Hello all I am new to forum but wanted to give an update. Our new president is passing a law that will no longer allow Dr.s in the hospital to allow patients to have any narcotic pain medication past three days.
In his ultimate opinion as a "doctor" he has decided that there is no reason for post surgical patients to have pain meds for more than three days.
Also for anyone on SSDI and on Medicare starting next month he is trying to and it looks like it will go through that Medicare will no longer pay for pain medications, only injections...which won't work for someone like me who has hypercoaguable state and on a steady dose of injectable heparin.
Additionally the Veterans Affairs has decided to stop their pain management program and only do injections as well. I am a disabled veteran and when I went to the VA....who incidentally years ago started me on oral pain management was going to give me Narcan, which would have put me in immediate withdrawal.
They have absolutely no sympathy and will not budge. Sorry guys this is the foreshadowing of things to come.
Chime in please
SWITG
In his ultimate opinion as a "doctor" he has decided that there is no reason for post surgical patients to have pain meds for more than three days.
Also for anyone on SSDI and on Medicare starting next month he is trying to and it looks like it will go through that Medicare will no longer pay for pain medications, only injections...which won't work for someone like me who has hypercoaguable state and on a steady dose of injectable heparin.
Additionally the Veterans Affairs has decided to stop their pain management program and only do injections as well. I am a disabled veteran and when I went to the VA....who incidentally years ago started me on oral pain management was going to give me Narcan, which would have put me in immediate withdrawal.
They have absolutely no sympathy and will not budge. Sorry guys this is the foreshadowing of things to come.
Chime in please
SWITG