Re: I'm mad and just want to cry

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

I understand your feelings about this situation. Many

of us have shared similar aggravations from the

medical community.

We seem to be " collateral damage " in the " war

on drugs " ; certainly not the big time drug dealers.

We need strong advocates for the chronic pain

sufferers.

I am very sorry that these things happen to so many.

donpat

> wrote:

>So I feel like I'm just getting the run around. I was given a referral to a

pain doctor and my primary doctor told me he spoke to them and asked questions

and gave them my history but instead he had some office person call and ask

questions and didn't do all the right stuff. I called and was told that because

I've already done alternative medicine that I'm a bad candidate and it's crazy.

So tomorrow I see my primary care doctor again and will have to get another

prescription and then switch my insurance and go see the other ones.

>

>I am sick of being looked at like nothing is wrong with me. I've gained too

much weight just because I can't take my medicine the right way and be active,

in fear of I will run out and I follow all the rules and still get looked at

badly. this doctor is a Internal Medicine Doctor so I don't get why he can't

continue to give me what I need and instead he calls it this temporary fix. last

time he saw me he called me on the phone after he seen me and said some thing

but I couldn't understand him very well but what I thought he said was that he

didn't feel comfortable giving me methadone and was going to end up weaning me

off, that would suck since that's all that works.

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[Guest guest]

Sorry ~

If it was legal (it is very not legal) I would send you te bottle of

methadone I have because after the 4th or 5th dose it put in the ER so it

just sits on a shelf over here with the other meds I am allergic to.

I hope your doctor figures something out quick and gets you the pain relief

you need.

Love Always,

Anne

> > wrote:

>

> >So I feel like I'm just getting the run around.

[Guest guest]

Don wrote:

> We seem to be " collateral damage " in the " war

> on drugs " ; certainly not the big time drug dealers.

All,

I have found " The American Pain Foundation " to have the best publications, and

asistance to help me when I have needed it.

Benniw

[Guest guest]

wrote:

I thought he said was that he didn't feel comfortable giving me

methadone and was going to end up weaning me off, that would suck since

that's all that works.

,

Doctors all over the US are taking their patients off methadone and

putting them on something else. My pain doctor switched me to Opana ER

last Friday. Apparently, the powers that be (DEA, FBI etc) have been

letting the doctors know that they " shouldn't " be prescribing Methadone

for so many of their patients.

Personally, I don't think it's any part of the government's business

what medication the doctor prescribes for me. My pain doctor switched

me to Methadone quite some time ago. It's not expensive and it works

quite well.

However, it also has a high street value. Sheesh.

The Opana ER is all right, but the Methadone's retail price was $25 and

the Opana ER is $259 per month. Whether I'm paying some of it, or the

insurance company gets stuck with it - either way that's quite an

unnecessary price difference. All it's going to do is hike my insurance

rates.

Don't be concerned if your doctor switches you to a different narcotic.

Your body won't act up or really know the difference. I didn't get so

much as a twinge switching from Methadone to Opana. The doctor does have

to understand how to compare different medications though, or he could

unintentionally end up prescribing more or less than your current dosage.

I taper off my narcotic medication a couple of times a year, just to

give my internal organs a rest and to see what's really going on with

me. Of course, people who use Fentanyl patches can't do that.

Tapering off is not at all difficult, unless you are emotionally

addicted. If your body is just used to the medication, taking a

slightly smaller dose, and then a smaller dose, until it's out of your

system isn't painful or frightening. There is no withdrawal, so to speak.

I just hope that your Internal Medicine doctor has the good sense to

either help you find the kind of doctor you need, or at the very least,

continue to treat you himself.

Lyndi