Comments on: Red Flags and the Standard of Care http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/red-flags-standard-care/ Addiction, Pain, and Public Health website (doctordeluca.com) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:13:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: docalex http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/red-flags-standard-care/comment-page-1/#comment-89392 docalex Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:12:56 +0000 http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/index.php/archive/red-flags-and-the-standard-of-care/170/#comment-89392 <p>Thank you, Dr. Parent, for your thoughtful comment.</p> <p>..alex...</p> Thank you, Dr. Parent, for your thoughtful comment.

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]]> By: Dr. Lynn Parent http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/red-flags-standard-care/comment-page-1/#comment-89368 Dr. Lynn Parent Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:35:25 +0000 http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/index.php/archive/red-flags-and-the-standard-of-care/170/#comment-89368 <p>It is a shame as I have seen in not only my practice but in the practice of friends, with the economy as it is and with what was the shortage on oxycodone and pharmacys not taking insurance for them (due to the shortage) and a standard prescription of 100 tablets costing the patient upwards to 700.00 it forced some VERY decent, terminally ill patients to SELL half their prescription to be able to cover the cost to purchase it. Things are not always crystal clear, and ADRB is not always a cut and dry issue. It is my sincerest hope that ALL Prescribing Physicians take a very close look at the patients situation before labeling them ADRB.</p> It is a shame as I have seen in not only my practice but in the practice of friends, with the economy as it is and with what was the shortage on oxycodone and pharmacys not taking insurance for them (due to the shortage) and a standard prescription of 100 tablets costing the patient upwards to 700.00 it forced some VERY decent, terminally ill patients to SELL half their prescription to be able to cover the cost to purchase it. Things are not always crystal clear, and ADRB is not always a cut and dry issue. It is my sincerest hope that ALL Prescribing Physicians take a very close look at the patients situation before labeling them ADRB.

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