Re: Re: Doctors Too Quick to Prescribe Narcotics

January 5, 2011

My doctor (PCP) is very cautious. I suggested Diludid for my migraines

because my neurologist did. And giving methadone is just too much for her to

prescribe. (I think she is afraid the DEA will come after her for it)

For back pain she sent me in for physical therapy and I found out that my hips

were not in alignment. I just went to pool therapy this afternoon and it went

okay. I guess I will see how much I worked out by how I feel in the morning.

The pain doctor I did go to did prescribe methadone for me and the right doseage

but due to me not able to take them during the day if I had to pick up my kids

from school or something. I couldn't take them as they were prescribed and with

his contract they would count pills when we go in for the next appt.

I don't know if I was lucky or not.

I saw and had a copy of the contract but never signed one.

He was a good 45miles away from meand any of the other pain places around here

only do injections.

A friend and I had one doctor that was I think more holistic (sp)

He saw my friend. Took one look at my File folder and sent me a letter that he

couldn't treat me. I was so PO'd. And wanted to write him a negative letter

telling him that I could tell 10 people about him, etc. I still want to!

The only time I got told about side effects with medicines was when I was

diagnosed with brain cancer (benign) and the radiation and chemo (and that was

thru the nurses that were treating me) I went thru my PCP doctor upped my

narcotics or another doctor got ahold of my asking for pain meds and I got more

then.

And with chemo we have to take softeners and senna to help go and that has

carried into me taking narcotics, it helped anyways. The friend that was with me

she ended up taking suppositories and all I wanted to tell her was about the

pills I took to help me. Of course, I could always try to eat more fiber but my

digestive track has always been sluggish even as a baby. And now that I kept

throwing up when on chemo, the GI docs told me that my stomach doesn't empty all

they way. I have to go back to talk to them about how to fix that but it is I

think due to all the sickness I went thru.

G/N. WI, USA

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Barbara wrote:

Doctors are not to quick to hand out pain meds! They are so scared of chronic

pain patients that even with a contract they rarely give adequate pain meds.

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