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baboo*77

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I am very scared and freaked out. A couple of days ago i went to the er for my usual complaint of chronic abdominal pain because i ran out of my dilaudid. When i told the er doc about this she said i would be getting no narcotics due to the fbi calling the er and telling them not to prescribe narcotics to me. Totally freaked out and having withdrawals, i went home and called my pain doc. They moved my appointment and had me go in yesterday. My doc refilled my dialaudid and started me on opana. When i go to the pharmacy, the one i always use with my pain doc, they let me know that the fbi had been there the previous day asking for my rx records. The pharmacist then called my doc to let him know about the fbi and then filled my meds, he also told me to get a lawyer. Later that night my doc calls me and says that he thinks it will be okay. I am so scared and need advice from someone....please!!!!
 
I would advise against ER visits to try to get narco's but other than that I don't hear anything that sounds illegal. If you aren't doing anything illegal, I wouldn't worry. If you are/were, lawyer up...
 
if you have legitimate pain and are not doctor shopping I wouldn't worry about it. I think the FBI has more important things to do than to target one person, especially if this is something that is not routine for you. Maybe try using a diff pharmacy. Don't waste money on a lawyer until you are actually contacted.
 
Are you doctor shopping by chance? Previous drug overdose? who knows
 
vanessalove420 said:
if you have legitimate pain and are not doctor shopping I wouldn't worry about it. I think the FBI has more important things to do than to target one person, especially if this is something that is not routine for you. Maybe try using a diff pharmacy. Don't waste money on a lawyer until you are actually contacted.
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agreed
 
Asking for narcotics at the ER when you're already ON prescribed narcotics could be considered doctor shopping, if you didn't make the ER fully aware of what prescriptions you actively had?

Did you try to get something from the ER for breakthrough pain without fully disclosing your prescriptions with your pain specialist?
 
i have been shopping for a long time because no doctor would treat my pain. i finally found a good pm doc that i have been seeing for 3 months. i was honest with both the er and my pain doc about running out of meds early. what sucks is that i finally found a pm doc and now the fbi is investigating me?? why fbi and not dea?? should i expect to be arrested??
 
Who knows why the FBI is after you; but it doesn't sound like you did anything wrong. Maybe they're after you for something else; do you ever sell your pills to friends who might have ratted on you after they got pulled over and arrested?
 
baboo*77 said:
i have been shopping for a long time because no doctor would treat my pain. i finally found a good pm doc that i have been seeing for 3 months. i was honest with both the er and my pain doc about running out of meds early. what sucks is that i finally found a pm doc and now the fbi is investigating me?? why fbi and not dea?? should i expect to be arrested??
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Can't give any sort of real answer as to the probability that you would be arrested. I hope not. In addition to others' excellent responses, I can only offer this: one of my doctors (a GP, not a PM specialist) was investigated and banned from practicing medicine. He was evidently overprescribing narcotics... to himself. I wasn't worried because all I'd gotten from him were antibiotics and birth control, but perhaps your doctor is being investigated?

If you were told by your pharmacist to get a lawyer, I would take that advice so that if you are arrested, you will already have an attorney familiar with the situation who can hopefully get you bail quickly. If you have a record already, that may not help.

I am also wondering if it is possible that you are being investigated for something else. Either way, I would lawyer up if I was in your situation. Quickly.
 
Mariposa said:
Can't give any sort of real answer as to the probability that you would be arrested. I hope not. In addition to others' excellent responses, I can only offer this: one of my doctors (a GP, not a PM specialist) was investigated and banned from practicing medicine. He was evidently overprescribing narcotics... to himself. I wasn't worried because all I'd gotten from him were antibiotics and birth control, but perhaps your doctor is being investigated?

If you were told by your pharmacist to get a lawyer, I would take that advice so that if you are arrested, you will already have an attorney familiar with the situation who can hopefully get you bail quickly. If you have a record already, that may not help.

I am also wondering if it is possible that you are being investigated for something else. Either way, I would lawyer up if I was in your situation. Quickly.
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^^^^ smart...
 
baboo*77 said:
i went to the er for my usual complaint of chronic abdominal pain because i ran out of my dilaudid.
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It sounds like you have an opiate addiction, abdominal pain is CAUSED by opiate addiction. Maybe thats why you have abdominal pain when you don't take your dilaudid?

baboo*77 said:
i have been shopping for a long time because no doctor would treat my pain. i finally found a good pm doc that i have been seeing for 3 months. i was honest with both the er and my pain doc about running out of meds early. what sucks is that i finally found a pm doc and now the fbi is investigating me?? why fbi and not dea?? should i expect to be arrested??
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Yea, you've been shopping for a quack doctor, which is against federal law. You've been given too many prescriptions, and they are investigating you. You need to get help for your opiate addiction and quit going to quacks if you want to avoid prosecution. Maybe if you get help quickly they will back off since your prescription audit would show your not doing anything illegal anymore...
 
The DEA is the federal agency that investigates doctors, prescription fraud, all issues involving controlled substances. I'm sure the DEA can check controlled substance prescription and pharmacy records, but not the FBI- I'm willing to bet that the latter would need a court order/subpoena to get their hands on your medical/prescription records (as per HIPAA) unless you give your consent.

Either you aren't giving us all of the relevant information, someone is lying to you or about you, or something very strange is going on.
 
Didn't the FBI investigate mike jackson's docs? All I know is federal agencies often work together. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if the DEA and FBI work co-op sometimes. I know other federal agencies do all the time.
 
severely etarded said:
Didn't the FBI investigate mike jackson's docs? All I know is federal agencies often work together. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if the DEA and FBI work co-op sometimes. I know other federal agencies do all the time.
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They were pursuing a possible homicide charge against the doctor.
 
Missykins said:
They were pursuing a possible homicide charge against the doctor.
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Maybe the OP's doctor is being investigated for homicide. I heard on the news the other day prescription drug abuse is the leading cause for overdoses. It sounds like the OP was visiting quack doctors for hydromorphine fixes. And BTW, FBI may look into any criminal affairs it wants to, regardless if it's drug-related or not. The FBI is like the federal police, and the DEA is just a task force division. Do they work together? All the time. If one of the OP's doctor's patients OD'd because of being loosely prescribed prescription drugs, then I'd imagine the FBI could get involved, especially if the victim's family pressured for prosecution. There's a lot of things that could have happened here, but I wouldn't necessarily think "Oh, only the DEA bothers with doctors". They work together, and the DEA has plenty to do on the streets without worrying about doctor shopping morphine addicts. There's a lot of things here to consider, but I'd be willing to bet when they are going to charge people with ANY kind of FRAUD, the FBI gets involved. I would GUESS Doctor shoppers and quack doctors are committing some sort of prescription drug fraud? so go figure.

I don't think the DEA handles fraud cases...
 
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