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I need help with finding a pain management dr. that prescribes pain meds in the bellevue wa area or as close as possibe am willing to drive if necessary. Please it's almost impossible to find. I have been in pain since 2002 please any leeds greatly appreciated.

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Replying to your request to contact u. 7 years of medical treatment, innovations, bright ideas, countless clinics, specialists, etc, lead me to the new wonder, methadone. Yes, my body is addicted to morphine and as a person who, previous to being smashed by a truck from neck to hips. I did not drink or use legal/illegal drugs. I loved my life and anything that affected my mind I hated. I never understood why anyone would wish to run the risks with odds so not in favor. I had a painful childhood, abuse, but common to the Midwest farming communities of that Era. Still no drugs, I got sick drunk once at a dance. That put all alcohol on my evil list. I haven't wanted to relive that adventure so I never drink. Back to methadone, I had high hopes. My body becomes sensitive or allergic to drugs fairly easily. It will now only tolerate morphine and oxycodone as it has rejected all other pain meds. This was when methadone the savior, miracle drug was offered to me. I reacted instantly and violently to it. Hospital, coma, seizures, I don't remember much of the 6 weeks after my first dose. Yes, protocol had been followed prior to administration. I'm 59 yrs old. I have 1 million $ worth of titanium holding me together. My life expectancy was max 10 yrs after my wreck & surgeries. It's been 7.5 yrs. The docs still don't know how I survived, sat up, learned to walk again. I know it is God's handiwork. So, all I ask is that for what time I have left I'm sufficiently medicated so I can be up, out, and in the world. I was living a decent happy life until a year ago when the CDC decided what was best for me. I lived on my own, had a garden, a horse, went to pottery classes, loved photography, travel (US) by motor home. I don't want to die in this bed when it would take so little to get me out of it. How is that an unreasonably request? If u really want to help, get me out of bed, let me enjoy what I have left, plz.

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I need a pain doctor in the Spokane Colville area that will prescribe my pain medication I take morphine and oxycodone I had Nick surgery on cervical spine thay could only fix so much the doctors I've seen won't prescribe them I come from Montana and my doctor there gave me the same thing for 8yrs all I want is to have a some what quality of live so I am not spending it in bed cause I can't stand the pain

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It's been a year now of inadequate pain control by a doc who doesn't like unhappy complaining patients. I've fallen from fainting from bolts of pain and now have 5 new fractures in my neck, damage to my spinal fusion, and 3 weeks ago 2 new fractures of vertebrae just above my fusion. These falls occurred while on my way to the bathroom, 7 new fractures total from compression compression, ruptured disks, to complete breaks. My reconstructed pelvis with all its hardware is breaking free and I have loose and broken screws, wire and the plate that connects my fusion to my pelvis is loose and has moved up on the right side by 1 inch. I've also damaged my fake shoulder hardware and it needs replaced. I was just told I need immediate surgery to redo all of it, if it can be redone that is. There is no one in the state of WA who is qualified. I need a major medical center, maybe Houston, TX. I've spent the last year in bed, feeling tortured. Like a wild animal in a cage. If I'm not all happy and fine at my apps he cuts my meds by 1/3 and treats me like a drug addiction. I can't stand straight, or walk at all without a walker, I have MRIs and every diagnostic to prove I was crushed in an auto wreck, fail to stay dead and was put back together again. 1 million dollars worth of repair. I have extensive nerve damage and proof of that, yet this doc has me on the minimum dose. I can't even find another doctor because that's grounds for him to kick me out. It's called "doctor shopping" for heavens sake. Now I've become so weak from being confined to my bed my will is going. I just want to get up and out and be able to sit and walk without searing pain. A trip to WalMart sounds like an exotic adventure. How did I end up with this doc? Washington state enacted all CDC suggestions and I was abandoned by my previous doc immediately after. He closed up shop and left several of his patients to fend for themselves. Many pain clinics have closed here because they aren't allowed to treat their patients. Chronic pain suicides have skyrocketed. I want to move but I can't even get up enough to do it and I have no one to help. I've looked for one REAL pain doc here in WA who could help me get out of here but they are all afraid. The specialists I've been referred to have all told me to leave before I give up and die or my body does it for me. But without adequate meds I'm stuck in my hated bed. DON'T move to WA or OR if you are a real chronic pain patient. Stay away and check out any state before you move. I'll probably die here. I've wracked my brain for escape options but now I think it's too late. I'm 59, my wreck was 7 years ago and not my fault. I was active, loved life, loved sports and ran a large ranch. Now I'm nothing, and I do nothing. For 6 years after my wreck I rebuilt a decent life but the last year has broken my spirit and my will. Don't let this happen to you.

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Stephanie, REPLY TO POST #20

I understand this is an older post but on the outside chance you were still active on these forums.As an outreach provider for methadone maintence protocol with anxiety agents in New Jersey I may be of assistance.Kindly post back if interested in advancing a dialogue.
Warmest Regards,
Kenie.

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Are you still able to recommend Dr's that can help with chronic back pain? I have DJD and have had back issues since I was 12 years old.

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Washington State. Eastern but. Do not care where. I am looking desperately for pain management doc. Whom prescribes. I have medicare. I am on disability and have a sever pain and titanium in my back. I have not has my meds and have resorted to getting on the street. Not Good! I have a trail of pain issues and last doc of 12 years. Help

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Yes we are all
Still looking
All
Legitament pain patients

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Hello, I have had 10 years of chronic back pain which started from a car accident. I have tried many different treatments and drugs but have found little that actually helps. I tried methadone for a long time but it had unpleasant side-effects and I eventually stopped taking it. I discovered, quite by accident, that suboxone works better for my pain than all those high-powered opiates. However, finding a doctor who can prescribe suboxone who isn't a one-track-mind addiction specialist is very hard. Doctors have disappointed me over and over again. I need respect and compassion as well as a scientific approach. Is that too much to ask? Someone at an ER suggested a Dr. Khan in Tacoma but his web reviews show him to be as bad or worse than the doctors I've fired. Suffering in pain is evil. Doctors need to understand not everyone is a lying addict who just wants to feel high. Some of us are just people in pain who need respect and compassion. Why the hell is suboxone so hard to get? Every doctor out there can prescribe heavy narcotics, why not something mild like suboxone? I suspect a greedy pharma company.

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You mean Dr. Kuharich in Kitsap county? I agree, he is a poor doctor. I had him do a rhizotomy on me and he completely missed the location he should have done because he (and my pain doctor) both failed to do the smallest amount of exploration work on my back to find the correct location to do the procedure. They simply don't care. Dr. Kuharich spent more time checking out his young pretty nurses than helping me with my pain issue. He is a dismal failure. I really don't understand how these people get jobs in medicine.

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Cindy, I am so sorry you are hurting so badly. I can relate to some of your issues. I have chronic back pain from a car accident (not my fault) and since then I've been going through doctors who I usually have to fire because they don't care and are either drug pushers (endless prescriptions for stuff that doesn't help) or they are really addiction specialists and think everyone is out to trick them to get their "fix." Fortunately, an addiction specialist gave me suboxone to help me get off of methadone, which I hated anyway, and I discovered that suboxone (buprenorphine) works better for my pain than all the other hardcore opiates I had ever tried. Now I've fired several doctors for being selfish, rude and basically unscientific and careless but I still need to find a good pain management doc to get suboxone. It's a damn nightmare. I know what you're talking about when it comes to living in agony and almost wishing you were dead. Keep fighting!

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The Seattle Pain Center has offices everywhere! Seattle, Tacoma, Renton and more if I'm right. I know they just opened one in Poulsbo. Here is the website:

seattlepaincenters.com

However stay away from Dr. Kuhatrich. First name Ben or Beno (he goes by both). He is not sympathetic. He looks down on people who are in pain and he thinks he knows it all. His nose is always in the air, he is rude, inconsiderate and stuck up. He used to be with the Seattle Pain Center and now works with the doctors clinic throughout the kids up area! The doctors clinic itself is great for regular family medicine, not for pain though! Like I said stay away from that guy, he is a piece of work!

Sorry my reply is so late, I'm thinking probably a few years but if anybody does find a doctor please let me know. I'm in the Tacoma area and I need a new doctor because of the guy I told you about!

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Hi, Jason I was told by my pain mgmt Dr, in Federal Way that Dr. John Hatheway in Spokane is a very good pain doctor. Good luck to you

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I have a sadistic sob 4 a doc right now. If I say I'm better he cuts my meds by 1/3. If I say anything about needing his help or report that the pain is worse, he gets mad & tells me it's all in my head & my meds r cut again. If I go in and LIE & say I'm doing OK, don't draw his attention he leaves me alone. I have MRIS, diagnoses from top specialists spelling out in detail the extensive nerve damage I sustained. My blood pressure is beyond dangerous because of the pain. I'm mostly confined to a damn bed because to move has become agony. I pass out from waves of pain. The last time this happened I fell further damaging my c spine. Now I have numb & fingers that burn & hurt so bad I have to hold ice packs to stop the burning. I have a constant ripping headache & what feels like heart attacks, trouble breathing, all from my neck. My doc doesn't care. I got my pcp to refer me to specialists. One injection in c45 has made a big difference in the burning. There is no other way to say this: I am being tortured, I am rotting in bed for lack of pain control. 11 months now. I feel like a panther in a small cage pacing back & forth longing to b free. I have NEVER misused my meds or taken anything but what I'm prescribed. I don't drink or do drugs & I can't stand medical marijuana. I have never fail a U/A because I never do anything wrong. They can evaluate me as much as they want but even this torture will not make me break a pain contract. I have never been kicked out of a docs office. I follow the rules exactly as prescribed yet I'm treated with suspicion. Damn those who have used & abused drugs & doctors to the point that I'm paying for their crimes. There r no good docs left who will take the time to read your file, look at MRIS results, neurological & ortho findings and b decent enuf to give u a life back. They r too busy covering their own butts to think of their patients. I don't mind strict, I just want mercy & some kind of life out of this bed. I used to be very active. I loved each day. They will never force me into suicide no matter how much pain I have to endure. My body is giving up but not my spirit.

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Hi, Cindy. I am very sorry that you are in so much pain, and having to deal with this situation! I was hit head on by a drunk driver; my Nissan 280z against a 1/4 ton truck. Totally messed up my entire spine. I found a great doctor!...his name is Dr. Paterno at the Washington Center for Pain Management. There are offices from Everett, Edmonds, Kirkland, Bellevue, Renton, Federal Way, Puyallup and Olympia. I don't know if you found someone to help you, but if you haven't I highly recommend them... Here is their link for you, or anyone else who needs a pain management Dr... [email protected]. Here is their phone number as well; (425) 774-1538. They have always treated me with respect, and compassion as well as listening to me when a medication didn't work, switching medications to find the right one for me. They are strict; you will be randomly selected for a U/A, and don't run out of your medications early - or have a very good reason as to the "why". I am prescribed Oxycontin 3x a day from this clinic - if I weren't, I'd be unable to walk! I see my family Dr for all the other prescriptions ie; muscle relaxers, 800mg ibuprofen, Gabapentin, Elavil (depression) and Valium for severe anxiety. I cannot say enough great things about this group, they're excellent! I hope that all of you who are in true pain will contact them via their information above. Don't give up!! There are doctors who truly care - and I have just moved 3 days ago to Eastern Washington so I'm hoping that I find a fantastic pain doctor over here. Good luck to all of you.

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Absolutely false they will only prescribe dilaudid and flexeril and treat you like a number at the DMV or cow at slaughter house and they do not give u a script first visit they make u take a UA and come back 39 days later

Seattle pain in a joke just read the reviews...Overlake has been my savior

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I know a chain of clinics simply called seattle pain center. find the one closest to you. there is the director named Frankie Li who is just awesome. you can expect to get a script of whatever you prefer on your first visit. the clinic takes insurance private and government and sliding fee cash. it's pretty much a no frills place but you Will be under a contract with them

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Hi, Heather. My pain mgmt Dr @ Washington Center for Pain Management referred me to Dr. John Hatheway in Spokane. He said he's a very good doctor. Good luck!

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Dr. David Neibert, MD in the bellevue kirkland office.

Please also see post #71 for a list of other physicians.

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I'm not sure where in Eastern WA. I am in Spokane and have not had any luck. I don't even know how to look.

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Did you ever find help in Spokane? I'm so miserable and I can barely breathe. I don't know what to do!

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