According to my psychiatrist, the DEA is coercing doctors into changing the way they prescribe Marinol. The change is in the number of refills granted to patients. Within the last six months doctors began issuing prescriptions with one refill. Before that they issued ones with up to three.

I generally try to avoid figuring out the rationale of DEA actions, but as a user of Marinol for the last three years this one really has me stumped. This drug has virtually zero diversion potential as it needs to be kept refrigerated to be effective and the price makes it nearly impossible to profit from.

I hope those with knowledge about the prescribing protocols for drugs like Oxycontin, codeine and the like will comment about the number of refills typically granted for those substances.

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