why must i BEG for pain meds?

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I am getting SO frustrated about having to BEG for pain medication!!! both my

OB and

rheumy have prescribed propoxyphene for me while pregnant (this pregnancy and/or

last),

but are now in a " get her to do it " - " no, let him do it " back and forth with me

caught in the

middle. i am NOT experiencing remission like last pregnancy and NEED PAIN

MEDS!!! do any

of you experience this reaction from docs as though you are simply drug-seeking?

[Guest guest]

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> When I lived in WA my reg doc prescribed my pain med and yes, I

used to have

> to beg and even had to sign some paper in case i missused it. Now

here my

> Rheumy is real great and he will give me a prescription every 3

months for pain

> med.

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> In a message dated 1/1/2008 5:16:08 P.M. Central Standard Time,

> wendyhollander@... writes:

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> I am getting SO frustrated about having to BEG for pain

medication!!I am

> getting SO f

> rheumy have prescribed propoxyphene for me while pregnant (this

pregnancy

> and/or last),

> but are now in a " get her to do it " - " no, let him do it " back and

forth

> with me caught in the

> middle. i am NOT experiencing remission like last pregnancy and

NEED PAIN

> MEDS!!! do any

> of you experience this reaction from docs as though you are simply

> drug-seeking?

>

>

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>

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[Guest guest]

Yes!!

I am so sorry you are in pain and not able to receive the help you

deserve. I don't know if in this case your doctors are trying to

protect the baby from becoming addicted to the meds or not but this

is a problem in general -- finding adequate pain relief, that is. I

cannot tolerate most narcotics or pain meds. So that is very

unfortunate for me but it doesn't stop doctors ER, rheumys, GP, etc

from making that assumption right off the bat. When first moving

here to Georgia 10 years ago I didn't accept a prescription for

prednisone. I was there at a nurse's request asking about gamma-

Linolenic acid (GLA). I had met a nurse in a Spanish class I was

taking and she encouraged me to seek out a doctor to ask about GLA.

Well immediately this particular doctor took offense and told me I

was trying to tell him how to do his job. That has been my

experience with the doctors here ever since and thus I have gotten

horrible pain control and RA control for the past 10 years while

living here. I blame most of my deformities on their unwillingness

to individualize my care even after seeing me react to the

medications. I met a lady in the mall with RA who referred her

doctor to me. She had tremendous deformities as well before finding

this doctor but says this doctor won't stop until she finds a

therapy that works for you. Not sure where you live but with RA

doctors being in short supply you may be experiencing what I have

experienced with RA docs and need to keep looking for the right

doctor or it could be your doctors are concerned for the baby's

health.

--- In , " Peek " <wendyhollander@...>

wrote:

>

> I am getting SO frustrated about having to BEG for pain

medication!!! both my OB and

> rheumy have prescribed propoxyphene for me while pregnant (this

pregnancy and/or last),

> but are now in a " get her to do it " - " no, let him do it " back and

forth with me caught in the

> middle. i am NOT experiencing remission like last pregnancy and

NEED PAIN MEDS!!! do any

> of you experience this reaction from docs as though you are simply

drug-seeking?

>