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S. 980, The Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007
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John Stevens
The online consultation services provide an invaluable service to chronic pain sufferers. They require medical records, physical exams, proof of prior prescriptions and never ship refills before they are due.
If they are not allowed to function, legitimate chronic pain sufferers will be forced to buy their drugs on the streets! It is a sickening and sorry state of affairs that has brought our society to a point where people are forced to break the law and face prison in order to get the medication they need to survive a relatively normal existence.
Robert
"Legitimate chronic pain sufferers will be forced to buy their drugs on the streets!"
Um...have you ever heard of a prescription? As in, going to the doctor to get one?
Concerned
The fact is, most doctors are afraid to treat patients' pain due to norms of what the DEA think should be prescribed. The DEA are not medical professionals. In lieu of turning to the black market, many pain sufferers go online to consult with licensed physicians upon submitting valid medical documentation. This is not to be misconstrued as an "online pharmacy." Online pharmacies are dangerous. Legitimate services offering physicians consultations over the phone concerning valid, current, verifiable medical records are not "online pharmacies," nor are they the type of sites that Ryan Haight accessed. Unfortunately, the websites that offer legitimate physician consultations are not distinguished from the clearly illegal sites Mr. Haight visited in this bill. This will leave many, many chronic pain sufferers without recorse. The Senate needs to tackle the real problem-the undertreatment of pain.
Dana
It is not easy to obtain pain medication off the internet. You must produce current medical records, with proof of a chronic pain condition. You must also produce state issued ID. Some consultation services even require a notarized Name Affidavit to verify the identity of the patient. You have to show ID to prove you are over 21 when the package comes. Yes, several years ago there were "online pharmacies" that would send out pain pills based on an online questionaire. Trust me, these places no longer exist.
If this bill passes it will do more harm then good. What happened to Ryan happened in 2001, and we have not heard of any similar incidents since that time. I am sure a lot more kids are dying from alcohol posioning than they are from pain pills they somehow got off the internet.