doctor shopping

[doctorshopper]

I live in Louisiana.  I am an addict.  I forged many scrips 3 years ago in TX, got caught, and moved to Louisiana.  I am on probation.

While in Louisiana, I found two doctors that will write me lortab scripts.  I see one of the doctors every two months, and he writes me either 20 or 40 lortabs.  I never go see him early - I just call for an appt every 6 -8 weeks or so, go in, get a steriod shot, and my lortab script.  This script should in theory last only about 4 - 7 days, as he writes them every 4 hours as needed.  

The other doctor writes me about 30 per month.  Two per day as needed, so in theory this script should last 15 days.  I have been doing this for about 6 months, and recently, I let the script from doc 1 overlap the script for doc 2.  It has only happened once in six months.

What are my chances of getting the dreaded police visit?

[doctorshopper]

The right thing to do is NEVER put another one of those things in my mouth.

[vicki595]

You'll do what you want and you know the right thing to do. You're not a dummy!!

But hear this :  It doesn't matter what you're "pretty sure" of, it's against the law. Do these doctors know the other is prescribing?  I'm sure not. It's illegal.

Just looking out for ya..because you're not thinking right.  Be careful...Have a really good reason why you've done this for 6 mos while on probation. You need to stop.

xo

[avisg]

thats a very fine line if they notice you are getting scripts for the same drug over and over from diffrent doctors thats an issue

[doctorshopper]

Great advise.  All the stuff you mentioned (docs/pharms/police reports) are the definition of unmanagability.

I don't have any "live scrips" now.  So cancelling is not an option.  Just never calling those guys for an appt is an option, which is what I'll do.

As for the no no of getting meds from two doc's, I'm pretty sure that if the scripts don't overlap then no crime has been committed.  Again, please don't take that as me trying to minimize what I've done.  I am just looking at the problem in two stages.  The legal part (an in my mind, only the one overlapping script is a problem), and the larger issue of being an addict.  And not just being an addict.  A BAD ONE.  Losing tons of stuff (family, money, etc), stayiing clean a while (two years), then, back at the doc for more pills.

[avisg]

i had not  thought about that just the fact that you are getting  it as vicki said you are getting to scripts for the same drug it does not matter if they are overlapping you are braking the law

[vicki595]

Here's what I think :  I wouldn't do this any more.  I know it's hard BUT all the time you've spent running to appts. and pharmacies and online checking police reports could have been better spent.

Just because you're rx only over lapped once,doesn't mean you haven't been breaking the law.  You've been getting the same med from two different doctors for 6 months. That's a no no.

I remember the nurse in La you spoke of. I think it was a year before she was arrested,not sure. But this is exactly how she got caught...no it wasn't...it was a drug interraction that caused the pharmacist to call the doctor . Anyway,I remember she had been clean for 9 mos.

While you're trying to get clean or stop you might want to cancel one of those rx's. They could very well have you flagged right now and you just don't know it yet. You know,they like to "build" their cases.