And, they are turning to meds of others, or what they can get on the corner.

This is a brutal time.  It keeps getting worse.  

But, if u have read pretty much every post and email and PM that i have over almost a quarter of a century, u would see that so many are having formerly legit meds just cut down on them.

We, the chronically ill, are deemed problematic to society.  So, no one cares if we face pain daily.  People are being forced to go thru the end stages of cancer with ibuprophen now.  That is cruel and shows indifference to the needs of patients.

The new doctors coming out of medical school are being trained that all we want is PK and benzo.  Watch out for little old sick people.

Its barbaric and seems to be getting worse daily.

(10-05-2018, 04:20 PM)Froggy Wrote: Reading over all of this is so sad and frustrating!  I know there are those out there WAY worse off than me & until recently I naively thought I would be spared. I have a great doc, she’s known me for ever. I’m a good patient & a happy productive member of society. I own my own business, which is a very physical job. I’ve broken my back twice & neck has arthritis which makes my demanding job impossible without the 6 little helpers my doc allows me a day. I’ve made due with a little help here & there from IOP’s. But at my physical this year on her way out the door she says, how do you feel about cutting your meds in 1/2?  I doubt you’ll even notice.  And before I could even answer she zoomed out the door! She would never consider such a thing with my functional blood pressure meds!  But apparently now these are “luxury meds “ & not necessary for survival. ?

Now it’s really beyond difficult to manage my job. I have clients that want to send horses & riders to me & i have to say that I can’t take them. I’m trying to lump all of the work into a few hours where I can take most of a days meds & be comfortable enough to ride & teach for that timeframe. Once it wears off, I’m done. I love what I do & the depression of not being able to do it is setting in as well. I’m sure they’ll be happy to treat that though! SMH

(10-05-2018, 04:38 PM)Charon Wrote: salty: u can use G00gle search but u will get ads for ur illness till the cows come home.  quite irksome.

so use duck duck go as ur search engine. it is private.

look up all side effects of humira so u can may a reasoned decision in light of all the facts.