How To Find A Doctor That Will Write Prescriptions /narcotic For Pain
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I have been with the same doctor for years now he said he can no longer write for pain medicine so I have to find a doctor or pain clinic that will continue my pain medicines and that is it how can this be after he has had me on these pain medicine for years taking my money for every visit to continue me on these medicines now he is stopping and I have to find a new doctor that will work with me Where do I find a doctor that will help me and take over my care.

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Hi there
Were you able to find someone to help you out?

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Yes, my PM doctor has been requiring that we sign a yearly narcotic contract since 2010, and has been performing UA's since the mddle of that same year. Our UA's used to be done like clockwork every 3 months, starting in May of 2016 to the present it is done every visit.

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Need va dr or online Dr that will write scripts for pain meds. Have chronic pain. Be helpful if took medicaid but not neccessary

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Tired of hurting. I understand your frustrations but if you know people are selling their medications or not taking them as they should then mention it to your doctor so they can bring them in for a pill count or u/a. Also did you ever think that person in the store laughing is having a good day. On a good day I can go canoeing but that does not mean I do not have chronic pain or do not need opiate medications. We complain about being judged but sometimes we are the worst and doing it ourselves. If someone tells you they are not using their meds right or selling them you have a responsibility to tell their doctor. That helps him continue to prescribe to you and may just get someone in the position to get the help they need.

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Dear Tired, We are all tired. I didn't look at the dates but if I remember right, the person with the accidental overdose twice blah blah is from last year, is a rare thing &....respectfully...old news. You're very fortunate, blessed & lucky to have a pain management Dr. The junkies you speak of will always be around. If they don't get their drug of choice from the Dr they'll find it somewhere else. Imho it's not the junkies caused this disaster of health care.It's the CDC & dea. They need to keep their cushy jobs & have a god complex.

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When will the chronic pain community, which I am part of, finally realize we have to take responsibility for policing ourselves or face the consequence of no one helping us happen? I am sorry but you can't really blame a pain management doctor being afraid to see you after you accidentally overdosed twice and wound up in the ER. It is very frustrating to read things like that. It is one of the reasons chronic pain patients are required to jump through hoops just to get medication needed to try to live life somewhat normally.

I constantly have my condition on my mind and medications for chronic pain are very serious and should be treated that way. It is not like you just take one extra pill and BAM your od'd to the point of having to be hospitalized unless the pills you are taking are entirely to strong for you to be taking anyway. The reason there are child proof bottles is because people who cannot understand or comprehend the seriousness of these medications should not have access to them. 19,000 people died last year alone. When people sell their medication or do not take it seriously it hurts people who do.

After being in the hospital for more than a year and having several surgeries I thought being able to walk again would be the toughest thing I'd ever deal with in life. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Constantly having to deal with medications, jumping through the hoops and hours of waiting at doctors offices, having doctors treat me like a drug addict just so I can get a prescription and worrying weather or not I'll be able to pick up my 1 year old child because NO DOCTOR WANTS TO EVEN BE IN PAIN MANAGEMENT anymore to even prescribe the medication is. But I don't blame the doctors. How can we blame them? They are a product of a system that has eroded through years and years of abuse. They go to school for 8 years and leave with hundreds of thousands of dollars in student debt then face loosing their license daily because they are not mind readers at the fair and they are constantly lied to by drug dealers or junkies posing as patients.

Almost every thread on here has people saying "You can't see pain." "How dare you judge me." "They just up and cut me off because XXXXX" If you almost kill yourself not once but twice, where is your responsibility in the matter? If the doctor gave it to you again and you OD'D again and God forbid the ER couldn't save you he would wind up on the front page of the local paper in a mug shot and every single person in the community would be talking about how he deserved to go to jail and what a POS he was. Why as true chronic pain sufferers do we not see that this cavalier attitude towards our medication is destroying the medical community's ability to treat the responsible chronic pain patients that don't lie or abuse the medication they are providing with the dignity we believe and we do deserve?

I know at least half of the patients in the Pain Clinic I go to are either faking injury to get narcotics to sell, or making their injuries out to be worse than they truly are to get more medication to get buzzes or to sell as well. How do I know this. Because I either know the patients, they openly discuss these practices, or I see them around town after being pushed into the office in a wheel chair walking through a store laughing while I'm struggling to push myself through my 60 hour a week job and praying I will have enough energy left to eat dinner with my wife and son when I get home. Until we change the community none of this will get better.

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I'm surprised they didn't make you sign one when you first started. They were probably looking through their records and just saw you didn't have one. Just go sign it. That's all they want..
ALL pain management Drs. Are supposed to get those client contracts signed..

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I understand the type of clinic you're referring to at one point I was with a group of doctors like that and they literally did six epidural injections on me and it was like they were holding pain meds hostage and less I continuously made them huge money by being knocked out every six weeks to get inject That only made me worse and were dangerous every time you may not be able to find a regular pain doctor if you've not had injections and such but I'm now with the physician that knows I tried everything and surgical procedures and he knows I'm at a stable point and just need pain control I've been with them about seven years and he's in his 60s and I worry constantly that something might change like he might retire so good luck to you and be clear you have your surgical records and your prescription records and explain to the doctors why you can't have additional trigger points etc. my recommendation is simply not to look at pain doctors that have an associated Surgi center located in their building because that's where they make their money and if you complain about an increase in pain with these people they put you back into epidurals rather than increasing your medication I would avoid those moneymaking Mills at any cost good luck in your search !

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Jenifer, I'll second your info re;the state pharmacy board's drug monitoring data base. In Ohio for example, the Pharmacy Board headquarters is located in Columbus. In 2013 the database was set up with records going back 2 years. I think I paid $25 or $30 to get a copy of mine. At the time I just wanted to make sure no mistakes were made plus was just very curious to see what it looked like. I could've filled out a form, had it notarized and mailed the request in as well. I don't know if it's still set up that way.

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You can usually find out how long records are kept by going to you state prescription monitoring programs website for your state. Each state is a little different in what medications they report. For example some states it is just opiates medications other states it's all schedule 2 class drugs and in some states it all prescription drugs. Also more states are sharing there list and I expect I the next 10 years the state prescription monitoring program will be come national. The information I was talking about was for MN and if I recommend correctly FL. Also some states allow you to get your records from the your state prescription monitoring program by filling out a form and paying a small fee. Again in Mn I have gotten my own records. I hope that answers your questions. To find your state prescription monitoring program for the state you live in you should be able to get it by just Googling it.

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I know this has been in practice since 2001, because I had to sign one when I started seeing Dr. Miller after my accident...after I got out of the hospital..

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Jenifer , would you please post your source for PMP's keep records for 2-3 yrs ? Thanks.

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Hi, Yes signing a narcotic contract is legal and anyone who is given any type of pain medicine and or any type of narcotics do have to sign one. It basically says that the doctor you are going to is prescribing pain medicine to you and that you are not allowed to get any prescriptions for narcotics from any other doctor.

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Many States have changed the precribing practices...say your PCP isn't supposed to write chronic pain meds in Tennessee anymore, your supposed to find a Pain Physician Group to address your pain issues. I've personally known SEVERAL area Drs. That have gotten in legal hot water for their own prescribing practices...this may be similar situations your M.D.s dealing with now.

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Prescription monitoring programs usually keep the list of meds you have been prescribed for 2-3 years
It is very easy to OD on opiates. Just having a glass of wine can do it if you don't drink much or are prescribed other mood altering meds like Valium.

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Sally , what did the dr say ? A lot of pain drs won't prescribe anxiety meds because mental health is not their specialty. Do you have a copy of your medical records from your previous dr ? Any new dr will need medical proof that you have a medical problem that may cause pain severe enough to require opiates. Each dr has their own way of doing things. You can't go in and ask for a specific med. Most drs will start you out on the mildest at the lowest dose and go from their. If you are taking a high dose of meds, it is doubtful that you will find a dr that will continue to prescribe that high dose to you. If you broke the rules in a pain contract, it is also doubtful that you will be able to find a dr that will manage your pain.

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.. I need a doctor in Nebraska or Kansas City area that will prescribe pain medication for a chronic pain

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Need pain pills for slipped disk and pinch nerves and anxiety not therapy or trigger point injections went for help at new pain management specialist no help please tell me what I did wrong

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My husband filled scripts from two different docs. I know ur situation is different but he was blacklisted amongst doctors for 5 years. I don't know how long they ban u for an attempted od. Maybe get some phchiatric help and prove u are getting better.... just a thought. Or just ask them what u have to do.

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Most doctors now a days are doing this.. you must go to a chronic pain care clinic to get the meds that relieve pain. Obama took care of all that. Sorry :(

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