EllaMentalWitch
Greenlighter
I have been searching around and haven't found much at all about our new laws in Ontario and the introduction of the Ontario Narcotic(s) Monitoring System. I am wondering how it is affecting, or not affecting those who are on any of the Controlled Sustances or are in a position to be picked for "flagging".
I know it has affected me adversely already and am interested to see if this is/had already begun causing hell on earth for pain sufferers and addicts alike, with not much real discrimination between the two.
Needless to say, I am hoping I am not the only one who is being royally fucked by this new system only after it being in effect for appox. 3 weeks. What have been your experiences?
I spoke to a friend, who, dealing with chronic, life-alteringly terrible pain from several ailments/injuries has considered taking to finding and using heroin (or whatever she can find from wherever) to deal with the very real pain concerns she has now that she is unable to obtain her proper scripts and is now being looked at as an addiction.
Say a person does not have a GP and has to use a walk-in for their medication needs and as it is not always easy to use the same physician (double doctoring). And this will be until such time as a GP will accept a person as a patient(never, because you are on narcotics).Seeing as ER doctors are only concerned with dealing with pain for the amount of time patients are in their care, this is not a convenient way to deal with pain control issues.This person has probably applied to the closest pain clinic and been told that unless you are dying imminently, the wait is three years. As well, not every pharmacy carries the specific brand (Ratio, d/t an allergy to glue on others) or dose (100mcgs q 2days) that are needed to fill some particular prescriptions (poly-pharmacy) Also most doctors, being wary of prescribing such medications from clinics, prescribe small amounts of two weeks to a month (filling the same drug twice in a 28-day time period). If you were counting, that is three flags, THE same three flags it takes for patients to be labelled a "potential" ( haha, aren't we all just potential addicts?) addict and even be reported to the police.
Knowing my friend would rather do everything to the letter of the law and not get involved in the world of illegal drugs and illegal ways to obtain such drugs, it truly is making me wonder what good will come of this NMS and its fallout on both chronic pain sufferers and those addicted to such medication when they can't get their meds (either way). I have noticed an enormous rise in small pharmacy break-in where large amounts of narcotics have been stolen and can't help but think this must be what some are resorting to to get their drugs,for legal OR recreational use.
Please, share you experiences and help me and my friend to not feel like totally alone criminals
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I know it has affected me adversely already and am interested to see if this is/had already begun causing hell on earth for pain sufferers and addicts alike, with not much real discrimination between the two.
Needless to say, I am hoping I am not the only one who is being royally fucked by this new system only after it being in effect for appox. 3 weeks. What have been your experiences?
I spoke to a friend, who, dealing with chronic, life-alteringly terrible pain from several ailments/injuries has considered taking to finding and using heroin (or whatever she can find from wherever) to deal with the very real pain concerns she has now that she is unable to obtain her proper scripts and is now being looked at as an addiction.
Say a person does not have a GP and has to use a walk-in for their medication needs and as it is not always easy to use the same physician (double doctoring). And this will be until such time as a GP will accept a person as a patient(never, because you are on narcotics).Seeing as ER doctors are only concerned with dealing with pain for the amount of time patients are in their care, this is not a convenient way to deal with pain control issues.This person has probably applied to the closest pain clinic and been told that unless you are dying imminently, the wait is three years. As well, not every pharmacy carries the specific brand (Ratio, d/t an allergy to glue on others) or dose (100mcgs q 2days) that are needed to fill some particular prescriptions (poly-pharmacy) Also most doctors, being wary of prescribing such medications from clinics, prescribe small amounts of two weeks to a month (filling the same drug twice in a 28-day time period). If you were counting, that is three flags, THE same three flags it takes for patients to be labelled a "potential" ( haha, aren't we all just potential addicts?) addict and even be reported to the police.
Knowing my friend would rather do everything to the letter of the law and not get involved in the world of illegal drugs and illegal ways to obtain such drugs, it truly is making me wonder what good will come of this NMS and its fallout on both chronic pain sufferers and those addicted to such medication when they can't get their meds (either way). I have noticed an enormous rise in small pharmacy break-in where large amounts of narcotics have been stolen and can't help but think this must be what some are resorting to to get their drugs,for legal OR recreational use.
Please, share you experiences and help me and my friend to not feel like totally alone criminals
