Doctors In Louisiana That Prescribe Methadone For Chronic Pain (Page 15)

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I have been taking 120 mg of methadone for approximately 5 years. My husbands job transferred us from Florida to Louisiana where I found a pretty good pain doc. He is now running scared and wants to take me off of methadone. Methadone has given me a good quality of life; I am able to work and be a productive member of society. My doctor is unwilling or unable to assist me in finding a new doctor who will continue my meds. Oh yeah, I have been the route of blocks and injections and gotten little if any relief. I'm tired of being branded a drug seeker-I have years of medical records that back up my claims and verify the dosages that I've been on-what drug seekers have this kind of back up? I am looking for a Louisiana doctor, but am willing to travel (within reason of course). Please help!!

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Girlfriend I am 50 years old and half of my life I have been on methadone maintenance my suggestion from experience is for you to stay on your methadone in my opinion it will definitely save your life if you are an addict

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I need a pain managment dr i got deteratin disk n my back n need a good dr in louisiana

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Wht dr were u going to for 300 a month ? Im n louosiana

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I don't know what to tell you. I'm terribly sorry, I've heard that Louisiana is one of the worst States in the U.S. to deal with as far as Methadones concerned. I've also heard through the grapevine that a Company called DRD Medical Services is behind the entire issues in Louisiana. I've heard that all the way up in Chattanooga Tennessee. There are 2 DRD Methadone Clinics in Knoxville, and people drive w hours, each way, just to keep from being belittled in their establishments.

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Being right on the Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama state lines, there are 5 Methadone Clinics right around the Chattanooga area. The wait time is hardly any what so ever, and I know one of the facilities is Privately owned, and the BEST you'll ever find. The new Tennessee laws or TBI laws on PRESCRIBING practices for pain meds by M.D.s is ridiculous, but being a Bail/recovery Agent in Hamilton County, I see the issues EVERY NIGHT that illegal narcotic possession and Illegal acquiring practices have brought on society....and it DOESN'T have to be like this/that...

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I'm so sorry this is happening to you. I can understand how it makes you feel being labeled a drug seeker..this is how things are because the FDA is sticking their nose in chronic pain patients well being..I hate to even suggest this to you, but what you may need to do is go to a methadone clinic..I don't know how it is in your State but in California where I am from, Doctors are sending their chronic pain sufferers to methadone clinics. Don't blame your doctor, his/her hands are tied. I am just afraid that if you are going to get your pain under control, that may be your best option. If you need any more advice please let me know.

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I live in lake Charles La. Does anyone know of a dr. The will give 50 mg a day. I take 20 mg in morning and 30 at bed time . Your nelp would be appreciated. The sleep Doctor I go to can no longer give it to me . I've had 2 neck surgeries and they want to do a 3rd,but the way he prescribes it to me works perfect. Your help needed

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Brian, did your currnet dr tell you why he has decided to no longer prescribe you Methadone ? A pain management dr will want to get copies of youe medical records from your current dr. There is no way of knowing is a pain dr will prescribe you Methadone or not. Call you insurance company and ask for a list of pain management drs in your area. Asking is a dr prescribes a particular med is a red flag for abuse so the best thing to do is to get an appointment and go. It is common for each dr to start a patient out on the lowest dose of meds and go from there.

Patty. once someone has received treatment for drug addiction, they won't be able to find a dr that will manage their pain. Getting chronic pain patients to go to Methadone Clinics is labeling them as drug addicts for the rest of their life. Methadone Clinics do not manage chronic pain, they treat drug addicts.

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That is true. I have known people who have died from opiate withdrawals, it's rare but it does happen. A doctor cutting off a chronic pain patient is basically writing a death warrant. Pain plus withdrawal is dangerous

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Mik008. That isn't true. I have no idea why nothing works for your pain anymore, but it's not because you have been on a high dose of methadone.. Sure methadone blocks the receptors in the brain, all that means is when you take any opiate you won't get any kind of high from it. I am saying this because I have been on 165mg of methadone since February of 2001. I have had surgery and I told my doctor I was an addict on methadone so the pain medication he gave me worked great for the pain, I just didn't get that opiate high. Also when an addict gets methadone, it has very little pain killing affects..that is why addicts on methadone maintenance need other opiates for pain

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I take Methadone for PAIN...SEVERE chronic pain...And it works GREAT!! I'm also a Certified Addiction Specialist, and you DO NOT need to be giving people the wrong info. The reason they give you aadditional pain meds if your an addict is because your supposed to be on a level of Methadone that just makes you feel NORMAL. And if you feel normal, your supposed to need pain meds in addition to the methadone levels. Methadone is a Schedule II, fully synthetic, full opioid agonist..just like any schedule II pain med, Such as morphine, hydromorphone, and oxycodone, except some aren't fully synthetic. The reason it blocks other Opioids is because it located the receptor sites and fills the site...blocking other opioids, but STILL producing its own opioid agonist activities.

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I need a doctor that prescribes methedrine near Lake Charles La my doctor is retiring I take 40 mh a day for chronic neck and back pain I have had 4 surgeries and this is what helps

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What countries are more effective in treating pain management by way of methadone and not be treated or labeled as an opiate addict.I also live in New Jersey and it sure is over half watered down. METHADONE clinic JERSEY, I have had over thirty-five years invested, yes water

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BL..That isn't true..If a person has been treated for addiction, and has chronic pain, while it is harder to find a doctor to treat that patients pain, there is acually a doctor who is both an addiction specialist and pain management specialist and he treats addicts that have chronic pain. He is very cautious and careful and he will use only methadone because addicts won't abuse it. It is possible for an addict to be treated with opiates with chronic pain. Addicts are human too, we feel pain and most of us have a very low tolerance for pain..Have you ever read "The doctors letter". Google it. It is written by a doctor for doctors on chronic pain in opiate addicted patients.. On your other comment..Unfortunatly some doctors are so ignorant about addiction and so scared to continue treating their patients for chronic pain that they have sent their patients to methadone clinics..They have no idea that methadone maintenance doesn't treat pain at all. It's messed up but that's what's happening since hydrocodone is now a class 2 drug.

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Patty, you are correct, Addiction Specialist that also specialize in Pain Management can and sometimes do treat patients that have a history of addiction and chronic pain. But, it can be difficult to find these drs and the person may or may not run into problems when it comes to their insurance. Most patients with an addiction history and chronic pain don't want to go to an Addiction Specialist. That is why I didn't elaborate on it. If a chronic pain patient is dismissed from Pain Management due to addiction issues or possible addiction issues, it is almost impossible, if not impossible, to find another dr that is a Pain Management Dr only or another other type of dr, except for a combination Addiction Specialist and Pain Management to treat mange their pain.

Methadone Can Be Abused.

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OMG I understand on 4-23-16 I was In a nearly fatal motorcycle crash. I was methadone since 2-22-02. Dong fine working etc. since then I've been home only to find out my body is not the same without methadone. Nor does anyone care to help me. I feel that the system is corrupt and the pain mgmt. drs have a limited knowledge as to help you. America as we all with issues seem doomed to suffer. Is the anyone out there having similar issues?

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I have a pain management Dr. in Shreveport, La and after going to one Dr. for 5 years they prescribed me Methadone no problem for Degenerative Disc disease and Fibromyalgia, I finally had to go on Disability and once I went to Medicare I had to find a P.M. Dr. that would take Medicare but this New P.M. Facillity will not give me Methadone. They say it's because it's not good for the heart.They have put me on things like Oxycodone and the price of that drug I can't afford. I have suffered through paying that but then it stopped working very well. Now they are trying me on a Fentanyl patch and they are just as expensive as the other only these are so strong they are making me sick. What I would like to know, is there a Methadone Clinic in Shreveport La and would they take Medicare and Aetna as my secondary? Oh and there is nothing wrong with my Heart.

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i, Methadone Clinics are for drug addicted. If you aren't a drug addict, a Methadone Clinic isn't going to take you. If you manage to lie and have them take you, if the time comes and you are no longer able to go to the clinic, a pain doctor isn't going to treat your pain because you have a history of drug addiction. All of your doctors will know that you are being treated for drug addiction. Going to a Methadone Clinic is not like going to pain management. Put Methadone Clinics, Shreveport, La. in google.

Pain management doctors are getting away from prescribing Methadone for chronic pain.

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i, Medicare Part D will not pay for Methadone at a Methadone Clinic. You must have a prescriptioon for Medicare Part D to pay for it. Methadone Clinics don't give prescriptions.

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My doctor has had me on 80 mg of methadone for the last 10 years and doesn't seem worried about taking me off until a suitable replacement is found. He only has around 100 patients is really picky about whom he treats. You'll never see anyone passed out in his waiting room or if you do it'll be the last time you see them. The point being that he doesn't seem to worried about what the DEA likes and doesn't like for PM doctors to prescribe. I'm very lucky to have a PM doctor like him. He does everything by the book and you can be sure that you'll never be in and out in 5 minutes. Thank God for responsible doctors who don't let the DEA dictate what to prescribe....

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