http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/methadone-abuse-on-rise.html medical blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:58:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/methadone-abuse-on-rise.html/comment-page-1#comment-72292 Anonymous Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/methadone-abuse-on-the-rise.html#comment-72292 It really gets my goat to see people getting their opiates prescribed in pain management clinics, then presenting to hospitals to get detoxed on Medicaid's tab, then back to the pain management clinic which was never even contacted by the hosptital that made a substance abuse diagnosis and detoxed the patient. Some people cycle through this ridiculous merry-go-round several times a year! Anyone who says there isn't waste in healthcare and a lot of it doesn't know what they are talking about. It really gets my goat to see people getting their opiates prescribed in pain management clinics, then presenting to hospitals to get detoxed on Medicaid’s tab, then back to the pain management clinic which was never even contacted by the hosptital that made a substance abuse diagnosis and detoxed the patient. Some people cycle through this ridiculous merry-go-round several times a year! Anyone who says there isn’t waste in healthcare and a lot of it doesn’t know what they are talking about.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/methadone-abuse-on-rise.html/comment-page-1#comment-72268 Anonymous Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/methadone-abuse-on-the-rise.html#comment-72268 And don't forget the other killer, fentanyl. The same people who use/abuse methadone, most likely use fentanyl, either in the lollipop or the transdermal patch. All these narcotics are dangerous (methadone, Xanax, Vicodin, fentanyl)especially when mixed. I had read that Actiq (fentanyl lollipop) was also found in her hotel room. These pops are deadly, and risky for children who think its candy. And I know (before someone tells me how great they are when used correctly)they all have their place in medicine, but somehow, there's too many people dying from these drugs. And don’t forget the other killer, fentanyl. The same people who use/abuse methadone, most likely use fentanyl, either in the lollipop or the transdermal patch. All these narcotics are dangerous (methadone, Xanax, Vicodin, fentanyl)especially when mixed. I had read that Actiq (fentanyl lollipop) was also found in her hotel room. These pops are deadly, and risky for children who think its candy. And I know (before someone tells me how great they are when used correctly)they all have their place in medicine, but somehow, there’s too many people dying from these drugs.

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