Doctors In Louisiana That Prescribe Methadone For Chronic Pain (Page 14)

I 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!!

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hi I've been on methadone for 10 years at 120 mgs daily for chronic pain and lost my Dr. Can anyone help me? it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

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stevenson, where in Louisiana are you located? There is no way to know if another dr will prescribe you Methadone or the same amount that you have been taking. Each dr prescribes for their patients what in their professional opinion they need. You will need a copy of your medical records from your previous dr. If you lost your dr because he moved, retired, etc it will be easier to find a dr to treat your pain that if your dr refused to give you more Methadone or you broke one of the rules, like testing positive on a drug panel.

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I could use a new pain management Doctor as well for my chronic Lyme disease!

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I know this is a old post, but the person who posted that methadone gets in your bone marrow is right. I was on 90 mg of methadone for almost ten years. I just had recent mri of my neck and lower lumbar, something showed up in my bone marrow, I have to see if it's cancer. Before I had these mri's , my doctor changed my pain med to ms contin, said methadone caused damage to your body, it did work gteat for pain, but I am scared now, have to see a cancer doctor. The pain in my lower back is worse than ever. I hope this helps someone. If it wasn't for my new doctor wanting new test, I would have never known. I too have had chronic pain for 18 years, and have tried many meds that did nothing for me, until I was on strong pain meds. I know I might not be making sense , but I am scared, I pray that something that helped me for many years hasn't caused me to get cancer of my bone marrow. God bless all of us that live in daily pain.

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Bettyboob, there is a push on to stop prescribing Methadone for chronic pain. Thanks for sharing your experience. Chronic pain patients are so focused on getting their pain meds that they don't stop to realize that they do affect your body in negative ways long term. They don't realize that drs reducing high dosages and delaying starting younger people on opiates for chronic pain is to prolong their life and to give them better health. Chronic pain patients need to do their part to keep their dosages down and to delay starting on them as long as possible.

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Kacy, there is no way of knowing how a new dr will treat you. They rarely start patients off on the same meds and at the same dosages that they have been taking. A new dr will want a copy of your medical records from your current dr. Often, changing drs isn't the best thing. It would help if you shared where in Louisiana you are.

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I have been on 120mg of methadone for 14 years. Most other pain meds do not touch the pain. I was given to oxycotin when I was in the hosptal and it was the first drug to even touch the pain. I was told that I should see a neurologist and so I did. I was taken off the oxy and he put me on nortripolyne and it works. At first it took 100mg and the burning pain stopped. I still had the numbness which I could live with but the pain stopped. He increased the dose to 150mg and most of the symptons subsided.

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You're right BL, my family doctor wanted copies of my medical records from my pain doctor in order for him to give me a referral to a new pain clinic. Where I live you need a referral from your family doctor. I needed a new doctor because the doctor I have been seeing for seven years is too far away and my car died, I am disabled and can no longer work. And my new doctor did lower what I was taking for pain. I called after two weeks because my pain was so out of control, she did put me back on the dosage I have been taking for two and a half years. She also put me on Gabapentin, which I tried years ago and didn't help, maybe it will now. I have done inj's, physical therapy, neither helped me much, doing them again, hopefully it will help me.

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What do you mean you are drug tested once a month and treated like a heroin addict? If you were going to a PM doctor you also had to give monthly UA's. Heroin is an opiate same as any other. Being on it for pain doesn't make you any better than me..

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hi. I'm looking for a dr that will give me methadone, but I cant go to the clinic every day that's why I need a dr that I can see once a month. Please get back with me thanks

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amy , if you have gone to a Methadone clinic you won't be able to find a dr that will prescribe you Methadone or any other opiate for chronic pain. If you are an addict and you are taking the Methadone for addiction maintance, you will have to go to a Methadone clinic.

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I am looking for pain management in Louisiana.

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Donna, call your insurance company and ask the for a list of pain management drs in your area. You will also need s copy of your current medical records that prove that there is a medical reason that may cause pain severe enough to require pain medications.

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I need help in finding a good pain management doctor in south Louisiana area. I have an autoimmune disease and neuropathy both which generate extreme pain daily. I cannot continue to try and treat with Gabapentin only, it doesn't help relieve the "all over body" pain. Please help. Thank you

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I have similar issues. DId you ever find a doctor? In Louisiana?

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Thank you for this information. Finally someone on this site who will give a name. I have never seen so many posts without any helpful information.

Thanks again.

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Posters,

If you needed a Methadone clinic to save your life as a pain patient and it is documented you will receive proper treatment.

I have referred multiple patients throughout the U.S. in a crisis to do this to save their lives and if it is documented and you were treated properly for pain before it should not matter.

METHADONE is the cheapest long acting medication and lasts longer then any opioids we have out.

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BL,

Delaying pain management is asking for death, it has nothing to do with age.

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During Hurricane Katrina I evacuated from the New Orleans area and ended up in Jacksonville, Fl. For whatever reason, I couldn't get in touch with my PM doctor. I went to a methadone clinic after going to emergency room where they luckily gave me a couple days supply. The methadone clinic wouldn't take me for whatever reason and actually treated me like I was a little crazy. This was really frustrating but someone must have been watching out for me because I did finally find a doctor who was sympathetic to my situation and did prescribe me methadone until we were allowed to go back home which was about a month and a half. I was really lucky because he accepted my insurance which wouldn't have been the case with the methadone clinic.

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P450Metabolizer, a Methadone Clinic is not going to write if someone was treated properly for pain or not because they aren't pain drs. If someone is addicted to opiates, they will treat you. That is why someone that has been to a Methadone Clinic can't find a dr to manage their pain, because they have a history of being treated for addiction to opiates. Withdrawals aren't fun, but unless you have other health problems or are on a high dose of opiates, you don't have to have help getting off of the opiates. If you have physical health problems that makes getting off of opiates dangerous and/or you are on a high dose of opiates, then you need to do to a detox facility. It is all a matter of what you think you can live with immediate and long term.

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