Doctors Willing To Prescribe Pain Medication (Page 117)
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Can you tell me about any doctors who can prescribe Vicodin

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NJ. I'd love 2 b able 2 talk . I Wish we could all talk @ least those that would like 2!! It's so helpfull. If there's a way please let' us know. xoxo {edited for privacy}

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I wish we could all who would like 2 cat could... It is & would b so helpful. U understand. & no this weekend came I did get out 2 go 2 eat withy daughter & son in law...it. Was great !! They've been so worried. I made myself get some sleep. @ got up @ 6am. Took care off my pets. My bunny I had 2 clean her spare cage days b4 Her better cage I coildnt get 2 clean it. That putevin bed for a whole day . So wen they called i said yes I'd love 2 c u since we missed the holidays. I do get downstaits & had a bit of breakfast. I was so nervous but exited 2 . I t took all I could do 2 get a shower. God forbid I could take a bath which helps so much. I was ready by 10:30 & we met at a local restaurant @ 1. A lot of Advil a flexeral or 2 & a tylonal 3 got me there. It was so much fun & I miss them so much. They live in Dayton & I've been invited so many times plus the holidays . Of course I spent thanksgiving in the Er . With the kindest man & wants me 2 b on a fast acting breakthough pain med & 1 than 1 that helps throughout the day . Of course this 2 also get me off the tramadol trap. But we no our docs & I knew she would do this . So Tylenol 3 was it. I'm do 2 get my refill 2 day & pray she does... It was 4 only 30 days... Keeping my fingers crossed that her nurse who's more caring can relay 2 the doc that I have some meds do 4 refills & the only reason after the Er visit we started on the tylonal 3 was 2 start low & c if it could help . We all now shall no say .. Ha no it's not strong enough even 4 a tooth ache . So it was metionted that maybe id need 2 try some thing (a bit stronger ..gee u think so) I will mention this & c wat happens2 day It s just so sad 2 grovel @ any bodies feet especially a doc who's 2 help u . & seen the pain UR in . Wish me luck .. My best 2 u all.. I get new ins. In February & have already been looking 4 better docs & thanks again so much 2 dr. Tennant ! Who took his time 2 send me message & going 2 c a doc. He thinks might help . Bless him 4 this & the continued work he does 4 pain ... We need so many more !!!! Well lunch went fine but I could c my daughters face & in her eyes I could c she wanted 2 cry. I did my very best & don't want 2 ever c that again.PLEASE UES I WILL SAY IT. DEA STAY AWAY from these true docs trying 2 HELP !! Hope it a great day for getting something better 4 this pain. So that I've got enough 2 get in 2 c a real doc who will want 2 help.

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Omg f100 hallelujah !! I bow to your words... I need to get to ca Asap and def love to meet up and say hi... Just haven't been able to get there yet due to my health etc and have to see my dr tomorrow gonna ask for instead of every 6 hr every 4 hours because I can't keep doing what I'm doing it's killing me literally... ugg this should be fun I hate going so much ...38 years my pain doesn't change just got worse w age n surgeries... I really want to talk w for a few minutes anyway we can get eachothers numbers ? Thanks also lots of love to all my friends here!!! And Happy New Year!!!!!

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A couple of things I should have added having read through the latest submissions to this thread; the opiophobia of General Practitioners here in the UK has to be experienced to be believed. I agree that any invasive treatment should be considered by all chronic pain patients but in the end, the decision whether or not to undergo such procedures be it for spinal, joint or other chronic problems should lie always with the patient - we are all aware of iatrogenic dependence and are grown up enough to decide whether risk/benefit issues justify our continued use of analgesia rather than surgery.
As for Indian analgesics, the only opioid other than the two combo SNRIs available on Rx is morphine sulphate, of which the best quality brand is VERMOR by Verve Healthcare, who make the highest strength IR morphine dosage unit made anywhere in their VERMOR-60. Having said that, I have always felt that in comparison with the original brand name SEVREDOL (Napp in UK, Mundipharma in the rest of Europe) these 60mg tablets provide analgesia equivalent to around 40mg when using the European branded product. A single 50mg Sevredol is more effective IMO and I am told that even though Vermor DO contain 60mg morphine sulphate (tested myself in University Labs) it is the old story of bioavailability difficulties due to the binders used in their manufacture which is at fault. The reason for using Vermor would be the price, 30 tablets retailing in India for Rs.600 (GBP £6), around a sixth of the pharmacy cost in the Uk of 50mg Napp Sevredol.
With an average duration of action of 6 hours, better drugs for 'rescue' and 'breakthrough' in patients using MR analgesics would be hydromorphone (even better if we were able to procure dosage units of 4 and 8mg à la USA, dextromoramide tartrate, Dipipanone hydrochloride with cyclizine, oxymorphone HCl which I still fail to understand remains unavailable outwith the US, and Oxynorm capsules, b/a issues as with tabletted oxycodone meaning that a 20mg cap provides a better analgesia than the USA style 30mg tablet - all of these have average DoAs of 3-4hrs, perfect for the purpose.
But by all means use the Verve IR 60mg product on price grounds and find your own suitable dosage.

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Karen in Ohio - TRAMADOL hydrochloride is now a Schedule 3 Controlled Drug in Europe by a recent EU Regulation but remains Sch 4 in the USA, Canada and several other countries. In the same amendment, the 'Z' sleep aids (Zaleplon, zolpidem, zopiclone) have also been so re-scheduled as CDs, reflecting the most recent evidence that they are far more toxic than benzodiazepines and the incidence of some quite severe side effects whose clinical significance as defined by incidence per 1,000 patients as reported is much higher than previously admitted by manufacturers. The only actual benzodiazepines which are Controlled Drugs of Sch 3 currently are midazolam and temazepam, although there is talk of adding triazolam, Brotizolam and FLUNITRAZEPAM to that list.)

TRAMADOL and TAPENTADOL are now subject to the safe custody and no-repeat regulations which govern the Rx of Sch 3 meds, apparently on the grounds of their dual mild opioid/SNRI actions and a perceived higher risk of abuse - despite high dosages of either carrying a large risk of seizures and their partial antagonist properties. Of the opiates/opioids, (those used as analgesics), only codeine phosphate/sulphate, Dihydrocodeine tartrate and the ORAMORPH formulation of oral morphine sulphate solution remain as Class B Schedule 4 drugs, in the case of Oramorph because the amount of morphine per dosage unit is below the threshold for CD status. Diamorphine (H) hydrochloride in both 10mg tablet and 5mg to 500mg vials (powder for reconstitution) remains Class A Schedule 2, the attempt to attach any further special conditions to its prescription (not permitted to be used in treatment of opiate dependence) having failed.

Oxymorphone HCl and dihydrocodeineone (Hydrocodone) bitartrate once again failed to receive a licence for use as a human analgesic; since the withdrawal of the antitussive 10mg DICODID tablets in 2007, 100% of the world Hydrocodone supply is consumed now in the USA. It was never licenced for analgesia in Europe at all. See relevant amendments to UK and EU Laws, 2014.

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For those of you that have bulging disc and other problems with your back,etc.it seems to me that if my problem could be helped by surgery and dont want to have surgery even though it might help, I dont understand why you do not want to try the surgery and only want to be put on pain pills. Who knows it may help you , I know that only 20 percent of back surgery helps those that have the surgery, not very good odds. So I can understand not wanting surgery in the first place. But a lot of dr,s want you to try every thing you can before they will give pain meds. They make you jump through all the hoops and things even if you cant do them all.I have very strong opinions about dr.s that the words I have for them would probably be un -able to be put on this forum. They are very nasty words and thoughts about them. You know that the dr.s are called practicing dr.s because thats what they do is practice and never get to the point that they are good enough to be called any differant. So dont forget that and remember that not all dr.s get straight a,s or b,s or less when going through school so who knows what grades the got in school? Lol! I hope you that are looking for dr.s to help you that you find one that can or be willing to help you. there are some out there but it takes alot of perserverance to find the right one. They can call it what they want, dr shopping, second opinions or third opinions this is our right as american citizens to look and seek out some one to help us. Why should any of us have to suffer every day in pain when those that make the laws have no idea what we go through every day just to get out of bed or get dressed and the list goes on. Try starting in your local area to advocate for pain patients bill of rights. Are we less human cause we need pain meds to fuction every day and to live a normal life? I say not , then there are those that say suck it up and quit complanning about it. Ha let them walk a few days in our shoes or roll around in our wheel chairs, the wouldn,t last a day. So keep up the fight for our rights to be able to decide how we want our pain treated. It is a fact that people with cronic, intractable pain does not live as long as those not suffering from pain. Pain does shorten ones life as well as brings on other ailments that affect your other parts of your body. Keep up the fight, I,ve seen alot of post on this forum because those of us cannot find dr.s who are all afraid of the dea and other gov. agencies that wont let us decide if we want to be addicted and pain free which is our choice. My dr told me I would be addicted to my pain meds and asked which one would I wanted to take knowing I would be addicted. But like all meds your body builds up a tolerance to them but he was unwilling to up my dose so I could have 24 hrs. of pain relief and then got angry when I went out of state so I could have 24/7 pain relief. I hope you all are able to get a dr to help you. God bless you all and may you all find that dr. to help you!!!

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karen have you ordered from them? ive just heard so much bad stuff about meds from india.

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Ultram is the same drug as Tramadol! It's just that Ultram is a brand of Tramadol.

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Karen my mistake... Confidence meds hope u all can get better help & b better 4 this NEW YR.

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Karen hi & hello 2 all the others NJ etc . Sorry if I left u out. I don't like 2. Want u all 2 jabe a safe & good NEW YEAR! 2 Karen u asked b 4 about the herbs. Well I had 2 take steps on my own. I could get the help or go back 2 hospital 2 expensive & u r afraid they might stop ur meds or change em again.sad ! Others have had 2 @ times so I did 2. Confideneds Seems 2 b ok & helping week 2 feeling better & walking & getting some things done.bless u all.

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Just as actos for diabetics which I was on then was able 2 stop meds. 4 3 yrs. Or more then the pain then the shots then because of the shots back on a not so good diabetic med. then the experimentation started . how sick r these new meds.going 2 keep On . My 1 doc & I'm sure there's more just hand out these trial packs... Sevalla was 1. So who's keeping an eye on these & follow ups & documentation . I'm fed up with docs. Just not listening or getting 2 no the patient as a person by listing. This being 2 busy isn't our fault !!!! So treat us as ud want 2 b treated .its always seemed bad but this is the worst. Those dam pain med people don't no wats going on for the most part . & don't seem 2 care. They'll b ad 2 c u next time & keep getting paid for ur pain. No wunder ins. is out of control. Watch out 4 all these new cure alls ...like sevalla. 4 Fibero & other cure all drugs.Horrible. now this ... It is about time I've wanted 2 sue.the cost would b well worth it with all these hospital trips , no work presctions , specialists who don't help either just insult u loose weight eat better exercise etc & eBen worse treatment from those trained 2 help ???? 2 help u feel so bad u don't even ever want 2 go back or look 4 better care cause of how u feel so insulted us rather stay in pain !!!! GOOD GOD WHAT HAD HAPPENED ! We r not a FEW as I've read on here WE r MANY just as those who still suffer AIDS, our VETERANS THEIR FAMILIES & so many more !! the ,Homless etch. Accountability must b made 2 @ least help stop others from this happening. Donate ur time, or find ways 2 HELP ! This is the US of A lets b better 2 each other!! We need 2.

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Medicinenet ,adictionsurvivers. They r suing . Or in processes about ultram next will b tramadol I hope they both do. Check nlm nih gov. My best hope this helps & do searches changes happing quickly & I wish I would have checked & stayed better informed ask your pharmacist they NO WAY MORE THAN THE DOCS. Do love stay safe. Withdrawals r & will cause more damage ! Shame shame shame usa-Dea

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There's alot of miss info. Tramadol is class 4. Is synthetic 4 pain. Horrible drug! Withdrawls etc. I try 2 post sites that inform. Now ultram is under the gun. Here come the legal suites !! Bout time. So I try again. First I saw that ultram was designed 4 depression then tramadol a diff. Compound made then 4 pain from ultram. I will try again on the web sites u can easily find out more. & we should! w e b m d

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It looks very much as if I need some kind of 'surrogate' to get prescribed on my behalf if I need those meds which are available only in the USA but which would make a great difference to my analgesia: Hydrocodone bitartrate (Zohydro), high dosage IR hydromorphone 4/8mg, and IR oxymorphone HCl. I believe the Endo Opana E613 is the best there is. And I apologise to Canadians who are also able to obtain high dose tabletted hydromorphone IR. Talking of Canada, Toquilone has been withdrawn in Europe but I hear that Methaqualone is still available on Rx there. Correct? In both Mandrax and QUAALUDE forms? The price of the raw powder from Chinese chemical firms is getting too high to contemplate any longer! Proprietary brands required!

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Hey F100. I can now assume you are in the USA because you can not get Oxycontin there and have not been able to for five years. Same with Opana ER. In the USA they use those brand names for tablets which have a completely different MR system to that used in those drugs (well, OC because oxymorphone is licenced ONLY for use in the USA - I have been looking for a source of IR 10/5mg Opana for a long time now) in any other country. That is why people are changing onto IR oxycodone and a Oxycontin sells so little. Most Oxycontin patients buy their supplies from Europe by IOPS or email vendors as there is no way they would mess with the formula OUTWITH the US. We also can not get any IR hydromorphone above 2.6mg (PALLADONE caps) as over 75% of hydromorphone prescribed here is Palladone SR., which was removed from the US market for some stupid reason about eight or nine years back. I think it was because 'could be very dangerous if mixed with alcohol', such a ridiculous excuse since the same applies to ANY opioid!

Anyway we would kill for 4 and 8mg tablets of hydromorphone, and I believe that Mallinckrodt's generic and that of Knoll are best value, the Dilaudid brand (Abbott/Purdue) being horrendously overpriced; I will never understand a Healthcare system which penalises people on the grounds of their income rather than their need. Obama tried to go halfway and couldn't even get that passed so had to make concessions to the Pharmaceutical Mafia which operates and price-fixes quite blatantly in the USA, where the cost even of basically cheap drugs is inflated to almost criminal levels. It leaves so many people unable to control pain and in a position where they can afford, but only just, some of the poorest quality generic drugs in the world. At the highest prices in the world. It is gonna have to change someday. I feel so sorry for the majority of Americans who are in such positions.

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Ps f100 you are right and I agree 110% of what U said everything !!! Hugs to all my friends too xoxoxoxoxoxox

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F100 I can confirm that!!!! ... I personally totally want to interview all Drs all of them but pain management of course because it's important to know if it's a good fit if the dr understands your disease if he or she is willing to help in a way that works not necessarily your way but a fair way that both parties agree on like for me not every pain management understands crohns so it hard.. And it's imperative for safety that they understand your disease and they will not tell u on the phone only in person ..so why not go see a few Drs and then decide... If have cancer u get other opinions ... Now if u take the meds from more then one dr then that's very wrong !!! That would be the first thing I would tell the dr i was seeing is I'm here just to discuss my issues etc ... But bl people do get accused of it and some are shopping for their problem because they are not sick and have to shop to find someone!!!! if you are sick and truly in need there should be no problem ... Who wants to go to a dr that has bad bed side manner and doesn't understand your disease because you saw them there for u must stay w them... They key is real disease and pain... If it's real and The person has never been in trouble or shown signs by doing things that we all know what constituents that is then interviewing any speciality is a proper course of action... in my opinion

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BL you missed my point, I am saying that there are dr,s that see that you went to a number of dr,s to find one that could help you . Even though you never receive any prescriptions they think of you as though you were dr shopping just for the drugs and not the fact that you may be just trying to find a dr that is willing to take you as patient and are able to help you. Not all drs want to help every one as you can see on this forum. Alot of people cant find a dr to help them so they must go to many drs to find one that is willing to help. I know there are people dr shopping just to get the drugs, but I have read many post and take every one on here as legit pain sufferers, so whats you story?

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Some states do have laws against Doctor Shopping. That is when you go from one dr to another and get rxs for controlled substances. Put, your state name AND doctor shopping laws, in your search bar.

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Ive been on ultrams before and made me sick and throwing up, and have taken tramadol no help from this either. Tramadol is a muscle relaxer that does not work well for pain, the ultrams are a non narcotic and the ultrams are non narcotic also, no help with pain when you are a 8 or 9 on the pain chart. I beleive that any pain is unacceptable, these dr,s that are in the most part just anethegioligist that jumped on the ol wagon to call themselves pain managment for the money to be made by us that suffer every day with pain, taken advantage of because of the pain. I beleive that intrctable pain pateints have lost some of our rights. My state is the same as most in that the dr,s dont want to prescribe stong pain killers because of dea. We have to sign a pain contract to get any pain meds, it makes us go to one pharmacy, can not go to any other dr,s , random ua,s. I hade gone out of state to get new dr and had a dr here tell me I was breaking the law because I had signed the pain contract here. I had to lol because its not against the law. Every one needs to bombard your legistrators and congressman to change your laws in your states. Become advocates for pain patients rights to be treated for your pain with opiates which is the only thing that most would need to be taking for the pain. Again have to lol about the dr,s and pain, I hade one tell me that he would put pain pump in me but would not give pills, why do I have to have another surgery to get pain meds? So I wish I could do more, but together we may change this one state a a time or more. Some staes let dr,s prescribe opiates if they are doing research or studies on pain and the meds that are for pain. I have had a few friends commit suicide and some have just died from their pain that affects many things in your body. Try to find a dr. that has had pain issues and that know what it is like to live in constant pain as they may be willing to help you. I have had a couple of insurance plans that allowed me to get hydromophone and other narcotic pain meds but the drs still would not prescribe that many, why would the ins. companys pay for it if the dea is down on drs that prescrbe them??? Makes no sense!!! My pharmacy called our state pharmacy board and they ok,ed it for pharmacist to fill my prescription because of the quanity. Research your state laws about pain meds and the prescibing of them, Keep up with calling legistrators and congressmen to change your laws. It is frustrating to go from one dr to another to find one to help, when one or more drs see how many drs you have gone to they want to say you are dr shopping. Well hell yea I am its my right to go to as many as I want to find the one that would help. If a person was to have surgery for something you can go for a second opinion before you get cut open, same should be for pain treatment too. Thats my right!! good luck too you all and dont give up the fight for better pain management, no pain is the only option I am willing to endure.

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