Comments on: A few good bills http://www.utahbecky.com/blog/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/ Representing Utah House District 20 Tue, 18 May 2010 06:58:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Becky http://www.utahbecky.com/blog/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Becky Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:15:37 +0000 http://www.utahbecky.com/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/#comment-302 Good points, Vicky. This safeguards these bills put in place will actually protect the very people you mention who are suffering from long term chronic pain. The "drug seekers" are those who shop between doctors to fill prescriptions and exhibit a pattern of addiction and over-use, and to the extent that doctors have a way to track that activity on an individual patient they will be better equipped to determine and quantify who is genuinely in need and who is not. I agree the legislature should not be making medical decisions and these bills do not open the door for them to do so. The bills utilizing the Controlled Substance Database simply create a tool for physicians and free them up to address the genuine needs of those suffering from chronic pain. I appreciate your plea to proceed with caution. Good points, Vicky. This safeguards these bills put in place will actually protect the very people you mention who are suffering from long term chronic pain. The “drug seekers” are those who shop between doctors to fill prescriptions and exhibit a pattern of addiction and over-use, and to the extent that doctors have a way to track that activity on an individual patient they will be better equipped to determine and quantify who is genuinely in need and who is not. I agree the legislature should not be making medical decisions and these bills do not open the door for them to do so. The bills utilizing the Controlled Substance Database simply create a tool for physicians and free them up to address the genuine needs of those suffering from chronic pain. I appreciate your plea to proceed with caution.

]]> By: Vicky Thomas http://www.utahbecky.com/blog/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Vicky Thomas Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:10:34 +0000 http://www.utahbecky.com/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/#comment-301 Becky While I applaud trying to help people with addictions, I am concerned that these bills will go too far. I have been told by a friend of mine who is in the medical field that pain is whofully undertreated. While I understand the issue of people becoming addicted when they no longer reqire a medication for pain (as in a post-op situation), I caution you on letting the state make medical decisions that should be made by doctors. A person with cronic pain that cannot get help because their doctor is too afraid to perscribe relief for their condition would be forced to go underground, or could possibly resort to suicide to stop the pain. Pain is debilitating to those who have it. If you are not in pain yourself, or do not have a relative or close friend with this condition, you cannot possibly know how important treating pain is to those who need treatment. Please caution yourself on this issue. Becky
While I applaud trying to help people with addictions, I am concerned that these bills will go too far. I have been told by a friend of mine who is in the medical field that pain is whofully undertreated. While I understand the issue of people becoming addicted when they no longer reqire a medication for pain (as in a post-op situation), I caution you on letting the state make medical decisions that should be made by doctors. A person with cronic pain that cannot get help because their doctor is too afraid to perscribe relief for their condition would be forced to go underground, or could possibly resort to suicide to stop the pain. Pain is debilitating to those who have it. If you are not in pain yourself, or do not have a relative or close friend with this condition, you cannot possibly know how important treating pain is to those who need treatment. Please caution yourself on this issue.

]]> By: Becky http://www.utahbecky.com/blog/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Becky Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:51:16 +0000 http://www.utahbecky.com/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/#comment-300 Jill, I'll check on that and see if we can improve the type. Thanks for reading!Becky Jill, I’ll check on that and see if we can improve the type. Thanks for reading!Becky

]]> By: Jill Heyborne http://www.utahbecky.com/blog/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Jill Heyborne Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:57:13 +0000 http://www.utahbecky.com/2010/01/a-few-good-bills/#comment-299 Hi Becky! Welcome back to Session 2010! I love your website and know many others appreciate it also! However, some of us are having trouble reading it and we were wondering if it would be possible to change the text to black, instead of what appears to be gray in color. Thank you for all the work you do for our district!and Utah! Jill Heyborne Hi Becky!
Welcome back to Session 2010!

I love your website and know many others appreciate it also!
However, some of us are having trouble reading it and we were wondering if it would be possible to change the text to black, instead of what appears to be gray in color.

Thank you for all the work you do for our district!and Utah!

Jill Heyborne

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