How Do I Get My Dr To Prescribe Me Demerol (Page 2)
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i take dilaudid and tramadol and have been for a least 3 years, i take several 8mg dilaudid at a time. i reember demerol working nicely while i was in the hospital....how do i gwt me dr to give me that?

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They have pain management specialist. They call it pallative care (I don't guarantee my spelling )

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I can totally relate to your situation, believe me you are not alone. You can blame all of this on the government and the DEA. When one of their children or relatives dies from an overdose or bad reaction they Crack down on the laws. I've been in been in pain management due to injuries for the last 20 years. Everybody doesn't react the same to certain drugs. If I could get demerol every day I wouldn't be in pain. I've been on the same regiment of pain meds for the last 3 years . Oxycontin, Oxycontin and hydrocoden and they can't get it through their heads that you build up a resistance or maybe they are afraid of the DEA. I wish they could feel what you and I and millions of others feel every day.

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If the "casual, non requesting" approach worked for you, I'm very happy for you. I noticed you haven't said whether the approach described worked for you or not. Did it? I've tried EVERY possible approach with so many doctors that claim to specialize in pain, or pain management. I've found that nearly every doctor, regardless of the doctors nationality (since it seems far too many are schooled in India, Pakistan, Libyia, or any outside the USA medical school which says much about this country as does the ever disappearing natural born US citizen working in various fields that have very high average income levels). I have over TEN YEARS of both medical records which were all from the same Doctor as well as my prescription filling history I found out I could obtain for free from the Walgreens Archive department just by asking. They keep two years at your pharmacy, then all others are sent and kept for ten years. This was great I thought. I was well equipped to show any doctor my history, all drugs tried that failed, and as even just the Walgreens records show...once a drug was found that worked well for me, only that drug showed up over and over. Now with this concrete and irrefutable proof of my real need and my description of how it benefitted my health, quality of life, and mental state having something to temporarily reduce the constant pain I'm in. Any logical and reasonable person or Doctor should see clearly that I'm NOT an addict, nor a drug dealer. My meds are for ME as I'm the one and only one who needs them to deal with daily life.

I'll bet any reading are nodding their head thinking I've solved the problem of getting the proper medication I need to help me. Well boys and girls... You'd all be quite wrong!!!! What I DID find out is that every doctor in the New Port Richey area of FL where I moved to in November of 2013 SIMPLY DOES NOT CARE WHAT YOU HAVE AS PROOF, DOES NOT CARE THAT BY NOT PRESCRIBING THIS DRUG THEY HAVE CAUSED ME TO SUFFER MORE THAN I NEED TO JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE I LIVE!!! Yep! That's the true answer. Apparently some years ago there were doctors giving out prescriptions improperly and big chain pharmacies were filling these prescriptions even though they KNEW they were NOT following the prescription dispensing guidelines. NOW EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ME OR MY POOR HEALTH AND WHAT IVE GONE THROUGH TO FIND A DRUG THAT WORKS FOR ME IN GIVING A FEW HOURS OF REDUCED PAIN?!?! So since that move two years ago, I've had NO pain medication except Hydrocodone which does NOTHING for me! I even gave the doctor back the prescription one wrote out since I didn't want having that drug filled on my record since I knew it would do nothing to help me pain. Codiene does nothing for my pain and Hydrocodone, aka Norco, aka 10% Codiene with a 325mg Tylenol mixed together.so that method of not mentioning what you need or want to a doctor is irrelevant here in The poor areas of FL, and all my medical proof wasn't even looked at by ANY of the doctors I've paid to have a first appointment with. I'm so desperate with all the pain I've been in, my BP is sky high 162/110 on average... can you say stroke or heart attack?... I hardly sleep because it's impossible to sleep when in pain. I take more than the recommended amounts of OTC sleep drugs and they do very little and I know I'm probably causing other health problems by being forced to take all these sleeping drugs every night with little positive result. I'm thinking of going to Mexico and see if some doctor down there will prescribe me the drugs I need, but what if I get substandard drugs because ANYTHING GOES IN MEXICO. I don drink, never have. I don't smoke, never have. So I can't get drunk and pass out, and even though I know people who do...I can't take marijuana to see if it might help. The moral of this story is that doctors suck, the government that made these drug "level" laws have violated the Constitution by creating such drug laws. Add to that the spineless uncaring a**hole doctors who barely speak English who are only interested in getting paid by over billing any HMO or what medical coverage we might have. My answer is very simple...my life has been taken away from more than just this pain med situation, but my life has been taken from me back at age 22 in 1983 and I e fought for every success I e accomplished at corporate jobs as well as several business I started and had success with. It all means nothing as I've lost everything mainly because of bad health that was CAUSED BY INCOMPETENT DOCTORS. I'm left with only one choice to put an me to my pain. I've lost everything, I have no family, no one gives a shot about me, no one would even notice if I vanished. That's what passes for my life, and it's time to take the next step into my hands since it's impossible to get proper help when you're broke and living in a low income area. Luckily bullets are cheap and work 100% of the time to cure constant pain. Thanks medical profession. I'm tired of fighting all the time, tired of suffering every minute, tired of not being able to even go out and watch a movie in a theater. If anyone can relate to my exact description of my life, I'd certainly be interested in reading your story and how you feel.

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I have used 150 mg of Demerol for pain in ER. It works well. There is no high or other side effects. It just gets me out of pain so I can get on with my life. I used to get an inj. once or twice a year. One doctor told me this would knock out a 300 lb man for three days! But I told him,I am a woman and we react to medication differently than men. We are physically,genetically and hormonally different than males.But now they want me on morphine everyday!! Not good! I feel like they are trying to kill me. I hate taking Meds in the first place. And only when the pain is debilitating. The Demerol works great and only need it a couple times a year. The morphine has kept me in a lot of pain and does not work. Would really like to find a doctor that understands morphine does not work for everyone. And find one that would prescribe a 180 count bottle of 100 mg of Demerol. I never have to stay in bed. If it works, why all the BS doctors give. I have delt with this pain for decades. Had every type of pain treatment, nerve blocks, and Meds. Demerol is the only one that works. But I can't get anyone to help. My doctor said hospitals no longer carry Demerol. That can't be true!

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Wow! Thank you so much for explaining that! I've been complaining about how the drs all treat me like I'm an addict, treat me badly, right off the bat, and then won't even treat my pain. I feel kind of dumb for not being patient enough to think that through! Thank you!

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Demerol is no longer used by most hospitals but in most rare of circumstances, basically someone in an emergant situation with an allergy to morphine might possibly get an injection of Demerol before they go to surgery or for a procedure. Demerol has fallen out of favor due to neurotoxic effects, I found this out while in the hospital, it was a different hospital than I usually went to, it was an emergency and my doctor had ordered Demerol round the clock for pain and after 4 injections the nurses and pharmacy were refusing further dosing which was shocking. They explained why and I had never heard of such a thing, it was their hospital policy and they contacted the doctor and got him to change the orders to morphine. Not only did the morphine help me so much more but it is thought that the Demerol only made my pain worse as they said and looking back (this was a few years ago) after I was out of the crisis, I agreed. I never knew, until this happened, how much pain the demerol was adding to an already painful condition. Not to mention how many side effects it reduced. I always needed more Demerol b/c it doesn't last 4 hours (unless you get 1-2 shots your entire life). The morphine worked, was smoother, didn't change the way my foods tasted (metallic), didn't make my skin crawl, didn't give me headaches, didn't make my legs give out. The list of negative affects Demerol had on me was so long that my only complaint of changing to morphine was what the heck took them so long to do it!

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Hi shawn,

Some advice I can give you is to not specifically ask for any 'specific medication' when you see a doctor. Just make sure to transfer or take a copy of all your medical records with you if your doctor doesn't already have them.

Then, the best approach in my opinion, is to discuss up front and honestly what has or hasn't worked for you in the past. Most doctors will then take it under consideration and hear you out if you approach them in this manner, with what you believe to be most helpful to your condition.

I think a lot of patients don't get the medication they need because they are approaching the doctor in such a needy way that they are being viewed as addicts or junkies and not patients. So as awkward as that may seem, it is something to consider and be made aware of.

I hope this helps!

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