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Stolen pain meds

loralp
loralp

Hi all! Happy Holiday and all that falderal! Lol


So,  had a roommate steal my pain medication. I only had 6-7 left as I was supposed to get a refill on Thursday. This happen on Friday night/Saturday morning. The person vehemently denied it of course, and I have no proof.


In 15 years of being on and off ( mostly on) pain meds I have never had an issue that I can remember!!!!


I called the Dr office and Pharmacist and the will not, under any circumstances refill early. I ask my Dr for only 5 to get through even though I normally take 2 a day, he said " your under a pain contract and I feel it has to be honored"!!!


If this happened on a regular basis, or even more often I could understand! But once in 15 years???


He did say if it gets to bad to contact him....for what? A shot?? Cortisone?? Methadone? ( which I'm allergic to) 


This may sound bad, but I'm a former bartender and unfortunately know a lot of dealers! But I REFUSE to do and street drugs!!! 


And I have a friend/acquaintance who used to be my Drs nurse who I know takes the same thing I do....i just feel weird getting ahold of her out of the blue and asking for son.....


Sorry this is so long. I am lucky that withdrawals a minimal so far. Some diarreah, some " brain zaps" as I call them, and it's like my legs just don't want to work or hold me up. But I know it could be sooo much worse. So I am grateful that it's not. And yeah! My pharmacy is open Thanksgiving day, which is when they are do! 


So while the pain is really, really bad, I could be going through worse right? 


Thank you for listening.


OlderCPer
OlderCPer
This is not unusual. Pain Docs do not give refills for stolen pills, ever. When you're on a Contract it's your responsibility to keep your meds out of other's reach in a safe place, like a medication safe. You may think you can trust people...but you usually can't.

I'd strongly recommend against asking a Nurse for a share of her meds as well, she has an Oath and Licensing requirements to fulfill and could lose her license and her livelihood if it was ever let out that she shared her narcotics with you.

If you only had 6/7 pills to get you through a week, you must not be on a very strong dose and odds are withdrawals won't be very bad between now and Thursday. Use hot baths for pain and relaxation, drink lots of fluids to stay hydrated, benadryl helps with anxiety/restlessness and Imodium if the diarrhea remains.
blizzard2014
blizzard2014
I need to get me a drug safe. It's always good to have one. Especially if you live with roommates. I would lock up the good stuff and put some laxatives in an older pill container and leave it out for the roomie to snipe. If he come home with the runs, you know for sure he's the one who took the pills lol and get a little revenge out of it. My moms doesn't even take Tylenol, so one here to get to my meds. But if family visited, I would have them locked inside a safe for sure. I hope you make it through to your next appointment.
loralp
loralp
OlderCper, I understand about the Drs rules, I wasn't asking him for the full refill, just enough to get through the 5-6 days until my refill was actually due. I'm on oxymorphone, so yes, very strong!
As for asking the nurse friend I agree. I couldn't risk her livelihood for me.
I thought my pills were I a safe place but obviously I was wrong.
Im doing ok so far with little to no withdrawals, but the pain is off the charts!! Thursday can't get here fast enough!
Peonygirl1
Peonygirl1
Wow, what a betrayal, I hope you can eliminate this person from your life. The so sad story about this is that compassion and common sense are long gone from dr and patients today. Fear of loss of dr liscence being revoked and patients going to jail is what we all face today. New name for drs. Is pill dispensers. New name for patients is generic one solution for all. I weep for us all.
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