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What is oxycodone and benzodiazepines?

Oxycodone is an an opiate pain reliever. Percocet ie. Percodan, are examples. Doctors are.prohibited from prescribing it in quantities more than is allowed by the laws of their state. Some physicians have lost their medical licenses for prescribing too much; too often. Longtec There are exceptions such as cancer patients. There are other exceptions, but not many.

It does not apply to patients in assisted living or nursing home facilities. There are other exceptions, but not many. Surgeons may prescribe a limited amount after a surgery or painful dental extraction. No refills; maybe one.Pain Management physicians may prescribe it more regularly if the patient has medical records that show an objective cause of pain such as an MRI or upon the referral of a specialist.

And if you go to a pain management practice, you will be required to submit to urine screen at least once a month so they will know if you are taking more than what is prescribed, or if you are mixing it with a benzodiazepine.If it were not not for Oxycontin, I am not sure these laws would never have been enacted as they have.Drug addicts may be prescribed something like Valium to help them through withdrawal from an opiate addiction and/or alcohol addiction.

These laws were put into place by politicians, some with no medical knowledge . Many doctors are not in agreement with these laws.This was triggered by the introduction of Oxycontin by the Purdue Co owned by the Purdue family which was very addictive. It is claimed by state and federal governments that opiates cause excessive deaths from overdoses in young people and in the general population, including the elderly.

Benzodiazepines are sedatives such as Valium.Any controlled substance drug filled by a pharmacy must be entered into a data base by the pharmacy where it can be viewed by doctors to see what doctor is prescribing how much of a controlled substance to a particular patient.

The antidote to overdose is Narcan which can be purchased by anyone over the counter who may be trying to help someone who has overdosed to reverse the effects.

Your question makes me think that you have learned that pain management physicians would not prescribe an opiate to a patient taking Valium, or other benzodiazepines.There are doctors who feel these laws are draconian, and interfere with the doctor patient relationship .These laws are why street drug sales persist because the authorities don’t know who is taking what or how often Longtec.

Why do doctors prescribe brand name rather generic name?

The old adage that generics are cheaper than branded products no longer holds true. In health care systems where pharmacists can switch to the most cost-effective form it is still encouraged that doctors prescribe by generic name as this is clearer, reduces the risk of errors (same drug being prescribed multiple times under different names) and avoids frequent prescription changes.

This is in an area with total population of 1.8 million, most of whom are not on any of the above drugs and thus are not affected. The small number of patients on whom the switch is not possible, for example, due to intolerance can stay on the medications they are currently on. The saved £1.3 stays in the health care system and can be spent on something else.

There is also a small number of medications where even small difference in the absorption can have serious impact to the patient. For example, medications with narrow therapeutic index (eg. Lithium and theophylline) and some antiepileptics (as a seizure means they have to stop driving for at least 6 months) should thus be prescribed by brand name Longtec.