Just wanted to share something. As you might know from my posts, I have been taking hydrocodone steady for a few years now, steady RX's from my primary doc for back pain. Long story short...I moved to another state, my primary is not treating "pain management" patints anymore, so I need to find a doctor in the state I am in now.
Heres the thing....I completely get that the docs dont want to write for narcs, its not the correct way to treat, the DEA is up their ***, yadda yadda yadda. I get it, and I will be very surprised if I even find another doc to prescribe me vicodin. What bugs me is this: I asked, him, what does he recommend I try for my pain? He said 1 or 2 200mg advil should be ok. I asked, so I should just completely stop taking the vicodins, just like that? Will I feel any withdrawal symptoms? ( I knew I would, but I had to ask for his input) He said, no, not at all, you wont feel anything.
now, either he doesnt know that I would get symptoms, or he just doesnt CARE.....either way, this irritates me. He was kind of paranoid, even going into detail about how he "knew some doctor the next town over who got his door kicked in by the dea".....ummm ok, I didnt really think that was appropriate to be telling a patient, but whatever. i completely get that I am just another person trying to get some vicodin for my pain, but telling me right to my face, that no, I wont get any symptoms, dont worry??? WTF.....do some docs really dont know??