Grant Hackett.

[freddie*rooster]

OK he's admitted he has a continuing addiction to stillnox, he's just returning after 5 weeks in a treatment facility in America.

He has admitted this addiction publicly, has fought to overcome this addiction, stillnox can only be obtained with a prescription from a Doctor, so, why would he still be prescribed this addictive medication after going public about his addiction????

[*crikey*mate*]

I dunno ams, but I reckon I've stayed in my fair share of motels and I've never locked the door, but I know if anyone goes outside, they have to knock or use a key to get back in.

I'll check next Tuesday night LOL

[freddie*rooster]

That reminded me of a conversation I had with my elderly Mum just recently, she was concerned my Brother who is dying of terminal cancer might become addicted to the morphine, endone he is on. I had to explain to her, it wasn't important to be concerned about that.

Yes, I guess an addict will get what they want, anyway they can.

I just hope he is on the road to recovery, he deserves better.

[freddie*rooster]

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@newstart2380 wrote:
Get off his back all you knockers, I wish him all the very best in his recovery. Only those in his position would know what he has been through. He is a great Australian athlete who has done us proud.

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 who is knocking him?

[amber-eyed-girl]

Freddie, luckily I am not in that position...

Sometimes relief just has to be the thing

(((hugs)))

[freddie*rooster]

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@diamond-halo wrote:

It would be easy.

I swapped doctors. But how does my doctor at Dr A know that I'm not going to Dr B or Doctor C to get more scripts?

As far as they know, they're the only doctor treating me.

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Would medicare have an alert mechanism of some sort for over prescribed addictive drugs for the same person?

[amber-eyed-girl · Accepted solution]

Over the years, ways of stopping doctor shopping have been talked about, but that would require a centralised store of everyone's medical details, prescriptions, and pharmacy purchases.

not sure if that is against privacy laws, but it didn't happen.

[freddie*rooster]

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:

Freddie, luckily I am not in that position...

Sometimes relief just has to be the thing

(((hugs)))

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So true, when you see a person in pain, all you want is for them to get relief.

Thanks for understanding, I admire Grant Hackett and understand he has had a battle, we look up to these achievers, and never think they have frailties.

[*crikey*mate*]

I don't know freddie,

It's just sad. Without touching what he's dealing with, or has been dealing with to require the stillnox ion those quantities, imagine his poor mum!

[j*oono · Accepted solution]

I don't really understand why there isn't a database of patient details for an addictive medicine.  I know that if you try to buy Codral cold and flu tabs they take your drivers licence or whatever.  I was in a pharmacy one and saw a woman denied what she wanted because her name was on the do not sell list.  They actually had a list of names stuck on the front of the register book!

If a child is taking medication for ADHD, don't they also keep tabs at a pharmacy of when the prescription should be refilled?

[freddie*rooster]

That's correct J*oono that is what I was endeavouring to bring to the surface with this thread., thanks for doing in one post what has taken me pages to do LOL.