Getting Prescriptions From 2 Different Doctors For Pain Meds But There Are Conditions (Page 5)
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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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Hey everyone, look at the date of this last post. It was 4 years ago that this happened, unless that's a big type-o..?.......just saying this may be an old post......

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Tray I'm in sort of the same situation!! I'm being treated for back and neck problems but also have constant facial pain due to 6 sinus surgeries!!! My pain doc is treating me for BACK and neck but I have no one addressing my facial pain!!! A good friend of my was getting two rxs from the same doc for 2 different problems. He had back problems, first issue, and hand arthritis , second issue. He was prescribed oxycodone 15 mg for his back and Percocet 10 mg for his hands. Nothing is against the law here unless things have changed!! The problem I am having is I have to use the oxy for my facial pain when it is really for BACK and neck so I come up short each month. It's a serious issue and docs r afraid to go that extra mile!!! Let me know how u make out. Best jimmy

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So sick of the drugstores acting crazy sometimes. My doctor gives me hydrocodone 10, like a 15 day supply. And Tylenol #3 15 day supply one month. I alternate the meds. Pharmacy all up in my business?

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I have been on percocet 10 for 8 years. My orthopedic doctor have me Marco 7.5 for break through pain between the 8 hours
I could not go 8 hours without pain medication. I used my same pharmacy I have used for years. I didn't have anything to hide and I wasn't gonna make it look like I did. My home health nurse that comes once a week even told my family doctor that I had to have medication for break through pain. I was upfront with every thing.

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Pharmacies are cracking down. I would think the pain medication prescribed for your knee pain would also help with the other pain. It is a pain medication after all. Maybe the 2 Dr's need to consult with each other and adjust the strength that you need and provide one prescription that would help you.

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Your lawyer is preparing your injury case your other doctor isn't. There is no reason to have 2 prescriptions that are opioid from two different doctors because you have only one body. Depending on dose the only issue I would see is if you need a higher dose because the new injury is causing a higher level of discomfort. Kind of stupid though going to the pharmacy with those scripts. You should be aware how strict things are since the law changed, which is bulls***.

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Amen. The drug store should not be nosey. I called my insurance company and they told me I haven't done anything wrong, if so they would not have filled my prescription. I was wrongly accused.

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I don't agree. Your family doctor is not qualified to treat broken bones or fractures, much less do surgery.

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I have been on pain meds for years. I'm on disability. I fell and broke my shoulder and fractured my foot. The ambulance picked me up and took me troo the er. They referred me to an orthopedic doctor. He have me a lower dose of pain meds to use for break through pain, because I was taking the others every 8 hours. There's no way I could go 8 hours without pain medication. He was told I had pain meds from my primary doctor. My doctor told me she couldn't give me pain meds anymore, because I was considered a doctor shopper. I have never abused my rights to my medication. I did not hide anything. I was really upset she chose to do this. But I found another doctor, needless to say I don't use my primary doctor anymore because I felt like she labeled me as something I wasn't and she knew this. I am 68 years old. The pain was unbearable. Thank God the new doctor understood my situation. I am still under the care of my orthopedic doctor. People do abuse the pain meds , but I was upfront about everything. He knew I had pain meds, but it wasn't enough to get me through the pain I was in. I am " NOT a DOCTOR SHOPPER "!!!!. I have never lied or abused my pain meds rights.

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I think you already know the answer. Maybe you justify it to yourself saying "they sent me to two different doctors"....but it was then your responsibility to inform the second doctor that you were already being prescribed pain meds by the first doctor. I doubt anything will happen to you, but you won't be able to do it again.

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Two doctors equals 5 years. Your doing what I tell my son
If you have to think twice about it then DON'T DO IT
It show that you know the the answer, you just want someone to say go ahead no problem.
It is a problem I'll bet you even tried to have your insurance pay
PLEASE DONT GO THERE

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Ya off topic at the lest. Hope the other guy don't go what a good idea. Hope you don't ether. Too many of us get cut off and find an answer on the streets. PLEASE DON'T GO THERE

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No you did the right thing by telling the Dr what was going on. They will most likely send you to a pain management Dr and he will give you the meds.

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Yeah Uncle Sam has his nose up our ass and nobody can do anything. They will cause you more problems than you need. Doctors hands are tied now.

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No it's from 2 different Drs are abusing the law.

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Yes the pharmacy can do that but just stay with one pain med.This is a different world now and the government is controlling us and our meds....u only need one med I know that pharmacies,doctors and dea are watching.They will report you.

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Yes the pharmacy can do that but just stay with one pain med.This is a different world now and the government is controlling us and our meds.

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That Pharmacy is wrong. You need to find a new pharmacist. This is much different when you have an injury then Doctor shopping with no injury.

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I've never experienced that with a doctor. Mine have been reputable. Well, except for the one who originally got me hooked on narcotics and benzo's. At least my current doctor of about 8 years monitors everything I take very closely and won't give me something because I want it. Oxycodone would relieve my pain much better considering how long I've been on hydrocodone, but they still work and I'm not pushing it. NOW, if I could oxycontin and a needle, well I'm getting off topic now.

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Needtoknow, it is up to the dr that is writting your pain meds how he deals with this situation. A pharmacist filling a prescription and/or an insurance company paying for it does not mean that your dr won't have a problem with it. If you are given a prescription by your regular dr for pain and you are suppose to take it every day and it is for a 30 day period, you should not be taking two prescriptions of pain meds by two different drs. SInce your dr is not a pain management dr, he may refer you to one.

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