How Do I Get My Wife Off Drugs?

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An interview with Dr. Stanton Peele. Produced and directed by Patrick and Andrea Bergin. Copyright First Vision Productions 2003.

My wife was prescribed high doses of Hydrocodone over a period of three years, due to multiple back surgeries. Now it seems as the pain management doctors are asking her to just stop her meds and deal with the detox. She is also a heart patient and can’t take normal stress related symtoms as others may be able to endure.

My wife suffers from depression, Alcoholism, and is bi-polar. She hasn’t been eating right, has been in bed the last three days. Before that she was drinking, staying up 22 hours a day, and doing all kinds of things. Breaking things, picking fights so forth.

I have called her Doctor two times, and begged him to call me and let me know what my options are.

What is his responsibility to me, and my wife? Shouldn’t he be returning my call, to at the least let me know what my options are?

What is his responsibility to my wife’s care? He has been informed one of his patients is headed down a destructive path?

Is it not his job to get up off his fat lazy (rear end) and help us? Why did we pay him all that money?
She refuses to go to the Hospital or to see her Doctor.

I know Doctor’s have several patients to see, but can’t they have someone in there office call, or someone in authority who can help people?

Jaffer skips summons for doctor’s appointment
Rahim Jaffer ignored a summons to appear at a parliamentary committee Wednesday because he was at a medical appointment with his wife, MP Helena Guergis, who is pregnant.

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Doctors, prosecutors clash over painkillers during trial
When dozens of overdose victims who got painkillers from the same Kansas clinic started showing up at emergency rooms and the county morgue, federal prosecutors accused a doctor and his wife of indiscriminately writing prescriptions for powerful drugs at a so-called pill mill.

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Drug war prosecutors, some doctors clash over massive prescriptions of powerful painkillers
FILE – In this May 10, 2010 photo, Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda, of Haysville, Kan., leave the Federal Courthouse in Wichita, Kan. The Kansas doctor, accused of illegally prescribing drugs linked to 68 deaths, testified Thursday, May 27, 2010, that he knew some patients had died from overdoses, but he said his clinic changed its practices to prevent future overdoses.

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Doctors, prosecutors clash over painkillers
When dozens of overdose victims who got painkillers from the same Kansas clinic started showing up at emergency rooms and the county morgue, federal prosecutors accused a doctor and his wife of indiscriminately writing prescriptions for powerful drugs at a so-called pill mill.

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Doctors Express, a unique new urgent care treatment concept, plans to open its first Atlanta area facility in Buckhead by early December.  To be located on the ground floor of the new Piedmont West Medical Building at the intersection of I-75 & Howell Mill Road, the facility is owned by local Atlanta residents and business partners Chris and Theone Rutledge.

According to co-owner Chris Rutledge, “The Doctors Express concept has proved successful as a convenient and compassionate alternative to hospital ERs.  Our physicians and medical staff will treat patients with urgent, but non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries, utilizing the very latest in medical technology, including electronic medical records, digital X-rays and an on-site lab. We’ll be able to treat most common illnesses and injuries, from colds and flu to fractures and sprains and everything in between.  In addition, we’ll be a reliable, accessible source for drug screenings, employment and sports physicals, occupational medicine, and travel immunizations”   He noted, “Georgia has some of  the longest ER wait times in the United States – a typical wait time is often over four hours.  Emergency Rooms are overloaded, and this can be frustrating for patients, burdensome for ER staff, and costly for both patients and businesses.  Our Doctors Express Urgent Care Center will be able to treat many of those patients often in less than 45 minutes, and at a fraction of the cost.”

Theone, Chris’s wife, added, “As parents of young children who have spent too many hours in emergency rooms, we personally understand the benefit of having a nearby, convenient source for urgent care.  We want to offer the kind of quality care that people will trust and know they can depend on, seven days a week.  Our plan is to staff the center with the kind of people we would want to treat our family:  experienced and compassionate board-certified emergency and family practice physicians supported by a qualified, patient-oriented staff.”

Both Chris and Theone come from successful business backgrounds:  he holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and, as a partner at Accenture, was a management consultant for over 20 years.   Theone holds an MBA in Marketing from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, and worked as a consultant in the healthcare industry and in business development for a technology start-up.  The couple thoroughly vetted several business opportunities before selecting the Doctors Express urgent care franchise concept.  According to Chris, “We believe that people requiring immediate medical treatment need another option for when their primary care doctor can’t see them right away and the ER is backed up.”

Their Doctors Express facility is nearing completion, and will begin treating patients in early December.  The center will be open seven days a week with extended hours.  No appointments will be necessary, and most insurance plans will be accepted.