>> I AM MISERABLE BUT I KNOW
THAT I'M IN PAIN.
REPORTER: RANDY JOAN MCGOWEN HAS
: BEEN POKED, PRODED, AND PUMPED
WITH NARCOTICS, SINCE SHE WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH A FORM OF
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN 2011.
>> I HAVE BEEN TOLD YOU ARE
NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK
AGAIN.
YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
FUNCTION WITHOUT NARCOTICS.
REPORTER: BOTH STATEMENTS,
MCGOWEN REFUSES TO BELIEF.
BUT WHEN SHE CAME TO LOUISIANA
FROM CALIFORNIA, MCGOWEN SAYS
SHE WAS HOOKED ON OPIOIDS.
AND DESPITE ASKING FOR OTHER
METHODS OF DEALING WITH HER
CHRONIC PAIN, THE TREATMENT FROM
DOCTORS ALWAYS SEEMED TO REVERT
BACK TO DRUGS.
>> THESE NARCOTICS ARE NO JOKE.
REPORTER: DOCTOR SREYRAM KUY
WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF
HEATH SAYS OVERPRESCRIBING HAS
BECOME A PROBLEM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
SPECIFICALLY IN LOUISIANA.
>> THE DATA SHOWS THAT 90% OF
OPIOID USERS ACTUALLY GOT THE
MEDICATIONS FROM A PROVIDE
A DOCTOR OR A NURSE PRACTITIONER
A DENTIST FROM SOMEONE WHO IT'S
THEIR JOB TO HELP THESE PATIENTS
BE HEALTHY
REPORTER: KUY ADMITS SHE CAN SEE
WHY MANY PROVIDERS ARE QUICK TO
PRESCRIBE.
>> WHEN I WAS TRAINING A MEDICAL
SCHOOL WHEN I WAS TRAINING IN
RESIDENCY THERE WAS VERY LITTLE
TALK ABOUT OPIOID ADDICTION AND
ABOUT THE RISKS AND HOW CAN YO
USE NON-OPIOIDS.
REPORTER: BUT NOW, SHE SAYS
THERE'S A WEALTH OF DATA
SUPPORTING NON-OPIOID
TREATMENTS.
>> BY USING NON-OPIOID'S FOR
ABDOMINAL SURGERIES I CAN
DECREASE THE LENGTH OF STAY.
I CAN INCREASE THE RETURN OF
BOWEL FUNCTION WHICH IS WHERE
PATIENTS ARE ABLE TO RESUME
THEIR DIET.
REPORTER: IN LOUISIANA THERE IS
A PRESCRIPTION MONITORING
PROGRAM THAT COLLECTS
PRESCRIBING AND DESPENSING DATA,
AND FLAGS A PATIENT IF THAT
PERSON IS TRYING TO GET TOO MANY
OPIOID PRECRIPTIONS.
BUT WITH ONLY 20% ENGAGEMENT
FROM PROVIDERS, KUY SAYS THAT
NUMBER SHOULD BE HIGHER.
THE LOUISIANA COMMISSION ON
PREVENTING OPIOID ABUSE IS ALSO
CHALLENGING DOCTORS TO THINK
OUTSIDE THE PILL BOTTLE.
TO ASSESS A PATIENT'S INDIVIDUAL
PAIN LEVEL.
>> IF PRIOR TO OPIOIDS THEIR
PAIN LEVEL WAS AN EIGHT AND
AFTER THE OPIOIDS THEIR PAIN
LEVEL IS STILL AN EIGHT THEN Y
KNOW THAT IT'S NOT WORKING.
AND YOU'RE GOING ON THAT
SLIPPERY SLOPE.
REPORTER: MCGOWEN IS LOOKING FOR
MORE NATURAL METHODS OF
TREATMENT, AND IS HOPING DURING
HER NEXT HOSPITAL VISIT, DOCTORS
WILL TAKE HER PLEAS INTO
CONSIDERATION.
RANDI ROUSSEAU WDSU NEWS.
>> I AM PRAYING THAT THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO HELP ME, THAT THEY
WILL NOT JUST A JUMP AND GIVE ME
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