Getting Prescriptions From 2 Different Doctors For Pain Meds But There Are Conditions
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Well I just really need to know if what I am doing is considered doctor shopping. I fell at at department store and injured my knee. Now I have to go to the doctor the lawyer sent me to. He prescribes pain meds for me but the only thing he can treat is my knee. I started having back problems. My primary care doctor sent me to a different doctor and he also gives me meds. But the pharmacy said they would call the doctors and tell on me. So I went and ahead and told the doctors myself so that it would not look as bad. What do you think will happen to me? The pharmacy refused to give me back my prescription. Can they do that?

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Re: C Earle (# 6)

U Didn't No Plus I Pray Ur Not Going To dr in Florida

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Re: justin (# 4)

Heck I Was Told to urgent care because I don't get my meds to the first and I'm in a lot of pain right now and I can't read you in my eye or anything you said it'll give me an earlier today thank God I didn't go to urgent Care I Don't Need No Doctor on record

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

See That's Doctor $hoppimg. I Was Told if Mediy Has Payment Issues..I had To Go to My ,primary ,.pain Meds.Offrred To Pay 0fficeCost. She Told y !! Hell because ,Dr Wasn't getting paid. Not Seen wreck.MexicTe Said one Hand Don't No ???..

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Re: Sandy (# 3)

Not entirely doctor shopping. My orthopedist prescribes Ultram for knee pain. My GP orders Vicodin for back pain which is worse. That’s not doctor shopping. That’s following the advice of 2 different physicians.

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Re: C Earle (# 6)

I realize this is an old post, but I DETEST anyone blatantly giving false info as if it is fact! I do NOT care how many times you state you talked to the DEA; I DOUBT it, but that does NOT matter because YOU are so WRONG!!!! If I get narcotics from any Dr for my back pain, and then see a dentist for bad tooth; I better only get antibiotics filled because it IS Dr shopping. Really, that's just ignorant to tell someone that the DEA says it is ok and they are not concerned with them as long as they have MRI's, ect.. It does NOT matter if you have Stage 4 Cancer; the DEA cares about anyone that gets controlled drugs- PERIOD... If You get controlled drugs from 2 different sources, and they treat the same symptoms; Pain, ect.. it is only a matter of time before YOU REALLY get to talk to a DEA agent!!

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Re: justin (# 4)

It does no good to fill controlled pain drugs at different pharmacies as Pharmacists are required to check them all through a prescription monitoring system which will show that you had a prescription filled elsewhere. So it is very hard to get away with Dr. shopping unless you go out of state to a Dr. and fill in another State, as the system just checks statewide. But if you don’t live fairly close to the State line, red flags will go up as to why you are going out of State to see a doctor.

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Re: Sandy (# 3)

You are very knowledgeable about everything that you wrote. Praise The Living God for people like us who do know our facts vs. opinions. Have a blessed day. ( I know that I am writing this message a few years later but I just had to say thank you Sandy for your knowledge and the way you spoke per se to this question)

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Re: C Earle (# 6)

I agree, I live in the state of New York. And if I am reading a pain medication from one doctor. And then I break my arm two weeks later, I am told by the previous doctor that I must get a new prescription to treat the pain for the broken arm since that is acute pain. Vs. The pain management medication. They are two different types of pain and require two different treatments. New York State has very clear Laws on this. One doctor cannot tell you to take another doctors pain medication differently or at a different dosage because she broke a bone or had some other type of accident. You should definitely be upfront with both doctors and let me know what is going on and they can collaborate between the two of them. But it is not considered talk to shopping. If I break my arm I’m not gonna go to pain management when the Ulna is sticking out of my arm from falling down 16 steps. It was an open fracture. So I had to doctors writing my pain medication and it is not considered Dr. shopping. But you do need to be upfront with your doctor. It also depends on what you’re being treated for. If you have soft tissue injuries. One that you’re being treated with medication by your primary care in another soft tissue injury from an insurance doctor, then that’s kind of iffy and murky territory.

I say it really depends on the types of injury. Whether it’s chronic or acute onset.

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Re: C Earle (# 6)

You are so wrong, and telling people something that can actually cause them to be locked up! I do not care what state YOU live in; just as most everyone has stated, IT IS ILLEGAL TO DR SHOP & It doesn't matter what pain(s) you have or how many, you cannot get narcotic pain meds from 2 different docs- no DEA has told you this; if it wasn't so serious I would be cracking up; YOU talked to the DEA and they told you, you can ..... lol

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Re: myrtlesc01 (# 23)

Mind your own business.
That’s your sisters husband, not yours.
Chronic pain and illness changes people.
If you’re afraid of him stay away from him. Messing with his healthcare isn’t smart of kind.

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

I got the same exact exact from 2 different drs.but wasn’t aware of it because the 2nd rx Had the Nb name and the other had generic name. They gave the rx back to me and didn’t tell me they were calling the docs. How can I know if they did? How did they know did they check? Or did the system just tell them?

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Yep, that's considered 'Doc Shopping' and imagine what the pharmacy thinks !
You are obviously a Work Comp patient and very lucky you don't live in CA. Here State Comp WC does not by law pay for any pain meds. So, my spouse who wears a Butrans Patch and we pay $50 every month. If this is happening in CA, believe it's coming to a state where you are. If that happens, Methadone is VERY inexpensive.

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Re: Audra (# 513)

Did you inform your pain management doctor your surgeon wrote you a prescription for pain meds immediately after getting them filled ? What did your pain management doctor say when you asked him how you needed to go about managing your pain immediately after surgery ? Your Pain Contract states your pain management doctors rules. You should have requested a copy of it for your records when you signed it.

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Hi,
I had a neck fusion. And I'm also in pain management. I also told the surgeon that did my next surgery that I was in pain management that I couldn't take any prescriptions from him. So when I left the hospital he gave me a prescription for Percocet 5. At the time I was taking Lortab 7.5. So that was a while ago. And my pain medication was not touching my neck. So I called my pain doctor and they said have someone bring up that prescription and we will write you something stronger. Oh they sure did. They gave me oxycodone 30s. I was taking Roxicodone 4 times a day Lortab 7.5 6 times a day. Until I finally said should I be off of one or the other. And they said yes you can get off of the Lortab 7.5. I was so messed up on medication that it was so unreal. I'm not taking anything but a low dose of Percocet now. Some doctors. The pain doctor that was prescribing me the Roxicodone he is no longer practicing. He was over medicating so many patients. Just be careful.

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Sandy (# 3) I started out by needing knee surgery, while waiting it became obvious I had a pinched nerve in my neck and ended up having spinal fusion (PCPwas writing for Percocet up until my neck surgery) after the surgery, as usual the spine surgeon assumed my pain medication for 3 moths and it fell back to my PCP, until I was ready for my knee surgery to which point my knee surgeon took it over. How in the world would this be Dr Shopping?

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Re: BL (# 502)

I have been with my pain management for over a year, my primary doctor hd alwys prescribed my meds. My pain doctor from the beginning was not really treating my pain. I recently had back surgery and a month prior , my pain doctor up my meds to oxycodone 10, I informed him, I was to have back surgery. On the day of my procedure, on our way home, we filled the prescriptions my surgeon gave to me, muscle relaxers and oxycodone with tylenol...my pain doctor for no clear reason, than that above, stated i breached my contract, nevermind the fact in the last 15 years, I have never asked for anything early, always by the book. So now Im trying to heal from back surgery without any help..Now what Im not understanding is why the pharmacy lets me have both, Is that not illegal?

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Hi Nikki~
As you said it's only doctor shopping. It's against the law. Let us all know after you are in jail for a while. If you're still going to say it's only doctor shopping. It's no big deal. I went to the dentist. Like wow. Grow up and stop it. You're hurting people that need medication. This is why they have to do prescription Pharmaceutical profiles on everyone. Because of Doctor shopping. Just please stop for your own good and it would help us out a lot as well. Good luck to you. Please stop.

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So, have a question that I've been DYING to ask for a few days now....

What is a "professional" nurse ? As opposed to an "unprofessional" nurse?

I don't get it. Aren't we ALL "professional"? Did I miss that part in Nursing school? I' m confused.

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Hi~
I refuse to help anyone break the law Doctor shopping is a felony. You will go to jail. Grow up and stop it. Like I said I will not help you break the law ... I'm so done. Grow up people. Wake up and smell the coffee.

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Debbie, doctors will look up patient profiles in State Prescription Monitoring Programs before prescribing an opiate. It is up to each doctor fs they want to prescribe an opiate to a patient that another doctor is or has prescribed opiates to. It is up to each doctor that has a pain contract how they deal with patients that break them. Calling the State Medical Board won't do any good.

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