How much narcotics have YOU prescribed?

[nurselove757]

I work in Illinois. To see how much narcotics a patient has been prescribed, I can view it in the ilpmp.org. That's great. But I would like to know how much narcotics I have prescribed. How do I find this out?

This is really important to me because so many prescriber are getting prosecuted for overprescribing. What if someone else is using my name to prescribe narcotics - and I don't know about it? How do I find this out?

[BostonFNP, APRN]

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2018/10/11/opioids-tennessee-methadone-roxicodone-opana-ambein-xanax-fentanyl/1590268002/

Interesting story.

[djmatte, ADN, MSN, RN, NP]

So Im not gonna attempt to back that NP up, but 2011/2 and before, there was a different mentality of opiate prescriptions. It was not uncommon to find a patient on a long acting opiate combined with a short acting opiate for break through. And this wasn't just nurse practitioners, but across scores of Mds as well. In many cases, it was an np working in a clinic run an md who directed such scripts. They're using current recommendations in that article to demonize her in a time when either the recommendations didn't exist or were still much more vague than they are now. They now situations about the patient not being seen as if refills aren't common, though back then you didn't need to physically see a patient to refill their opiate. Obviously she isn't the most model np out there, but looks like a hack job hit piece more than a worth while"investigation".

[Spadeforce]

So Im not gonna attempt to back that NP up, but 2011/2 and before, there was a different mentality of opiate prescriptions. It was not uncommon to find a patient on a long acting opiate combined with a short acting opiate for break through. And this wasn't just nurse practitioners, but across scores of Mds as well. In many cases, it was an np working in a clinic run an md who directed such scripts. They're using current recommendations in that article to demonize her in a time when either the recommendations didn't exist or were still much more vague than they are now. They now situations about the patient not being seen as if refills aren't common, though back then you didn't need to physically see a patient to refill their opiate. Obviously she isn't the most model np out there, but looks like a hack job hit piece more than a worth while"investigation".

it is the news and we know the quality of most news nowadays .

[chiromed0]

I work in PM and there would never be a legitimate reason for those kinds of doses. That is NOT "management" of chronic pain, that's being a narcotic distributor.

[djmatte, ADN, MSN, RN, NP]

I work in PM and there would never be a legitimate reason for those kinds of doses. That is NOT "management" of chronic pain, that's being a narcotic distributor.

I'm curious how long you've worked in pm and have been an np. Because by today's standards, I'd be in full agreeance. But in 2011, that was considered pain management.