To: The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Donald Trump
Stop the DEA from controlling our health care
The DEA plans to make another cutback in 2018 to the production of opioid medications for the treatment of pain. This can only mean more patient dismissals under duress from the government in the wake of the "opioid crisis" of the new millenium. Pain patients should not be treated like criminals! Please help us maintain our quality of life and functionality.
Why is this important?
I am a 55-year-old female, a single mother of a teen daughter and two grown kids. I have three grandchildren. In 2013 I underwent spinal fusion surgery ( it failed ) that left me full of titanium and disabled. Before the "opioid crisis" and CDC medications cutbacks of 2016 I had adequate pain management. I had an acceptable quality of life that included doing my own shopping, taking my kids where they wanted and needed to go, I hosted many parties at home for my kids and friends. I was an avid fisherwoman and camper, a rabid estate saler and junker. It's all a memory now. Don't let this happen to anyone else. The next patient in need could be you or someone you love.