Pain and medication

[alxvog]

I was wondering, I have a primary care physician and a pain management specialist. Right before I got my visit for my pain management my PCP wrote me a prescription for hydrocodone APAP 10 500 with 5 refills. My pain specialist originally told me to just take what I had left from my PCP but take 2 at time if it helps. So i did so, couple days passed and I realized by me doing that i was going to run out sooner and insurance wont cover an early refill, so I called my pain specialist and he gave me a script for oxycodone 15 mg Q 120. Ok i thought this is fine. Now that means a total of 4 a day and sometimes I have to take a half or 5 a day again making me run out 1-5 days before the new script can be written. I asked the doc to wright me a script early but to put a date on it when it can get refilled because I was leaving town. He put it on the exact day the 30 days were up. And im going to be 4 days short. He was already upset that I was taking half or one extra a day so I said I would compensate by taking only 3 one day which I lied because he seems upset. So would I get in trouble if I went to my regular pharmacist and had them fill my hydrocodone Q 90 and only use what is needed then go to a different pharmacy and give them the oxy script and put away the hydros. What ramifications could this have? Otherwise I am going to have to buy on the black market. I have a disk perfusion and fluid missing between L4 and L5. I’ve been on pain medications for 5 years. So not only would my pain come back full force but I would have withdrawals.

[namnam46]

Thank you from EVERYONE on the Forum for the compliments!! All of us are CP (Chronic Pain) Patients. There are SEVERAL of us that Disabled from our different Pain issues. Many others that aren't as of yet and are still able to keep working, but they will eventually wind up being on Disability.  ALL of us would MUCH rather be Healthy and NOT have to take the Pain meds that we have to take. Someone is ALWAYS on line and we do our VERY best to Respond and at least WELCOME the individuals even if we don't know anything about their problems and reassure them that SOMEONE that DOES understand will be along at a later time.

We do our BEST to not judge as we know that ALL of us are pretty much DEPENDENT upon our medications just to be able to get up in the mornings and in my case I need it to be able to use a cane to walk and NOT my Walker!! We are ALL at different places in our pain and we are able to HELP each other thru the different stages that our pain will be going thru.  

Don't automatically think that you are addicted as it may be that you are DEPENDENT on your meds. I'm going to give you a SIMPLIFIED version of the meaning, I hope that I'm saying this the correct way!! If you HAVE to have your pills because of your pain that
then that is Dependency BUT if it is because you are CRAVING them and it has NOTHING to do with your pain then that is Addiction. In other words a Physical Dependency IS NOT AN ADDICTION!!!  I hope that you understood that. I'm POSITIVE that someone else will be along and be able to gie you a BETTER and more in depth answer!!  :)

We're VERY happy that you are here and hope that as time allows you will be able to help some people (and I DO mean as time allows you).  

As far as your LAST question is concerned I want you to know that there is a FORUM for your problem also.  If you would go to the SEXUAL HEALTH Forum and ask that question there I think you will get the help that you need. I don't have any expertise as far as what  medication may do as far as the Sexual Drive is concerned in men.

Some others may be along that CAN answer your last question but it probably will heop you to post on the other Forum as well. YOu are welcome to post on as MANY Forums as you like!!  :)

I wish you the very best and we are VERY glad that you are here!!!.....Sherry

PS CONGRATULATIONS on your Marriage!!  I wish you and your Bride a HAPPY life together!!

[alxvog]

Question for everyone// i took a shot in the dark asking this question expecting no response from anyone but how on earth do you guys find time to respond so quickly and find time to make it back to my post to add more.. It boggles my mind cause I was just sitting at work and took 5 min to post something really quick and during the weekend around midnight took a look. And there was like 10 responses HOW. do you guys find time. I would love to be able to assist people when they have questions. I just got married in May, im 26 with no children, and 4 dogs. It’s awesome you people are hear to help, I needed this information but too bad you guys cant get paid for your responses. You took time out of your day to respond to a stranger’s question. I could be a drug addict trying to find ways to cheat the system but you guys actually see me and understand me. Don’t get me wrong after 4 years of being on pain medication there is an addiction and would need to be slowly taken off my medication once the pain is controlled. But thank you for the professional responses and respecting me. I have another question. I did have low testosterone and never wanted to be sexually active.. I do just hardly ever. My PCP gave me cream to put on shoulder and it did in fact raise my testosterone levels to normal but don’t want to be romantic or sexually active hardly ever. Its very frustrating and not fair to my wife. Any suggestions?? She does everything to try and make me interested, she is beautiful. I don’t look at any other woman in a sexual manner. I just don’t ever want it.

[JadedSweetheart]

Thanks again for being honest.  So you will be out of oxycodone in 5 days and your appt isn't until Aug 17th?  That IS a stretch.  I don't know what to tell you except make sure when you go to your next appt to tell your doctor that you've had to take more per day and had to take the lortabs because you ran out early.  

You could really get in trouble for getting prescriptions from two different docs, but we have told you that up and down and you know it.

[alxvog]

I do appreciate all the answers and I do feel your right. I lied about going out of town so I could at least get the paper script, under the assumption I could take advantage of the insurance / pharmacy 5 day grace period. I would have waited till 5 days before to get the refill// I have an appt on the 17 of aug.. 10 days after I will get it refilled by their standards to speak about the cortisone injections.  I’m hoping that the pharmacy doesn’t notify him that I picked up the hydro and if they do I will present them to him and give him the rest because in 5 days I will run out of the oxy ( will try not to but prolly will) and i will open the hydrocodone. Ok guys will check back in, have to get to work :0) . Thanks again.

[JadedSweetheart]

Yes, that IS a great post, Jaybay.  I am guilty of obsessing over the pain.  I need to break the cycle.  
We have some great forum members here.  I'm so thankful for all of you.

[flower12345]

GREAT post, Jaybay!