tracey19063

pain management clinics

Posted on 09/09/09, 06:27 pm

i am just wondering if anyone knows anything about painmanagement centers. my dr is sending me to one. and i dont know much about them. thanks

• Reply #1 09/15/09  12:52am
  
  serenity94
  Hi Tracey, I have an appt at the pain management clinic, so maybe we could compare notes! My appt is on 6 October.
• Reply #2 09/16/09  8:35pm
  
  tracey19063
  im trying to get an aptt but the only place thatll take my insurance has to review my medical records from my dr so well see and def can do that!!)
• Reply #3 09/17/09  3:01am
  
  notinmyhouse
  Hi Tracey I had appt with pain management clinic today everything went well he double my dose instead of one 300 mg 3 times a day now two 300 mg 3 times a day thats the neurotin so I hope that works now thats its getting cold here good luck on October 6
• Reply #4 09/22/09  1:20am
  
  frenchy98
  Hi I am in pain management. What do you need to know? Basically I see my dr once a month to tell him how i feel if the meds are working etc. and every month he checks me over basically makes sure no addiction issues are arrising and gives me scripts for the next month. He also will sometimes do trigger point injections if im hurting badly and will change my meds or increase them if they arent working for me. Good luck and hoping you get pain relief!
• Reply #5 10/07/09  8:44pm
  
  serenity94
  Ok, so I went for my appt yesterday.
  
  I take 1500mg of Neurontin (Gabapentin) per day, 75mg Amirtriptyline per day and Tramadol for breakthrough pain (most days at the moment)
  
  The doctor has prescribed 120mg of Duloxetine per day (in gradually increasing doses) then when on full dose, to begin to reduce the Neurontin and Amitriptyline until I am taking only the Duloxetine. From his demeanour I realised that he doesn't expect that to work and had suggested that I consider having a temporary nerve block and if that deals with the pain effectively, to have a Lumbar Sympathetic Plexus Neurolysis which would be a permanent nerve block.
  
  I have another appt in 4 months time and if the pain is still a problem, then I will have the temp nerve block followed by the permanent one.
  
  I discussed using narcotic pain relief but as it would prevent me from driving legally and that would curtail my life too much. Pain patches he said would not be beneficial and besides I am allergic to anything that sticks to my skin!
  
  I feel at least there might be a solution - I have some hope anyway!
• Reply #6 11/18/09  2:41pm
  
  sailboatfun
  Both my hubby & I have been there too. Then the doctors put us back on our generic pain prescriptions. They can't help people with axil-poly-neuropothy & people with progressive MS. We just follow the patterns for our med records. Thank god for pets. They help. We're in our late 50's now & want more of life.

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