Getting Prescriptions From 2 Different Doctors For Pain Meds But There Are Conditions (Page 26)
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Well I just really need to know if what I am doing is considered doctor shopping. I fell at at department store and injured my knee. Now I have to go to the doctor the lawyer sent me to. He prescribes pain meds for me but the only thing he can treat is my knee. I started having back problems. My primary care doctor sent me to a different doctor and he also gives me meds. But the pharmacy said they would call the doctors and tell on me. So I went and ahead and told the doctors myself so that it would not look as bad. What do you think will happen to me? The pharmacy refused to give me back my prescription. Can they do that?

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I have a question i go to a doc for problems with my back i have been for years. I had done something to my knee and went to er told them i was offilated with pain clinic and when i had took something but there was def something wrong with my knee took xray and gave me a immobilizer for knee also gave ibuprophen and something for pain and told me not to wait for scheduled dose so i wldnot feel no pain also referred me to orthepedic doc as soon as i got home frm a very painful car ride i took something went up to back doc to make sure it was ok to fill got a yes

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So real simple here. I will go to jail if I get 2 scripts from 2 different docs n cash em in? I am going to 2 different docs n 2 different phatmacies. And still ill get in trouble?

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what does your sister think about all this? is "she" afraid" of him too? that's too bad. he's on all that, he could O.D. so easily! you "could" right an anonymous letter to his dr.s explaining how you're just concerned ( you're not tryinging to get him into trouble), my sister did that to me as a teen, the dr. stopped the diet pills he gave me & after awhile I was greatful. . . .
try an talk to a professional maybe they can steer you in the right direction.
good luck! ~ Shar'. . .

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"You only add to the difficulty for people like myself with chronic pain."

F***ing dam right. I have advanced multiple sclerosis and it's so hard to get my pain meds and I've got 5 MRIs and a catscan showing empirical dam proof that my nervous system is screwed and yet its because of a**holes like that that make it tough as ever for me to get my s***. Why should I have to suffer because others are f***ing it all up. You have no idea what our s*** goes through.

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With the laws regarding patient privacy, there is nothing you can do from the standpoint of the medical community. Maybe your sister should talk to a counselor and what she may need to do.

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My sisters husband has a primary care doc in which he gets pain scrips blood pressure meds, ect. He has had knee replacement surgery on both knees. He also goes to the VA clinic where I have scene him with methadone, oxycodone, and now he is taking steroids,as well as testosterone shots from the VA. He gets a 3 month supply from the VA. He has become something or someone I do not know anymore. I am afraid of him. I called his primary care doc. To try to reach out for help all he told me was I can't do anything about what he is getting from the VA. What should I do?

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The DEA doesn't have patients names, unless they are being prosecuted on the federal level for illegal activities involving drugs. And even then, the names aren't released to drs or pharmacists. The place the drs and pharmacists get the info regarding the prescriptions you've gotten filled, the dr, date, etc is from your State Prescription Monitoring Program. I guess dr and pharmacists figure everyone is afraid of the DEA, so they say thats where the got the info.

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HI TRAY, YOU NEED TO READ THIS... If you are seeing more than one doctor for narcotic pain medications (opiates) That is considered doctor shopping..HOWEVER... If you have a pain doctor and you have surgery you can take anything the hospital gives you as long as you are treated by them and take your pain meds from your pain med doctor too. Also, you can get valium or ambien as I have been doing from my primary care doctor and morphine from my pain doctor and you are within legal boundaries. If you are doctor shopping stop now. They cannot bust you unless they catch you in the act. And all of the pharmacies are networked together so each of them know what you are being prescribed. So if they are filling both opiate narcotics, call yourself lucky. There are some mom and pop shops that aren't networked but if you are shopping, better make sure mom and pop aren't connected. Good luck with your knee and back.

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I live in So. Cal. I went to my pain dr last week and he showed me a read out of 1precsription(Valium and 2nd prescription for from mr primary care dr and one from him. He just casually asked me which dr I would like to use and I said him. He subscribes the klonopin and subutex I take My primary care dr subscribes any other meds I may need. He said this report is from the DEA and I had to make a decision on which dr. Of course I choose pAin dr. Here's my deliama I have 1 refill left on the Valium. Do you know if the pharmacy also gets this report. I want to fill last refill but am scared don't wants go to jail

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Where is that dr?

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no, it's not HER fault, it's mostly all the celebraties out there who are making headlines an seeking multiple doctors, "that are OD'ing"! that's made them take this warpath

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what?!? why? no, no lawyer, just STOP IT! NOW! a lawyer won't help you before hand. he'll just tell you the same thing, STOP NOW! only it won't be free advice like here =) If ya feel ya need an i crease in your meds, just explain to ONE of your dr's an he should increase or add on another med. i took methadone 10mg an percs 10mg for breakthru pain, for yrs b4 i had my back surgery, worked well!
good luck...... and STOP, NOW lol. seriously. 2 yrs ago i stopped as soon as my insurance informed me that all my doctors will know what i'm taking an who i'm
seeing for safety reasons. "i" also think they were trying to warn me, so i took advantage of it an got out while i still had a life ;-)

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What should I do if i've been actively dr. shopping for the past 3 to 4 yearsin Philadelphia. should I get a lawyer before I get caught. I never had a criminal record

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as long as it's a new script and you do NOT go back to the other dr. and get the old script again. just one dr. and one script at once. by the way, why won't your first dr. give you a new script that's stronger? just be honest with both and only get meds from one! =)

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Yes, all your Dr's should know what you are taking some things can cause interaction or seratonon syndrome!! My docs know EVERYTHING!!

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You can have as many doctors you want! You cannot get pain meds from each doctor! You can only get pain medication from ONE DR & ONE PHARMACY. The DEA main comp will have your name flagged if you get scripts from more than one doctor & the pharmacies send every name over to the DEA too. So you'll end up in trouble as will the doctors.

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Yes she can find out. Your name is put in a DEA main database. Your dr should let you try it. But understand this once you go stronger it's difficult to go back down. This applies to chronic pain. If your condition is acute you can go stronger but must ween down Lowe dosages & then every other day etcetera. If a dr gave it to you there's no reason not to try it but she might not want to see you & you'll have to see the other dr then. Good luck

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Yes they can. State law is you can only get meds from 1 doctor what you did is illegal & the 2nd doctor should have seen your name pop up in the DEA web page. I'm on pain management 1 dr only. Every dr I see I give a list of meds I'm on. What you did is one if the reasons the DEA is all over people. You only add to the difficulty for people like myself with chronic pain. My spine is fused on 3 levels. Btw the lawyer cannot tell you who to see. Get your own lawyer. Their lawyer is lying your entitled to see & use your own doctor.

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First off i.live in pa and i have bulged discs herniated discs spinal stenosus and my family dr writes me oxycodone 15s 120 a month and they do not really do much and its half way through the minth and im out i finally got into a.pain management dr tomorrow and he will give me stronger meds but what im.wondering is.am i going to.have problems getting them.filled because of getting a script. 15 days ago i dont want to.do.something and not.have a dr at all

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Pizza Man , them being 2 different meds and possibly different strengths? And only going to 2 docs doesn't constitute doctor shopping, also you discussed it with your doc no??? Either way I think you are pretty safe.....THAT BEING SAID, in my state EVERYONE IN THE MED FIELD including E.R. and other docs WILL SEE exactly what you have received if you filled them, pharmacies as well. To the OP, I might blame it on the attorney and play super dense, like narcotics are not your forte. Just know they are jumping on the RX drugs now since their easing up on medical marijuana, and these people are attempting to keep them, family and friends employed as jailers. Big money industry!!! Not to mention the police!! Best of luck, and once you're a pebble on the beach, you can never go back to being the sand....

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