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My previous pain doc wrote the script for 30 days and saw you every 28 when you got ahead like 10 days she'd see you after 5 weeks. so you always had a few extra days of pain meds. The doc I am seeing now prescribes for 28 days and sees you every 28 days. So the day of your apt you run out of meds. I asked today with winter coming up what happens if it snows and they do not open. They told me if I think the weather is going to be bad I should try to stretch my meds. That is crazy! For 1 thing pain is worse in winter months. The doc is only in this office on tuesdays and thursdays so I guess if they are closed on the thurday I am to get my meds I am expected to stretch my meds till the following tuesday. I have never heard such a thing. Luckily I am on low dose meds but what about people that are taking higher doses they are going to go through some serious withdrawals. Has anyone else experienced this?
LynnJ55
Stretch your meds? That doesn't make sense and is cutting it way too close to the wire. Can he see you a few days earlier, like your previous doc? He needs to do the math. If he can't, I hope you can find someone reasonable to work with you instead. Good,luck.
jeremy1999
Hello doc - my pain meds are not made out of rubber. I guess we all have to go through some painful days here and there. Counting pills, calling docs. running around to pharmacies, all in the name of pain. And the way the media portrays pain meds, its like we make a call to the doc, get whatever we want, and sit around sucking down pill after pill like a hoover vacuum cleaner. Pain meds are not rubber bands, and people in pain can't jump through hoops; we limp through them.
gramybear
That is just ludicrous.. Why aren't the scripts written for 31 days which most months have? Have you asked your doctor if he could write out 3 separate scripts during the winter months and have the Pharmacist hold them like many of them will do now? I don't know how close you are to your Pharmacist but mine will front me a day or two if something like what may happens to you, happens to me. Those are two possibilities. And yes, the doctor should know how much more our pain levels go up in the cold winter months! Hugs GB
Keyz
My PM Doc writes me a 30 day prescription and puts a fill date on it so the pharmacist can't fill it too soon. He does that for what reason I don't know. I take my med as prescribed, so there's no reason that I would fill it early or even run out too soon. Four per day...that's what it takes to keep me at a level 2 pain.
Keyz
I agree with mysteriousme. But you should never run out of your meds. If you're taking them as prescribed, how can you run out? I think you need a new doctor if that's happening.
Jenna77
Mysterious is right. With the new regulations, you are not allowed to have more pain meds in your possession than what the script allows for. The only way you can get through that is to see if he will see you a few days sooner. They are being extremely serious following the new guidelines. Can you imagine if he gave everyone a week or two extra of pain meds. Unfortunately having this extra medication is what leads many into becoming addicts, which is not what I think you are at all. ANd like Mysterious said, never use the excuse "I need more because what if it snows." It just doesn't sound good coming from a good patient. Something like that would come from a drug seeker. Just be careful how you word things. I know you are trying to be careful with your meds, but never ask a doc for extra. Sometime I have to make my stretch a few days if necessary. It unfortunately is one of the evils that comes with this type of medication that is so closely regulated.
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