Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi , I have a question for you and need some sound advice. Once I find another doctor, I need to be able to get pain medication until a suitable drug therapy is found for me. Now, so you know a bit about me, I am not the typical patient. I am unable to take NSAID's and I have been thru just about every drug available and I either had no reaction, an allergic reaction or severe side effects. My last RA doctor finally found that percocet worked on me, taking the edge off the pain and I was able to tolerate it. I have always taken a very low dose. My question for you is, how do you find out if a doctor will prescribe this type of drug without sounding like you are some kind of drug addict? I just don't know what the proper way of handling this is and until a therapy that I can tolerate is found, I can't live with severe pain. It seems that younger doctors don't believe in pain meds - especially narcotics and believe me, if I could take something lesser, I truly would. I just don't tolerate much of anything. Please help!!! Thank you - thank you - thank you!! D in SC ltdavis_jrdavis@... --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 , I tend to have the same problem finding a doctor who doesn't see you as an addict, but someone with a chronic pain disease. My PCP is willing to give me narcotics, for that I am gratefull. Most rheumatologists won't prescribe you narcotics, but I would suggest you see a pain management doctor. I have seen them before in the past and they have been more willing to prescribe pain meds because they seen patients who haven't gotten relief from conventional means (medications, therapies, etc). Hope this helps. Best of luck to you. --- In , <ltdavis_jrdavis@...> wrote: > > Hi , > I have a question for you and need some sound advice. Once I find another doctor, I need to be able to get pain medication until a suitable drug therapy is found for me. Now, so you know a bit about me, I am not the typical patient. I am unable to take NSAID's and I have been thru just about every drug available and I either had no reaction, an allergic reaction or severe side effects. My last RA doctor finally found that percocet worked on me, taking the edge off the pain and I was able to tolerate it. I have always taken a very low dose. > > My question for you is, how do you find out if a doctor will prescribe this type of drug without sounding like you are some kind of drug addict? I just don't know what the proper way of handling this is and until a therapy that I can tolerate is found, I can't live with severe pain. It seems that younger doctors don't believe in pain meds - especially narcotics and believe me, if I could take something lesser, I truly would. I just don't tolerate much of anything. Please help!!! Thank you - thank you - thank you!! > > D in SC > > > > ltdavis_jrdavis@... > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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