Oppose the DEA's Proposal on Reduced Opioid Production

I have had RSDS/CRPS since 1988. Walk in our path for a day before you decide to change the meds we need to take so that we have some quality of life...Thank You Jesus for never leaving me/us.....

I have had RSD for 23 yrs. I was 15 when I was diagnosed it's the least to say that I have no hope for a better life if they take my pain meds away

Hello I have had RSD for over 23 years now and I wouldnt be here If It wasn't for oxycodone that my Pain DR put me on at that time. And through out these years It has made one hell of a difference for my life...W/C Wants to take take It Away from me saying I don't need It. How do they know. They were going to wean me off of my fast acting pain pills. They didn't . They just took them cold turkey for me. Whats wrong with these people. Judy Greene

As someone whom has already been affected by these changes, I think it's horrible that the mass is being punished for the few. My life is one that is constant pain. I do not abuse my meds, and yet... I had to choose between anxiety and panic attacks for the rest of my life or the amount of pain relief I receive (which is not and had never been complete since my injury). Even so, I am affected by this change and have more pain to deal with. I do not think it's right and I am appalled that the DEA would do this to people who are trying to function for their families and cannot. I already need help. Now, I'll need more from my family. How long until I cannot do anything to be the wife and mom I need to be, while living in more pain? Stop this now and help people get the relief and meds they need!!!

I've lost my job my husband / family most of my friends so far due to the cruciating pain from RSDS....opiates is besides my SCS the only help I have left in my life....if I lose that also....there's only way left...

Don't punish those who need pain medication help. Punish those who abuse the system or HELP the ones who need help instead of letting them fall through the cracks in the system.

This is patient punishing for others bad deeds nothing more

I have had CRPS for 21 yrs I would have no life without my pain medication

There are people with true, chronic pain that do not abuse theor meds. These new laws are causing us great pain and loss of quality care. Sadly the thing you are trying to do (reduce opiod use) is going to cause great pain, amd hardship to someone with a medical need for a doctor controlled opiod medication and they will not recieve it. Because of desperation they turn to dirty drugs and they are hooked and we have created a new junkie because a doctor was not able to medically treat tje chronic and debilitating pain they came to recieve treatment from the physician. Stay out of my medical care!

8 years ago Featured

As an RSD/CRPS patient who needs opiates to maintain a functional life, please hear our valid and important pleas to maintain access for chronic pain patients. I was suicidal before prescribed opiates and I know I am not alone. Thank you!

I will be honest, before I got this horrific disease CRPS, I thought opiates were bad. I now see the other side. There are chronic pain patients who rely on these medications just to GET OUT OF BED. We do not get high off of them. They help us live a semi “normal” life. Do not hurt the chronic pain patients who use their medications as they are supposed to and who also need them. Being in pain 24/7 is a horrible thing.

CRPS type 2 stage 4. I wouldn't be able to live my life without my pain killers. This would so greatly negatively impact true chronic pain sufferers, it just simply can't happen.

as a person living with an incurable pain disorder( type 2 CRPS and spinal cord injury) we need access to pain management. There is no cure for our disease so we live with a terminal illness and opiod therapies allow us to live productive lives. These drugs keep people like me out of wheel chairs and as active members of society. one hundred million Americans stand aside me in my heartfelt plea to keep pain medicine available for us so we can have a chance at conteobuting to society rather than dying in a wheelchair.

We must keep intractable and chronic pain persons ability to have access to life saving medication

Without these drugs they are creating a new use of street drugs. The epidemic will not be solved by restricting use for those who legitimately need it.

8 years ago Featured

I have RSD and without narcotics I'm either forced to live in agony, buy off the street or die. All you are doing is making street dealers the new 'drs' or adding to the suicide rate. People like me will not live in agony. It's not a life worth living.

As a patient with multiple chronic conditions I ask the DEA to use common sense when making decisions that affect my use of opioid medications

I have have CRPS for 10 years, if it wasn't it for my pain medication my children would be motherless. Till they walk in my shoes they shouldn't dictate what I can and can't take!

TO ALL WHO MAY CONCERN IN WASHINGTON...... PLEASE DON'T THE DEA PUNISH THE ONES WHO SUFFER FROM ANY CHRONIC PAIN DISORDERS / DISEASES THAT NEED OUR MEDICATIONS WHICH THERE IS NO CURE FOR THEM. I, MYSELF SUFFERS EVERYDAY WITH COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME / REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY (WITH OTHER HEALTH ISSUES) SINCE 2009 THAT STARTED IN MY RIGHT FOOT & NOW IT HAS SPREAD UP MY LEG TO MY HIP, IT HAS MOVED OVER TO MY LEFT FOOT AND I'M WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT SPREAD TO MY SHOULDER SINCE I HAD 2 SURGERIES WITH IN 8 MONTHS. CRPS/RSD IS VERY PAINFUL, SOME DAYS (MORE BAD DAYS THAN GOOD ONES) I CAN'T POWER THROUGH THE PAIN. EVERY TREATMENT IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERY PATIENT AND NOBODY IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD HAS NOT FOUND A CURE FOR US. IF YOU COULD PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES WITH THE CHRONIC PAIN, JUST IMAGINE THAT A REALLY BAD TOOTHACHE WITH EXPOSED NERVES WITH FIRE ANTS, MY PAIN IS WORSE THAN THAT, IT IS HELL. I DO SEE MY PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR REGULAR TO MANGE MY MEDICATIONS AND DO REGULAR DRUG TESTING FOR MY MEDICATIONS. SO PLEASE HEAR MY VOICE LOUD & CLEAR FOR ALL OF US THAT SUFFER FROM CHRONIC PAIN, DO NOT REDUCE OUR MEDICATIONS FOR OUR TREATMENTS THAT WORK FOR US TO HELP POWER THROUGH THE PAIN FOR OUR DAILY LIVES. SOME OF US HAS NO QUALITY OF LIFE, CAN'T HOLD A JOB, DO SIMPLE THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE AND/OR HOME BOUND (CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF BED). I AM ASKING YOU HELP US FIND A CURE FOR THESE CHRONIC PAIN CONDITIONS. DO NOT PUNISH THE ONES WHO NEED OUR MEDICATIONS FOR OUR TREATMENTS. WE SUFFER ENOUGH WITH THE PAIN AND CAN'T LIVE A NORMAL LIFE. IF YOU DO TAKE OUR MEDICATIONS AWAY THERE WILL BE MORE SUICIDES FOR US WHO LIVE IN THE CHRONIC PAIN WORLD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE PAIN ANYMORE. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR US WITH CHRONIC PAIN. #FIND_A_CURE_NOT_REDUCE_OUR_MEDICATIONS_FOR_TREATMENT

My wife needs her medicine to get by day by day. Not fair for the ones who truly need them.