Talk:Doctor shopping

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Contents 1 Request for expansion 2 Citation needed 3 Added section 4 Added a Worldview label to the "Commonly abused prescription drugs" section

[edit] Request for expansion

I have requested that this be expanded as it is currently no more than a dictionary definition. It should be expanded to discuss abuse of prescription medication, duty of care of the physician and rising pharmaceutical costs. Capitalistroadster 07:26, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

One word: Oxycontin... --66.82.9.55 06:09, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Citation needed

"...witness the fact that the most commonly represented demographic group in Narcotics Anonymous is doctors (principally anesthesiologists) and pharmacists."

Is that true??

--87.194.58.113 11:34, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Ean

[edit] Added section

Added a section pointing out that not all "doctor shoppers" are addicts trying to get drugs for abuse. Under-prescription of painkillers due to paranoia among doctors of being prosecuted for prescribing them is now a serious problem, especially for younger people. I had laser surgery on my feet with no anaesthetic apart from paracetamol, because they couldn't use a local as it would interfere with the treatment and they said that "hospital policy" meant they couldn't give stronger drugs to someone my age. Similarly my flatmate broke his arm badly in a workplace accident and all they would give him was ibuprofen. People with chronic pain conditions also suffer needlessly because they can't get sufficient drugs to treat their pain; look at the case of Richard Paey who is now in prison for 20 years in Florida for possession of his own Percocet pills after he moved states and could no longer get prescribed the dose which he had been stabilized on previously. Not all doctor shoppers are drug abusers! Meodipt 03:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree, it's an important issue. I actually lost my job because I couldn't get the medication I needed in time due to a chronic, but manageable, health issue. I could have gone "shopping", but then I would have risked being labeled a drug seeker -- not something you want happen when you have a real medical issue. 122.57.136.187 (talk) 12:20, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Added a Worldview label to the "Commonly abused prescription drugs" section

Some countries do not require prescriptions for drugs that might be scheduled in the US; so this section is not entirely accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph11h (talk • contribs) 07:24, 18 April 2008 (UTC)