Can Somebody Help Find A Doctor In New Jersey That Will Prescribe Pain Medication For Me

I am a 64 yr. old woman with severe rheumatoid arthritis & damage in my spine including stenosis in two areas of my spine-neck & lower back. Most doctors are unwilling to prescribe pain medication that will relieve my pain. Would appreciate names of doctors who can help me.

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Well, you aren't going to have any choice but to go through pain management, due to the new laws. They make it so that a general practitioner, or surgeon will only be able to prescribe pain medications for short-term use, such as for a couple of weeks immediately after someone has had surgery or been in an accident.

Learn more pain management details here.

In reality, most general doctors really aren't comfortable prescribing such medications, because they aren't trained in how to actually handle long-term pain treatment, so you are better of with a specialist that is, anyway.

Have you tried consulting with a specialist yet?

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I am so sorry for your situation! I am a 56 year old man in Louisiana with the exact same situation and and being treated exactly the same! What is the problem? I believe that a cut and dry decision not to appropriately perscribed opiate pain medications to a patient with rheumatoid arthritis is inhumane! This "Red Flag" that the so called Rheumatologist you are seeing is a Self Admitted Quack! How does a doctor Learn what it feels like and be able to be Impaththetic to an RA patient! Do you believe if a Doctor can actually relate to your individized pain by reading a book?

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My husband has RA and goes to a RA dr. They will prescribe pain meds but he also takes cymbal ta and prednisone and enbrel. Just pain meds wouldn't work and he take only when it get real bad.

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Really? My rheumy doc said they arent allowed to orescribe opiates. Are laws different state to state? Its now 2015 is your rheumy still prescribing pain meds, specificslly, opiates?

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For the Person looking for a Doctor in New Jersey,...I don't remember his name, but I went to one in Patterson, N.J. many years ago. I think he may have had his own Pain Clinic. Patterson is not the kind of place you want to hang around in too long, but the Doc seemed legit. I had just moved to Bergen County from Florida, so I brought MRIs, and my empty Narcotic bottles with me.

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Hi.. really need some help.. pittsburgh area. . Or will drive as far as needed to.. was on same amount of soma, percocet, etc. For 12 years. All of sudden lost my physician.. dont know what to do.. after the hundreds literally hundreds of regimines ive been on over years. The soma was like a cure to me and my pain and spasms. I never abused my medication and im being punished because of other people who do.. im so upset and now literally so far down and depressed certain things ive never thought about are now crossing my mind.. that medication was my lifeline was only thing that ever worked. .my life is so dark now cant move everyday same pain.. because people who abuse drugs, does that mean i shouldnt get to walk everyday because they cant control themselves . I shouldnt have a quality life with medicine i need because of someone elses addiction. . Im so angry and just need one person if ur able to help me please...reach out... only so much pain a person can take.. thank u

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Sorry I don't know any Dr. Looking myself, but, we have same thoughts. It's Mon. don't know if I will make it to the weekend. The hospital is a joke.

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If you weren't so angry others in the same situation may be willing to assist. I along with many others are in the same boat but railing on others dependent on the meds you seek isn't the way to go.im from jersey and there are plenty of good quality docs willing to help. NOT ENOUGH OBVIOUSLY BUT THERE ARE SOME. God bless

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I need a New Jersey doctor who will not drag you through hell to get fentanyl patches, when medically needed. I had two 12 hour surgeries.

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I have RA - & Lupus (Rheumatologist speaking) and mine I just grabbed from closest one vs look for one who aka prescribes- I was getting pain relief from a doctor. NOW that my pain relief doctor just wants me to wham stop the methadone and Breakthrough meds, I risk my health. (I know the stress this brings me is Going to be a HUGE risk) and gave Buprenorphine and Breakthrough. I do NOT wish to change my protocol I've been doing great on, I will likely have No choice. I am not going to an addiction clinic. I am NOT a drug addict- I am dependent- NOT addicted and there IS a difference! I resent being put ON medicine then the DEA or whoever scares these docs then myself and many other Law abiding citizens are out on a limb- parents, teachers, nurses, etc'. This is unfair to mess with my life / qualify of my life. I plead and humbly ask for a dr in the NJ/Philadelphia area. I'll travel an hour each way to get the relief. I was traveling 10 minutes. Thank You.

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It is entirely up to each individual Dr since new laws went into effect many choose not to writeopiate medication scripts today because of the issues that come along with abuse as well as loosing their license !

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This is not true ! Every Dr. PRIMARY & SPECIALISTS ETC. CAN ABSOLUTELY & DO WRITE PAIN MEDS LEGALLY LONG TERM. IT IS THEIR DECISSION UNDER THE NEW LAWS IT IS A SUGGESTION TO WRITE ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT MG WISE PER DAY ( I BELEIVE 80 MG.) DR.S JUST DONT WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MESS THAT HAS PUT THEM UNDER A MICROSCOPE DUE TO ABUSE.

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