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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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Deedee
I have no insurance and have always been in compliance with any dr. I can't afford the $600 office visit with no rx until the 2nd visit at WPC..I will not do a implant/pump I've had many unexpected surgeries and I am not wanting any more I do PT, MT and medicine maintenance.

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Hi, Devon. I'm sorry for the confusion. I do take two 10mg oxycontin er - which puts me below the "acceptable" guidelines comparison of my oxycontin to 90mg morphine. I've had to stick up for myself believe me! I told them that I refuse to have a machine put in my body (stimulator or pain pump). So far, I'm still recovering my pain meds but each time I go to my monthly appointment I wonderful if this is the visit where I'll be leaving without being given a prescription. Dr. Paterno is leaving Washington Center for pain mgmt this month & I see Kathryn (physician's assistant) next month. I don't know if this cleared anything up, or not. If you are on a low dose/maintain well/comply, etc etc then you might want to make an appointment with them. You don't want to see Dr. Hong or Dustin Reed - both will not prescribe meds, but will do inj's. & an implant stimulator or pain pump. I wish you well.

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Cindy
I go monthly to phoenix to if you want a travel buddy I'd love to have one! Please let me know I moved from AZ to WA and didn't know the guidelines but would love a friend to travel with

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If u are over the limit on your meds u will not find a doc who will take you in WA or OR. U will be required to detox/withdraw for 30 days minimum, then u will be put on the minimum starting dose. The docs have no choice as they r limited by the state. No exceptions. If u want to avoid this hell then check out Idaho, Nevada or AZ. They refused to accept the new guidelines. I now fly to Phoenix, AZ monthly to see my new pain doc. I can get out of bed, see my yard, sit at table, even short shopping trips. Before, I was confined to my bed, crying because almost every minute was torture, praying God would take me away. 14 months of inadequate pain control has damaged my heart. I fell once and fractured 6 vertebra in my neck, and 2 above my spine fusion. I damaged my shoulder replacement and tore my knee up...another surgery. So I'm moving to AZ and these *****s can't torture me ever again. And yes, I did the withdraw and spent 3 weeks in the hospital because my body was shutting down from pain and the stress of withdrawal. Get out of here fast. Go where docs care about quality of life over a nice, thoughtless, worry free day at the office.

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I'm in the same boat, I have a doctor in the Everett area and he's retiring at the end of June and I can't find anybody to take me because I'm over the stupid recommendations from the state of Washington. however I am stable and a great patient.

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I am interested, can you help me? My dr is retiring

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Hi See... I'm a little confused because in your post down below you said that the doctor at Wa. Center for Pain Mgmt. told you that they can't prescribe narcotics but in this post you say you are getting 10mg. Oxy. twice a day. Oops, I meant to say Dee Dee not See :)

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Hi See... I'm a little confused because in your post down below you said that the doctor at Wa. Center for Pain Mgmt. told you that they can't prescribe narcotics but in this post you say you are getting 10mg. Oxy. twice a day.

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I see Dr. Paterno at Washington Center for Pain Mgmt in either the Federal Way or Renton location. I am prescribed 10mg oxycontin 2x per day. Dr. Paterno is leaving in June and I will begin seeing Dr. Kinder. I have had really positive experiences at WCFPM.

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See----what dr is this? I was just given a list by a sports med dr who told me who prescribes as long as your willing to do other therapies...

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The doctor I've been seeing since I moved here said since I'm new to the area I'd have to start the whole "conservative" medical process all over again. My medical records don't mean I'm getting pain meds here because I was getting them back East. He said the laws in Washington doesn't allow doctors to prescribe pain meds. I know in Pennsylvania as long as you're getting a U/A done every 6 months for the script any doctor including the E.R. can prescribe the meds.

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Jeff who are you referring too??

I'm still actively looking my back and joints have worsened I've been suffering and steady on meds since 2005 as well as different therapys..

I live by Canada and will drive further south max Seattle or into Redmond if needed

Please any help is greatly appreciated flying back monthly to Arizona isn't a possibility for me

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His ONLY concern is getting you OFF of any and EVERY opioid medication you may be using for relief - and regardless of how many years!

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Yes, the federal government consists of a bunch of yeahoos, who have no understanding of the effects that opiates have on creating a better quality's of life, for those that are in Pain and those suffering from a plethora of mental illness and depression. It is time that we have wake up and make these medications more readily available. The number of folks requesting these medications are steadily increasing, while finding doctors to prescribe them is decreasing, due to being scared of losing their licensing. Something has to be done about changing these outdated barbaric laws!

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Yes I actively have been trying to find someone who is able to prescribe me my 2 meds..nothing crazy or extreme

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I moved to Vancouver Washington from Northeast Pennsylvania. I have been on pain medication from a licensed pain management doctor. I had a Discectomy on my neck in 2014 and have spinal stenosis. No one around here wants to recommend a doctor that does Oxcy or nucynta medication even though my records have been transferred. They want me to do chiropractic therapy with a plate in my neck so I can become paralyzed. There is no conservative help for spinal stenosis and that's why I was on meds for so long.

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I moved here in 2015 and it took about 60 doctors to keep me on my meds but I have a dr it's a 2hr drive but he's worth it and checks on me. Canada is always a option as a visit is $54 American just bring all your records..however they don't have soma

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Devon, Here is a link to a Seattle Times article about it:

seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/new-state-law-leaves-patients-in-pain

As I said in my previous post, patients who have been prescribed a narcotic before the law came into effect can keep getting their medications and should consider themselves lucky. I believe the law changed in 2011.

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I have a dr who prescribes my same disease that I've been on for 7+ years so I'm not sure on this law he's never mentioned it and I've never seen it

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The reason everyone is having such a hard time finding a doctor who will prescribe is because it is now against the law to prescribe narcotics to chronic pain patients in Wa. state. Google "Wa. state narcotics law" and you will see. You will also come across an article in the Seattle Times saying how the director for the Seattle Pain Center has lost his license for over prescribing so you can forget that one too. I saw someone here writing about how good that place is. So it doesn't matter how good records, MRI's etc. that you have, no narcotic meds for chronic pain.

I am also a chronic pain sufferer and when I asked my doctor if I could have just a few vicodin 5mg. a month for the really bad days... I said not a lot, just 10-15, she said NO, we do not treat chronic pain with narcotics anymore and it is against the law. You will not find any good doctor in this state who will unless it is a pill mill doctor. She said only if you are a cancer patient is the exception. She said it is because people overdosing has become an epidemic even bigger than illicit drug overdoses and this is why. Washington state is the first to have this law... oh great :(

I was just shocked because who would need pain meds more than a chronic pain patient? This is terribly unfair and if I could move to another state I would. There is also a loophole to the law that says that patients getting narcotics before the law can continue to get them.

To Marco - I have been on Suboxone before and found it had great pain relief for me but there is a catch to that too. Not every doctor can prescribe it (they have to take a short course) AND it is NOT prescribed for pain management ever!! It is used for pain management in other countries in Europe but not here (Google Suboxone prescribers). If you are a opiate addict and go to rehab you get put on Suboxone and if you stay on it the rest of your life you are considered a hero. It is so unfair.

You mention that it is a lesser drug than narcotics like oxy, etc. but it only seems that way because it doesn't make you feel high. It is actually a very strong drug and that's why a small amount can make opiate/Methadone withdrawals instantly stop. 8mg. Suboxone is stronger than 30mg. Morphine. What choices do we have left in Wa. state? Not many!! Does anyone know of a pill mill doctor?

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