Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Cindy your request are not unreasonable in the least. Due to the DEA and all of their rules alot of docs have gotten to scared to write for repeated doses of narcs. Big ole chickens if you ask me. Where do you live? Maybe somebody on here lives in the same area and can recommend a doc for you. Have you looked into finding a pancreatic physician in your area? Honey you do not need to suffer nore to you need to be treated like a junkie. You have a condition that needs to be treated by a physician who understands it. Please dont give up there are some good docs out there. If you live in the southeast I know exactly who I would recommend. Hang in there sug and dont let anybody make you feel any worse then this disease already has. All my best (SC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Cindy, A Pain Management doctor can write the scripts for any of the necessary meds that you need. The doctor will usually conduct an exam and review all your records before he recommends treatment for you that he feels is most beneficial. Sometimes this involves trying several different narcotics before you find the one that works best for you. You didn't say what medication you're taking 100 pills of each month, but that amount is not unreasonable for any of the short acting drugs like Percocet, Lortab, Darvocet, Hydrocodone, etc. My usual allotment of Oxycodone is 125 pills per month, and I'm on a long term Duragesic patch all the time, too! Granted, my pain is more severe than yours, and I've been on full time medication for a long time, but it's not at all unreasonable for you to need this much medication during a month's time. The PM doctor may even be able to recommend a medication for you that would have you needing less pills, sometimes different types and dosages can make those type of differences. I'm also taking a non-opiod, a product called Neurontin, and that medication has helped me to reduce the amount of narcotic meds that I need. I'd certainly recommend a good PM doctor for you, other than dealing with a GI or PCP that doesn't want to prescribe narcotics and instead makes you feel wrong because you do need them. CP is a condition that creates pain, often lots of pain, and a person shouldn't be made to feel that they're wrong because they need relief from the pain to function. My GI was wonderful about this when my pain needs overcame what he was comfortable prescribing, he found a PM doctor for me, and when I did, that doctor determined that I needed more medication than that which I'd been using. When he put me on higher dosages, my GI was out of the picture and happy to not have to deal with it. He knows how much I take, and is not opposed to it. So try and get an appointment with a PM doctor. You may find that he or she finds a solution for you that will change your world. With love, hope and prayers, Heidi Heidi H. Griffeth hhessgriffeth@... www.pancassociation.org/anthology#Heidi.html SC State & SE Regional Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional medical consultation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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