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Reply With QuoteThat is absolutely unreal and so terribly sad (hormonal me cried throughout the film.) So sad that doctors are willing to hand pills out like candy, with no regard to the 'patients' lives.
This is a discussion on Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) within the Pain Management forums, part of the General Spine Discussion Forums category; I found an incredible video called "The Oxycontin Express." It's a powerful watch about Oxycontin and the "Pain Clinic" epidemic ...
Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) I found an incredible video called "The Oxycontin Express." It's a powerful watch about Oxycontin and the "Pain Clinic" epidemic in Florida.
Here's a link to the video on Hulu: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin ExpressIn this Peabody Award-winning piece, correspondent Mariana van Zeller reports from South Florida, the epicenter of the prescription drug abuse epidemic in America. She follows the pills from the Sunshine State to Appalachia, where they are in high demand.
Justin Averna
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- 1994: Football Injury, Severe Hyperextension
- 1997: Snow Skiing Injury
- 3/7/1997: Laminotomy L4/L5
- 1999 & 2003: Motor Vehicle Accidents (not at fault both times) --> Grade V Annular Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
- 11/15/2003: 2-Level ProDiscฎ L4/L5 & L5/L6*, *lumbosacral transitional vertebra --> Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
- 4/2008: 4.5 years pain-free before "new" leg pain
- 5/14/2009: Dynamic Stabilization System L4/L5, Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
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Re: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) That is absolutely unreal and so terribly sad (hormonal me cried throughout the film.) So sad that doctors are willing to hand pills out like candy, with no regard to the 'patients' lives.
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011, completely pain free still!
Re: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) Wow. That was a powerful video. Spoiler alert! Here's a guy who lost not only his brother, but his wife, to the ravages of drug addiction, who he introduced to the sport, no less, has a daughter he named after his deceased brother, yet he's still doing drugs, unbeknownst to his Mother.....who has full custody of his daughter! Unbelievable. This, I imagine, gives just a hint of the power of addiction. Unfortunately, at the rate this fellow is going, I predict he'll be dead within a year. Honestly, how do these doctors down in the Miami area keep their licenses? Is nobody on to them? And yet, selfishly, I think what a bad rap this is for the rest of us who are truly in pain and need these very drugs. Policies get made over the "bad guys" that effect "the good guys." Sad but true. Thanks for sharing this video Justin. CL
January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
Re: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) CL- my thoughts exactly
Re: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) I was reading Reader's Digest last night and came across and article relating to teens use of these drugs. It's in the Dec 2010 magazine and was titled Little Lethal Legal. Very good article, worth reading. I tried to find a link online, but wasn't able to.
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011
Re: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) Yes, I read this article as well Kathy. Very well-written. I have a subscription to Reader's Digest....I just love the short snippets in that magazine. It's a good, eye-opening read if you can get your hands on a copy. CL
January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
Re: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) That was very disturbing I am at a loss for words.
Very Sad
Gil
L5-S1 lam 1994
L2 to L5 DDD
L3 -L4 hern Dec 2007.
L4-L5 Annular fissure with mild central stenosis and moderate facet hypertrophy.
L5-S1 bilaterial neural foraminal narrowing with inferior effacement.
L2-L3 Right-sided neural foraminal narrowing
L3-L4 related to posterolateral hypertrophic spurs and facet hypertrophy.
C3-C4 limited DDD
15 injections Depo. P.T. 18 months 9 dose packs,
Nerve Block Injections.4 ESI S1
L5-S1 Foraminotomy 09
L4-L5 Microdiscectomy 09 ReHerniation 4-2010
Surgery 6-29-11 L4-L5-S1 Decompression Fusion L5-S1 and Coflex F implants
Re: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) Hello,
Just had a chance to watch the video.... shame on those Doctors. It's a bigger problem than I realized.
Hope the State of Fla. and other States can find a way to fix there broken pain management systems.
Thanks for the video Justin!!
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* Stenum Hospital (Germany) Maverick disc implanted (10-19-07) L4-L5
* To view my post-op video's click- http://www.youtube.com/ type ADR surgery into the space bar
* Fusion of c5-c6 on (11-02-09) Boston, USAhttp://fusion-c5-c6.blogspot.com/
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Re: Vanguard -- The Oxycontin Express (Video) Poverty + Pain = "PillBilly's"
Urban Dictionary: pillbilly
It's a sad video thats for sure. Kinda disturbing if you ask me but this is nothing new to the ghetto, just a new drug.
Pablo Escobar could never compete with Big pharmaceutical companies even in his prime.
Makes the U.S.A look like a bunch of poor trash, IDK
I guess our country spent so much money on war over the last 10 years that we dont have time for social issues like this.
What a shame..........
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C4-5: Mild disc height loss with central annular fissure. Small broad-based left paracentral disc protrusion. Moderate central canal stenosis-the disc protrusion abuts and mildly flattens the left ventral surface of the spinal canal.
C5-6: Disc desiccation with mild height loss.Diffuse discosteophyte bulge anduncovertebral joint hypertrophy, moderate central canal stenosis- Severe neuroforaminal stenosis bilaterally, right greater than left
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