Pain Management Dr. Around Nashville, Tn (Top voted first)

I just moved to Nashville and need a Dr. to continue writing my Oxycodone 30mg 4/day. I have medical records & MRI showing I actually need the medication. I can get a referral if needed. I appreciate ANY help. Thank you!

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look up dr. Andrew Opalekee ... I am not 100 percent sure of the spelling but that will bring his information up he recently moved there from Central Florida. make sure you tell him Chris the big guy from Tampa says hi

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Nashville area, look up Dr. Aballay...As long as you have your records he will see you...

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I found him in Nashville, but it shows him as a primary care doc. Is he strictly primary care or pain? How strict is he about writing pain meds? What all should we take to the first appt to guarantee he will write the same amount we have been getting which is 120-30mg Oxycodone? Dr's have gotten so strict bout writing pain meds and we have got to find a Dr that we know will write his meds. Thank you so very very much.

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I need help finding a pain management doctor. A good one. A doctor that cares about their patients and listens to them. A doctor that is not afraid to treat his patients as individuals, not as a group. I worked for HCA and Parkview Hospital when it was Parkview Hospital. I have worked for Dr. Frist, Dr. Huston, etc. in the Nashville area. I answered all their patient calls and have my medical terminology and coding certification from HCA. I say that so I will be understood when I say this: I have been in pain management going on 5 years. My primary doctor sent me because I was eating Tylenol and Ibuprofen like it was candy 6, 7, to 8 times a day for the pain in my legs. It is arthritis. All my family has had it for generations. My sisters, brother, mother, all of us. It has now spread to my neck, spine, ankles, feet, and beginning in my hands. I play classical piano and have my own cleaning business. My uncle lives with us and has stage 4 bone cancer. My husband is disabled (a veteran from Vietnam) and I have a 13 year old son. My 19 year old has tumors in her feet. I HAVE TO WORK. But I cannot find a pain management doctor to help me. I have been on Methadone 10mg. 2, 3xdaily, for apprx. 7 years. I do not feel high from it. I do not have to increase my medication. I can work every day with a clear head and I feel as close to normal as possible with rheumatoid arthritis as I can. But I cannot find a doctor to continue prescribing my medicine for me. My formal pain mgmt. wanted to bring me way down, and I can barely operate on this dosage. Or every doctor wants to put me on Morphine. MORPHINE. Last week Dr. Miller at Pain Management Group said he would not prescribe methadone to me because he believes it is too easy to overdose on. I have looked at the statistics, and 3x more people DO overdose on morphine than methadone every year. State and country wide. I need help finding a doctor that will treat and help me. I can barely work and my family is going down slowly. We can hardly pay the bills because I cannot work. Not to mention the pain and now going back to taking Tylenol and ibuprofen like it was candy again. Spreading out my last few pain pills to try and get through every day life for my family as preparing dinner, washing clothes, cleaning the house, etc. Can someone please help me? PLEASE. Sincerely, slt in Tn.

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That's a good idea and I have another pretty long list that has a lot of Pain Management Doctors and Clinics in fact there's actually info on there that I was going to share. I really don't just want to share it in the open forum for legitimate reasons. I've seen some posts on this forum that sort of don't look like they are legitimate reasons for wanting to get pain meds. If I felt someone was trying to get for any other reason that what they were intended for it wouldn't make me happy. I know how hard it is to get help for actual health reasons and also how I've been made to feel over the past 20 years trying to get that help. I know that just talking to someone for a couple of minutes over the internet I'm not going to know for sure either but just posting my information out here and people going where I am going it could mess it up for people that are sincere and actually need the help, not wanting to cash in.

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Good luck! I cant find any who take Tenncare/United Healthcare. I recently have surgery twice! As a result one place booted me out! They had me on dilaudid 8mg 3/day along with the 30mg/2day morphine sulphate 30mg. I complained of lethargy and requested the 30mg/roxi i was on previously to no avail. Surgery was due to deep vein thrombosis from the lethargy. They also neglected to tell me that dilaudid had a rare side effect of muscle spasms, hence, the need for injections which can also cause a blood clot if you dont move around after getting one! They screw up and discharged me! I think i need a lawyer. But right now i need a pain doctor w/o injections. --Nashville area

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Could you please get in touch with me kdog? I need help. Serious pain problem. Not being taken seriously.

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Here is the list that I had but I notice that the date is back a ways. I know some of them are still in business though and the one I have been seeing for over 6 years is also on there, here is the list: health.state.tn.us/downloads/Certified_Pain_Management_Clinics.pdf

They're very good, I have never actually seen the Doctor but my Nurse Practitioner is excellent. Very kind, understanding and helpful. When I first started going I had a difficult time finding the right pharmacy to fill my medications but now since I've been going to the place that I found a while back I rarely have a problem getting my medicines filled except sometimes the price (I have to pay cash for everything) It is also pretty close to the Clinic as well. Yes, they do take new patients where I go, you have to have a recent MRI and have your most recent pharmacy fax your most recent list of prescriptions. I am not quite sure but I do think that I had to have my Family Physician fax my records as well. You have to call to get their fax number to the clinic get everything to them (except office visit-that must be made either with credit card or debit card of money order at the time of your first visit) then you wait for them to call you with an appointment date. They are prompt though, if you don't hear from them in a week or so, call them back and they really good about checking into see what the hold up is.

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Fire ice I know a dr that is great. He listens & actually cares. If u could get me ur email i'll give u the name but I don't want to put his name out there

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TARA or anyone else looking for a pm dr in TN you can google certified pain management Dr's in TN & it will show you each clinic, location, all there info, directors name etc but not each clinic will help. None prescribe xanax or soma & most want you to be under 100 mg day morphine or equivalent. some even want 50mg as optimal & some require you do inj's., see there physical therapist & there psychiatrist. That way they can read out junkies (they think) but we who r in chronic pain n really need it know that junkies will do try anything & it really matters to them bc they'll find what they want somewhere. Those of us legitimate pain sufferers that cant do normal daily living without meds would be willing to do anything & do to try to be respected & treated with a little bit of dignity (most have worked hard all our lives) & not viewed as a junkie! Not everyone in pain has the same tolerance & the same meds dont work on everyone with great success. We must ALL STAND TOGETHER & do something if we want THINGS TO CHANGE! I found out a 30mg oxycodone = 45 mg morphine equivalent so 2 a day is 90mg & if your seeing a dr that only perscribes under 100 well there u go thats all you get NO LONG ACTING. This is an atrocity that the big gov mandates how much pain we must endure. We've worked, paid taxes all our lives & as for me I'll never be better only worse & on meds the rest of my life but never completely out of pain. Its either w/ meds I can get up n do a lil or no meds be bedridden & have caretaker. I know we cant leave contact info on here but there needs to be somewhere we could so we can try to implement changes to our health. Well have a new POTUS soon & maybe with enough emails calls etc to our councilmen, senators, govenors, FDA, CDC, & president something can be done to help us. I've learned there's suppossed to be new meds coming out soon but they may not work & I dont wanna be in pain all month if they dont. THINGS MUST CHANGE. Hope you all have a pain free day.

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Thats same I heard, i even had an appt with them and they said, "good luck getting them filled." Hemel Mehta is good but try to avoid the nurse practitioner. I told them last month that the low dose of oxycontin kept me in withdrawal and she said, "gee wonder why he made it so low?" So she upped the mg and a week letter i got a discharge letter for overtaking my meds

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This is so sad What pain management had come to. I have a failed spinal surgery with residual nerve damage that can't be fixed because there is no cure.e beeninpainover

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WoW I just talked to four pain clinics in and around Nashville..Apparently TnCare UnitedHealthcare Community plan dropped ALL of the major pain clinics! No wonder I'm stuck with squirrely bug eyed men who think 10mg is way too high! Trying to change ins and begin the search again...

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Jaysmo976, I've been going to Hope for 4 years but the director Chad left n they can't write scripts now. I haven't been able to find a new pm Dr as caring. If you have info on 1 i could see till miss Carolyn gets a new director I'm definitely going back to Hope because they do care n don't treat u like a junkie. They understand ppl in chronic pain for many yrs.

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There are 10-15 in nashville that will accept you as a patient, but please understand they may not start you at the same amount of medication you have been accustomed to. But trust me, you only think you're gonna die... I'm on my 3rd month of no medications after 20 yrs in pain management receiving 4 80mg oxycontin plus 5 30mg roxicodone daily for 4yrs solid and I like yourself also have 2 hip replacements, 1 knee replaced, both ankles fused, fused spine l-2 to l-5 and c-2 thru c-4, also five failed rotator cuff surgeries, have ddd djd and sometimes think dying is my only way to relief but it gets better.....I apologize if I seem like I'm preaching to you because I'm not....I wish you good luck in your search. You should try hopehealth, lifeforce and center for spine joint and neuromuscular rehabilitation. They're all good at giving meds if needed....Again good luck in your search of new pain management.

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Dr. Orusa in Clarksville, TN. Look up his number. They will only make appointments on Thursday.

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Re: Grow up (# 151)

You have NO idea what I have been through and I don't appreciate you judging me, and everyone else! I can assure you I am not a junkie. The pain from 6 surgeries is real, not imagined. Have a great day, glad you live pain free!

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Re: Grow up (# 151)

Dear grow up,

Why be so rude? Addicts we are not, well most of us. Some of us cannot take NSAIDs. Or Tylenol, due to interactions with other drugs or liver damage (and no, not because of alcohol).

I find it quite stunning that you can pigeonhole us, discern us to be addicts, by our posts, when our good doctors who prescribe these med to us, in person, after our check ups and mri, xrays, scans, and actually looking at us, cannot tell what is sooo obvious to you! Those dumbbells must not have the sense of a box of rocks....like you.

The reason these people post here is because they need help. Help understanding their meds, tolerance issue, and yes, they even want to know whether or not they are addicted, or just dependent. They WANT to know, for their peace of mind and wellbeing. You come barging in with your blanket statements, holier than thou attitude, and put us all in our place. Oh, of course you'll find an odd post here and there by a seeker, by addicts that need to pass a drug panel. Those seem to be the exception, not the rule. Sometimes due to poor typing, writing skills you may think you are dealing with trash addicts. Not true. If they care enough to seek out information, they are not so stupid. And should we judge them because they know what works and what doesn't? No, but they could learn a lesson on how to address their medicine and pain issues, without sending out wrong signals to their docs. I find this site very useful for understanding ALL my meds, not just pain meds.

It would do you well to keep your disparaging remarks to yourself. You really said nothing we haven't already thought of ourselves. Asked ourselves, struggled with. Thanks but no thanks for the lecture.

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Been relocated to Smyrna from Knoxville Tennessee, would appreciate any suggestions if you know local clinics taking new patients kdog. Thanks for your time.

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Hi I have osteoarthritis in my back,both knees, had one replaced need the other one done, I have degenerative disc disease,torn facets and much more and I need a pain doctor so bad, I went to Dr. Cochran for 6 yrs and he retired. If you could help me it would be greatly appreciated, and they want to fuse my spine and I won't let them

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