Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing Prescribing of Opioids and Buprenorphine [18 VAC 85 ‑ 21]
Action Initial regulations
Stage Emergency/NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 5/3/2017
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4/5/17  11:19 pm
Commenter: Lori Miller

HB 2163
 
HB 2163 will do harm to those that can not afford suboxone and to those that have a legit hypersensitivity to naloxone. This is not a one size fits all situation. Some people who can not take suboxone are unable to get to a methadone clinic everyday or can not afford it. Suboxone and methadone are both abused and sold on the streets, and in my opinion methadone is so much worse than plain buprenorphine/subutex. This law wouldn't be a bad idea if it included that people with a legit reaction to naloxone, documented and seen by a doctor could still receive mono-buprenorphine/subutex. And also allow people to still continue getting take homes from the clinics. I feel like something needs to be changed in this law cause people are going to resort back to illicit street drugs because they are either allergic to or can not afford suboxone or even get to a methadone clinic every day. Over doses are going to go back up. In my opinion addicts are going to use no matter what, but it would be safer for them to take a life saving drug than to take heroin. Please rethink this bill.
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