The drop in opioid prescriptions might be a sign that the crackdown on abusive use is working. She left without the refill, feeling that she was being treated like a criminal.
And I just want to function.”Īfter another deep breath, Doyle explained: The pharmacist at her local Rite Aid pharmacy in Visalia, California, had berated her for her history of opioid prescriptions, then told her to come back later. Because sometimes the pain is so much you can’t even function. And when you have metastatic cancer in your bones, you need it. I get pain pills, maybe every two, three months, OK? I can make one monthly prescription of pain pills last two or three months because I don’t really take it unless I absolutely need it. “I’m not, I’m not-I’m frustrated, and that’s why I’m crying. “So, I’m just leaving my pharmacy,” she said, taking a breath to steady herself. Her face was flushed and her eyes puffy from crying, but she looked into the phone mounted on her dashboard and pressed the record button. April Grove Doyle, a 40-year-old single mom with metastatic breast cancer, pulled her car to the side of the road.
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