New Suboxone Laws In Tennessee...limits Patients To 16mg Per Day??? (Page 2) (Top voted first)

Hello. I am currently taking 24 mgs of suboxone film per day. This dose has worked well for me. I was taking 28mg per day but hav cut back. I live in Va but my doctor is TN. I was told at my last appointment that they had to cut me back to 16mgs per day b/c of some new TN law that forbids the doctors to write more than that. Is this true? How can they do that? It seems like it would be not only a violation of federal law but also a human rights issue. I would understand a reasonable limit but even the suboxone website says this is a reasonable dose. Please help me, I'm scared to death, freaking out & can't find any doctor in VA that is taking new patients. I've searched the web for days about this but can't find any answers. Thank you so much.

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Board certified physicians can prescribe more than two a day in Tennessee, my doctor is sitting for boards because of this new law

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I don't believe you actually have an addicted spouse, but if you do, you've Learned nothing about addiction. Good luck to your spouse. Shaming fans guilting addicts has not worked ever in history, and that's what you're doing when you tell them their money should go to their bills. Yeah, no s***. That's why these people don't want to go off their suboxone dose, because they've gotten their lives back. Your point about Drs. needing to be regulated has literally nothing to do with the dose they are allowed to prescribe their patients. Your spouse will be lucky if they stay sober up against your beliefs.

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Not sure why you are taking 4 strips a day. After 3 your opioid nerves in your brain are completely filled. I mean, I take only take 12mg a day and does me just fine.

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Put, Tennessee State Laws AND suboxone dosage, in your search bar.

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Thanks

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HI I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU THESE FILM YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE ACTUALLY 6 MG BUPRENORPHINE AND 2 MG NALOXONE SO LEGALLY YOUR DOCTOR CAN PRESCRIBE YOU MORE THAN TWO SUBOXONE A DAY AS LONG AS THE BUPRENORPHINE AMOUNT IS NOT OVER 16 MG DAILY SO FOR A WEEK SUPPLY HE CAN WRITE 2.66 PER DAY AND WOULD HAVE TO BE WRITTEN AS TAKE TWO TO THREE FILM PER DAY AS NEEDED 16MG PER DAY FOR A WEEK IS A 112 MG DIVIDED BY 7 EQUALS 2.666BUT I MAY BE WRONG AS WELL I WOULD HAVE TO SEE HOW THE LAW IS WRITTEN

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Hi, I'm in the same boat as u ..I got addicted to the pain pills ..I'm a pain management patient with a hereditary disorder that they can't cure can't slow down can't do anything for.. I have made suboxone work for over 5 yrs..they switched me to subtex due to anxiety and added cost of suboxone.. then now there r trying to switch me back to suboxone ..well I know I can make it work but guess what July 1 my pharmacy went up to 14 each on pill form bunevail or film strip if I get 1 strip 14 if I get 60 then it's 14x60 all cash on top of 400 to my doctor .. I dont know what to do. My pharmacy actually advised me to go Back to pain clinic ..I can't imagine doing that.. im so afraid of this mess. My life has gotten so much better I fear I'll end up out of treatment now ..I told my doctor today if get switches Me to suboxone wld he fill out the pa form for my insurance to pay ..they told me no.. I told him I can't pay 14x60 and his fee.. he told Me his exact words that's not his f***ing problem. To figure it out ..I said my subutex cost 180 for all of it problem solved patient will relapse due to cost so u give me subutex he told me he would write it 1x and next month exact words f*** me.. I can f***ing go some where else .. again I said look please just do my prior authorization and Ill take any form it's the same drug I'll deal with the side effects of the naloxone. Yet again I was told no. I just do not know what to do. I have the form from my physician showing hypersensitivity to naloxone ..so there should be no issues ..well there is anyway. Have u found an answer? I'm searching for a doctor to continue my subutex because cost. You seem to be having the same problem as me.

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In 2 weeks I will be switched to suboxone my pharmacy for 60 will cost $1250 I can't afford that compared to 300 $ I'm screwed

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HI my situation sounds a lot like urs so ur getting subutex ? I have no doctor and 2 weeks left to find one due to mine not writing it he will put me on name brand and it will cost me 1200$ monthly can u talk with Meveryday via email and possibly help me get in wth ur doctor ?

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Anyone that's in Tennessee I remember there use to be a suboxone clinic in pigeon forge that took insurance.anyone remember the name of it?

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Your wrong. You think it's easy to pick on the weak. Thank god I live in Florida. We had issues 10 times worse than Tennessee . The pill mills we're closed and NO change to subutex laws.

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Yeah it's actually a stupid law. Look up SENATE BILL 871 By Dickerson, no more than 20mg a day.

tls.mleesmith.com/downloads/2015_2016/bills/SB0871.pdf

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Your lucky you live in Florida , TN has been in the top 5 worse states for drugs for along time now. But they should not punish people that are trying to make it and be clean. Also I'm not sure who said you can only get 16 mgs. That's not true, or the clinics are stretching it out and waiting till that last min. To change. I have 4 friends all get 24 mgs and 90 Klonpins 2mgs at that! A day must be nice.

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Man here in ky every doctor is cutting everybody down. Two a day is all you will get from any doctor. They tell me its a new law.

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Not to change the subject but I heard down in Tennessee that they prescribe subutex do you know if there's any truth to this, suboxone give me migraines and make me irritable, But the subutex seem to work very well for meThank you

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Brian Kelsey is a roaring sissy i****. All the legislators are. I met with Johnson City doctors that were were half suboxone doctors and others weren't. They were showing the benefits that were endless. Including people abusing them. It's better than them abusing oxycodone which can kill them. Senator Brain Kelsey gets money from the opioids industry and the liquor industry, but he passes out bibles to small boys In a ceremony that they call, BRIEFS HALF OFF. Suboxone should be sold in convenient stores for a quarter. If someone needs sum, I want them to have all they need. I don't want to come home to find an oxycontin addict (that Kelsey created) in my home waiting to rob me. But Kelsey does, he wants the robber to kill me and then get life in prison where his pals make tons of money. Every single Oxy seat is on the Tennessee legislature. It's us or them.... Join the War on Stupid.

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I've been on pain pills for 30 +years. I was on three a day and was doing good as i could possibly dom and i got cut down to two a day here in lex ky and it hurts bad. I have a bad neck and back done went to one injectionic and all they did for 7 months was talk about what they were gonna do cause in on blood thinners and im a type two Diabetic. but the first thing they said was no pain pills from this place. And i said i dont want your dam pain pills i want you to fix my back and neck.my last visit a nurse practicing came in and said if i had got the injections he was goona give me it would have killed me and i ask her how and she couldn't give me an answer. All she wanted me to do was sign a release form. And i did and three months later the bbb shut them down. So i take the subs for pain and two a day is not enought. What should i do. Please help me. Thank you

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There not limiting you to 16 mgs a day, that's all you TNCARE will pay for. I know a group of people that go and get 3 8 strips.24 mgs if you want to pay for the extra pill. TN CARE sent out letters that the would only pay for 2 years of suboxone . A lot of people ran out and got in clinic if they have TNCARE it will only pay for 16mg. You can still get 24, but yes they are trying to push 16mgs on everyone.

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That is true...the laws have changed. And as the spouse of an addict in treatment, I applaud the state/states for finally taking a pro-active stand, and being committed to regulate, implement and enforce the changes necessary to truly treat, rehabilitate and improve the quality of life for addicts everywhere, especially in our region. The new laws will also, hopefully prevent, as well as put an end to, physicians prescribing this drug and taking advantage of addicts, financially and emotionally. They start you on a higher dose to ensure your repeated visits to his/her office, to continue robbing you of hard earned money, that should rightfully be spent on your families, ie; bills, food, and shoes for your your kids. Maybe you should seek out the information explaining the new laws and why they have been introduced in the first place. No-one has the right to bring a child into this world addicted to drugs. That is supposed to be a.criminal offense, AND SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES SHOULD FOLLOW. An addict who is seriously seeking treatment, would not oppose any change in law, or regulation of this or any other drug intended for this purpose, and should not fear regulations of this type. For a true Physician ALWATS has your well-being ahead of his own financial gain.The first step to rehabilitation is admitting your problem. Unfornately, that can't and won't happen until you first get.sober. Good luck, my prayers.are with all of you facing this problem. And, God be with you, and your families on the road to recovery. Be honest with yourselves, about your addiction and the devestation it brings to those who love you, and especially to the liitle ones who have no voice. They depend on you...remember that.

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