CHAINED Re:Please tell me what you think

[Guest guest]

I have at times been made to feel that I am just a junkie looking for pain

pills. I found that I got that feeling when at the ER more than anywhere else.

I finally got to the point that I would not take my pain meds unless I was in

excruciating pain that way when the doctor would ask if that's what I wanted I

could say " No I still have some left over from my last prescription. "

Thank goodness my PCP is not this way. She is a wonderful woman who spends as

much time as needed with me when I go see her. I've even been in her office for

an hour trying to figure things out. She knows FMS is not in anyone's head.

Hope this helps.

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[Guest guest]

Better be carefull on that also to those thinking won't take med's even though

in pain, as there are times and it is happening more and more, again mostly

because of the street users abusing buying and selling, but Dr. because they are

being clamped down on over prescribing, which really isn't but is by the BIG

GUYS,probably using them themselves, but anyway physicians are doing bloodwork

and will check to see where your pain med level is at in your system, so for all

that think they have to be carefull they took one or two pills more than

prescribed a mo. you also have to be carefull of under taking them as it may

cause you to get D/C'd off of them, as they believe well you aren't using them

so can't really need them!, We are caught in a ugly situation all around because

of mostly the pills being pushed on the streets... I was just told by my

doctors office who I am lucky ot have and make the now 3 hr trip q 3 mo's as

they not only understand me, know me and not just on

the surface, they treat for the disease, pain, and have great bedside manner!

But they had to tell me that even though I was originaly prescribed my

prilosec20 mg 4x a day, because my insurance has changed again I can only get it

covered by dropping it down to x2 a day, I agreed as I need it and have been

out, they hung up again saying until I can get it cleared by insurance again for

the x4 they want to make sure I Do not take anymore then the 2 and have to

follow bottle as I say this is really getting strict, and it is not MY DR

directly doing this,

Sharon

wrote: I have at times been made to feel

that I am just a junkie looking for pain pills. I found that I got that feeling

when at the ER more than anywhere else. I finally got to the point that I would

not take my pain meds unless I was in excruciating pain that way when the doctor

would ask if that's what I wanted I could say " No I still have some left over

from my last prescription. "

Thank goodness my PCP is not this way. She is a wonderful woman who spends as

much time as needed with me when I go see her. I've even been in her office for

an hour trying to figure things out. She knows FMS is not in anyone's head.

Hope this helps.

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