Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

[caesee]

Doctors, and cops, along with those pesky 3 letter agancies can tap the database to make sure suspected drug seekers are not improperly receiving medication from multiple sources, doctor shopping. Pharmacies and other dispensers will collect patients' names, the type of drug they were prescribed and the amount. That data will then be submitted to a computer database maintained by the State. In the past, the program had covered only Schedule II drugs. With this year's changes, however, dispensers also will be required to report prescriptions for Schedule III and IV medications. Police must have already begun an investigation into a patient before making an inquiry for records for that particular person. More than 80 percent of the inquiries come from doctors as opposed to police.

Here is a list of states that are operation, and couple that are almost ready.
(Enacted means it is NOT funcional yet..but will be very soon...)


Alaska
Arizona (Pending)
Arkansas
California *Operational*
Colorado <Enacted>
Connecticut (Pending)
Delaware (Pending)
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii *Operational*
Idaho *Operational*
Illinois *Operational*
Indiana *Operational*
Iowa (Pending)
Kansas
Kentucky *Operational*
Louisiana (Pending)
Maine *Operational*
Maryland ***Vetoed by Governor***
Massachusetts *Operational*
Michigan * Operational*
Minnesota (Pending)
Mississippi *Operational*
Missouri (Pending)
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada *Operational*
New Hampshire
New Jersey (Pending)
New Mexico *Operational*
New York *Operational*
North Carolina (Enacted)
North Dakota (Enacted)
Ohio Enacted
Oklahoma *Operational*
Oregon
Pennsylvania *Operational*
Rhode Island *Operational*
South Carolina (Pending)
South Dakota
Tennessee <Enacted>
Texas Operational < Enacted>
Utah Operational <Enacted>
Vermont Enacted
Virgnia Operational <Enacted>
Washington Operational <Enacted>
West Virginia Operational <Enacted>
Wisconsin
Wyoming *Operational*

how long till all the states do this, and they can acsess records from any states?

Online pharmacies



Officials from 13 of the 20 states responding to date indicated that out-of-state mail order
pharmacies delivering or dispensing drugs into their states are required to report data to their states’ PDMPs (HI, ID, IL, IN, KY, ME, MI, NY, OK, RI, UT, WV, WY). .
The law in four states, CA, MA, PA, and TX, does not authorize state officials to require these
out-of-state mail order pharmacies to report data to the state’s PDMP.

[HistoryofMadness]

That's bad news, but let's not forget the fucking gov has a hard time even delivering the mail properly. Yet it just grows and grows and grows... 'smaller government' my ass, bunch of ...

Oh, wait sorry, anyway the point I was trying to make is that this program will probably be dysfunctional for a while, if it ever even gets proper funding (most states are broke right now). Maybe simple diversions, like using your middle name, going out of town, maybe getting it called in to the state next door cause your 'going on a family trip' - who knows. Anyway just trying to keep hope alive.

[exitwound]

This makes me nervous. I don't want my local corporate pharmacy to find out about the hydro I get from grey-market pharmacies all in Florida....it's a miracle that they don't know about each other.

[Opiyum]

Im glad I have never, dont and never will engage in anything that remotely resembles Doctor shopping. Till now I didnt even know there was a term "Doctor Shopping" or that such a thing even existed.

[chemboy7]

This makes me nervous. I don't want my local corporate pharmacy to find out about the hydro I get from grey-market pharmacies all in Florida....it's a miracle that they don't know about each other.

It would probably only be a problem with legitimate mail order pharmacies that you use your insurance with.

[exitwound]

It would probably only be a problem with legitimate mail order pharmacies that you use your insurance with.

hopefully so.

i don't use any insurance at all, just a prescription "discount" program that saves me about 30% on my very hefty pharmacy bill. i'm hoping to change that but since i'm taking oxycontin, hydrocodone, soma, flexeril and a ton of other freaky prescriptions on top of a rare and bizarre chronic pain syndrome cluster.....I'm not sure that insurance is a smart idea for me. I'm very worried about how they would treat me and the hoops I'd have to jump through. I'm not sure it's worth the savings.....

[poonwhalla]

its amazing how they have HIPAA rules and then find ways around them. So much for health information privacy.