Posted by Elizabeth on June 14, 2002, at 0:26:09
In reply to BUPRENEX/Pain management?DETOX? ANYONE?, posted by Sally Green on June 11, 2002, at 14:11:49
Hi Sally.
> Before anyone assumes that I am just some bum who got addicted to street drugs, I have a long history of pain and have been in several car accidents.
I think I can speak for most people on PB when I say that we don't "assume" anything about people posting here. Lots of addicts (including many who use "street" drugs) aren't "just some bum."
> Have had cervical and other surgeries and first started on loricets and then graduated to Oxy's.
Err...you mean cervical *spine* surgery, right? That was the impression I got from reading your other posts.
> They offer various detox programs, charge an outrageous fee for detox services and then convert EVERYONE into a pain management or depression patients and keep you on the stuff forever. (Atleast until they are caught or shut down.)
Obviously I can't be sure, but I think you might be jumping to conclusions about this. Although they may be taking advantage of a legal loophole, I'm not sure if it's technically illegal. As for ethics, they're probably in the clear there too.
I also think it's important for you to focus on your treatment and not so much on questioning the appropriateness of other people's treatment! What has your treatment there consisted of, other than bupe? (I assume there's more to it than just meeting with a doctor every so often, since you seem to have befriended some of the other patients there.)
As to the question of whether it's a scam: have you compared what they charge to the rates charged by other clinics that offer similar levels of service? I'm guessing that private substance-abuse programs are pretty expensive.
-elizabeth
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