This document is a petition opposing new CDC guidelines that would restrict access to opioid medications for chronic pain patients. It provides instructions for chronic pain patients to submit comments to Regulations.gov explaining how limiting their access to opioids would negatively impact them and includes any documentation from physicians supporting their need for opioids. It asks patients who rely on opioid medications to consider submitting this petition to preserve their ability to obtain prescribed opioids for serious, frequently life-threatening chronic pain conditions.

1. PETITION OPPOSING CDC’S RESTRICTIONS OF OPIOIDS
FOR CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS
ATTENTION:!! Regulations.gov
! ! ! c/o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
REGARDING:! Federal Register Notice: Proposed 2016 Guideline for
! ! ! Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
! ! ! Document ID: CDC-2015-0112-0001
FROM: ! ! Joanna Blacketor, 59701 Myrtle Road, South Bend, IN
! ! ! Phone: 574-532-4841 ~ Email: joblacketor1@gmail.com
! ! ! Physical Diagnosis - Chronic Pancreatitis
! ! ! Member of Pancreatitis Survival Face Book group
! ! ! (Personalize your information here)
DATE:!! ! December 29, 2015 (Deadline of submission XXX
A PETITION HAS BEEN PREPARED AND WE ARE ASKING OUR FACE BOOK
MEMBERS TO CONSIDER FILLING OUT THE ATTACHED AND FAXING IT TO THE
PHONE NUMBER INDICATED.
Friends because this is a federal letter of opposition on a ruling change related to
reducing prescription of opioids for chronic pain patients - this information is
open for public review. Please be aware of this as you submit your information.
This information will appear on our Change.org petition and will also go to the
Regulations.gov url, so be as professional, direct by providing details as it relates
to how you would be impacted if you could not receive opioids (Percocet, Norco,
Fenatyl patches, Morphine, etc.) for your chronic pain.
Your comment may be viewable on Regulations.gov once the agency has
reviewed it. This process is dependent on agency public submission policies/
procedures and processing times. Use your tracking number to find out the
status of your comment.
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Document Type: Nonrulemaking
Title: Federal Register Notice: Proposed 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for
Chronic Pain
Document ID: CDC-2015-0112-0001

2. THIS PETITION OPPOSES THE CDC’S ELIMINATION OF ACCESS
OF DR. PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS FOR CHRONIC PATIENTS FOR
THEIR SERIOUS FOR THEIR SERIOUS,
FREQUENTLY LIFE THREATENING PAIN
First Name
Last Name
Zip/Postal Code
Phone number (optional):
Email Address
Comment/Share your short story as it relates to the need for opioids for your
chronic pain. Also, include any physician documentation supporting your need
for opioid medications.
For further information about the Regulations.gov commenting process, please
visit http://www.regulations.gov/#!faqs. If there are other critical legislative contacts that
we need to make to influence and share our stories with - please forward their
information to us or feel free to share our petition with them.