I'm not sure if the "narcotics contract" is mandatory, but that can involve the patient committing to only getting meds from the one doc.

But if one is an addict are they going to be following that?

Not saying he was, sitting over here not knowing history or where that distinction is made - just sayin.

Also, if all Drs. followed that schedule1 rule then lots of people would not have the scripts they have.

oooooh Miracleman?

.... any chance there are some phone conference sound effects available??

But if one is an addict are they going to be following that?

That's why I was wondering about degrees of accidental overdoses. An addict overdosing is different from you or I doing it.

Though I'm not sure who (um, but me) would care about said degrees.

seven rungs of work hell (an interactive pastiche):

7. passive-aggressive copy machines that know when your meetings are.
6. decaf, flavored coffee in the group machine.
5. "oh. I thought you were going to take care of that."
4. "Who is supposed to be in this meeting again?"
3. People who feel that saying "we need x to happen" is all it takes.
2. [fill in the blank here]
1. [fill in the blank here]

Also, consider a white chicken chili with cannellini beans.

Heroin is Schedule I. Oxycodone is Schedule II.

I was prescribed something similar to Oxycodone for pain after I had my wisdom teeth removed, and it turns out that Codeine is also Schedule II (I got that, in the nastiest-flavored solution evar, for cough a year ago). I didn't have to sign any narcotics contracts for either of those.

(I'm a little surprised to discover that Valium is only Schedule IV, considering the hoopla you have to go through to get a scrip filled. Can't do it over the phone, oh no; in person only, with paper scrip in hand.)

Mmm, chili. The cafeteria has chili today (and they make a pretty decent pot of it, too), which I think I'll be having with some salad. That'll hit the spot on a cold wintery day like today.

I have achieved chicken noodle soup. I don't think it will do much for the gronk, but the ick is feeling substantially less icky.

Whoops. I only had to have a (verbal) contract for Schedule II drugs when I was to be prescribed them regularly, not in response to an ad hoc incidents.

I think that hoopla starts once drugs have a schedule IV or above, but that's not set in stone, oddly. I've had Vicodin prescriptions called in for me, for instance. I don't know what the rhyme or reason is there.

I've had Vicodin prescriptions called in for me, for instance.

Grr! Why can't your doctor call up my dentist and explain these things!