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  7:13 pm
Commenter: Ashley Tucker

New law will cost more lives!
 
I'm not sure why this has been done since my doctor said there's not alot of propping mixing subutex with opiates and dying but there are people selling it. If that's the reason well it's still gonna be on the street and I would have to assume the street value probably doubled making it more enticing for people to sell. It's not fair for so many of us to suffer for the mistakes of a few. Why not make it up to the doctor and make the guidelines that he would have to have explanations to back up his reasoning. I have a strict doctor who doesn't give subutex unless it's necessary. I have a severe migraine disorder with over a decade of medical records. My neurologist as well as my subutex doctor agree I can't take suboxone. Unfortunately my migraines are so severe that I wouldn't be able to work and finish college and raise children if I were on suboxone so I'm being weaned off of subutex and I'm definitely not ready. I have a chronic pain disorder which is how I ended up on pain meds to begin with. The subutex helps with my pain as well as keeps me off the opiates. I'm gonna try but I'm very concerned that I will be back on pills. We are begging you,please fix this. Too Manu people will go back to pills and heroin and now there tolerance is gonna be messed up and we could end up dead. This will cost more lives than it saves.
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