Oppose Cigna’s Decision to Not Cover the Cost of OxyContin in 2018

Pain patients are not addicts

For those of us who have a chronic pain condition such as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome as well as a compromised gastrointestinal system how are we to have any quality of life? When all alternatives have been explored with only opioids left that provide any quality of life taking away the only thing that can provide this not being covered is wrong oh and a tamper resistant extended relief substitute will have passed through our system giving no relief so it is not viable or suitable.

This is outrageous that Cigna made this decision. We vehemently oppose it!!

I currently am not on this drug, or any pain killers for my crps, but I understand having insurers tell you that you can not have something that you very much need. I hope you guys are able to reach your goal. Best wishes!

Stop the Discrimination!!

I lived with chronic pain for over 6 years till getting a diagnosis of RSD/CRPS and anyone that knows of this disease knows that the pain can drive you to suicide. If it had not been for my decision to find a doctor that understood, I would not be here 12 years later. I agree that there has to be a solution but this is not it. There are people that are in REAL PAIN and without relief, death is their only option.

#PainPatientsAreNotAddicts. CRPS patients need oxy and other opioids to improve their quality of life. Licensed pain management doctors should be the ONLY ones dictating what pain meds chronic pain patients require and deserve. Cigna’s decision is equivalent to torture and in violation and of innate human rights taken reduce suffering from chronic pain from a disease that’s worse than the pain from cancer, amputation and childbirth.

Celebrities get what they want but the people in need please don't stop it

another money hungry insurance company that doesnt care about people. Fits well with the new administration.

I oppose Cigna not paying for Oxycotin in 2018. This is an insurance provider, not a physician. They should not be making medical decisions for their subscribers.

A a person who suffers from CRPS it's a huge mistake and dis-service to people with such pain not to cover the pain medication(s) that help them survive on a daily bases. You wouldn't want your Mother/Father, grandparents/ siblings/ children/ or any one you love to be without pain medication that helps them to make it through the day. Please continue to pay for these pain medications.

I suffer from CRPS and tthose of us whoo havee this need these pain meds, to help us get through our days.

I have CRPS which is actually MORE painful than cancer so how do you justify taking this medication from me but giving it to cancer patients??

Please take into account all of the chronic pain patients that will be effected. Just because you can not see what affects us doesn't make our pain any less legitamite.

I also oppose the decision to discontinue paying for a medication crps patients need this .

All insurances Should cover medications doctor specialist prescribe! Insurance companies aren't Drs. They don't see the patient nor their medical history. Treat all Legitimate pain! It's not okay to allow any patients with one pain condition over another different pain condition. Selecting which Disease to allow pain Relief over another is NOT acceptable! Sorry, it's just not humane. Every insurance company, All doctors and all pharmacist Should b made to Go back and Read the 2013 United Nations declaration to treat pain! United States Gov doesn't care if pain KILLS. Stop this cruelty.

CRPS has the highest level of pain called Causalgia on the McGuill Pain Index scale. It is the most painful form of chronic pain that there exists today! I think Cigna or any pharmacy or government should not be telling chronic pain patients, especially those diagnosed with CRPS, that they cannot get a prescription filled for the only pain medicine that helps them try to live a somewhat normal life. I would like to see a Cigna big wig try to deal with living with CRPS for just one day, and not have access to the pain medicine that works for them. Treating pain should be between a patient and their doctor... NOT an insurance co., government, or pharmacy making that decision!! CRPS patients have rights too & we should be able to get medication that works for us, since there is NO CURE!!

This is why we havr insurance.

I have suffered chronic pain for years from the time I broke my neck at C1 to having a seizure while driving and hitting a tree at 50 mph! 9 broken ribs, shattered L4 vertebrae, lacerations of the liver spleen and pancreas. These are just a few of my issues. I thought I had felt the worse pain anyone could feel when I had a staph infection abscess in my brain cavity caused by a bolt from my halo device being overtourqued and piercing my skull and exposing me to the infection. 29cc abscess in the brain cavity! I never knew that something could surpass the pain I felt then! I was then diagnosed with CRPS after a fracture of my right hand and surgery on my elbow at the same time. Nerves were damaged and the the pain really started and it hasn't gone away since! These are but a few of the things that have happened to me. I challenge you to live a day in my shoes without the proper medications to help with pain! There are many ways to cope with pain yes. Thing is, if you are at a point where you are at a point you take this level of a specific medication there has already been an effort at some other type of relief! I am fortunate enough that I received a Neurostimulator implant that has managed some of my issues, but I still take a multitude of medications. You as an insurance company do not have the knowledge to make an across the board decision like this! For those that are helped by a certain medication a substitute doesn't always work! I have epilepsy. The standard antiseizure med doesn't work for me. I need an extended release medication. Please! I beg you! Educate yourselves further before making this decision!

CRPS victims should not be discriminated against. We are not opioids abusers! We patients are being prescribed medication legally, and follow our pain doctors protocol. To compare us to people illegally obtaining opioids for abuse and addiction is discriminatory and denies us proper care for our pain disease.