Why Al Pain Clinics R Cuting Patients Meds

My pain clinic was manageing my pain until 3 months ago. I went to pick up my scripts and was surprised at the change n my meds without my knowledge! I was on 4 60mg morphine er and 3 30mg morphine ir a day and my pain was manageable.They cut me to 2 100mg morphine er and 11/2 30mg morphine ir. no warning something about DEA or DEU regulations changeing. Now this month they changed it to 2 60mg oxicontin er and its a joke!!! what's going on with Alabama pain clinics and what they can or can't write their patients?? Does anybody no what's going on?

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Hello,

From what I can gather, Alabama ranks high amongst the country for the use of prescription pain killers- in turn, Alabama has been linked to a string of unnecessary deaths in recent years due to prescription medications. This leads me to believe that the rules/ regulations that pain management clinics in Alabama have to abide by are very serious and constantly changing. They may also be having troubles with the manufacturer's who supply the medications. I know there are many that deal with this issue and the clinics are very likely having trouble informing all of their patients about each change in their prescriptions. I am not making excuses for them, because I do believe that it is there job to inform their patients of any changes, however- I also recommend speaking with them about the issues you're having upfront so that they understand how important it is that you know what's going on. Usually, when you need answers you have to go straight to the source. If you speak with them and nothing changes, I would most definitely file a complaint (I'm not sure how much good that would do, but it's worth a shot). I also read that Alabama (amongst many other states) is starting to limit the amount of prescriptions that can be covered by Medicaid. I'm not sure if you use Medicaid (you don't need to share that information if you're not comfortable), but if you do that might be why you are having complications.

I hope this info/insight has helped you some!

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