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April 18th, 2007

Government Has A List Of Every Prescription You Have Ever Taken.

And it is tied to your name. How does that make you feel? Of course, the DEA monitors what prescriptions are given out and when they were prescribed, but I always thought that the information was deleted after a certain amount of time. Well, we have learned otherwise because of the terrible tragedy that befell Virginia Tech yesterday. Seems the “suspect” in the shootings” might have had a history of anti-depressant use, but the government could not find any information to back that up in its database.

They keep a database on what you have taken, when you have taken it and what it was for? I never knew. And what do you think this could be used for in the future? I don’t want to know…I learn something new every day.

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  1. Kellie says:
    April 22, 2007 at 10:20 am

    I read this and thought I must be seriously out of the loop not to know about this because I’m a pharmacy tech. So, I did some checking. ABC made it sound like there is some national system set up by the DEA which tracks all our prescriptions – that is false and can be found by looking on DEA’s web site.

    There are some Prescription Monitoring Programs set up at the state level – but it’s not in all states – it isn’t in my state of Minnesota. Also, it’s mostly used for CII-CIV (controlled substances). Vermont does have a system and they only track controlled substances. I can’t recall a single anti-depressant that is controlled. There are quite a few of anti-anxiety meds and people often (I think) get them confused.

  2. david says:
    April 23, 2007 at 5:47 pm

    Thanks for the info Kellie. Although you are probably right because you are “in the loop”, I bet the govt has a complete list somewhere.

    And the day I believe the DEA’s website…..well, you know :-)

    If you ever find out more, would love to hear about it!