Why don't doctors write narcotics?

what possible repercussions are there and why is it not up to the patient to decide and the doctor to monitor? I believe narcotics can be very helpful and I wonder doctors don't write them more often. I think they just have a bad rap. People let the media and the christians and the anti drug people brainwash them and doctors are considered quacks if they just want to help people deal with their pain. TELL ME HOW OXYCONTIN IS WORSE THAN MARLBORO LIGHTS. TELL ME HOW MORPHINE IS WORSE THAN ALCHOHOL ADDICTION. TELL ME HOW LORTAB IS WORSE THAN MCDONALD'S BEEF? CHOOSE YOUR POISONS AMERICA. does this make me liberal? because i hate those *****. Honestly if you use common sense and you don't have an addictive personality they aren't that bad. What if you have a good diet? What if you disagree with your doctor? what if your doctor thinks that you look fine and jumps to conclusions but as soon as you leave you are the only one that has to deal with your pain. i have 24 characters lef

here you are again talking about narcotics. how are you not a drug seeker? in answer to your question it's not up to the patient because they didn't spend 7 years becoming a doctor. people don't always know whats best for them but the idea that doctors should hand out pills like pez is insane. if you are in so much pain what exactly is wrong with you? funny you'll talk about drugs till the cows come home but you won't discuss your injury.

People that smoke cigs don't have impaired judgment and hallucinate. Also, how is your Dr supposed to know if you have an addictive personality or not? Mcdonald's beef is not addictive and does not inhibit your motor skills.

Narcotics have more adverse effects than good ones, and are highly addictive. I think your comparisons are nowhere near matched, yes alcohol and cigarettes are damaging, but not to the degree of narcotics. Do you really want to walk the streets fearing serious crime for someone to fund their narcotic addiction...I don't.

Doctors DO write for narcotics, if they believe the pain being experienced is that severe.Most Doctors respect life and want to prolong it. Many narcotics damage your internal organs. I don't think any Doctor would prescribe Alcohol, McDonald's or cigarettes.

a doctor has to send a copy of every narcotic prescription to the FDA. If the doctor writes to many The authorities will come down on the doctor. many people become addicted to to drugs and now doctors are becoming concerned of people becoming addicted. Also many people sell their narcotic prescriptions. So the doctors are pretty much in a bind. I agree that people with common sense who don't abuse the drugs should have them. Unfortunately doctors just don't know who to trust any more.

This is a HUGE problem. People that live without pain and the media and the 12 steppers have forced people with chronic pain to "deal with it". You can't find a new dr. because then you are dr. shopping. You have no options. I don't really have an answer for you but wanted to tell you that I for one am sorry for your pain and hope that you find some relief somewhere. You are not alone!

There was a doctor in the north-east States that prescribed narcotics to pain patients. Despite the fact that the patients were *not* addicted to the strong narcotics - the drugs simply relieved the crippling pain the patients suffered from.

His license was pulled.

The supposed reason(s) was/were that the narcotics were: a) addictive; b) perscibed (in some cases) in near overdose amounts; and c) could prove lethal should anyone else - especially minors - take them accidentally.

Doctors are strictly monitered by the governing medical board and should a patient become addicted, the doctor could lose all he has worked for.......HIS LICENSE! Some patients go to several doctors and get their narcotics, become adicted and then sue the doctor......the amount of time lost going to court and having witnesses, for several doctors, by the suing patient, is really awful. Get the picture?
But if and when you become an alcoholic (freewill) there is no other person to blame.......

most doctors will not write narcotics any more because of so many pill heads, they'll get the prescription( say its a prescription thats supposed to last them 2 months) well when they go back in less then a month for another prescription there is a HUGE PROBLEM there, some ppl don't use them for thier self after they have been prescribed they go and sell them to the pill heads
so the doctors are tryin to stray away from hard narcotics and only prescrib them to thier patients who TRUELY NEED THEM and use them correctly
I know alot of ppl who pop pills just to get HIGH they have no pain never did but it's the HIGH they like so they'll spend 5-10 bucks FOR ONE Morphine pill or or a thousand dollars for a hundread pills - and they don't even care that that thousand dollars was thier bill money or money to buy thier children food all they're caring about is the HIGH and it's sad that people like that have ruined it for the people who honestly need the medicine just to live thier daily lives to the fullest with out bieng in constanst pain

but thats just my opioion - I don't use any narcotics Prescribed or other wise The prescriptions i get aren't narcotics and i don't even like taking them - hell i don't like taking a over the counter pain reliver for a head ache
but i've grown up around massive DRUGGIES and i know what it does to them!

I have pains and went to my doc and he did write a script for pain pills. Only 20 pain pills. So with the cost of the doctors visit, over $180 dollars, and the $30 dollar copay prescription, was it worth the $210 for 20 pills? No. I take regular Advil for pain, because I cannot afford $210 to see the doctor just for 20 pills. Cigarettes are a lot cheaper, 20 cigs cost around $4.

Dang, we do write for narcotics we just tend to be very conservative with our treatment. Also we base the need for narcotics on your pain scale. If you're in severe pain you're going to get them providing you're not allergic. If you want me to write for a months worth of narcotics to go home with, you're crazy. Maybe a few days worth post surgery but not any amount greater than that.

There is no real need for it at home if you're in that much pain you need to be monitored. Often these drugs can cause reactions that could cause you to loose your life. Your blood pressure could drop your level of consciousness could make you a danger to others. You could definitely overdose if not monitored so those are some of the reasons why you wouldn't get a script for narcs, okay.

sounds like you need a good pain management doctor.
doctors don't just write prescriptions for these heavy pain meds mainly because without knowing your total background there are to many wanting for the meds not for the pain, and to many law suites now adays. so blame it on the ones that don't need it for pain that's keeping those that are in such pain getting what they need.

however if you stick to one good doctor you should be able to get what you need for your pain. don't doctor hop they all talk, once your file has been flagged that's it.
the drugs you are talking about are a wold of difference than smoking and drinking (be real)

I had a bad car accident that left me with very painful spinal issues. I tried for almost 30 years to get many different doctors to help me. I didn't just want drugs, I wanted the pain to go away. even if that meant surgery. I was told that all I needed was to get some exercise and lose a little weight, or that I was an addict. One doctor only did one test; to see if I had a sexually transmitted disease. Understand that over this time I managed to get 2 degrees and get jobs with government agencies, that I would lose because of the pain in my back and legs. So the assumption that I was some sort of gutter junkie was totally unfounded. About two years ago I had another temporary doctor who wrote a scrip for Vicodin. She had an office in a nearby town, so I made an appointment to see her. She saw me, wrote another scrip, and then accused me of Doctor shopping. I had a follow-up appointment, I assumed it was with her, but it wasn't. Another new Doctor. Amazingly, this new doctor not only did a full exam, and write another scrip for Vicodin, but also wrote one for Neurontin, which I had been trying to get for years. He also referred me to a Pain Management Specialist who I see at least twice a month. He did an Electromylegram that showed that I had significant, irreparable nerve damage in my legs due to damaged discs, and the same in my neck. He has done many other tests such as MRIs, which I never had before, and diagnostic, and therapeutic injections, including chemically burning the damaged nerves to stop the pain. To bad I can't sue all the other doctors who refused to help me because of some stupid assumption that I had to be an addict because I LOOKED fine. You would think better of a doctor. Keep looking, But stay away from anyone who wants to put a morphine pump inside your body they are nothing but trouble. I've never had one, but I know of some who have.

Dr's cant just prescribe narcotics, they have to be absolutely certain that they are given for all the right reasons, in my experience a persons perception of pain varies from patient to patient, that said there are some very obvious causes for extreme pain in which case the dr will prescribe a narcotic