Doctors Willing To Prescribe Pain Medication (Page 22)

Can you tell me about any doctors who can prescribe Vicodin

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It is good practice to take direction or suggestion about generic medicines from doctor and decision taken by doctor to create prescription for pain medication.

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Diana, What kind of condition did he treat you for? I slipped and fell on my tail bone and have been having problems ever since.

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Marko: Many different issues. Buldging discs; Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, etc... You will be happy with him. Just make sure you ask specificially for him. Others in the office are not the same.

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Does anyone know of doctor in the harrisburg-hershey area that is willing to help a patient out with sciatica. The only thing that seems to help is vicodin but they don't want to keep giving me that.

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I know this is no help but I really feel for all of you that have posted on this site. I am Scottish (UK) we have the National Health Service (NHS) here I think it would described it in the USA as Universal Health Care. I'm 50 and I really believe I'd be dead if I lived in your country. I've got 3 healthy kids now 25, 24 & 21. when I turned 40 everything just went to hell. Firstly in 2001 I had a bulging disc got surgery to remove it. March 2005 had under local anesthetic a growth from my right wrist removed, the surgeon diagnosed it as a Ganglion how ever once he began the surgery he realised it was a Pigmented Villinodular Synovitis a benign growth that pushes its way out of the joint. He told me that in his 30 years of experience he had never removed one from a wrist they normally only affect the finger joints. September 2005 diagnosed with breast cancer had a full mastectomy and removal of the lymph glands and immediate reconstruction they gave me a tummy tuck and used the flesh to build me a new breast it is called a DIEP Flap, I had a few months of Radiotherapy treatment and thankfully no Chemo as it had not spread to the lymph glands. A year later I had nipple reconstruction and an uplift to my right breast to make it even with my new left one. I have had two further surgeries when I had Liposuction and the fat was used to plump up my new breast and tattooing to give the appearance of an areola. 2006 slipped and broke my right wrist (had to be the one that had the one that had surgery one it. 2007 diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis so oral medication and weekly Methotrexate injections and very closely monitored blood tests. Now happy days my back has been given me problems had an MRI 2 weeks ago have L5 S1 bulge have an appointment with an Orthopedic Consultant in 2 weeks. I am prescribed very strong oral pain killers and morphine patches and just last week my GP prescribed me Gabapentin to ease the nerve pain caused by the bulging disc and its working like some kind of miracle pill. I'll leave you with one last thought, Scotland has its own independent Government about 2 years ago they abolished prescription charges so not only do I not have to beg my GP for pain killers I don't need to pay for them either. My daughters always say thank God mum you weren't born in America because you'd be dead! My heart really goes out to all of you I understand what it's like to have serious health problems and living with constant pain but having to beg doctors for help is just to awful to imagine. As far as I know the first sentence in the Hypocratic Oath is "First do no harm". From what I've read on this forum doctors in the US seem to have forgotten this fundamental promise they made when they went in to this profession. My very best wishes go out to all of you.

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Anyone got a Doc in this area? Tired of traveling! It would be REALLY helpful, I'm just looking for meds not to become a pin cushion. Any cash only places? I have insurance....

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I have had chronic pain from lordosis of my back for over 25 years. OTC meds used to help but now it's gotten worse. Being upright, sitting or standing or walking for any length of time put me in excruciating pain. I've been on Vicodan for 2 years, which worked at first--I could go for walks, sit up and do crossword puzzles, etc. I made the mistake(I guess) of telling my dr. that they weren't working as good as they used to, and she said she didn't feel comfortable raising my dose as she's a gp and she sent me to a "pain clinic" who don't believe in pain and think physical therapy (which I've already done) is the answer . I went to another doctor listed under pain doctors and he said he was a physical medicine and rehabilitation dr.--after I specifically told the gal on the phone when making the appointment that I was not interested in chiropractic(been there, done that--I think they're quacks) or p.t. did that for a year and it's only getting worse. I told her about the vic and would her dr be interested in that and she said yes. ANYWAY, if anyone knows a dr..in the 'bloomingtonMN area who can help me w/my pain, I would surely appreciate it!!!

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Have u tried M.A.P.S clinic??

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I've been to MAPS--they're a joke. They don't believe in narcotics. They think everything can be solved w/ physical therapy, which I've already done.

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I have an appt there tomorrow that's why i was wondering... great i am on 100 megs of fentenyl patch every 2 days and im out. i wonder if they r gonna give me anything tomorrow or im in deep! They didn't offer u anything?

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Did they say if they were gonna give u a urine that? I have to take something cuz im dying here... im afraid of a ua if they will even offer to give me a script... i am so scared. I've been thru these withdrawls and my heart could burst!!

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I am very sorry for all your troubles. I think that's possibly part of my problem--I've been healthy all my life until this back thing. I think they're more likely to prescribe narcotics if you've had a lot of surgeries. They can't see my back pain.

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Don't waste your time with M.A.P.S--they will take you off all your meds and try physical therapy and behavior therapy--whatever that is. They don't believe in pain meds.

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need Vicodin for back pain in Bloomington MN

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U think they will maybe give me a script at least and then behind them figure something else out? I found a place called PAIN RELIEF CENTER... i can't get in for a couple weeks tho. oh u should try them. its cash only tho...

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Would u like info to cash only place i know of? There r a few different locations...

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Missy--if you're talking to me, M.A.P.S. --everyone there was very cold and uncaring, they didn't give me a urine test, the doctor said he would NOT prescribe narcotics--it would be unethical (?)-- I was in tears, withdrawing from the Vicodin my gp had given me for the last 2 years. I went for back pain and noone there even LOOKED at my back--I could have had a football-sized tumor growing out of my back and they wouldn't have even noticed. They said I had to have an MRI before they could do anything(physical therapy), which I had the next morning, and I haven't been back since or heard from them, so I guess the MRI came out okay. But it was a lay down MRI and I told the guy my back's okay lying down, it hurts when I'm upright, but he didn't have a stand-up MRI. Anyway, I know others who went to MAPS and weren't given pain meds or were refused treatment altogether if they had meds and had taken more than they were supposed to.

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Missy--where is the cash only place? I'm on GA and getting my meds free, but if I can't find a dr. I might be interested. I have to lye down a bit, now, though, as my back is starting to bark. BBL

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Hi Cathy @429~ I was very interested in what you had shared as I did a paper on our state of healthcare in the U.S versus other countries. We had a chance to move towards the kind of medical care you speak of a couple of years ago starting with a public option, but then fear mongers on the right scared most people back into believing that by having private insurers running the show they have protected their individual right to freedom. I say "hogwash!" I have friends in Germany and in France. When I tell them of the difficulty I have in trying to have my pain meds increased to no avail, they shake their heads and say as you do, "They feel sorry for me." I too, had my health go down when I turned 45. I was hit from behind in a motor vehicle accident while sitting at a red light and had the same thing happen again the following year. What it did was aggravate an already degenerative disc disease that I didn't know I even had until my MRIs were explained to me. I have bulging discs at L-1 thru 5, S-1 and T-4. I hurt so bad most days, but time and time again I have explained this to my Physical Medicine Rehab Doctor and she blows it off. There are now laws in almost 50% of our states surrounding pain med and pain management. You are so right when you say its as if the oath went right out the window. Now Doctors are so scared of treating their patients that the majority of patients in the very same situations that you and I are in hurt miserable day in and day out. I have to be careful. I have friends who when I am hurting especially bad offer me their stronger pain meds or a fentanyl patch. Believe me, I use them. However, I have to refrain from anything as my 2 month appointment roles around to avoid being discovered through the random urine tests they give us. If you have read this site you know that more times than not, folks are just trying to get along in the day and will use things to do so, but play the same game I do when comes to going to see the doctor. I found your note uplifting. Its good to know that somewhere in the world the majority are not punished, neglected and made to do things that now would be considered "illegal," because of the mistakes made by those that abused the drugs. Thank you for your post! Maybe I need to go house hunting in Sweden. :)

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...or Scotland, of course! :)

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