DEA checks out NFL medical staffs after games

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There were no arrests, Drug Enforcement Agency spokesman Rusty Payne said Sunday. The San Francisco 49ers' staff was checked at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, after they played the New York Giants. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' staff was going to be checked at Baltimore-Washington International airport after playing the Commanders.

The operation was still ongoing, and other teams may be checked later Sunday, Payne said.

 

[dogberry]

1 Does government object to us putting our pills in seven day planners?

2 Does any physician actually give a patient pills? In my experience a tech hands the patient the pills.

3 If doctors can't operate outside of their standard area of practice, can any team take their physician with them on road trips?

 

[WoodysGirl]

DEA inspection is not a drug raid. Dr. David Chao

Headlines were made when media outlets reported that federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents raided NFL medical staffs after games. These were not “made for TV” criminal drug busts, but rather orderly spot checks of at least three NFL teams. No arrests were made and there is no evidence or any irregularities discovered.

There is no question the investigation was spurred by the recent class-action “painkiller” lawsuit. Plaintiff attorneys were quick to trumpet their cause, but likely it was the DEA performing its job and doing its due diligence on investigating any potential improprieties. There is no indication of criminal misconduct. The initial hysteria is just not accurate.

Pro Football Talk has it right in that the DEA investigation “focuses less on abuse, more on technicalities.” Team physicians are typically only licensed to practice medicine in their home state and thus, cannot prescribe or dispense controlled substances in another state.

Most patients, and even most doctors, do not realize that a narcotics prescription cannot be called into another state. For example, if I perform surgery on a patient who then travels out-of-state and needs more pain medication, the prescription can’t be called directly into an out-of-state pharmacy. It needs to be called into an in-state pharmacy and transferred by that pharmacy to their out-of-state branch. In today’s mobile society, that seems antiquated and unnecessary. However, the DEA would say they are here to enforce the existing rules, not re-write the law.

The issue of not travelling with medications across state lines is aimed at controlled substances which includes narcotics like Vicodin, Norco and Percocet, as well as sleep aids (Ambien) and muscle relaxers (Flexeril). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories like Celebrex, Naprosyn, and Toradol fall outside the policy and can be brought with teams.


Read the rest: http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Monday-Morning-MD-9534.html

 

[Yakuza Rich]

1 Does government object to us putting our pills in seven day planners?

Don't know where they hinted that they do have a problem with it. Checking out the training staff of NFL teams is a bit different from checking out Jim Bob's prednisone prescriptions.

2 Does any physician actually give a patient pills? In my experience a tech hands the patient the pills.

I've had doctors give out medicine to me because they have it available there. IIRC, Chris Benoit's doctor gave him HGH and testosterone personally. Other HGH users have been injected by their doctor. I've been injected by a needle to help boost my blood count (done by a nurse at my doctor's office.).







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