How do you report a dr for over prescrbing painkillers?

My husbands doctor has been prescribing painkillers for over 2 1/2years. It has become a problem and my husband is very addicted to them. I spoke to the dr and he said he didn't realize that he was taking them all within a week and then going thru wd's...so he was going to wean him off gradually. Then when my husband goes to see him , he doubles them! Helloooo! Are we onthe same planet. I told him that he was abusing them. Then my husband goes to another dr. when he runs out and gets more, plus he takes sleeping meds, ativan, lexapro and sometimes drinks as well. I am very worried and don't know where to turn.

That's like reporting a fast food restaurant for selling your husband too many greasy hamburgers! You're pointing your finger at the wrong person. The doctor will continue prescribing the medications as long as your husband says he is in pain. Your husband is a grown man and it is up to him to stop taking something that can alleviate his pain, which is the goal of the doctor, but if YOU don't like the side-effects and think he shouldn't be taking them, then take it up with your husband, not the doctors who are doing their job!!! It's like blaming McDonalds if your husband eats there too much and ends up getting fat. They are there to alleviate people of their hunger and if you think they should serve less food then you are wrong, it is the person eating who should make the decision to eat less, so take it up with your husband like a grown up and don't look at a third party to blame for him.

Helloooo - all painkillers clearly state the dangers of addiction associated with taking them. Your husband can't take a medication that warns he will get addicted to it, then turn around and report the doctor who prescribes it. Let's say you selfishly and vengefully and wrongfully report on 5 doctors who prescribed the medication to your husband. Do you think there aren't thousands of others your husband can still go to to get the medication? There are even websites he can go to to purchase them with online 'doctors' who prescribe them. Do you think reporting on the doctors is really going to cure your husband's addiction?? Or is it going to ignore his actions and set him free of any responsibility?

You says he goes to another doctor when he runs out. Could that be because the original one won't prescribe more? Isn't that doing his job? Why do you then want to report him?

take him to a rehab clinc....its not only youre docs fault

your husband needs to choose to stop qutting.

atleast he's not on xanax lololol....trust me i know an equally as bad addict...u shouldve read about the meds before u started taking them

Contact the FDA (food and drug administration) if they, after speaking to you think the Dr is over doing it, they will look into it!

First your husband needs to realize he has a problem. You can report all the doctors you want, he will still find away to get pills and you do not need a prescription for alcohol. This will be no easy task. He has to admit to having a problem and want to do something about it. If he is not ready you may as well preach to the wall. Forced rehab is usually not successful. I have lived with loved ones who had addiction issues - I will keep you in my prayers.

Have him go to rehab, they will take care of the rest.

Soon someone in the pharmacy might see that he's getting painkillers from two or more doctors and might report him. Then he might face jail time for this offense because it's against the law to get pain killers from more then one doctor. I'm sorry to say this but it's true. I'd try to wean down by taking one less pill a day per month til he is off of them if the doctor isn't helping. But you know it's only going to work if he wants to do this.

Before reporting the doctor, make sure to focus on your husband's drug addiction. Pain killers and other presciption drugs are especially dangerous because they come from a doctor and users can easily rationalize them as "safe" or "medicine" rather than seeing them as mind-altering substances.

As for the doctor, though, if he works at a hospital, make a report with the Chief of Medicine or Chief of Staff. If he works in private practice, seek out the local State or City Board of Medicine (depending on where you live).

One thought that crossed my mind though-- did you check the doubled prescription? Perhaps the doctor prescribed twice the amount of pills in a lower dosage per pill to help your husband slowly break his dependency without developing painful withdrawal effects. This might not be the case, but perhaps there is a method to the doctor's madness and you should consider consulting him again about his decision before making a formal report.

Try the state licensing board for MDs.

Or, try the DEA. LOTS of doctors have been investigated or lost their licenses (rightly and wrongly) for (over) prescribing category 2 controlled substances. Right for people who produce addicts for no reason. Wrong when they're investigating doctors treating many terminal cancer patients, who want them to not be in pain their last weeks of life.

i 100% agree with caligrl, your husband has to admit he has a problem and deal with it himself.
reporting the doctor will achieve nothing, just more stress.