Pain Doctor Washington State

I'm desperate to find a doctor to advocate for me in social security as well my pain. I deal with daily pain aND my current doctor is retiring. The doctor I saway today is taking me off all pain medication as a way of reducing pain and even said the lesions in my brain are caused by the large amount of opiates. I'm at the point I should go to a methadone clinic for treatment. If anyone knows of a doctor who will treat me with dignity and treat the pain please send me the refferal! My depression and anxiety is out of control now... I am in desperate need of help! I have medicaid and some cash. So being a cash patient is not a problem nor does it make me a drug seeker, although I am... I am desperate to find a doctor to treat my pain and if that makes me a drug seeker then so be i...

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Trying to find out how to get on pain medication for my back pain how to get a good doctor to trust and help me with what I need ## Hello, Kid! How are you? Well, to be honest, pain medication should be the last resort, after trying other options to solve your problems. They carry the risks of causing problematic side effects and many of them can be habit forming, such as opiates. Do you currently have a PCP that you see regularly? If so, that would be the best place to start, they can refer you for some exams and evaluations to see what's causing your pain and then refer you on to a specialist, if needed. Can anyone recommend any good doctors in WA?

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I live in NE WA State and have Interstitial Cystitis and have been dropped by my doctor for no good reason. I have been a good patient, have never failed a U/A, and always came to my appointments. They said they were being "nice" to give me 30 days worth of pills to find a new doc.. Well, those 30 days are past and I have called all over the place. No one will take a chronic pain patient! I can't believe this! What country are we living in? If anyone has any suggestions, please, please let me know! I've stretched my pills that are left just about as far as they will go. I take Oxycontin 30mg 3 x day, and Hydrocodone 10mg 4 x a day. I cannot face the pain that will come when I run out.

I have been getting pain meds from my doctor for years now, but he's affiliated with peacehealth and they have made so many restrictive policies in the last 2 years about their doctors prescribing pain meds that I need to find a new doctor that will prescribe so that I can preserve my quality if life and keep working and taking care of my child. Does anyone know a good pain doctor in Washington state preferably close to whatcom county?

I had just moved to Washington state and in need of a honest pain Doctor who understands the truth about pain for the back?? ## Hello, In regards to finding a local pain doctor, I have listed below a couple websites specific to locating pain management doctors in a given area. All you have to do is input your city or zip code for narrowed results: {link removed because site no longer exists} You can give this other site a try too if you come up with different results for some reason or another: wellness.com/find/pain%20management%20specialist Many of the results you find (in one or both of the links above) also list a phone number for that specific doctor; I'd consider calling up a number of them to see if they are accepting new patients; some aren't, but most usually are. Unfor...

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I need a Dr that excepts medicare as payment. I now am paying for methadone at an outpatient clinic because my insurance does not cover. However, I need methadone not for addiction reasons, but I have fibromyalgia. So a Dr. That prescribes it for pain will also work ## Hello Keekee! How are you? I'm sorry, but if you've been going to an addiction treatment clinic, regardless of why, the fact that it is an addiction clinic will be in your records and a private practice doctor won't be able to prescribe it for you. Thus, staying with a clinic will be your only option. The FDA classifies this medication as a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation. Does anyone h...

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We are in Washington state. My wife has psoriatic arthritis, endometriosis, and fibromyalgia. She was force tapered to 3 30mg oxycodone a day and can now barely get out of bed, let alone work. Washington law lays out that chronic pain patients are absolutely able to be prescribed more than 120 m.e.d., yet the doctors we have seen won't go over that limit. We are trying to find a Dr that is willing to bring my wife back up to the dose she was on that let her live her life, not be bed-ridden from pain. Does anyone know of a Dr that is caring and is willing to prescribe more that 3 pills a day? Thank you for any help you can provide us. ## If my math is correct 120 pills would 4 a day not 3. ## I am so fed up with the politics of this BS. The courts have determined that pain is subject...

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So I had moved from Wisconsin and moved to Washington state....not a nice state at all! I've had nothing but problems since I got here.... No doctor here wants to take care of me for my medical reasons that I was getting in Wisconsin. Narcotics in Washington I guess is on lock down for narcotics but dont take it out on those whom do need there pain meds. I have gone threw about everything of looking for a doctor here but no luck if anyone please I could use new information on the help. ## Where in Washington are you located? We actually have excellent doctors here and I found them more than willing to treat my pain, when I was miserable. I've had them talking me into using something for pain, when I didn't want to do so. Their first goal was to make me comfortable and get to...

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I currently suffer from lyme disease as well as to be co-existing Bacterial infections. Suffered for over four years, until I finally was diagnosed. I had to go to Washington DC, and finally did the proper testing, which showed positive for Lyme disease, as well as Babesiosis, Babisia, and Bartonellosis. It has now caused extreme illnesses. Because The new teams in prescribing pain medication, my doctor can no longer is able to prescribe, a schedule to drug, due to the fact that she is out-of-state. I cannot find anybody in my area, who is willing to treat me,because they don't think that Lyme disease, can be chronic. I do not abuse medication, I just need help please. Can somebody recommended a clinic, that is located close to Ohio, or in Ohio. I am located in Akron Ohio. I need a ...

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Hello, my name is wayne, I am a chronic pain/patient.. some days are worse than others for the last 20+ years.. yes a long time. i have a hard time with getting meds at times ..not because of my doctor. But DEA crack downs.. and different doctors i need to see for different reasons. (some doctors just don't like pain meds). Getting so hard in Washington state.... and this time of the year gets BAD for me and my pain levels... The last two months my meds have changed in looks and numbers. The old ones were v 215 or 214 and the normal #. Now they have just k/8 on one side only and are very shiny. They do not have the regular effect.. On top of this I have had problems with sour stomach/sulfur and lots of gas. I have NEVER had ANY problems with this before ... and i was sick for two we...

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