Back Pain Support Group
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. In fact, about 3 in 4 adults will experience back pain during their lifetime! The term back pain includes pain affecting the neck, midback and low back. Acute back pain may begin suddenly with intense pain but typically lasts fewer than three months. Usually, chronic back pain is persistent, steady, and...
My brother came to visit me and he is also on pain management (PM) and we got to talking about why and how they are so strict when it comes to medication-I agree, some who came before us, abused the system and now we are paying the price-under the magnifying glass.
This is what he told me: His doctor, before he even goes into the exam room to see him gets on a website and can tell all RX's (type, dosage, strength and doc who prescibed) that my brother has had filled.
He then knows exactly how many he should have left and when a refill is do and GOD forbid he gets a med from someone else without clearing it with him first. This is grounds for dismissal from a PM's care.
Information is strength. So just thought I would share. I see to many of us getting the boot for stupid things that can be explained if given the chance-but you will not be given the chance...just the boot.
This is what he told me: His doctor, before he even goes into the exam room to see him gets on a website and can tell all RX's (type, dosage, strength and doc who prescibed) that my brother has had filled.
He then knows exactly how many he should have left and when a refill is do and GOD forbid he gets a med from someone else without clearing it with him first. This is grounds for dismissal from a PM's care.
Information is strength. So just thought I would share. I see to many of us getting the boot for stupid things that can be explained if given the chance-but you will not be given the chance...just the boot.
Pain Specialists should have some experiance with pain. I know when I got my spinal injection it shot down my right leg and that pain could be compared to mine...maybe we could inject the doctor on an annual basis. It just seems unfair that so many losers out there have ruined it for those of us that really need meds. I am going crazy to manage my pain so I can still go to work. I am not certain how other are able to do it.
I have had a few surgeries (not back) that required the usual shots of Demerol for a few days. The universally accepted schedule for Demerol is a shot every 4 hours. But after three hours, you start ringing for the nurse. I read in a pain management article that the actual effective time for Demerol is about 2-1/2 hours. The doc who wrote the article said that patients needlessly suffer through the remaining time because some advisory committee arbitrarily made up the 4 hour rule. He called it "barbaric and sadistic".
just do what they say follow all there instructions and do not take meds from other doctors unless they clear it with your PM first...you will be okay...its just for us lifers things have changed so much in just the past few years...you need the help so go