Need Help Finding Doctor To Prescribe Either Oxycodone Vicodin Or Methadone 10mg For My Chronic Pain (Page 19)

I have been suffering from chronic pain for 7 years and have always been on and off pain meds from tylenol 3 to 90mg methadone at the worst of any ever taken. I decided to dose down & get off of methadone as I did not care for the "clinic" enviroment per say as I was using more for pain then for addicition. I found a dr that prescribed me the pain meds for breakthrough pain and the pill form of methadone 10mg was what I chose but now he is gone as he lost his license which sucks for me because NO ONE will give me anything, not even the methadone unless I go back to the stupid clinc and I so don't want that... DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A DR. that would prescribe anything or just something to get me through life with less pain? I am in the twin cities of Minnesota and I will drive if need be.

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I don't care what people say. It's not the doctor's fault its the people's faults for wanting to get out here and act like ediotes and the suboxen medicines don't do a damn thing for pain

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Cate, I only know Charlotte, Gastonia area in North Carolina. Sorry. Have you tried talking to a Primary care Doctor and get you a referral to a Pain Mgmt Clinic?

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Clinic called DRD.....methadone clinic..this clinic is in Knoxville Tn.

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I need to Find a Dr. that will prescribe Endocet 10/325 for chronic pain in Newark NJ: I had 2 back surgeries within 2 years and I go to sleep with pain and I wake up with pain.. Unlike other people who sell their medication I take mine but that makes it hard to find a good Dr. that will prescribed a pain medication. Will anyone help me?

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Looking for a doctor in the South Florida area who prescribe pain medication such as Oxycodone

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Mimi, Due to all the abusive drug users. DEA forgot the ones that are in need of some things to get use through the day. The worst thing that I have experience is the pain that us where no one else can see. Yes they might know what you been through but looking outside they have no clue how much pain you are in . No two people have same pain, no two people can be treated with the same exact medicine for about the same issues bc every ones tolerance or body digestive systems are different. The only thing now due to all the abuse and drug users is become what my doctor calls a "pill head". He said he is a pill pusher and I am a pill head. That's how we are labeled now in eyes of ER's, family doctors, pain doctors and worse is family and most of all the Government of our state and with the New so called Obama care is more like " Obama Got You' so now Family Physician aren't able to take generations of clients and knowledge of your family history. No . Now the new law requires the family physicians has to refer you to a pain specialist. In other words a pill pusher. A psychiatrist and then they so call give you at 1st appt. A consultation. (to see if you are not an abuser but really it's causing our insurance a chance to rewrite your contract to not pay for one or other. Yes anyone out there may my insurance covers everything I get ( Hold your great luck bc I promise you that b4 5 mths is up. Enough to resign with your insurance for next year. Then you be ready for a lifetime experience where you took mths and my case year's to get the right medication so I can still have a quality life with out my family seeing me either over medicated or in worst pain then ever I'm sorry for the long response. I'm trying to get everyone else that lives with a pain so bad that your family is either wandering if you are having an addiction issue or if they need to call police b4 they lose their love one. . I can actually get up and spend some time with my family and the medication helps me to have a level 3,4 of pain . With out. I can't imagine my life. So to answer your question. You need to go to a Primary care physician and ask for a referral to get pain medication. If you have not been through injections . Well that will probably be 1st thing, me ( it's like taking a Tylenol. Others it does help. Obama has it so you will see at least two maybe three physicians a month. And insurance is what he assured every one would have. Not that you find yourself getting generic. And insurance only pays for Name Brand at 1200.00 a pop. But also to realize that you are back in position 1. It doesn't work for you like the generic did. So again you are exposed to family and friends as a drug user. Sorry for not specified only your questions. But to see what you will experience through your hunt to live with pain but at a tolerable amount.

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wilhearts, there are no laws that state a PCP has to refer a patient to a specialist. It is still up to each PCP when and if they refer a patient to a specialist. For some patients that didn't have insurance, their pcp's may have not have referred them to a specialist before because of their inability to pay the specialist. But, now that they have insurance, that is not a problem. There are no laws that say a pcp can't prescribe opiates to a chronic pain patient. Unfortunately, some drs say there are.

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BL is right. My PCP prescribes my pain medication.

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Not trying to be a know it all or a smart ass, but tramadol is a narcotic. I've been in pain management just a few months shy of 10 years and I've been tried on every kind of narcotic there is and I know what I'm talking about. If someone's telling you Tramadol's non narcotic they're either lying or just don't know any better. It's one of the weakest narcotics out so it's easier to get a prescription for it. It's a schedule III narcotic not a schedule II like Morphine, Oxycodone, Oxycontin Opana, etc. so Doctors can call in a prescription. If you're obtaining Tramadol through other means then you and whoever's selling them to you are doing so illegally. Mind you I'm not accusing you of doing anything, but there's a lot of websites out there advertising buy Tramadol legally, they're just preying on honest unsuspecting naive people just trying to make a buck. I'm telling you all this to help you because if ever get caught buying any narcotics on the internet, even if the people selling them to you are telling you it's legit and you made an honest mistake the company selling them won't get in trouble, you will. You'll be blamed and blacklisted, your name will be on a computer and you won't even be able to get an aspirin. This blacklist will follow you around for the rest of your life. Meanwhile the real culprits, the people advertising, "Buy Tramadol legally" go on about their merry way and you're screwed for the rest of your natural born life....

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I do not know of anyone here who said anything about Tramadol. I did remark weeks ago that my MIL received this medication from her physician and he knows the law.

Doctors will prescribe it for people in pain and I do not know of anyone who even wants this drug or anyone who would go on line to the illegal sites. Who is that dumb?
Those of us here have doctors. They know what schedule the meds are and so do the pharmacists. So I am confused by your post?

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Jimmy, drs can also give refills on Tramadol prescriptions. Federally, it is a Schedule IV.

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Tramadol does nothing for pain it just makes u feel like ur drunk- they should save it for alcaholics that cant stop drinking !

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A doctor's prescription is no longer based on his or her judgement but out of fear of the FDA. I am a pain sufferer too, not an addict, and there's nothing wrong w a community of people trying to actually find a dr who will still prescribe what has worked for them in the past. I am a nurse practitioner. I am not specifically advocating for opiates, but as of now, we do not have another class of medications to help high level pain, so what do you propose these people do? Just scream their life away until they go into shock like I did? I am not going to stand by and watch people scream bc the FDA is trying to curb addiction statistics. Addiction is a combination of genetic and behavioral components. If you have the gene, regardless of the mechanism of action it will often express. If you don't, most times it won't. You must have never had constant pain that makes you scream all day and night. What the FDA is doing is cruel and they are essentially turning their backs on an entire group of people. If that was not the case, we would not have forums like this. These people are desperate and I understand desperation because I have been there. If you have not truly experienced pain that makes you wish you were dead then you have no idea what you are talking about and you need to stay out of these poor people's business. Shame on you for electing yourself judge and jury of a group of people you neither know nor understand.

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What is being said is Tramadol is wortless for some one with his pain level. The CDC is damaging pain management pts by limiting opiates. As a lic medical practitioner I couldn't agree more. Get government out of our doctors office's. Stop the intense suffering that millions of people globally are forced to endure. The US is a leader in medicine. Hopefully in compassion.

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Yes and yes and shame on those who judge others. I don't even know why they are on this forum other than to tear people down who are already at the end of their rope. Be helpful, supportive, or get lost!

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I agree one hundred percent. This has essentially reached a level of absurdity that clinicians haven't seen since the 70s. People who are suffering are going to have to come together and make their voices heard. And nurse practitioners and physicians who support them need to not be afraid to join the cause. Loud gets heard, even if it's a minority.

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Tramadol most definitely IS a narcotic. Not sure where you got that information and you can't buy it unless you have a prescription.

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Has anyone had negative UA results when you are taking your medication? This happened to me twice and the pain management clinic just stopped prescribing me cold Turkey and I didn't have any with drawl symptoms! My primary doctor said it could be my endocrine system metabolizing it to fast....an ultra metabolizer.....has anyone had experience with this?

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I HAVE CHRONIC PAIN IN MY NECK AND HAND AND BACK. I HAVE HAD SURGERY ON MY NECK AND HAD TWO DISCS REMOVED AND PLACERS INSERTED. I'VE HAD KNEE SURGERY AND EXTREME CARPAL TUNNEL IN MY RIGHT HAND AND CAN'T EVEN SLEEP AT NIGHT OR DAY UNLESS I KEEP MY HAND IN A CLOSED FIST. I HAVE DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE AND ACUTE BODY ACHES. I'M NOT A DRUG ADDICT....I'M AT MY LAST WHITS WITH PAIN, I NEED HELP GETTING MEDICATION TO HELP ME ...JUST TO FEEL NORMAL AGAIN, NO PAIN! I LIVE IN VALDOSTA GA. {edited for privacy}....I THINK WE ALL SHOULD START SOME KIND OF CIVIL LITIGATION, SOMETHING AGAINST THE DEA!

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Wildhearts,

Aren't you in SC? I am thinking you gave me the names of a few in Charlotte, NC one time although most were cash only pain clinics. Are we all just screwed here? That is what it all looks like to me. Too many ?'s & not ENUFF answers. "Let's feed the true addicts & screw the chronic pain patients." Signed our government.

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