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Yes!

There’s also an unvetted algorithm in NarxCare- which spits out a number telling your doctor & pharmacist whether you are “good enough” to be ALLOWED prescription pain medication. Most people don’t have a clue about this until it’s too late- also most states allow this info to DEA & law enforcement for physician drug busts…including an 83 year old physician who was just released recently due to severe health issues…

Yup. Algorithms- PROPRIETARY algorithms IMHO are incredibly damaging.

In an alternate universe I’d be a white hat hacker and expose them all- broken down and explained so everyone could understand. There is NO unbiased algorithm. Period.

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NarxCare is a product of Bamboo Health, with 10 medical doctors on its leadership team. Oh excuse me, I meant ONE doctor. Maybe they should change their name to Bamboozled Health

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Exactly- and I still can’t figure out the protest RE: reproductive healthcare as if THAT is the only medical thing regulated (restricted) by government.

Those of us in the chronic pain community have been living this nightmare for almost a decade now. And the overwhelming majority of us can’t take to the streets to protest.

I’d love some healthy people outrage over the government dictating what medicine I can take and how much. Every single doctor’s appointment I get lectured about reducing the amount of meds I’m still able to get- that they keep reducing (why? As I age, it *might* be risky??).

Just imagine if any other meds were treated this way:

Heart medication

Diabetes medication

Antidepressants (which also cause severe withdrawal)

Obesity medication

And on. And on. This is the ONLY medication restricted this way-by our government.

Not to wish this on ANYONE, but:

All of you are one accident or incurable painful illness away from living like me…

Thanks for listening if you’ve gotten this far. 💕

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I feel your pain, Ellyn, both figuratively and, up until recently, quite literally.

I suffered for 30 years from degenerative disc disease, which led to scoliosis and a 7-level (T11-S1) fusion in 2006. At the peak, I was on 240mg morphine per day plus a 100mcg/hr fentanyl patch. This allowed me to keep working and be productive. The DDD ran its course and I was able to get off all pain meds in 2022. Good timing too, as my pain doc and the nearby pharmacy disappeared shortly thereafter. Without the pain meds, I would have been bedridden. The DEA went from turning a blind eye to pill-mill clinics to practically not allowing anything, and chronic pain sufferers can just go fuck themselves. And not just pain; I had RSV in Feb and coughed so hard that I tore a muscle in my chest cuz they scared my doctor to the point that I couldn't get any effective cough suppressant. Nice.

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