Doctors Willing To Prescribe Heavy Pain Medication In Colorado (Page 76)
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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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Does your Dr know of any Dr's like yours near Canon city

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They said I was denied because my activity wasn't filled out .That's bs it's on the same forms .I lose my ssi I lose my meds .What's dumb is I still have brain tumor ,shunt water on brain Arnold chari malfunction. I'm appealing it .What is messed up fake people w/o a real disability gets it .

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I dont know any dentist that give more than few vicidin. My husband had the same he was told deal with it.

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Mj is Medical marijauna. Cbd is for pain not THC. They want it hard so we give up. This thread for Colorado people, we can't help if your not in Colorado.

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What is mj? That is not that way in all states. It is B.S. what pain patients have to go through! No wonder the crime rate is so high! Ppl get desperate when they get in enough pain! Dr.'s make patients out to be criminals anyway! Need pain Dr. in NC 50 miles from Charlotte. Need good PCP too. Can't find anything but B.S.!

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Hello Colorado Support Group:

I am rather new to this discussion site as well as other online support groups for pain, anxiety, depression, expression, assistance w/ locating a doctor or pain center through various links/websites, & more importantly, the agonizing which I have noticed across the board from chronic pain sufferers such as myself w/ a bulging disc in my cervical spine, mild to moderate arthritis, TMJ (when a lot of my chronic pain began thanks to an army of dentists @ the same office where the right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing. Therefore, 13 yrs. ago I had 2 maybe 3 failed root canals & 5 teeth pulled on the bottom including 2 crowns plus a wisdom tooth that became infected after a bone spur worked it's way out while I was @ work a week after I had seen a local dentist not part of the large group in Charlotte, NC if anyone is familiar w/ that neck of the woods as we say in the south??! The lack of integrity & compassion does not just exist w/ pain Dr.'s & PCP's. Let's not 4get ER Dr.'s as I have been reading reviews flooding the pages of online support groups relating to chronic pain patients being misunderstood time & time again. I recall telling this D.A. (keeping it clean!) a week or so prior that sumthin wasn't right & I was having pain in my jaw feeling like a piece of a tooth was working it"s way thru the gum. He did not take me seriously & probably just thought I was after more painkillers. He had done a root canal not too long B4 that & I think it just nearly killed him to call in (8 ) 5 mg.Vicodin pills after the procedure. He called in a few Vicodin pills B4 the root canal as my tooth was throbbing & I had 2 wait a few days 4 the procedure. He mentioned taking Ibuprofen 2 me after the root canal & a few weeks later when I had a bone spur coming thru causing pain although I did not know what it was at the time but he should have known. He brushed it off like so many Dr.'s 2day do now more than ever. I began a long journey of dental pain nightmares along w/ beginning another journey of going from taking Ibuprofen 2 or 3 @ a time to taking it by the handfuls even the 800 mg. prescription meds. I disagree that prescription Ibuprofen 800 mg. is the same as taking four of the OTC 200 mg. Why would one need a script for it if that was the case? The script is more pure w/ no preservatives but let's face it; Ibuprofen is not designed for chronic pain! I have used it for dental pain, back pain, neck pain, menstrual pain, & for years I have dealt w/ abdominal pain. I used Ibuprofen, Tylenol, & Aleve like it was going out of style to rid my pain b/c of being faced w/ insensitive Dr.'s not wanting to write out effective pain meds. despite MRI"s & various diagnostics, plus trying other ineffective methods for back pain like epidurals, nerve blocks, & therapy. I will admit aqua therapy was somewhat effective due to the soothing of the water. I did have a lot of breakthrough pain & was told to take Celebrex which tore my stomach to pieces. I was put on steroids like Prednisone which had me climbing from one wall to another. I was shaky & felt like jumping out of my skin. I now am diagnosed w/ stomach ulcers which have caused nausea, sickness, loss of appetite, & the worst stabbing pain ever which has led me to more than my fair share of ER visits. I did have Hiatal Hernia surgery about 6 years ago but it took about two years & 15-20 visits to the ER w/ non-stop vomiting B4 it finally happened. How much does anyone wanna bet lack of ins. played a role in it? That can happen no matter how sick someone is & it is a crying shame! I could not sleep tonite so I wanted to share w/ you all just a portion of my chronic pain life & the events which led up to it. I apologize it took so long to share this portion. There is much more where that came from but that is for another day. I do respect that everyone deserves a chance to share. Just know that I am fighting the same demons trying to manage chronic pain & anxiety plus insomnia as most folks on these msg. boards. I am seeking a chronic pain Dr. & a good PCP w/ in 40-50 miles of Charlotte,NC for anyone reading that may know someone in the area. I look forward to making good friends around the globe through support & guidance. B4 I close I do have a ? for the Colorado residents. As far as chronic pain goes, doesn't CO offer medicinal marijuana? NC probably will never pass it but it seems that would help some folks w\ their chronic pain needs, right? Let's stick together & keep fighting for our right to true pain relief as legitimate chronic pain patients. Seeing my Neurologist today with no sleep. My pain Dr. decides after 2 years of giving me the same level of pain meds. which work knowing I was on Benzos the whole time for seizures/panic attacks that he all of a sudden wants me off of Benzos or he will reduce my pain meds. Talk about blackmail! He could have told me this over a year ago. I have been on Benzos for 7 years & they won't be easy to stop. I did not want this since my anxiety plus my pain was being controlled for once. I thought the pain Dr. was very unprofessional & showed no compassion whatsoever. I am in a bad position since I simply cannot take antidepressants since they put me in a fog. I have a choice to find another pain Dr. who can write out the same meds. & does not have a problem w/ Benzos. I am going to let my Neurologist know that & I do not trust this pain Dr. anymore. He may reduce my pain meds. anyway even if I go off Benzos. I just have to stress to my Neurologist how bad the panic attacks are & I don't have time to wait to see their sleep Dr. & go thru a sleep study just to try to get Ambien for sleep @ nite. I don 't think this pain Dr. cares if they lose patients as they are not even returning my calls when I left them msg. asking them about specific meds. that I can use in place of Benzos. That is not professional & giving me the option of going somewhere else w/out discussing anything @ my last appt. tells me that he may be getting ready to "clean house" or retire. He never has spent even 5 min. in the room. He just would ask if the pain meds. were working then handed over the scripts. He never had time for ?'s & sent me for an MRI last year per my request since I asked about surgery but never bothered going over the MRI w/ me. He discouraged surgery then but probably doesn t care now. I also read bad reviews on him the other day. One person said he had changed over the past two yrs. which is how long I have been going to him. He had good reviews B4 but now has more bad ones so sumthin is not right. I am afraid to stay w/ him. Wish me luck! I hope I can get my Neurologist to understand my position. I wish he would write out my pain medicine but he is too scared like everyone else. I am just afraid I will end up like this one person on the review board that said the pain doctor cut him down on his medicine without telling him why and then he was in withdrawal for a whole month plus they would not even answer the phone when he tried to call or did they returned any of his calls. Please have a good day everyone and be in touch if anyone knows of a good pain doctor or PCP in the Charlotte North Carolina area or 50 miles within the area. Thank you and we all need to stick together just speak out. We all need to stand up for our rights to have pain relief and speak to your congressman. I think we all will agree that part of the problem is the people who refused to write out the medicine is the ones who are not in pain and know nothing about what it's like to be in chronic pain. Please try to have a great day until we meet again!??

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Wendy 4005
Hey sweetie, have you called and talked with them?
Call Cordiant, the pharmacy and ask them to contact CPR for Auth.
Has anyone given you a reason?
They have over 400 people, it is very possible you have been overlooked.

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CPR hasn't yet ,I'm in alot of pain

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Wendy 4001

Who isn't giving you your AUTH?
And why aren't they giving it?
How are you handling your pain?
Are you o.k.?

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Wendy 4001
That is horrible. You have been on SSI for at least the last few years that I have known you. What did they give as a reason?
I had to hire a lawyer, They had an investigator taking pictures of me walking from my car to the house, if I went into my yard, to the store. She follows me around. I pretend I don't see her, but when you live in a close, small community you know everyone. Plus you can see her. She is not a good one and doesn't even try to hide it.

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Patricia Wright 3999
Oh no, that is not what I meant.
I am talking about taking a ¾ dose instead of a whole when you can. Or maybe even a ½, but I would never go cold turkey unless you had NO other choice. Plus it you got of them completely, you are quite lucky. You can now take less because your body is over the high dosage. I am sorry you were hurting so bad, I am really glad you are ok

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I still don't have my Auth it's been since the 14 .I got mail from social security yesterday guess what they did .They decided I'm no longer disabled. Wtf now we have to appeal.Me of all people not disabled. If I don't get my ssi back I lose my medical. I'm freaking out i need a new shunt .How am I not disabled I still have my hydroceflus, Arnold chari malfunction osdotumor cebri. And a crappie shunt .I'm worried

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I am 60 yrs young female.I got bit by a kitten an go bartanello henslea was in ICU 72 days.almost didn't make it ten yrs ago.they said it could take 5 yrs to go away or never..I saw in Dallas 20 different drs for every kind of treatment s after 4 yrs they got me on methadone 10 mg 360 a month plus zanex this crazy stuff stress you out an percocets 10 mg 120 a month.there was some other things but they stop them 3 months ago my immune system is crazy.now they want me to go to pain rehab an get off everything in 4 days .I'm half the time in wheel chair .I had a life until they started taken things away.I get infection all the time I have try every infusions there are I have 6 kinds of arthritis had a mild stroke arm doesn't work. The cat stuff I have has made me get infection I can fight anything .I am ready to die.I use to have spinals an bad test some would say ms the next time no I had cold for 5 months the was gone it's just what it did to my body.CBS news in new York was going to expose the CDC about this cat bite I was home less for a while an she retired.but what she told me is really bad they are hiding this from public like aids for now ten yrs.they want me in rehab next week now all the pain an everything will make me feel again I feel when I go lower something is eating my bones an can't walk or breath there are thousands of people who have this .I guess I must make a point an take my life to show them you can't punish people who are really sick who need our meds .I'm in Denver CO.the Dr they are wanting to send me too give steroid shots been there 8 yrs ago didn't work the clinic they want me to detox have not seen my records or the pain drs..this is Medicaid doing this.when I had real insurance they help me but while I was in ICU ten yrs ago my x now got a million dollar life insurance policy on me an spent my retirement to get Harley ect.when I came home he gave me my meds an later found out he took all them meds that would of help my pain an my suckes can't remember the names I took all the stuff to make me sleep.I was to sick but when I saw what was going on I left with my car an what clothes I had an came to Denver.please help there has to be a Dr that can help I have paper work.I only have a week.my pain Dr of 4 yrs said by an lied about Medicaid telling him to do this now they just want to get me off everything I will be back in wheelchair.I won't live that way I can fight anymore I'm to old they are going to take the last yrs away.sorry about writing my caregiver is not here yet.

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You could not be more right! But, it has taken me 2 months of complete HELL to get where your talking about. I mean going 'Cold Turkey' by MYSELF, with NO help, & the hospital would NOT keep ME! I could've DIED. That's why I have decided that I can, & will deal with the reduced Dose, & I will have my medication last until I can get them refiled NEXT MONTH. Happy To Still Be Alive

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Ladies and gentlemen,
May I make a suggestion. Try to make your appointment at CPR a week before you NEED to refill your medication. This will give the Dr. and the office team plenty of time to get everything authorized. Try to be patient, they are getting used to the new procedures as well. At least we didn't lose our medication or the Dr. office completely. Even if our medication got cut, we still have some. Try to imagine if you had NO PLACE TO TURN!
I know it is difficult, but it only takes a month or maybe a month and a half, but you can do it.

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Hey everyone, I have been back for a couple of weeks been tough, question what would a "compression fractures of uncertain age" mean I understand the age part!?

I was just reading my X-ray results.

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My husband was told I needed a auth for my dulids wich I went down 30 pills .I never needed one before. CPR waited 6 days to do my Auth .We paid 60 for them expecting to get it back when auth went in .I would of got a refund but CPR TOOK TO LONG.Heres what I do know from medicade website. If your on meds they have to give u three day supply till u get your auth .Ombudsman law.This is gonna get worse their trying to get people discourage and not bother filling meds .I also heard if government makes Mj federally legal Opiods will be replaced by mj for medicade .

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Wendy,

They ¨allowed¨ you to pay cash? I had gotten ¨authorization¨ from Medicaid, which was supposed to approve my meds for 6 months. With the new change of having to go to only the one pharmacy, my authorization suddenly wasn´t approved. I called my regular pharmacy who said it clearly showed I was approved for the six months. I questioned the new pharmacy who said, it looked like it was a new approval, so they refused it. The pharmacy rep said something about I could pay for them but was worried somehow this would get me in trouble so didn´t. This new plan, unfortunately for most of us, two new plans, medicaid and pharmacy has more than a few kinks to work out. Whoever said, we are on medicaid for a reason and these prices r killing us. It angers me that a few bad apples make those of us who have stayed within the guidelines, done what we are supposed to do, end up being the ones punished. I think it is fair to say with the amount of posts, the type of posts and the amount of issues occurring, things are not working out so well. I truly feel sorry for Amanda, she has had to spend hours a day just dealing with this. I was told to call Medicaid to try to fix my snafu, you can not even get through to them. This is more than frustrating. Offering to allow us to pay when we are on Medicaid for financial reasons really isn´t an answer.

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I know right... Medicaid made it mandatory for All strong narcotics to be prior authorized...And sometimes your doctor's office doesn't wanna get to doing the paperwork it takes to get our meds approved... This is a travesty... We are being punished for drug addicts looking to feel high and us that want quality of life well alive can't get our meds the way we should be allowed to.... It's that new law Barrack Obama passed....We need to overthrow him...I already signed the petition at "We The People" it's the petition on opioid epidemic / pandemic basically it's about that we shouldn't get our meds taken for the drug epidemic happening in the united States right now.....

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It's absolutely ridiculous esp for those of us who count on friends and RTD for docs and RX. Now it costs me $300 a month just for pain doc and "Zara" Meds. Hmmmm...we're on M/C for a reason. W/O my full Meds I am incapacitated,....with them I have to give up luxuries like food!!!

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