Doctors Willing To Prescribe Heavy Pain Medication In Colorado (Page 33)

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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They block numbers on here. But it's Colorado Pain Relief, Dr. May or P.A. Jose Vasquez. I just pray to God above that the clinic sticks around and isn't snuffed out by the DEA. I hope you and your husband can find some relief. The people who abuse all this stuff need to knock it off if we're ever going to get back to how it was.

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Since many doctors who prescribe narcotics are having to jump through hoops for the DEA, they are very paranoid. Even though I have a chronic pain condition and a pain plan that was working, my doctor in SC is chipping away wherever he can. But he's generous with the fentanyl patches, which is good. He prescribes 15 patches to change every 48 hours with Oxy 10/325 for breakthrough. I will apply the new patch and keep the first on for the extra day, since it takes 6-8 hours for the new patch to kick in.

Anyway, in your situation, your doctor should be willing to help you find a new doctor and give you a referral. When I moved here from CA, I had to get all my records and imformation sent from my doctor in CA before they would see me; they would only see someone with a diagnosed condition. Unless you're workers comp and then they are happy to see you and ride that gravy train as long as possible! But that's another post for another day.

So get all your records and a letter from your doctor stating that he is changing the scope of his practice and you will need continuation of care. It is his responsibility not to leave you high and dry.

You are not near a university or hospital affiliated with a pain clinic? I know doctor shopping (the right kind) really sucks and have been treated like a junkie drug-seeker as has just about anyone who regularly deals with the system to get narcotics I need to get out of bed.

Good luck!

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Atom, I think you have to accept that if you're in this forum, you probably won't ever be fixed. It's called chronic pain for a reason. You are lucky medical marijuana is legal in your state. You might want to look into getting a grow card, and then once you're set up, you can grow your own customized strain.

I too was a high paying executive until I could no longer do the job. I hope your company provides long-term disability for you. I have found that with every back surgery or procedure I have had, while it may (temporarily, in some cases) fix the problem, it often brings with it new problems like scar tissue and nerve damage. Make sure you get a second opinion from a doctor who is NOT a surgeon! Surgeons want to cut; of course their opinion is to have surgery and make it seem like your only option.

Good luck!

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MAC868, Thanks so much. I could use DR. Mays first name, if you know it. Would the Clinics name be Colorado Pain Relief here in Ducan Ok? I know it's legal there...lol but I'm after pain relief, something that works good. Like a good cocktail, my nerves are so messed up. I went yesterday to OK City to see my WC Doctor, I told he that my life is bring affected, he puts me on celexa. Said it's a nerve pill...yeah right, right? Anyway, bless you and everyone of us the are in chronic pain. I gonna call him, but need to get his first name and the Clinics name. Thanks so much, you're being very helpful. Good will follow you :)

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thanks for the replies.. and i may check it out if i cannot handle my back pain. But i have stopped opana all together and its been a little over three days without a single opiate.. now i was with a doctor that allowed me to manage my pain i only took the Opana IR 10mg when i was in pain.. i was not on a schedule besides up to 4 times a day.. now i cannot sleep on opiates and i have a ton of sleep issues but only use natural stuff like Melatonin.. So.. here is the crazy part i don't have any detox symptoms .. still 0 cravings and even my back pain isn't bothering me right now but i have been taking Advil.. I have never had an addiction besides as a teenager i couldn't get enough self satisfaction lets say.. not really an addiction but more like the thing to do when i was board.. any way i have used a lot of different psychedelics through out my life.. and i'm wondering if anyone has heard of people that don't detox? i figure ill wait till day five before i consider this a win.. but im shocked.. i have detoxed from the following Ambien ir and CR,Roserem, lunesta, they were horrible... i also detoxed from Xanax as in 4mg at night to sleep with ambien and about 1 mg 3 to 4 times a day for anxiety... pretty much the worst detox i have ever been through.. and Neuronitn and Lyrica was horrible along with cymbalta... but switching to 5htp and then L-Tryptophan saved my from the detox of evil SSRI's and now i can stop the L-Trytophan without any symptoms.. So i am experienced in detox and now i'm just waiting for opana to kick my butt... so far nothing.. no diarrhea or anything.. I checked the Bluelight Ru The junkie forum and i'm not seeing anyone that has had horrible detox symptoms they all say day 3 was the worst from an abrupt stop. reason i stopped was it was making my headache worse and i couldnt handle it being worse than it is.. so i jumped off the train so to speak.. so far so good. and i'm not here to brag or to say addiction is a myth.. just wondering if anyone has heard of people not going through detox of opana?

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i forgot to add my total time on opiates was 6 years of daily use..
ending dose was 4 x 10mg IR opana.. and only after surgeries did i opt to take the 20 mg ER but only for a month while i healed up and sometimes i was still have most of the bottle left..

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Honestly I haven't heard of that. Maybe you're just lucky to not have the withdrawals. i used many psychedelics in my teens and I withdrawal if I stop taking my meds. So If you don't go through them, take that and run with it!!! Lol. Best of luck to you.

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Beth im not sure what type of pain meds you ir your husband need but you can also try Rocky Mountain Internal Medicine they work for you and do whats best for you just make sure any pain management you choosw 2 go 2 bring all paperwork you have including mri xrays n write down all meds

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Hey Mac do you anything that pain management place call unified cuz my dr wants me just 2 go see him just 2 make sure im on the rite meds or if i need to move up morphine cuz we switch me again im still on percoxet 20mg 6 a day percocet 10/325 for break threw pain

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Hey there Rainbow Flowers :) I live in Enid Oklahoma right now and Mac686 was telling me about a Good Doctor that works in Colorado And Oklahoma. He said his name is DR. May but, didn't give me his first name. I looked him up on the net and I think I found him. I also read that he's a pediatric Doc. I will call here in few and let Y'all no. As far as medicine goes, a good strong meds that work and not just barely take the edge off and wears off in a two or three hours or sometime it doesn't give me any relief at all. Here a bit of my story. I was kicked in the head at work by a combative resident, big, tall, strong, tall fellow in his late 30's he is mentally ill and really a scary person. Nobody wanted to care for him. He is in a padded room, on the floor and I was on my knees changing him when he bunny kick in th right side of my head, very hard and seen a light and heard a popping sound Workman Comp doc said it was my shoulder so I kept working for 4 more mounts thinking it would get better. Well long story short, it didn't get better and also I was made to work alone and also hurt my thoracic and my lumbar spine. So when I am in l this horrible pain so I go the my PC and he ordered an MRI, it came back and he sat me down and said that I have something bad wrong with every disc in my lumbar and thoracic and two ruptured disc I'd one bulging with spinal cord compression a completely collapsed three herniated and bulging disc through out my entire spine, faset and DDD and arthritis. They did ACDF on two disc with hardware but say it to risky to do and more surgery on my back bc of all that bulging. In short terms, I have just live with it. This is not all I have wrong but won't go into it all right now unless you want me to tell you bout it...Lol. My husband bad too, he's had lower back surgery and has a bunch wrong as well. Peace & love, Beth <3
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I Just called and he only does hospital work, she said no clinic!! What now....big disappointment!!

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He use to have a clinic in Oklahoma but now only does the hospital there. But here in Denver he has a clinic so if you are moving here then you can get into the clinic. Did you call Oklahoma or Colorado?

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Does anyone know a descent Pain Mgmt. Doctor that's located anywhere around Central New Jersey. I would deeply appreciate if anyone can help . I had been seeing a Pain doctor for 9 years, he started giving me a hard time helping with my Opioids. I'm on a 25 mcg Fentanyl patch and 3/15 mgs of immediate release morphine a day. I know I need a higher dose patch because its just not helping me anyone. I'm been a great patient. Don't abuse anything. I don't smoke or drink. I been getting so tired of my doctors attitude lately for he's always very moody. My doctor just won't listen. I'm on permanent Disability foe 14 years. I been through every type of procedures to help my pain but the only one that works is the meds I mentioned. I had for lower back surgery's an two neck surgery's. I also suffer from diabetic nerve pain. If all due respect to all please advise a good or even half good doctor in Central New Jersey or around that area to help me. I'm desperate as you all know about intense pain. PLEASE HELP WITH A PAIN DCOTOR IN NEW JERSEY!! I would deeply appreciate it. God Bless. Thankyou. Hurting so bad in New Jersey.!!! THORSEN

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I called Duncan Oklahoma. Now I'm lost about what Doctor to go to, don't wanna go to someone and lookalike a drug seeker...but, looks like I'll just ta take a blind chance. Wish someone knew a doctor herd on OK that's not scared of the DEA!! But I sure will go to him when we move...I was worried about that...thanks

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yeah still nothing... my back is hurting me but maxing out the advil and laying on a heating pad seems to help until i can get to my new doctor.. i see my head ache specialist tomorrow.. i want them to drug check me so i can show them this is me 6 days with an abrupt stop without me really wanting too... and 0 i mean 0 withdrawal symptoms.. i think i'm going to do the genetic diagnosis on 23andme and see what it says about opiate addiction... i am not even having the smallest cravings... i stopped smoking cigarettes after 15 years of a pack a day and its been 7 year now that i have stopped... and almost every day i have that feeling like "well its time for a smoke" and i feel for my lighter.. that i dont even carry anymore... so that was something i still deal with... xanax i only craved when i was detoxing from it.. but i knew if i just took a tiny piece it was like starting the detox all over again.. and that thought was enough to keep me off.. it was so so Horrible.. never want to do that again.. i will admit that i heard stopping opana was going to difficult and so far it was like i never did it in the first place.. i am over weight due to inactivity due to my back..i hope that is not delaying the onset of Withdraw... opana never gave me euphoria only pain relief like nothing else i have ever taking.. when i started i was on Oxycodone and Oxycontin and they gave me a ton of euphoria.. almost too much.. ok ill stop telling my story now and thanks for listening. thanks for starting this forum it has been a big help knowing there is still a compassionate doctor out there.. if i end up seeing CPR ill let them know this story.

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Sometimes that's what you have to do is just call drs and see if they do pain management with medication and then just go talk to the dr.

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Good Morning Everyone
I was just droping a qwick note to Janney to see if she has come up with any Info for me about Drs in Maryland I have been sick the last couple days but u refuse to goto the ER because they will just think im a junkie trying to ger a fix it is vwry very annoying and I am going on other sights ppl are like braging because if what they get ugh I tell ya I been drinking alot of oj and other sruff they say help with withdrawal I dunno how legit that is but im trying it anyways so please if you have come up with anything please drop me a reply thank you
Clayton

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I know I don't post much, but I do read in the background. For those asking for doctors in other states, that needs to be asked on a thread for that state or even better would be to start your own post for that with your state in the title. Just a thought as this is SPECIFICALLY for DENVER COLORADO. Sorry, it's just a waste to keep asking for help from this board for a different state. Call around and just ask what type of PM therapy they do. Good luck!

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Hi Ouchie, With all due respect this pertains to all sates that's why MAC made this thread for all people having concerns with the Opioids and other Fentanyl for chronic pain. We are here to help anyone that needs help that live in the United States. If that is not the case I will stop using this site to help others as I thought we were!!! I don't understand your Concern OUCHIE since we all must help each other others and myself on this site. Like I said if this thread is only for Colorado residents then I will withdraw my name!! Thank you,Thorsen

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Please don't withdrawal!! Your help is very important. Don't listen to negative people. Helping others is next to godliness. Sure wish you knew a doctor in Oklahoma. But, I understand if you don't. Thank you :)

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