Chronic pain patients are suffering as 'terrified' doctors cut back on prescribing opioids
Ken Alltucker and Jayne O'DonnellNew York resident Mickey Saxbury worked on a General Motors assembly line for 25 years before sharp, throbbing back pain from an on-the-job injury forced him to retire.
Chronic pain patients such as Saxbury are becoming increasingly vocal about what they say is a medical community that’s shutting them out. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines in 2016 to cut back prescriptions after years of liberal opioid dispensing contributed to addiction and overdose deaths.
"The right thing is to follow that balance," said Sharfstein, who is now a professor and vice dean at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The guidelines"shouldn’t be used as a kind of cudgel to reduce appropriate prescribing."Many chronic pain patients question whether the revised policy will bring them relief.
"This is not to be critical of his treating physician as this approach is relatively new," Grammar wrote."However, in the absence of functional improvement, this patient is undergoing extraordinary risk with little benefit."Based on the judge's decision, Saxbury said his doctor cut his daily pain prescription by half. He cannot muster the energy or tolerance to do many daily activities.
"With few exceptions, the patients are innocent," Grammar said."They're not writing the prescriptions."States have responded to the addiction crisis by passing laws that aim to reduce opioid prescriptions. Federal statistics show total U.S. opioid prescriptions have declined each year since 2012. However, that trend accelerated since the CDC issued guidelines.
Downey served a three-year term on the Georgia Medical Board through mid-2018 and chaired the board's pain committee. He told colleagues he was not interested in another term because his medical practice was so busy with patients turned away by other doctors. But he said such patients often are able to maintain regular activities such as working, spending time with family or going to church.Doctors are 'terrified of addiction'
Garrett Greene, 27, was dropped as a patient by his pain management doctor last month. He said the doctor told him he wasn't comfortable seeing a cystic fibrosis patient.
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