Doctors In Louisiana That Prescribe Methadone For Chronic Pain (Page 10)
UpdatedI have been taking 120 mg of methadone for approximately 5 years. My husbands job transferred us from Florida to Louisiana where I found a pretty good pain doc. He is now running scared and wants to take me off of methadone. Methadone has given me a good quality of life; I am able to work and be a productive member of society. My doctor is unwilling or unable to assist me in finding a new doctor who will continue my meds. Oh yeah, I have been the route of blocks and injections and gotten little if any relief. I'm tired of being branded a drug seeker-I have years of medical records that back up my claims and verify the dosages that I've been on-what drug seekers have this kind of back up? I am looking for a Louisiana doctor, but am willing to travel (within reason of course). Please help!!
My pain management doc in Baton Rouge will no longer prescribe methadone, although he had me on it many years. He says doctors are phasing it out for chronic pain but it sounds like a witch hunt to me! Can anyone recommend a pain clinic who has not developed this hang up?
I have a doctor who I've been going to for 10 years. He has me on 80mg methadone a day. He is very strict and doesn't take patients under 30yo. You also have to have documentation for your injuries (i.e.) MRI....
I truly feel for all of you that are looking for doctors. When all of our clinics quit prescribing.....makes no sense......and sending everyone, even my 70 year old, 100% disabled mother! to the pain clinic and there was nothing they could do for her, The clinics STILL would not take her because she is a chronic pain patient even though she has never taken anything stronger than hydrocodone and, in 20+ years had her dose changed once. I have to take her to a clinic that is over an hour drive, one way, just for her to get her meds. On the plus side, she really loves her new doctor. I am a nurse who ran a private clinic for years and we would NEVER turn a patient away due to chronic pain! Even today! The DEA, FDA, and politicians have got to STOP getting in the way of doctors and their patients. I am also a chronic pain patient and see the same doc my mother does but my pain is not treated as well as hers. That is partly due to the fact that I will never chance taking oxycodone again after I got Actavis brand a month ago and went through hell with it. Now I'm back on hydrocodone that doesn't work well for me. Never more than 6 per day. No, my doc doesn't try to make me suffer.... in fact, he doesn't have to treat me at all, but he does. One thing I will NEVER understand, though, is why new docs will not keep patients on the med(s) that have been working for them. It's ludicrous! So, you disrupt a patients life just so YOU can be a doctor instead of listening to the patient and going by their medical records? Makes no sense at all! If I was a doctor, I would listen to my patients. You can't feel their pain and you can't decide what will work best for them unless they tell you. What is this world coming to? I don't blame the addicts either.....they DO have a disease and 95% of them would tell you they wish they weren't addicts. The doctors just need to learn how to handle the situations instead of going from one extreme to the other......from millions of pills given per month down to nothing! What kind of sense does that make? Yes, I blame the doctors for this so-called epidemic!
Wjoinfo, who is the doctor and how can I get a hold of him?
I am having trouble finding a Dr. in Baton rouge or any where in Louisiana that will prescribe methadone I had a Dr. for 3 years and he is no longer working and I am not having any success I am a hard working person with pain and need Knee replacement, and I find that the methadone lets me work and have as good of a life as possible. would like to find a Dr. that would help. if you know of one please respond. Thank you
May I ask the location? I am in Baton Rouge and have been forcibly taken off methadone despite being highly responsible and tolerating it for years. The PA says its usage is being phased out. Another example of bureaucrats somewhere deciding what is in grown people's best interests as a herd. I am an individual in chronic pain, I know what works for me, I take it responsibly, and if a few people have overdosed or abused it, still it makes no sense to punish me for that.
There's a place called the Anodyne Clinic. It's located in Metairie, La. He is a very good doctor who cares about his patients but he is very strict. He goes by the rules and does not want to get into trouble with the DEA. You have to have documentation and be 30 or over. The number is (504) 834-1311 Good Luck...
WHO???
I am in new Iberia going to a clinic I want to go to a Dr so I can pay with insurance
If you've been going to a Methadone Clinic, even if it is for the treatment of your pain. You won't find a dr who will take you because Methadone Clinics are for the treatment of opiate addiction.
Can you give me your drs name? My name is Jeff I've been looking for one
Please share info bout your doctor with me. In need asap of methadone doctor do not have transportation to drive daily to clinic in Alexandria, LA. Have chronic pain issues. Please help. Thanks for listening
Need a Northeast La doctor that can get me into a program for the pain . Need to function again. Do I have to have a script to do the clinic? Or do they do it there ? What about my antidepressant ! Will this affect getting it or is it also with the m clinic . Newbie
The clinic I go to is called the Anodyne Clinic. It's 206 Sierra Ct. Metairie, La. The phone number is (504) 834-1311. The doctor is very strict. You have to be 30yo or older. You have to have an MRI. Good Luck....WJOinfo
You won't find a dr who will refer you to a Methadone Clinic for chronic pain because that is not what they are for. You need to go to a Pain Managment Clinic. You may or may not need a referral depending on your insurance.
The pain management clinic here only does blocks for back pain and I have severe Ic of the bladder. Nycenta er and nycenta instant were great but then dr stopped cold turkey because he was being hassled . It worked .
I'm on oxycodone 30mg & it's veriy hard to find a PM dr or clinic now! I drive 4hrs every month to Houston & I can't take it anymore! I have to find a Louisiana dr will will except new patients & prescribe my meds I've been on for 14+ yrs. if anyone can help me plz let me know- and has anyone heard of Comprehensive pain management & if they are any good? My email is {edited for privacy}.
You will have to find another pain management clinic. If you have an addiction problem, then you can try a Methadone clinic. But, after going to the Methadone clinic, it may be impossible to get your chronic pain treated. Call your insurance company and ask them if you need a referral and if you don't ask them for a list of Pain Managment Drs that take your insurance. If you don't have insurance, it will cost app $250-$350 a month if you can find a pain managment dr who will accept cash. Your first visit will be more than that. If you were being prescribed anti depressant by your last pain managment dr, it will be up to a new dr is they want to prescribe it. A new dr may or may not prescribe you what your last dr was giving you. They will also want a copy of your medical records from your last pain dr.
Hi I was in your same situation about two years ago. I was seeing a doctor in laffayette Louisiana driving three hours once a month and did that since 2005. The clinic ended up being shut down. It was a mess. My nurologist could not write me anything but Percocet tens so that of course didn't help the doctor in Lafayette was unable to give me a copy of all my health records so I basically have no proof of going to the pain clinic all those years. We were actually told when the clinic shut down the methadone was going to be banned so I assume I was not gonna be able to get it anymore anyway. I started taken 30 mg oxycodone. I would run out early and have to spend too much money trying to find them on the streets so I ended up finding a methadone clinic in Hammond Louisiana its called choices of Louisiana. I'm back steady on my methadone and feeling good maybe worth trying out good luck hope everything works out
I have been on narco 10\325 for 7 years for my RA and my doctor can no longer write my script because of the change in laws. I have medicaid so no pain manegment will doctor will see me. I need to find a pain manegment doctor that's taking new patients and exsepts cash payment. I live in Leesville,LA Vernon parish
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