Doctors Willing To Prescribe Heavy Pain Medication In Colorado (Page 17)
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I have a serious problem. My dr. had two patients start dr. shopping and has decided it is too big of a pain in his butt to continue prescribing, even though I have gotten MRIs and Xrays to prove my problems. I have over a half a dozen herniated discs in my low back, along with degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, scoliosis and arthritis in my facet joints. I am currently on5 30mg oxycodone a day for breakthrough and 60mg of methadone for my long lasting meds. I REALLY need a doctor in the Denver, CO area who will not judge me because of my age, thinking I'm just some drug seeker as I TRULY need my meds to function. I am even being placed on disability until I can get my back healed because if something doesn't change I will be in big time pain for the rest of my life. If ANYONE knows of a good doctor that prescribes strong meds willingly in the Denver area please let me know. I am in desperate need of help as I am going to be SCREWED if I cannot find a good doctor. SOMEONE please help me with a doctor!!!!!

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Janedoe: No Kratom, no cannabis. I did use baclofen as my main comfort med; had some gabapentin, and the clonidine for high blood pressure, racing heart, and anxiety was a godsend. If you talk to your PM doctor, tell him your goals, he may prescribe the comfort meds for you. I would try to wean a lot more slowly than I did... the slower, the better, and the less you will suffer. Good luck!

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Seeking a pain management doctor in colorado springs, co. zip 80925. My primary ins. medicare, 2nd is anyhem blue cross. I just moved here from san diego, ca. {edited for privacy}. I have been in pain management for many yrs. I'm 60 yrs old and have multiple pain problems. I'm an amputee above the left knee. I also have severe chronic pain in my lower back; 24/7 pain and osteoarthritis (right hand pain). I also have osteoporosis causing me to undergo a prosthetic hip and socket operation on 4/23/14. My entire back has problems along with neck pain and shoulder pain. My medications will be filled on 3/20/17. That gives me 28 days to find a pain mgmt. Dr. Please help me to find a good pain mgmt doctor.

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Cadsandra
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but docs won't prescribe diazapem and opiates,your best bet is a drive to new mexico,grand Junction or denver,there is nothing in the mtns, I do denver once a month ,8 hr drive and $200 out of picket, the state will reimburse you st 38 cents a mile with preapproval .
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, have you thought about getting yr associate degree in nursing,then bsn online? Also most hospitals won't hire u to nurse if u take pain meds,too much of a liability due to the bad apples,unfortunately even those of us with pain docs are trying to wean ourselves life just sucks,plus please be careful posting with kids still at home,cps would love that info!!

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Confused,

Any helpful tips for weaning? Do you use any non-meds like kratom, cannabis, etc.? My concern is those may be illegal soon.

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I'm searching for anyone that can help me find good medical care in hopes that maybe one day I can return to school and finish what I worked so hard for in 2013. At that time..I was proudly four semesters away from having my BSN with psychology as my minor I worked 15 years as a lead CNA. I specialized in Alzheimer and long term care. On April 23rd 2013 MY LIFE CHANGED. My husband ..myself...and my elderly father in law were all involved in a near fatal vehicle accident. Today my life is much different than it used to be.. Today.. I struggle each day with my daily duties as a mom of three still left at home ...five are fearfully grown.. and keeping up with my life ..and now everyday ..constant pain I am left with. Trust me it was a lesson well learned.. to buckle up... We were not that day and as we flipped and the ceiling caved..I was slammed against the steering wheel. Today I suffer from daily all day neck pain.. as my neck was injured and there was two inches of swelling between my vertebrae. My mid back ..bra line has an Injury. Causing a burning pain...with a electrical shock feeling without warning..I have permanent numbing in my left upper calf..with continued electrical shock feelings without warning causing severe immediate pain..often breathtaking.I have severe neuropathy in my feet causing electrical impulses through them without warning..feels like being stabbed. I had bariatric surgery years before in 2009 that healed many things but seemed to cause as many ailments as it did take away. so today I have severe neuropathy in my back..legs..feet. I have a pinched nerve in my upper back again my waist area. I have intermittent loss of feeling in my feet. So I'm frustrated as I have become nothing but a drugstore...don't have a big stomach yet daily my meds fill my stomach..I suffer from several different pains all day.. burning..electrical.stabbing....so I have to try and function on meds - neurontin 2400 mg.

I take many nutritional supplements as my bariatric surgery caused nutritional issues... I have hereditary anxiety ...problem where I Internalize stress...pain ext..causing me to deal with my stress..pain or whatever by other means.such as rocking..to pulling my own hair out.. I had a care provider that seemed to do all she could for me.. for about a year if been treated with 50 my fentanyl every three days as well as three 20mg oxycodone..as well as no weekly b-12 inner muscle inj's. and a muscle relaxer called methocarbamol. I also take 30 mg cymbalta and two five mg diazepam daily. I reside in a very rural area in Colorado. It's in the San Luis valley. It's three hours approx to Pueblo one way. I am pending g disability with a lawyer so our income is very low.. as we are forced to live on tanf and food assistance. The family does not own a vehicle. I am unsure why but my provider was shut down until further notice.. we were all instructed to find a new provider. this is a challenge for our area as it holds the record for opiates absurdity the doctors are all scared So as many of us legit with medical records know it has made it almost impossible to get our medications. I am searching for a provider who will listen..actually look at our medical records and truly try to help us.. instead of making us suffer. I provided a U/A every month and was on a pain management contract.. I just want someone real not just a pill writer but not just left to suffer either.. but help...so any doctor search help would be appreciated.. Plz so often I wish the pain would just go away...I'd love to wear my scrubs again....plz help even if the medical is out of town. I just have to find help..but can't afford months of trips out of town.. it's all frustrating as it is even painful to ride for hours.

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Janedoe:

I think you are being realistic in setting a goal to wean yourself off. I tried to taper off my prescribed meds, and did so for three weeks, and then jumped off. I am clean now. I still don't feel very well, and am dealing with knee and back pain. However, I will be one of those to lose health insurance if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. I cannot afford to pay for both pain management and the drugs out of pocket. Also, the ER drug I was prescribed, was suggested to have production cut by 45% in 2017! I see the handwriting on the wall. I am so glad I am done with the worries about what will happen that day I go to fill my meds, and they are no longer available.

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I read the link, it is what some would call fake news. The main problem is the ama guidelines, the folks that abuse drugs and the huge increase in illicit drugs. The folks all say oh, I got started down this path cuz of my doc, it's just like antibiotics, people want an immediate fix so the doc writes a script. No one should be written a script for opiates for mild back pain but the doc wants to please the patient. The American wants immediate relief and it's a slippery slope from there, due to all the media and overdoses, docs get scared and stop writing scripts for everyone including valid pain folks. I wish there was an alternative, now the family doc is in over his head, just says stop using, see you later, go to a pain management clinic of which there are very few and we are all judged!

It sucks, I know but I think we are all going to have to go back to living in pain and weaning ourselves off because no one will care when the laws get written lower and lower. Trump is going after pot and I would imagine he will hit Colorado hard on that! My only hope is that he focused on that rather than opiates, as I have never had trouble getting my script filed but I don't mind generic. I think you get in trouble or labeled if you are a knowledgeable patient. I am going to take my pain pill and then start weaning myself off. It sucks but I am of the opinion today that life in general is nasty short and brutish!

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Someone at the DEA gave me this link. Hope it works.

nationalpainreport.com/dea-doctors-pharmacies-responsible-pain-med-denials-8822886.html

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SMALLS Thank you for your reply. I know the prescribing information has changed and previous what needed 1 doctor now needs 2. This is not a problem for me as I was already getting my xanax from my psychiatrist. What bothers me is that my PM doc will no longer let me fill the Rx my psychiatrist gives me. Obviously I could but it would violate my contact. My neurologist also wants me to continue xanax. My neurologist read me the most recent warnings on all benzos. He said that it is not new information by any means and has been well understood for 20 years. The fact that the FDA changed its wording just puts the prescriber at more legal risk than previously was the case. In the Oklahoma thread I did find that quite a few PM docs are allowing patients like myself (who have been on opiates and xanax for a long time) to continue being prescribed both. Some OK PM docs don't require a sleep study and actually write both Rx themselves. I would not switch to a PM who does so as I don't imagine his practice will continue much longer.

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If you look up the 2017 formulary for oxycodone 10, 20 and 30 mg, it will show it needs PA, QL & ST. Prior Authorization, Quantity Limitations, & Step Therapy. For some reason, I can't post any links. But you can Google.

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I posted several links to show that whatI am saying is fact, not opinion. They are in review. But honestly all you need to do is Google (is the FDA cutting or halting the manufacturing of opioids, or oxycodone).
It says that they are and by 25% OR MORE!
You can also Google, can you use marijuana with Benzos or opioid pain killers?
Thank you, everyone. Have a nice, pain free day!

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DEA: Production of most opioids to be cut by one-quarter in 2017 | Righting ...

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FACTS, NOT OPINION:

DEA Is Cutting Production Of Prescription Opioids By 25 Percent In 2017

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This is incorrect....or only partially correct at best. Yes, they are reigning in the use of opiates, but they are not banning higher dose oxy for anything less than stage 2 or higher cancer. They still leave this to the doctors discretion....but have much stricter guidelines. The6 will still prescribe it for cases where EXTREME pain is involved, like major infections, amputations, severe breaks and the like. It will be more limited as to how long they can prescribe it, and doctors will be more active in trying to fix the cause of the pain, and manage it using other meds. This info came straight from my doctors mouth.....I showed her this thread and she said there are bits of truth to it....but not much. She said docs will be watching for signs of abuse and handle those cases accordingly. I asked about marijuana....she said there is no laws against using it in combination with pain meds....that is up to the individual clinic. She compared it to beer or alcohol and pain meds......they should never be used together.
Take this info for what it is....just more info, but it did come straight from one of the few docs in town that still does general practice and pain management.

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What states are limiting the meds? Also is it just oxycontin or all opiates, oxycontin is the most abused and it does seems to be the most addictive. Also there are other medical conditions such as muscle degenerative diseases. It would help if folks would say where they are getting theor info, if that was true, the pm clinics would need to wean all of us which would mean starting like now and all would be out of biz since the oncologists don't need to work about sending their folks to pm

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OMG, thanks. I almost wish I never asked the question, and after reading some of these latest posts! And, if 7 states are doing that now, it's ONLY A MATTER OF TIME before CO jumps on that bandwagon. It's too juicy to pass up.
Isn't so great that our government tells us what to do?

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TERRY,

There is no law from the FDA that says primary care physicians cannot prescribe opiates. The problem is there's so many drug abusers and so many suicides from people abusing them that it comes back on the doctor if one of their patients dies. This in turn causes the liability insurance or malpractice insurance the doctors have to pay to skyrocket if they prescribe pain opiates more than a certain amount a month or per patient.

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SARAH,
Sarah I'm so sorry I may have missed a post but what doctor or what place are you saying NOT to mail your MRI's to and why?
We would all appreciate more information, if there's somebody out there that we need to be aware of please give us more information. thank you, much appreciated

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LORI,
Please make sure when you go into whatever dr. you find here in Denver that you do not have any marijuana or THC in your urine or blood, if you do you will not be prescribed any opiates whatsoever. And you run the risk of being blackballed or blacklisted or red named or whatever that doctor calls it.

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HYRD
No doctor in the United States will prescribe an opiate of any kind with a benzo. It causes respiratory failure and then the doctors were being found liable so the doctors are no longer, per the FDA are allowed or permitted to prescribe an opiate or painkiller with any benzo such as Valium. And they're also taking methadone off the shelf as a choice.
Per the FDA as of the end of 2017 unless you have cancer and I believe it must be stage 2 or higher with a T2 cell ratio you may not be prescribed 30 milligram oxycodone.

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