Doctors Willing To Prescribe Pain Medication In Louisiana (Page 8)

I need to find a Dr. To write a Rx. For hydrocodin for chronic back pain, where can I find one in Southern Louisiana?

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Well guys I want to set the record straight. I have posted with the name etech. If you read my posts way back, there were people looking for doctors in the southern la area. If you check, I have definitely mentioned Dr. Boucadray, and another who was his associate Dr. Hubble. But I had only HEARD that they write. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. Since I go to Ehlenberger, I KNOW he writes. That is why I was more on to him than the others. AND what is so bad if you are going to go to Ehlenberger, all I was asking for was a little break. I doesn't cost the new patient anything and that doctor was hitting me up for a U/A every time I went there and costing me an extra $25 plus he had me on that damn suboxone costing me a fortune. I would not ask someone to do what I would not do. If someone has a doctor to refer to me, I would definitely mention their name to get a little break for them. What is the big deal? It really does not matter to me. If you want to then fine. If you don't that is all good too. But honestly, if you can look that far back, I was putting other doctors names out there too so to give anyone a decent chance. Most doctors are going to ask that question anyway. I was asked who referred me to him. Just so happens it was a lady that worked at a pharmacy and he thank the pharmacy and the lady after he asked me. Anyway I'm tired and going to bed.

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pamj533, if you are going to use your Medicaid, it is best to call the dr and verify that they accept Louisiana Medicaid and your health plan. Bayou Health and the heatth plan websites have drs that take Medicaid Only when you also have Medicare mixed in with the ones that will also take Regular Medicaid.

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If you do find a doc that will take medicaid try to make sure he writes or you will be spinning your wheels. Have you tried Boucadray? That is who many are talking about. I also heard of another one. Dr. Hubble. He was Boucadray's associate at one time or another. The last number I got from him is 504-887-7207. I don't know, it might be the same one as Boucadray. But I'm sure you can look him up. Now....I only HEARD that he writes so please don't hold me to it. Also not sure about Medicaid. But it won't hurt to call and ask.

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paul, thank you for the help. Havent tried to call yet. Family things. But I will, and thanks again for at least trying. Like a lot of you have. Why do they make it soo hard? pam

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PAM...Good luck...hope you can find one soon

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Paul.so sorry about ur surg.But I hope this helps you.i had some surg back in 1993.l1 s5.gavent had amti since aroun 1995.have osteoaritis.and degenerative disc, scoliosis.i have no idea what it is sincethen.i know it is not nearly as bad od a lot of u guys.but I do know that I just hurt everyday.i will try some of the drs you all tried to help me with.i had a alcohol hx.back in 1996.and I put myself in rehab.i teally aren't trying to make exsuse( just had soo much crap going on.and I just kind of lost it.was on Prozac.and klonopin.my dr that I went to for 8 years.is retiring.dropping pts.i did go to dr.E.but my dumb butt,did drink beer b4 I went(which I gave had a drink every now and then since 1993.never drunk etc since the rehab.think mostly because I hurt.and I hate to go out.i have some agoraphobia and severe panic.my internist,in around about way not to go to dr E. that I could not afford him.i paid oner 500.00 in the span of about a week(which I borrowed from my aunt.DR e said I cant drink(which I get)so I didn't and am still not.then he he made me see the pyschcologist.she said she didn't see why he would not let me be a pt.the last day I went to dr.E. he wanted me to go to a rehad(alcohol) and would not even take a swab or urine from me and said if I did go to the rehab,we would SEE.BUT I could NOT take any klopopin at all(even from my internist or anyone) I never abused that.and have been on that since 1989.and maybe at the most suboxone.he didn't even tell me this in person.just took my money first .and sent one of the employees in to tell me.if he knew,he was not going to do anything.why make me pay,go all that way.? I felt,hurt.and cheated.i was on Norco 10mg 3x daily.and needed help.i didn't want anything stronger.esp not morphine,or fentanyl.im not at that stage yet.and wouldn't take it if he had offered.im 63. and I just want to be able to play with my grandchildren,and clean my house without so much pain.i don't try and be mean.but I wonder sometimes.does he take afew people in.just to say he IS helping?i don't know.but that back and forth stuff.when they have all your records.and make u keep coming back for nothing?i do not get it.i tell the truth about years ago.and this is what I get.i do wonder?should I have just shut up?pam

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to all posters.this is pamj533.i am asking for help with somethings people smarter than I would know.i still have not found a dr.but i am trying to get a more recent mri.just if they need it.my last was in the 1990s.i have Medicaid.which refused a head mri when my internist orded one,for possible dementia/alzheimers.so does anyone know how i could get a new one for my back? i know it has not gotten any better.do u have to be dying? fall? what? i have some ssi.i don't abuse anything.i was 0n 10mg of Norco 3x daily.really need more.but GOD that helped better than nothing.(that pain place i went to.just took and took money)i have posted some of this b4.the dr. i was going to retiring.was on norco6xdaily,then 5daily then 4x day.then 3x daily.it was not just me.he has done all of his pts that way.im not on illegal anything.and my vitamin d level was lowest my internist says that he has seen.i don't go out.but has anyone heard this could be a problem making pain worse?and i need to ask..until i can find a dr. who will see me every month.is it dr. shopping if i go to one of those emerg clinics(that tell you..well i can see you this once.give u pain med and send u on ur way. last time i got anything was feb.can i go to a differerent emerg clinic and on and on..until i can find a dr??? i don't go to emerg rooms.and i wont lie to the other clinics.( i know they can find out anyway) BUT is that dr.shopping.i just need relief.and i am afraid to go to any place.until i can actually find just ONE dr. please help.im63.i am just getting more depressed and anxious over this(i take efferor and klonopin)And it seems the more of this i feel.the more pain i feel.but i think,that really it is because just DARN HURT.Anyone??? thanks.pam

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Pam...I forgot to tell you there is a doc in Laplace and another office somewhere but I saw him in Laplace. Dr. Fred Defrancesch. He is located on Airline Dr. Just past Laplace/Reserve area going toward Baton Rouge. He does write and accepts Medicare but not sure about Medicaid. Last number I had from him is 985-651-1900. I forgot all about him.

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Pam, and Paul,

Much love am having up and down side effects adding new medications and so forth. Right now as I build up one new long acting I have visual crap usually that affects me with low potassium.

We are all good as far as I know and I support each of you.

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P450, Kinda know how you feel. I went to my prime doc complaining of shortness of breath. He kept telling me i'm not taking my COPD meds. I told him all but one cause too expensive and I said sure that's not the problem. This is something different. You know how you know your own body. He refused to believe anything else. I also complained of prostate trouble with frequent urines. He said he will have a blood panel done to make sure no cancer was present. Well what do you know, Two days later after the panel results I got a call from him telling me to check myself into the emerg room. Said my blood count was way low and need a transfusion immediately. Blood count was 5.2. Ever since that I feel fine but they wondered why. Had a upper and lower GI. No problem. They tributed it to low iron because I cannot take iron or any anti-inflammatories because they cause stomach ulcers. So every so often I have to have an iron infusions cause my body is low on iron. I went around for a month like that. He said I could have a heart attack because of that. So I guess that is my type of form of diabetes. I just hope they can come up with a way I can inj. myself as a diabetic can do. Good luck on your meds. Hope you can form some type of tolerance to them. Maybe you can get cannabis inj's. instead. I guess I am sounding real stupid now.

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pamj533, did you see the orders that the drs wrote for the MRI? When Medicaid denies a test like an MRI, if the dr believes that it is medically needed, they can contact Medicaid and usually Medicaid will approve it. But, if the only reason that you want an MRI is for an updated test, Medicaid won't approve it and the dr isn't going to bother contacting Medicaid to get it approved.

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Pam, regarding your last post about the denied mri & trying to go from emergency clinic to emergency clinic for pain relief..I think you mean urgent care type place which Is open nights & weekends right? I think you're doing yourself no favors with that type of behavior. Why not ask your primary care for help with pain meds until he can get you into a pain specialist?

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Keikee, the most opiates that an urgent care facility can prescribe under Louisiana Law is a 3 day supply.. Very few pcp's in Louisiana will prescribe pain meds for Medicaid Patients. One of the reasons is because Republican Senator Charles Grassley sends a letter to Louisiana Medicaid every year, wanting to know what Louisiana Medicaid is going to do to discipline Medicaid Providers that are high prescribers of opiates and several other drugs. This has been going on since 2010 in Louisiana and a number of other states. If a pcp prescribes opiates to one Medicaid patient, that dr knows that soon he will have countess Medicaid patients wanting him to prescribe opiates. Louisiana Medicaid pays drs so little that there is no way that a dr can survive when all they have is Medicaid patients. If you have Louisiana Medicaid, almost of the pcp's tell patients that need pain meds that they need to see a pain management dr. The problem is that Louisiana Medicaid won't pay pain management dr. There are a few other specialists that take Louisiana Medicaid that might prescribe pain meds, but that is it. And with the new cuts that are being made to what is paid Louisiana Medicaid Providers, it is going to get worse.

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BL I'm not sure why you're addressing your reply to me since I was responding to Pam's delemma re:going around to different area urgent care places for pain relief. Which I advised her not to do. If you'd read my response to her, you'd see that.
I'd be surprised if any urgent care doc would offer or agree to write her any narcotics at all but apparently she has had some success doing that, even if the relief is brief. I don't live in Louisiana & have a headache over the laws of the two states I do spend time in.

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Keikee, I may have misunderstood your reply. I was just letting you know that no one can go to an urgent care type clinic and get more than a few days of opiates in Louisiana. If someone goes to an urgent care frequently for opiates, they are going to be flagged as a drug seeker. If they are on Medicaid, Medicaid will also flag them as a drug seeker. They may find it difficult, if not impossible to find any dr that will prescribe them opiates.

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Posters,

If such politicians continue to break the LAW by doing what BL suggests they will be in prison!

Please people respond to support here and reach out to those who know and give support only!

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BL,

You should be ashamed REALLY do you think Medicaid claimants are going to swarm like addicts to get a few days of drugs for that is what you describe really BL. I really hope you need Medicaid in the near future so you can be in a group that you so describe yourself a part of.

Medicaid claimants are no different then anyone else they are HUMAN and if in pain require pain relief!!

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P450Metabolizer, I'm not stating my beliefs. I am not receiving Medicaid. Some of our clients received Medicaid and I helped them when problems came up.

I never said that those on Medicaid shouldn't receive help when they are in pain. I didn't have anything thing to do with writing the Louisiana Medicaid rules and Laws. I am not responsible for the way that Medicaid Providers treat and prescribe to their chronic pain patients or other patients. Unfortunately, what is going on with Louisiana Medicaid and chronic pain patients as well as other patients, is not new.

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I'm by Coushatta Casino and my Mother forgot her meds in Houston....... Could use your input or any help on where near here or state line this can be solved without going back. Thanks

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