Hi i have been going to a pain clinic for the past 3 years,last month my dr decides he dosen't take my insurance as a secondary payment.Every time i have went every month i have passed all drug tests and all pill counts,i have at least 2 to 3 injections every month which i was told was too much.I am a 52 year old woman have been disabled for 13 years,i have a degenerative disc disease,post tramatic stress disorder,depression and severve panic attacks.In 2007 my husband shot me with a long colt 45 point blank in my shoulder which busted it up very painful,then he killed himself in front of me with a sawed off shotgun really disturbed me and still does not counting the pain.i have nerves around bullet fragments and a torn rotary cuff,plus my back problems.I went yesterday to see the new dr that my dr that i have been seeing for 3 years sent me to.I have been on fentanyl 50 mg patches,plus percocet tens 4 times a day which last month they wrote them out for just the oxycodone 10 mg.I have been use to taking the other but the pharmacist says it would work better for me,anyway to make a long story short this new dr tells me hes taking me off my pain meds cold turkey,he wrote out my script for my patches and i have to go next week for a nerve injection,I am terrified of being drug sick,can he take me off cold turkey like this,shouldn't he taper me off or something,i have read bad things can really happen when you are withdrawing from pain medications and i don't want to do that i am sick enough without that pain.Anyone out there please i need some advice on what to do.I asked him twice are you sure i won't withdraw from not taking this medicine after taking it for so long,he says no you will be fine.I am scared,i have enough pain medicine for 6 more days i have been breaking them in half anything i can do.Well this is my first time getting on here and asking anyone for help but i sure do need some advice as to what to do.Thanks for reading this and may you have a Blessed day!!!
Did your Dr even give you a reason for taking you off of your break through meds? It's very common to have these when you're on a long acting med like the Fentanyl patch. It sounds like this Dr needs to learn a great deal more about pain and pain medications.
Would it be possible for you to see a different Dr?