Doctors Who Will Prescribe Pain Medications In Florida Along The East Coast (Page 3)

I have "Idiopathic Small Fiber Peripheral Neuropathy" and have been fighting this HORRIFFIC PAIN since Jan 24,2012 and it took till April meeting with my Neurologist (I lived in Atlanta) to have an EMG and then a Biopsy to verify my illness. Then they ran it felt like a million test over and over and I passed all so they could not find the underlying cause so it's spreading quick and PAIN is HARSH! My Ga Family Practice WROTE ALL MY PAIN MEDS! I needed to leave Atlanta due to the weather and I chose Ormond Beach next to Daytona BUT AS I TRY TO FIND DRS. DOWN HERE IT IS A NIGHTMARE!! Family Practice DO NOT WRITE SCRIPTS AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET IN WITH A 'Pain Mgmt' Dr. Who prob WONT WRITE YOUR SCRIPTS?? I worked up to these for two years and THERE IS NO CURE FOR MY ILLNESS BUT THESE DOSES HAD MEE GETTING UP AND STARTING TO ENJOY LIFE? PLEESE... I SEE VAGRANTS HANGING OUT AT FLAGER STORES SELLING MY SAME PILLS SO SOMEONE IN FLORIDA HAS TO BE WRITING THEM AND I NEED THEM DESPARATELY FOR MY LIFE AND PAIN!! Please HELP!!

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Just want to help any other Floridians. In tampa there are 3 clinincs i have basic knowledge about. The first is Dr. Mohammed on MLK in Tampa Fl, does not take medicare idk @ other insurances i do know as of 10/2014 300$ was the cash price for first visit, The second i learned about today Dr. Chardhari (i can never get his name right sorry) but he come up when you put univerist Pm in your browser Tampa FL 33613 their website states insurances they take, third Genesis ive been there they take medicare (not medicaid) and many other insurances, They required of me a current FL MRI (they wouldn't accept my CO MRI) I had to submit a u/a sample and it had to match with what i said i was taking. then the dr rx'd what i was taking from the state I moved from, however my meds were cut by 50% because of the laws here in FL.. BTW guess i'm thankful.... but it took me time to establish with a pharmacy.

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Dr Chowdhari is horrible. He doesnt give any medication unless you are about to die. I had everything proving my condition, he took a U/A to see I wasn't a drug addict and he refused to give me medication. Don't waste your money and time on him. He was reprimanded in court for giving drugs to a drug addict and since that happened he doesn't care about anyone's pain. You can look it up online.

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Why I am gaining weight---I have OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS TOO. I was eating 600 calories a day and bicycling 30 miles each day to maintain a healthy weight because that is how MY BODY WORKS. I HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF EXERCISE AND I CAN BARELY WALK. Doctors here are scum. They are uneducated and only care about money. I have an allergy on paper, that I had since childhood to something they are putting in everything now. Even with ALL the proof and paperwork these doctors are stupid that they dont understand it doesnt matter what it is in, if you have a severe allergy YOU CANT TAKE IT. I had that dumb illiterate Dr had his secretary tell me that my only being able to take certain brands is drug seeking behavior. OMFG! If a doctor can't understand a LETTER from 5 Freaking doctors that say a person can die if they eat, smell etc something, they ARE NOT A DOCTOR. The ONLY Doctors here are stupid Florida educated illiterates that got passed through. The only other doctors from the North are rejects who got suspended in NY etc and came down to dumbland FL to practice. Sorry but I say it as it is. If I know more than my Doctor, that Doctor needs to be an Dishwasher not a Doctor.

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If you have records Dr korivi may prescribe for u until you can get into a pm clinic and you may have to pay cash. If the meds help you work then it would b worth paying for the first visit is almost 300$ but then 175. This Is genesis medical clinic in Tampa. Of coarse u need MRI scans etc less than 2 years old. I totally understand not being the best parent u can be due to pain . I get very little $ on disability but if I had to pay 175. Every month I would make a way to do so it would be worth it

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Wow thank you. I did not know this I met someone last week who left Dr. Chowdhari with some pain meds. I have not been to him . I've dealt with Genesis only so I know from experience about them. They put me on the meds I was already on actually cut my doses cuz of Fl law, but I have current MRI of my back its messed up I also have a cyst on my pituatary gland it causes constant head/eye/ facial pain. I've known of patients to have MRI showing some damage and they were prescribed something. They also check if you have an arrest history associated with drugs.

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I live in the SE FL in Palm Beach Gardens and my advice to find a decent dr is to use Miami Health system (but now for pain....was told by a compassionate dr there to stay away from hosipital affiliated drs because non can or will prescribe anything for pain mgt above Tramadol and Baclofen for the severe never ending muscle spasms....I really can believe I've been here two years and I finally find a doc to help and he's leaving FL for France so looking again.

But back to drs in FL....be SURE to check reviews, where he studied, years of experience, and his age. Also check to BE SURE to see if he/she is Bd Certified and Licensed in this state.

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It's obvious to me that you don't know chronic pain! I've had fibromyalgia and degenerative disc and joint disease for many years. Awaking to pain makes you never want to awake. I also see a therapist, which, by the way, doesn't help the depression that comes from the pain, much less the pain of depression inherited from genetics. Who the hell are you to be telling anyone that their pain isn't real and why or from what they take. Quite frankly, you're no one to judge anyone AND ANYONE can go on here to ask for help from those who actually give a crap so don't waste your time putting people down! Go somewhere where, where your opinion doesn't matter!!

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For years, I used to go to "TAMPA PAIN CLINIC". Downstairs you could fill your pain meds at Kay's Pharmacy. I took Methadone and Oxycodone back then. The Doctor WAS Dr.VandeCar, who has since retired...but there is a new Doc there. Hopefully, he is a good one. You needs lots of records and they will KNOW if you are just an Addict looking for a High. They have a strict Contract you must follow. If you have legit pain and can prove it...then they can help you.

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Kaysee I have heard Tampa Pain Clinic Is very good. Its also sad about. Dr. Vandercar

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Let me start by saying I'm not on any pain medication but before you start judging people I was shot in my head and now suffer a lot of medical issues. Think before you speak never know what tomorrow could bring You yourself one day might be one of those you judged

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David and all others. You can see this party has mental issues and is using multiple names to attack you. First of all all pain patients on opioids become physically tolerant that does not make you an addict but you will if you go off medications cold become physically ill just as an addict does due to physical tolerance. A physician or a nurse (which I am) cannot indiscriminately call you an addict it is medical malpractice. I have NEVER absolutely ever heard of a proper pain physician medicating a morbidly obese person with Oxycodone in that amount to lose weight. 90% of physicians will not prescribe to obese for in many cases they are causing further pain and damage to joints and discs, etc. They expect to see a weight loss program--I guarantee in Florida who has gone through a fair shut down on multiple occasions of pill mills you will not find a doctor to treat obesity with that excuse or using a poor child as the excuse for losing weight (so they don't lose their child). Something is seriously wrong with this picture and the fact that party is using all kinds of names to post here. I suggest everyone report any posts that are abusive people here are seeking help in general not abuse.

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Allison,

I pray your the help that I've asked God for. After reading your post and seeing your a GA Peach by birth makes me even more excited. I am 45 and have been disabled since 2000. I have degenerative disc disease, I've already gone thru 3 back surgeries and I live in constant pain. I was supposed to have a fourth surgery last May but 2 days before the surgery I backed out. I wish I would have never had the first surgery. Since then life has been pretty much downhill from there. I suffer from type II diabetes, I am grossly overweight, since I can't move around a lot. My last surgery they fused my L4-L5, L5-S1. When I last saw a Dr about my back he scheduled the surgery so fast my head was spinning. He seemed to eager to cut me up, after all the only way it was going to affect him was by his wallet. Anyway the discs above AND below the fusion have now crunched inward causing more pressure on the nerves and more on my back and legs. I also have discs messed up on my throat area but i cant remember the specifics. I have been diagnosed with fibra-myalga(I know my spelling stinks) high bp, high cholesterol, low testosterone, I have glaucoma, restless leg syndrome, and I'm sure there's more but you get the idea. Every thing that I have gone through has been documented. I have gone thru pt, acupuncture, and I even reluctantly went to a chiropractic dr. I lived in Asheville NC most of my life but this past year I suffered an incredible amount of loss. Back in Aug of 2014, my cousin died unexpectedly, in Oct 2014 my Aunt died, Then on Jan 10, 2015 I suffered the greatest loss of my life, my mother.After having gone thru this shear hell in pain all these years it never prepared me for the pain I suffered when I lost my Mama. Then two weeks later another cousin died at the age of 30, and not two weeks after that HIS father, my cousin died. Two months later in March I lost my last Blood related Aunt. She was the one I was closest to. She had 4 kids and I had 3 brothers so whenever we did anything growing up there was a herd of us that's for sure. Then three weeks later I lost a dear friend in Fayetteville and a few weeks after that I lost another dear friend in Raleigh........SOOOOOO pardon me but this has been one helluva year. Thru it all though my Dr took care of me but he told me in Jan of 2015 that he would be retiring at the end of October. I was devastated. He has been my Dr since a was but a young child. He was my Dr for 34 years and it felt as if I had just lost ANOTHER family member because he has been there for me for most of my life. He recommended that I start looking for a Dr down in Ga because I had been traveling back and forth from NC to Ga every month or so because I would go to stay with my mother to help her at home but then I had my own son in GA that needed me. SOOOOOO that's why I'm writing to you. I am having a nightmare trying to find a Dr that will help me. I have been taking 13 30mg oxycodone for years now and it is the ONLY THING THAT WORKS FOR ME!!! My Dr in NC tried everything in the book to help my pain. We tried morphine, dilauded, hydracodone, and even fyntinal patches but I sweat profusely and the patches won't stick. My Dr even tried mixing different drugs to help but nothing worked. I could take the dilauded and it were as though I never took anything. I know the govt is trying to do something positive by putting these measures in place to stop the addicts and the dealers, however it is putting the injured populance of this country on notice that they don't really give a hoot about us. I don't take drugs to feel high. I'm no dope head. I'm just a obese man that has very little in this life to enjoy. I can tell you this without a doubt that they MAY get the numbers of overdoses down and hey I'm happy about that, but it will come with a cost, In order to reduce the overdoses of drug addicts that kill and steal to get money to get a fix what they are going to see is men and women that currently (for some of them) have a happy and fulfilling life because they keep their pain under control but without our meds this govt is going to stand in horror when they come to realize that the spike in suicides from middle aged and older folks grew exponentially because of their buracracy. If a person like me lives in constant pain I can not even throw a ball with my OVERLY ENERGETIC SON THAT HAS ADHD!!!!SOOOOOO long story short I need to find a Dr nearby that will take me on as a chronic pain patient. Like I said everything is documented and I even have a letter of recommendation from my Dr explain my case and how I have NEVER had a problem with my scripts. I have ALWAYS HAD THE!M FILLED IN A TIMELY MANNER!!! Those are just a couple of things he wrote in the letter. I can get all of these files to your old dr/hopefully my new Dr. So if there is anyway you can help I will jump thru whatever hoop he needs me to jump thru. I live in the Eatonton/Milledgeville area. Zip code is 31024. I think it's about an hour and a half drive but it will be worth it. So I close this letter with just a glimpse of hope, I don't want to get my hopes up again. So if you can help me I would be ever so grateful. {edited for privacy}. Thank-you so much for your help in advance. You are an Angel heaven sent. Thanks for your time.

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P450,

You are illiterate and cannot read obviously. Also seem to have some brain damage because if not you would realize that this blog has you make up a nickname every time you post. Someone may not post for a month etc.. and not remember what nickname they used or you may think its the same person when it's not.

Do you have a child that you nurse ALL day long while you can barely walk? You have no empathy for anyone. Being diabetic and having permanent and degenerative arthritis with other health conditions made me obese.

When you can't move and your body does not even absorb food properly, you gain weight. I had one Doctor, who wasn't a complete greedy creep like most. Many of these creeps barely passed and paid people to write their papers but you don't see their transcripts when you shell out $100s. The one Doctor gave me pain meds, insulin and other medication which just by these meds alone I was able to MOVE and my body used the 1200 calorie food that kept me OVER 500lbs, so that just this allowed me to get to 200lbs.

From then I was now able to exercise and reduce to 120 until I moved to the most odious State in the USA...Florida. I have lost 100 pounds now, living on nothing just to buy the medication these disgusting slug Doctors that can suck money out of every cavity you have but don't dare to sue the State of Florida to HELP THEIR PATIENTS. I am taking what my Doctor prescribed (dosage), but I can't afford the quantity I am supposed to have.

I won't die or not have anyway to take care of my child. This is MY LIFE and NO ONE should have the right to oppress someone through governing their medications.

If you are a Doctor who IS NOT Retarded, as they are in Florida....You can see the signs of a drug addict. They will keep asking for more, and they are EASY for anyone else to spot.

The PROBLEM is not ADDICTS. It is LAZY & TERRIBLE Florida Doctors who barely made it through school. I have been here just a few years and I HAVE HAD TO CORRECT more than 20 Doctors records for just my child alone. I have saved my child SIX times from being prescribed meds that would have harmed him because either the Retarded Doctor DID NOT remember one of my child's illnesses, one of my child's medications or one of my child's allergies.

DONT expect ANYONE in Florida SCAM SCUM state to assist you in ANY WAY. They think EVERYONE grew up in this Hell hole.

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And btw, I have like 2 posts on here. You are just too ignorant to see others might have the same opinion on this situation or on a Doctor that was too busy collecting his money to realize some guy was asking him for an increase of meds every week. Dr. Chowderhead is not a Doctor. He is a foreigner who couldn't get licenses outside of Florida.

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My last post was to P450.

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Read the DSM5, there is a difference between an addict and someone being treated with medication for a medical condition.

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I agree go back to the state where u were getting your meds normally..i made the mistake of moving to virginia 2 yrs ago from CALI..and made the huge huge mistake of thinking that sure docs will write me for the meds i have been on for over 20 years..i was sooooo soooo wrong nobody out in virginia or carolina writes for anything stronger than tylenol#3 let alone morphine and oxy n stuff like that...so long story ended up with me moving back to CALI back to a pain management doc..i would def. Go to wherever u can get your meds at

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Who was the Dr. in palm Coast that would prescribe medication that a person really needs? I just moved here and none of the doctors will refill my xanax that I have been taking for years for severe anxiety

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Doctors that will write a script for oxycodone 15 mgs x 4 aday on west coast of Florida. I have 5 illness and in chronic pain. I was taken this med for 9 years in North Carolina and moved to Florida in March 2016 and I go to a pain clinic in New Port Richey. My pm doctor has my records but keeps giving me a scrip for Butain 15 mcg patches which makes me sick with chest pain, sleepless, throwing up and I feel like I'm in a fog. Futhermore the patch doesn't last but anout 72 hours and it's a 7 day patch plus it comes off all the time. I can't use anything on my skin but paper tape and this patch is itchy and also breaks me out in bumbs. My pm doctor says "just keep trying it" bull I say to myself when it doesn't Stop my pain plus Won't stay on! Anyone have any suggestions??

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I could really use your help. I've been trying for months to find a pain dr near me and I'm having a really hard time. I live in Milledgeville,Ga about 2hours from Atlanta but I would be more than happy to drive to Atlanta 1a month or more if required. I have all of my records including x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, all Drs notes. I've been with the same dr for 32-34 years and he always took good care of me but last October he retired, leaving me in a major bind. No one is willing to write my script for the amount he did. He knows that I have a Super tolerance to pain meds and I suffer from a host of different ailments. Everything is very well documented and I have everything he would need to my a well informed decision about me. I have NO police record, I have always been on time having my scripts filled and I have never had any issues with drug panels but I desperately need help. I hope and pray you can get me some information that can lead me to someone that can help me. Thanks in advance for help.

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