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Medications

Interview with Reggie and Sarah

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Reggie: no
Sarah: Oh, this is a bad one. My attorney brought my Synthroid, Aleve, and supplements (Osteo-Biflex, etc) from home, but the guards said they couldn't find them. When I check out, they were all in my garmet bag. They brought me what they said was Synthroid, but it wasn't the same each time, and I'm not sure it was the right dose. I can't take the generic. They tried to give me meds I did not want, like tranquilizers and low blood pressure medicine. I refused. My blood pressure had skyrocketed on intake, but they would not give me any information on the low BP medicine they wanted me to take. I continued to have hi BP problems for 2+ years. The med they wanted to give me was in a catagory of another that actually made by BP go up. They refused to allow me to see my own physician after I passed out and fell.

JM: How did you get your medications?
Reggie: You received medications from nurse when ever you were suppose to take them.
Sarah: The nurse came around with a tray of med cups for each inmate around 8 am and 8 pm. It seemed she had enough for the whole floor. They always tried to give me tranquilizer, which I refused. I believe it is something they give all the inmates. I objected, saying they have drug problems coming into the jail, and they don't need to be making more. They tried to get me to take 2 Aleve twice a day, where I normally take 1 a day or sometimes 2. I took 2 a day only so the nurse would come by twice a day instead of once. I had a very hard time getting them to monitor my BP.

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Reggie: Solitary Confinement
Sarah: I don't know. They push tranquilizers, so I don't know why they'd punish inmates for taking them.

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