Va Discontinuing Oxycodone ??

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After breaking my back and neck in 1983 and ending up with bone fragments embedded in my spine , I had to have emergency surgery to repair 3 ruptured discs and to remove the bone fragments , I lost my job , house and car and pretty much everything else ! at first I was given mild painkillers that did absolutely nothing for me , I ended up being bedridden for almost 8 years , Lying in bed with pillows under my knees when I could lay on my back bust mostly lying on my side with pillows between my legs ! Then I was referred to a pain management clinic with a Dr. i felt i could trust , He kept wanting to do a new surgery that required running a laser up my epidural canal to remove a bunch of built up scar tissue which I was scared to try since my 1st surgery really sucked , He ended up putting me on Oxycontin 80 mg that knocked me for a loop , I called and told him and we dropped my dosage to 20mg which was PERFECT for me ! After being bedridden for so long I was actually able to return to work and felt like a contributing member of society once more as well as being able ot care for my paraplegic wife once more ! Well this Doctor got tired of me putting off the surgery and passed me off to one of his colleagues which passed me off to another one who passed me off to the last colleague in the Pain Management clinic who booted me out of the clinic saying I was a bad patient !!

I then went to the VA Hospital who kept me on my medications with no change and i faithfully took my prescriptions as prescribed ! Then after 7 years of being able to run my own business and live life and take care of my family they took me off of my Oxycontin and put me on Methadone which really messed me up with all kinds of really bad side effects , I lost my business and ended up back in bed again all day unable to function because of the pain , AFTER I finally got someone to listen to me at the VA Pain Management Clinic I was put on Morphine and Percocet for breakthrough pain , The Morphine has sapped my life away and I found that the reason they took me off of the Oxycontin was because of all the bad press about Junkies using it !! I want to stress that I AM NOT a Junkie BUT they are trying to make feel like one !! NOW they have taken away my Percocet because of the same reason ??

I dont know what to do BUT we ALL need to put a stop to being treated (or UN-treated) like this !! I live in Ohio ! Is there anyone we can talk to to get our story's out !! I am tired of being treated this way I am NOT a junkie and have ALWAYS taken my meds as prescribed ! I am tired of not being in control of my life and having the POLITICAL winds determine my pain treatment !!

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Hello, Ratchet! How are you doing? I'm very sorry about what you're going through.

If surgery, of some sort, is an option to help with your problem and you are avoiding it, then you are really going to end up in the same mess with any doctor you try. They are going to think that you're just drug seeking.

A cooperative patient explores and/or tries all the various options that their doctor presents to them.

What other options is the VA offering?

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they are offering more drugs !! I had a bad experience with my 1st back surgery and do not want to be their guinea pig !!

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I am from springfield, mass and something is going on with my docs office and he has been lower his pain patients meds and I Am one, I had back surgery 3 yrs ago and feel way worse then ever and I have all kinds of new symptoms like blurred vision, a stabbing sometimes down from lower back to feet, numbness not to mention that annoy dull stiffness feeling I get that I can't seem to get rid of in the morning, it takes forever!!! My doc has cut my dosage and 60 less pills for my relief, I just want one day, one pain free I need a decent caring doc anyone that can help, I not only want to be comfortable I want to have every test done to find the root of this!!!:(

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