Suffer From Migraines 2-3 A Month, Any Doctors In Albany, Ny That Will Write Small Rx ?

I recently had open heart surgery and was prescribed Oxycodone HCl for the first time in my life. The pain of the surgery was the worst I have ever had. The Oxy helped a lot.

I had a migraine a few weeks after getting out of the hospital and I knew I could not take the Furinol (sp) because it has caffinine and I can no longer have caffinine, it cause AFIB, so I tried one of the 10 mg Oxycodone tablets. I laid down, as I always do, put on my CPAP and I was already into the aura phase of the migraine. I stayed motionless for about an hour, and the aura faded, as it usually does, and I waited for the pain and naseau to start.

To my shock, neither of these happened. Not only that, I could see, which usually I can not after the aura fades. I stayed in bed for another 45 minutes, waiting for the pain, but when it did come it was a 1 or 2 instead of a 10. I got up, and I could function. Not 100%, but normally I am down for 24 hours when I get a migraine.

As the day went on the pain increased, and when it hit a 5, I took another 10 mg and an hour later, no pain, and no pain after that, the migraine was gone. This is a miracle. No drug that they have ever tried worked like this. This actually works to treat migraines. They had tried everything on the books, including Hydrocodone, which did not work, and I don't know why it is different than Oxycodone, but Oxycodone works. So, I told my PCP and I explained how this was a miracle drug and could he prescribe me 10 of these and I would come back in a few months when I needed more, since I figured not more than 3 migraines a month on average.

He said no. I could understand if I was asking for 30 a month, but 10 every 3 months. I know they have the new nationwide tracking procedure for schedule drugs, but does anyone know a doctor in the Albany / Saratoga NY area that will give a small RX like this for migraine headaches.

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Due to the new regulations that were put in place last year, your PCP can't write you a prescription for this medication, since it's an opiate narcotic. There are strict guidelines regarding what a PCP or surgeon can or can't prescribe, now.

You'd need to see a pain management specialist or a neurologist.

Have you tried asking your PCP to refer to someone else for help?

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