jt07 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Ohio is limiting the amount of opiates a doctor can prescribe to just 7 days. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 I should point out that cancer patients and patients in hospice are exempted from the 7 day limit. Also, apparently New Jersey's law is even tougher with a 5 day limit. This is going to sweep the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 So a person who just had a major surgery will only have 5 (NJ) or 7 (ohio) days of painkillers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Also ... thanks for posting that link. I sent it off to one of my DRs as an FYI. We are not in Ohio or NJ, (in MA), but eventually (like you said): 6 hours ago, jt07 said: This is going to sweep the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 16 minutes ago, melissaw72 said: So a person who just had a major surgery will only have 5 (NJ) or 7 (ohio) days of painkillers? I'm assuming that 7 days means 7 days according to the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 3 minutes ago, jt07 said: I'm assuming that 7 days means 7 days according to the article. Oh, ok. I see what you mean ... some articles might not be necessarily accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquarian Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Also, the article said PCPs and dentists will have these restrictions, so (for example) I'm assuming people in pain management won't have to worry (for now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 5 hours ago, aquarian said: Also, the article said PCPs and dentists will have these restrictions, so (for example) I'm assuming people in pain management won't have to worry (for now). You make a good point so I researched it further. Indeed, it applies to PCPs and dentists. Physicians who prescribe more than 7 days worth of opiates (other than PCPs and dentists) have to take additional training in addiction. So it's not really as big news as I thought. Good catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 1 hour ago, jt07 said: You make a good point so I researched it further. Indeed, it applies to PCPs and dentists. Physicians who prescribe more than 7 days worth of opiates (other than PCPs and dentists) have to take additional training in addiction. So it's not really as big news as I thought. Good catch! jt ... do you have a link to this ... I am relaying info to a DR of mine who deals with chronic pain, and I googled as much as I could think of and couldn't find where it said this. He probably knows some of this, but he's never mentioned anything about having to take additional training to prescribe the opiates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 Well, I guess now I'm confused because there are three things going on. First is the action by the governor. Second is the House bill. And third is the Senate bill. This link explains the House and Senate bills and it is pretty clear what needs to be done to prescribe more than the set amount including additional training in addiction and having addiction treatment available. Look at the section entitled "Under Senate Bill 119 and House Bill 167." What is confusing me is what exactly the governor has done. I *think* this applies to acute pain management and not to chronic pain management, but I can't necessarily back that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestor Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 If laws like this come to my state it might just drive my dad to suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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