Comments on Pain-Topics.org News/Research UPDATES: New Fentanyl REMS – FDA Adds Pain to Pain Relief

I am also concerned about the "wasting" ...

2010-02-09T20:29:06.753-06:00

I am also concerned about the "wasting" of unused portions into the toilet which ultimately ends up in the water supply.
As most things go, the FDA intention is honorable but the outcome is cumbersome, expensive and unsustainable long-term. The abusers and pushers seem to always be two steps ahead of the good guys.

These are nothing but pencil pushing bean counting...

2009-08-19T06:17:08.663-05:00

These are nothing but pencil pushing bean counting bureaucrats who think they can control the misuse of drugs. They are stupid per their usual quest, to control everything. This will curtail abuse or misuse of a drug which is chiefly done by drug abusers .
Any misuse by patients is usually done so not out of intent but desperation in an attempt to get relief from pain which they have

I resent efforts that make my lifesaving drug (Fen...

2009-07-22T17:32:13.467-05:00

I resent efforts that make my lifesaving drug (Fentanyl) and my breakthrough medication (Percocet) more difficult to obtain.

Less than 5% of all patients using narcotic medication for chronic pain become addcited. Tolerance and dependence are minor issues for those of us who live with intracible pain day after day, week after week and year after year.

Without Fentanyl,

This REM and others proposed by the FDA should sca...

2009-07-21T11:05:54.625-05:00

This REM and others proposed by the FDA should scare the pants off anyone who is currently taking and may need prescription medications for pain control.The collusion between the FDA and the DEA has already driven thousands of pain management doctors from the field;what effect will these new restrictions have on the accessibility/availability of pain relieving medications to those who need them

This scares me as a patient more than anything in ...

2009-07-20T14:55:45.230-05:00

This scares me as a patient more than anything in the world. I take both transdermal fentanyl and methadone and both are on the "hit list" for the REMS proposal. If this is what is the plan is going to be, it scares me if I need to switch medications (for whatever reason).

And on top of this, in this case, they are asking the manufacturers of the different makers of the