Help Protect Chronic Pain Patients

I am a chronic pain patient (not on OHP/Medicaid) and retired RN.

I am in this category, after 16 years of trying what will help,pain injections with medication for breakthrough pain is the only method that has worked for me.

This is a shameful violation of all patients rights...this attitude is HARMING PEOPLE. What are they gonna do when all these patients start KILLING THEMSELVES TO ESCAPE THE PAIN....

I have used prescribed medication off and on for 20 years. It’s prescived and used when my lupus flares. I recently wen threw 10 months of pain medication and am now 3 months with out any. I am not addicted and my life wouldn’t have been manageable without it. I work full time and take it as prescribed or less bc I can’t take it at work.

I struggled with severe pain for years. I tried everything, nothing was working, opioids saved me. Oh, I still have pain but not incapacitating pain. I can get up and do things, I can hold down a job. Chronic pain doesn't go away, and the people suffering with it are not taking pain medication to get high, we take it to live.

Please allow Dr.s trained in chronic pain management do their jobs. Without theses effective medications many people will suffer. There is a drug problem in U.S. but if you study data it’s not pain patients that are overdosing or becoming addicted. Dependent maybe but I’m dependent on my thyroid Med. Med for neuropathy,etc.

As a lupus and chronic back pain patient I am signing this because I know how hard it is to get help when you're in serious pain

Don't label every one the same. I have had more suicidal thoughts the last 2 months then ever. I never have had them before but I can't live in pain like this. I don't abuse and I also dont buy street drugs.

This plan is simply barbaric and illconceived!

My wife has aracnoiditis she has been messed up since she was 37 now 50 and slowly dieing ! Now they have taken away more than half her medicine she can't hardly walk anymore at least when she was on the regiment the Dr had her on she could do something once in awhile now just in bed crying all because you idiots think taking her meds away is going to save some damn junkie using street drugs what the hell kind of logic is that anyway! Now she wants to talk to her Dr about death with dignity good job you cdc people and this insane idiot governor Brown need to stop this now she doesn't abuse what she gets just to get out of pain sort of !

Chronic paid patient over 15 years...no other help available. You going to let me die alone and in pain?

I am and have been for 10+ years a sufferer of chronic pain. I will be for the rest of my life, please help me!

I live in chronic pain and no one should have to go thru it like I do

Quality of life for chronic pain patients cannot be legislated in a vacuum. Please do not take relief from those who cannot survive without it. The mental health issue in this state is going to get a LOT worse when you take away this option.

Our many doctors should be able to treat our chronic pain without prejudice and without fear of retaliation

Suffer with pain from multiple spinal fractures resulting from advanced osteporosis

Please help us.

Im the other half of a chronic pain patient. Every month we travel 3 hours round trip as not to upset things. He's had at least five doctors in three years. And if they question the ua get an independent right away. Funny how things are coming out.

I was forced off opiods in 4/2016. Living with untreated pain and all the ways it can effect a person/body. I believe I will die soon. Please stop this attack on chronic pain pateints!! We are not addicts!! Stay out of my doctor visits!

People deserve to live as pain free as possible. Take the control away from the politicians and put it back in the control of the doctors that trained for it. Chronic pain is no joke...if you don’t have it, you will never understand!!!