need help about going to 2 doctors for pain medicine

[sensations]

i am currently going to a doctor in NC who prescribes me methadone and oxycodone 15mg and xanax 1 mg. i made an appointment to go to a pain management doctor in virgina and i was wondering if my doctor in NC will find out and if this doctor in virgina will find out about my other doctor in NC? If i pay cash for the doctor in virgina and get my meds filled there with cash and dont use my insurance and then goto my doctor in NC and use my medicad to pay for my visit and my prescriptions will i get introuble? ive heard of people going to doctors in the same states and getting introuble i just dont know about going to different states. i know a few people who told me i should be ok as long as i dont use my medicade for both. my appointment in on the 14th in virgina and i just went to my docotor  in NC on the 4. can someone please help me out and answer my questions? someone with knowledge and some truthful, please. i google my question and all i get is b,s. so please someone help me out  and let me know. thank you so much and i hope someone can give me a truthful answer and a good one as well. thanks again.

[notgood77]

I go to a pain management doctor and between my visits I had a kidney stone and the urgent care doc prescribed me some vicodin to get through it. Well, low and behold when I went back to my pain doc she asked me who this other doctor was and why he was giving me vicodin. They now have a system that is nationwide where your name goes into a database and tells every doc you see who and when you have been prescribed any type of narcotics. I only got a minimal amount from the urgent care doc and I thought it wasn't a big deal but the pain doc found out and asked! I was supposed to tell her. What you are doing is not a good idea and if you are really in pain and need the meds I wouldn't be doctor shopping because you will be caught and both of your docs will drop you and you will be left in the dark. If you really need the meds then why don't you just go to one doc and be honest and if what they are prescribing you is not enough to help with your pain then ask for more. Either way, you WILL get busted because this database goes from state to state and it doesn't matter if you use insurance or not. Not a good idea!

[troubleinohio]

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[freebird227]

I am very proud to be a part of a community that WILL STAND ON THEIR EXPERIENCE................In no shape or form could this person come away second guessing how we feel about this issue...............Wat to go guys

[bmdad]

He will know that you have another doctor because of your mri. When you get a mri you have to be referred by a doctor. If you are not satisfied with your doctor I would let him know and have him refer you to another pain clinic. As long as you are open and honest to your doctor you should be fine. If you go to the pain clinic in VA I would let them know about your other doctor so they can communicate to get to the root cause of your pain. If you take that route I don't see how you could get in any trouble. But I would not continue getting meds from both doctors because they are bound to find out. Most doctors run a prescription report every now and then. I know this for a fact because I went to the dentist once for a tooth issue. I told the dentist I didn't need any pain meds as I was already getting them for my back. He wrote the antibiotic and vicodin on the same script. I filled them and didn't think anything of it. About a month later I received a letter from my primary doctor stating that he had to drop me by law because I received narcotics from another doctor. Luckily once I talked to my doctor and let him know what happened he took me back. So if your doctor does run a check then both the pain clinic and your primary doctor could drop you and you could be without any meds for your pain. So just be open and honest so your doctor knows what you are doing and you should be fine. If you try and hide the anything and the check, you will have a problem finding any doctor to treat your pain.
I hope this helps and best of luck.
Brian

[broadindaylight]

It seems like your mind is made up. You've mapped it out and know the strategy you'll be using. Honestly it may be that the docs never find out about each other. But you'll know. If your doc isn't working, can't you see someone else within the system?

[kim715]

Just to sum up what everyone else has advised you to do....Answer is NO,don't do it.When you are at the point where you want to take control of your life back,we will be here to help you with that.All the best...Kim