Why Are Doctor’s Prescribing Oxycontin So Easily, and With the Abuse Going on Why Hasn’t It Been -?

Question by ***35***: Why are doctor’s prescribing Oxycontin so easily, and with the abuse going on why hasn’t it been -?
continued- why with all the abuse and deaths from them being sold on the streets,has it not been changed to a higher level drug catergory, so it is harder to get a prescription? This bothers me…………
after i read some responses i wanted to add- well maybe doctors are more lax on writing out the prescrition here in Mich. I know someone that has people he knows get the script and then turns around to sell it / lots of it. The people he is having get the scripts are not people with chronic pain, or problems that even need the drug. Not sure what to do, but would really like it stopped…….
And it is not as easy as turning someone in / the way it is done , would be hard to catch! And i do know it also has to stop with the abusers, but getting it off the streets would help! In our area, this is a the drug of choice for teens and then they are turning to heroin. Not good!

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Answer by mlgable
It is very hard to get a prescription so I am not sure what you are talking about. Oxycontin is not something that is just handed out but since it works well for chronic and severe pain expescially with cancer patients etc you see it prescribed more often now. It is like any pain medication that works well………….it gets prescribed when needed for severe pain but then gets abused by people who continue to take it after the initial injury is gone. Also many people who have severe chonic pain are disabled and they may be low on cash and will to cut back on their meds and sell the extras to make money.

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