Marinol prescribing protocol
According to my psychiatrist, the DEA is coercing doctors into changing the way they prescribe Marinol. The change is in the number of refills granted to patients. Within the last six months doctors began issuing prescriptions with one refill. Before that they issued ones with up to three.
I generally try to avoid figuring out the rationale of DEA actions, but as a user of Marinol for the last three years this one really has me stumped. This drug has virtually zero diversion potential as it needs to be kept refrigerated to be effective and the price makes it nearly impossible to profit from.
I hope those with knowledge about the prescribing protocols for drugs like Oxycontin, codeine and the like will comment about the number of refills typically granted for those substances.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 5:27pmI suffer from two bulging discs. One in my neck, C5/C6 and one in my lower back L5/S1. I have been prescribed all sorts of pain killers. Oxycodone(not oxycontin), hydrocodone and kadian which is a nice name for time-release morphine, just to name a few. I am currently trying to get on marinol as I am a registered Montana MMJ patient. I only smoke for my pain these days and believe that marinol would be a helpful if used in conjunction with my mmj. However, doctors here are rather closed minded and not up on all of marinol's current uses. It's a frustrating battle.
Here in montana, if my GP prescribes me vicodin/hydrocodone 5-10mg(90/month) she will generally issue me a one month refill and she can fill my prescription over the phone without an office visit. If percocet/oxycodone 5-10mg(90/month) is what is required then she is required by the DEA to see me once a month and ONLY give me a one month, hand written prescription from her. The kadian/time-release morphine requires the same process as the percocet/oxycodone. Based on these personal experiences and quite a bit of research, I believe that anything stronger than vicodin/hydrocodone requires a monthly office visit to your GP.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 12:56amfucking insane