Posted by Lou Pilder on May 18, 2002, at 11:08:26
In reply to Insurance Nazis or: Pharmaceutical Company greed?, posted by paxvox on May 17, 2002, at 21:58:52
Paxvox,
The class of drugs that you are reffering to cause addiction after 7-10 days and there is a withdrawal syndrome associated with it. Now you say that there is a class of people that should be allowed to be addicted to these drugs because they are needed because they take other drugs that cause insomnia like the drug Wellbutrin and that the restriction that the doctor must give a reason to give you the drug or the insurance companys become "brow-beaters". Now I do not believe that someone should be given an addictive drug because they are taking another drug but your doctor may believe you do.
Now I have championed the 7-10 day restriction of these addicting drugs. I have seen the horrors in the people that result from these drugs when they are taken beyond the 7-10 days. I have seen people go to prison that went out on the street to obtain these drugs illlegally because they were addicted from being prescribed these drugs beyond the 7-10 days.I have seen young people 's education ruined from these drugs that were prescribed to them beyond the 7-10 days. I have seen people loose their livelyhoods from taking these drugs that were prescribed to them and stealing them from hospitals that they were empoyled. I have known people that have killed themselves while they were taking these drugs that were prescribed to them. I have seen people die from accidents that they had that were contributed from the drug. I have known people that have had their marriages ruined from taking these drugs that were prescribed to them for more than 7-10 days. There are posters on these boards that tell of the horrors that they are endurring from these drugs and they can't get through the withdrawal and the suffering from the withdrawal.
There are young people reading this board and I want them to know the dangers of these drugs so that they can make an informed decision about whether or not to take one of these drugs. I hope that all of our young people that look on to this board for "support" and "education" will not take these drugs after 7-10 days unless their doctor overides the warning in to the insurance provider. And I hope that they will not go out on the street to get these drugs because you say that "it is a bunch of crap."You call the insurance companys "Nazis" when all they are trying to do is protect the public's health by restricting doctors from indescriminatly prescribing these drugs. The doctor could still prescribe you the drug if a medical need is indicated in his/her opinion and a phone call is made to your insurance provider.
Now I hold a world record. It is in insurance sales. I have a license and I have studied this issue in more depth than anyone on this board that I have read posts from. And I studied the epidemiology of these drugs. I had to know the probability of deaths and disability from these drugs. You see, insurance, drugs and death was my business.
Lou
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