Thread by @ravensspirit68

@OldHeadFighta @headdock @BethDarnall 1/People on coumadin who have PRO TIMES isn't a good example to pain patients being tested for illicit drug use to see if they're closet recreational drug users or addicts. People in pain should not be being penalized for the actions of others.

@OldHeadFighta @headdock @BethDarnall 2/Now if we're going to put ALL patients with ANY disease or health condition into PDMP databases and drug test them multiple times a year randomly, all to ensure 'pt safety', let me reiterate ALL PATIENTS, then it would no longer be a discriminatory policy. It also wouldn't fly.

@OldHeadFighta @headdock @BethDarnall 3/For instance, a heart patient using cocaine for instance. It would be in their best interest to drug test them regularly right to prevent a catastrophic cardiac event? And since anyone could be using illicit drugs that could harm them ALL ppl should be tested by this 'logic'.

@OldHeadFighta @headdock @BethDarnall 4/We can take this one step further & say that if a heart patient is 'caught' taking illicit or non prescribed drugs, they should be denied care and medicine and told to find another doctor, just like what's happening to people in pain, even for false positives. Pensive face

@OldHeadFighta @headdock @BethDarnall 5/As an aside, you and I will have to agree to disagree on Beth Darnall in regard to her being a good advocate for the pain community.
I don't consider her a good advocate.
She supports the 'dangerous opioid' narrative and is another fence sitting extreme moderate re: opiates.

@OldHeadFighta @headdock @BethDarnall 6/That being said, I think it's great that she's there to offer her services for those who seek them.
But I'll say it again, I don't consider her a good or appropriate advocate for people in pain who require and benefit by taking opiates.