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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4/6/17  9:42 am
Commenter: Ashley Jones

Hb 2163 dangerous
 
I am a patient who has been on buprenorphine mono (subutex) for 3 years. I am asking that you please overturn this bill as it endangers the sobriety and lives of people like me. I have a bad reaction to naloxone, so being forced to take suboxone has been a nightmare, but i have no other option because of the governments decision to only allow pregnant women to have it. I cannot allow myself to go back to the lifestyle i was living before I was put on this medication. I have been very successful in recovery, I have been able to hold a full time job, i volunteer in my community as a soccer coach, and i volunteer my time in a classroom working with kindergartners every Tuesday. I have 2 children who need their mom to be 100%, and without this nedication, I am not able to provide that. Put more strict rules down, call for mandatory pill counts, whatever is necessary, but please allow those of us who have done so well on this medication, to continue living fulfilling lives. This will turn so many back to the streets, and so many lives will be lost to the nasty throws of addiction because those people wont be able to get the treatment they need. Please help us who are trying to help ourselves and overturn this bill.
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