Doctors Willing To Prescribe Heavy Pain Medication In Colorado (Page 162)

I have a serious problem. My dr. had two patients start dr. shopping and has decided it is too big of a pain in his butt to continue prescribing, even though I have gotten MRIs and Xrays to prove my problems. I have over a half a dozen herniated discs in my low back, along with degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, scoliosis and arthritis in my facet joints. I am currently on5 30mg oxycodone a day for breakthrough and 60mg of methadone for my long lasting meds. I REALLY need a doctor in the Denver, CO area who will not judge me because of my age, thinking I'm just some drug seeker as I TRULY need my meds to function. I am even being placed on disability until I can get my back healed because if something doesn't change I will be in big time pain for the rest of my life. If ANYONE knows of a good doctor that prescribes strong meds willingly in the Denver area please let me know. I am in desperate need of help as I am going to be SCREWED if I cannot find a good doctor. SOMEONE please help me with a doctor!!!!!

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Lucy,
Fuzzy also, very suddenly.

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Janey, I dont receive notifications so I try to check in every few days. I read your latest news and I was floored. One thing for sure, you are one tough cookie and a beacon of light for everyone that reads your posts. You're very knowledgeable, thoughtful, and considerate in your replies to everyone here. You have chosen the right course of action. Stay busy and keep the focus on others until you have the information you need to tackle this head on. I do have a few suggestions that helped me cope when the going got tough (no need for the gory details). One avenue of hope and humor I found was YouTube believe it or not. In particular, I was looking for videos on "self healing" hypnosis. With that search I found self hypnosis videos for (I recommend Michael Sealey) anything from relaxation, sleeping troubles, chakra balancing to overcoming fears and discovering astral projection. What it did do and still does for me is help me find my center on the bad days or in the tough times. I also ran across some amazing videos that I could hardly believe but were in fact very real. One that still stays with me is this woman that had a large tumor that exhausted all possibilities thru western medicine. She went to India and had a renowned surgeon perform a healing session on her. This healing session involved 5/6 medical personnel concentrating their energies on her tumor. I guess a better description is to say they focused entirely on her healthy state of being. Within 3 minutes it showed the tumor shrink until it was completely gone. I dont recall if it was Reiki therapy or some other form of prayer but still nothing short of miraculous. There's also a place in CA called the Heartmap Institute that you can access online. They have all sorts of information on wellbeing that may be beneficial right now. I'm a member so if there's something of interest to you in the members only category let me know and I will provide you my login n password. I think meditation is under rated especially when it comes to self healing. I believe that human beings can do a lot more for themselves and each other than we're led to believe. It's a matter of faith in ourselves and faith in the Good Lord or higher power, whatever one believes. But I find it curious we use less than 10% of these big brains we're blessed with. It's not a design flaw. We're made to do so much more than we're led to believe or were ever taught. I'm pulling for you that you receive great news and that you're perfect health as far as your Tata's are concerned ;-) All will be well.

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Brandon, if you scroll down you'll see my reply to Tracy...it's the same reply I'd give you.

Is there a reason you're looking for a new Dr? There are several posts about the dos and don't when seeking a 2nd opinion / new pain management program. I see you're on methadone, what's the other med? Are they not working? Methadone did nothing but constipate me. Have you shared with your Dr your concern?
Outside of the names listed as you read back there may be someone who is a better fit, but with out a feel for what's going on we can't really say.

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For all new comers please take a moment and scroll back through posts. You'll find names of doctors, clinics, and answers to questions you didn't even know you had.

From there if your post is short and sweet some of us may ask for more information on order to get you better info. Also, please check back after posting as people come around at weird times, but they do come to help if they have something to add to anything posted.
We (group correct me if I'm wrong or missing anything) are generally careful to get an understanding of what's going on before we throw out names of doctors or clinics that aren't already posted. The reason for this is that we've lost a member from use of that which we seek. We aren't professionals so information about the situation helps avoid offering useless advice. Plus some people will take advantage of the information and overrun a clinic that may not even do PM or are truly doctor shopping. We don't want to contribute to abuse.

Point is an ounce of precaution has immeasurable value.

So please scroll back, ask questions, share your experience with your past and current situation ...if you don't mind. This is totally anonymous unless you take several steps through admin to change that (very rare). This way we're not shooting blind, and we're not offering pamphlets at your door lol.

We are here to support each other in this chaos they call pain management. It can take up to a couple weeks for a regular contributor to post, but we do check back. Also if your post gets reviewed we were told it can take 24 hours (maybe a bit more) to be reviewed and posted. The admins will post everything in correct chronological order, but posts could look funky for a while. As the *note says above this text box, be detailed. No one will ask you to save oxygen, promise!

Hope everyone is feeling well and can enjoy Memorial Day.

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Lucy, do you have Wendy's email, fb, phone #? I'll search my phone for her info, I'm not sure I have it, but let's work together to see? If you don't have my contact information Susie has it or go thru admin and I'll reply for sure! Worry is bad for our health and Wendy might need us!

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I am sorry you must deal with such pain. Blame it on the feds and ibozocare. So many drug seekers make it hard for people who need meds. I stopped going to docs in 2007. I recently found a bony growth on my collarbone and he ordered xray. He said we will watch it. Not comfy with that and need it addressed because of cancer in family. Sister died age 34 of cancer and they could not find origin of it. I need to push the envelope. I need prednisone for lung problems and also codeine helps break it up. My doc used to give me shirt burst of prednisone for lung, vicodin for pain of other condition and even wrote in my record I was not a drug seeker. I use meds cautiously and always had leftovers from previous prescriptions. I am again lookng for another doctor in Denver.

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Hey are you in the Colorado area and did you fInd a doctor?

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I know things may be posted re doctors, etc. I needed to be MORE specific. Finding Medicare docs who take new patients since affordable care has taken place is a problem with elderly or disabled who do not get more than the premium paid. I only found one. Another one asked what pain meds I was taking. This shows unwillingness to.prescribe pain meds like vicodin or stronger.

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Violet so the 1 that ask wat meds u were on wnt see u???

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Hi, Violet... I have a different insurance, so I don't have exactly the answers you are looking for. However, you might try somewhere like SAS Health or other regular doctor's office... Then they can refer you out to someone. The drs at SAS ARE NOT PAIN DRS, however, they are kind and knowledgable and can lead you in the right direction. No one on here can tell you exactly who will take you on as a patient... It depends on your history, their caseload, etc. Good luck!! <3

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When I said "None," which is true since 2007, the person made an appointment which I decided to cancel today. With the mindset of that office, if I needed certain meds, I would be hard pressed to get them with that thinking. BTW, just read in Canada researchers can make stem cells from blood now and they are seeking ways to design pain meds specific to relief for individuals. Also, want meds to address pain for peripheral nervous system not general nervous system.

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Thanks, mtngirl. What is SAS? Insurance HMO's limit who Medicare people can see. May go to original medicare and get some kind of help. Really plan to just visit health food store and quit all doctors because of disgust. Then will seek meds in end of life state. That would only be if Medical continues to be problem. The support on this site is amazing. I have advocated for seniors who docs wanted to put on antiseizure meds rather than their sleep meds. What the h does it matter if an 80-year old person is dependent on a sleep or pain med? Let them have some peace! I did battle with Kaiser for them. Also, I refuse meds that will raise Blood pressure or racing heart like Atrovent. Then they make seniors take BP meds to lower BP raised by Atrovent! It is a racket. The more drugs they can get you to take that don't help you, the better. I have decided to not go back. Cancelling June 16 appt. Let him wonder. I won't answer the calls and will just go to an ER.

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Chatty... I just saw the post about Wendy's info. I have emailed her, posted on the FB, and called the number associated with her business... And I've had ZERO response :(

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VerychattySarah
I have Wendy's cell somewhere. I'm looking for it.

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I would avoid SAS as they have asked on this page not to be listed again. I would look into
Rocky Mtn Internal Medicine in Aurora, avoiding someone named Teresa as I've read she's not interested in pain mgmt.

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Chatty... I didn't think they'd mind as long as people knew up front that they are family docs only, not pm. Mr. Smith is just super knowledgable/great resource.

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Mtn, you may be right. I only see Dr. R so yeah...my bad. Either way I see Dr's at both places and am happy with them! Thanks Mtn.
No word from Wendy?

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No... Nothing :(... Nothing on their FB page... Just like everything stopped.

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What about any Drs that will prescribe methadone. I've had neuropathy in my hip and leg for years and have been on percocet 10s for 10 years or more. I had a dr prescribe methadone because I read about it and wanted to try it. I wanted to get off of the percocets. So a Dr, who was also a friend of my husbands gave me methadone 10. It totally saved my life at that time. I took 3 a day. I didn't hurt, and I felt better than I'd felt in years. I felt like I had my life, my mind and my sanity back. But he prescribed them to another patient who had similar pain as I had. The Dr saw such a great change in me. I actually felt like I had my life back. The worry over pain, the constant worry about the up down up down feelings that I had while on the percocet. Taking meds like that I totally consume you. It totally sucks big time!

But this other dude that was getting the methadone from my Dr decided to do some coke while taking the methadone and overdosed. And it killed him. Sad but true. So as a result of his misuse I was told at my office visit that month that he could no longer prescribe methadone to me. Even though he was sure that didn't abuse my meds. So he weened me off of them for about 4 months. And after that, he started my percocets again. I know that there are those who will say that I traded one addiction for another. I guess that's what I did. But methadone took care of my pain and gave my life back to me for a short moment in time. I would like to find a physician in northern LA that is comfortable prescribing methadone to those who know the benefits and are legitimately needing to be on long term meds.

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Does anyone know about any physicians that still prescribe Methadone in Louisiana? Northern Louisiana.

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