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I just went to a pain managment clinic for the first time, ive never really taken any meds for pain but over the last few years thepain has been unberable at times.So someone suggested that i go to pm doctor, I go and get an mri done 1600 $wow.Well i go to the doctor and he prescibes me norco 10mg 60count for 2 weeks now im nt too familiar with these meds and the whole thing so i broughta family member as an consultant and he said he thought that was a little much. well the meds really didnt agree with me they bothered my stomach and they really didnt help the pain i took up to 6 a day, letme mention iwigh 400 lbs. so before my next appt i ran out and my rgandmother gave me something to hold me over a few days. now i go back to the doc and he now has my mri and i inform him of every prob with the norco and he gives me more 180count.and i inform him that gm gave me somthing called roxicodone 30mg sohe wites a presciption for mscontin which i told him i was alergic to so he changed it to oxycontin 20mg well from there my day got worse my insurance woulnt cover name brand sripts and generic oxy had been recalled then they changed it again to methadone and like i said i am new to all of this and thought methadone was for herion addicts so refused it finnally they gave me patches 25mg fetnyal i think 6 or 7 norcos worked better than them .im sorry let me hurry. now this doc explained none of this stuff with me and this last time with all the cofusion i didnt have my cosultant im just not good with peaple ya know .So 2 weeks later they had the shots planned and i canselled after talking over with grandmother, but kept the appt thinking i could get these meds changed well when i went my orig doc was not thre and the sub was nt to nice, i feel like she treated me like a drug addict and was very rude so i figured ill just go to another doc but the more i red on hre i read about contract and all kind of stipulations and i had no idea . Conclusion was she said i would bring the patches back before they gave me anything else bottom line is they have made plenty of money off of me and i got no help so i guess my q is can ijust go to another doc and if there is some cotract which i dont know do i have to even mention thi whole mis hap or should i be completly honest and tell thewholestory either way i need help i any suggestionns would be helpful ask any qs if needed to help me further
appox a month ago i came up + for thc and they cut off my prescriptions until i was clean first of all i had no idea they checked for thc but anyway i quit and went to my next appt and passed the test and they gave me meds again but reduced and changed my meds i didnt ask any questions because i did not want to bring up any more suspitions they acted very weary and even a little rude and disrespectful when i failed the ua i am not a drug addict so i smoked a little every now and then but dont neeed it they prescribed me 180 norco 10s and 25mg fentynal befoe the dirty ua but now after the clean ua they gave 120 7.5 lortab and thats it and they are like taking aleve to me what to do ? 1 more q evey time i go i see a diffrent doctor i would like to see my original doctor and they keep schedueling me around the days that he is in that office is this normal?
Hi Me,
Welcome. I am sorry to hear about your pain. You do need a better understanding of PMP and PM Clinics and those crazy PM contracts. Don't feel bad. You are new to the procedures and requirements. Before I came to the site I had no ideas about these things either. Apparently my state is the only one in the nation that CP patients are followed, treat and prescribed narcotics by their PCP.
My suggestion is to return to the PMP that you initially saw at the clinic. You seemed to like him and have a better rapport with him. Don't start jumping between clinics or physicians until you have given this one a fair shot. A good physician will respond to an honest and open patient. So go pour you heart out.
It is not a good idea to cancel a procedure wothout discussing it with the PMP. That will send up a red flag that you do not want to be better, you just want the narcotics. Although you and I may know that this is not true he has no way of knowing that. If you are concerned about the procedure that discuss that again with your PMP. I am not telling you that you should have it. I am just saying that when you do not follow their directions they become leery.
My current physician of 5 years diagnosed me in 2 weeks when no one else could for years. She also prescribed me narcotics to control the pain (on the first visit) when no one else would. Initially I did everything my physician asked. I saw all the specialists she sent me to even though I knew it was a waste of time and my insurance money. I had been down those roads before her but not with her. I knew what they would say and the condescending pat on the head I would get with, "There is nothing we can do for you." I was a waste of their time and meant no dollars in their pockets. Now I am comfortable enough with her and she with me that I am able to say, "No I really don't want to do that...unless you honestly beleive this will help me significantly."
That is the kind of doctor-patient relationship I wish for everybody. I know it is possible though I wouldn't have beleived it in the previous ten years to stumbling upon her. So please give the first PMP a chance again and try to build a relationship with him before you move on. The patch may just be too low for your body weight or not be the right drug. I suggest you listen to your PMP rather than family members, though they love you they are probably not physicians.
Good luck to you and please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing. We are here to support you. I'll watch for your updates.
Take care,
Tuck
Welcome. I am sorry to hear about your pain. You do need a better understanding of PMP and PM Clinics and those crazy PM contracts. Don't feel bad. You are new to the procedures and requirements. Before I came to the site I had no ideas about these things either. Apparently my state is the only one in the nation that CP patients are followed, treat and prescribed narcotics by their PCP.
My suggestion is to return to the PMP that you initially saw at the clinic. You seemed to like him and have a better rapport with him. Don't start jumping between clinics or physicians until you have given this one a fair shot. A good physician will respond to an honest and open patient. So go pour you heart out.
It is not a good idea to cancel a procedure wothout discussing it with the PMP. That will send up a red flag that you do not want to be better, you just want the narcotics. Although you and I may know that this is not true he has no way of knowing that. If you are concerned about the procedure that discuss that again with your PMP. I am not telling you that you should have it. I am just saying that when you do not follow their directions they become leery.
My current physician of 5 years diagnosed me in 2 weeks when no one else could for years. She also prescribed me narcotics to control the pain (on the first visit) when no one else would. Initially I did everything my physician asked. I saw all the specialists she sent me to even though I knew it was a waste of time and my insurance money. I had been down those roads before her but not with her. I knew what they would say and the condescending pat on the head I would get with, "There is nothing we can do for you." I was a waste of their time and meant no dollars in their pockets. Now I am comfortable enough with her and she with me that I am able to say, "No I really don't want to do that...unless you honestly beleive this will help me significantly."
That is the kind of doctor-patient relationship I wish for everybody. I know it is possible though I wouldn't have beleived it in the previous ten years to stumbling upon her. So please give the first PMP a chance again and try to build a relationship with him before you move on. The patch may just be too low for your body weight or not be the right drug. I suggest you listen to your PMP rather than family members, though they love you they are probably not physicians.
Good luck to you and please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing. We are here to support you. I'll watch for your updates.
Take care,
Tuck
yes i have insurance and no im not addicted ive never taken any of these meds before and all of those presciptions never got filled only the patches the others were returned to them like isaid i had no idea ther was such ordeals involved in pm thank you for the advice
you definitely need to be honest with any and all doctors you come into contact with. If you don't-- you will be considered a drug seeker and doctor shopper...do you have insurance? they can track your pharmacy habits as well and red flag you for filling too many RX's by too many different doctors or too many meds within a time period.. do you think you are addicted? That's a lot of opiates to go through...good luck to you
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