I'm thinking about starting due to the fact I can't get the efficient pain relief here. My doctor recently got busted for writing scripts to family and friends that weren't properly diagnosed. So I lost my doctor. In fact, the entire place was shut down. At this point it has been extremely hard for me to get the meds I was previously on. 90 40mg oxy's a month. Most places won't prescribe narcotics of that sort, and will recommend you to a pain clinic. Even then, it's hard (around here anyways) to get anything sufficient. So I've done some research since this has happened. And Florida seems to be the best place to go. There is several pain clinics down there.. Of course they don't take insurance. You pay $500, and you get 120 30mg roxy's. Only thing required is a MRI. You schedule an appointment, sometimes waiting for 2 hrs to be seen (I've heard), but once you're in it takes around 20 minutes.. they review your MRI and out you go with a script. If something doesn't turn up here in TN, I'm going to have to take off a day and take a visit to Florida for my pain. Long drive but I gotta do what I gotta do. Anybody else go to pain clinics for your medication or know anybody that does? Any info or stories would be great.
I have a friend who goes to a pain clinic. She has insurance that covers it tho and mris or xrays that show she's got fkd up shit goin on. This is in Nevada too. I dont know what meds she gets tho. I do know she always runs out like a week after tho! And then she's in pain for the following 2 1/2 to 3 weeks, til her next appt. What a horrible cycle. Florida's apparantly the place to be if you're tryna get scripted. Watch the oxycontin express on hulu. JUST NOTICED IM BUMPIN REALLY OLD THREADS! SORRY.
iima have to ask, why do you need such a strong medication?.. do you have a history of injury? .. Not that old of a thread... dont worry bout it.. I get me 90/20mgs OC a month from the VA... they are not going to stop them or go out of business.. just find it funny how 24yr old need such high OC mg for minor aches and pains.. I could probably guarantee that pain management for some ppl can be accomplished with Toradol shots.. If youre seeking euphoric drugs, youre not going to get any, they can see right through you with an MRI//
Florida is getting shut down, so give that up, if your in real pain and have MRI'S AND X-RAYS you should have no problem at a pain clinic. If not it might be a good time to go to detox and save the pills and misery for when you get older and really need them. then you'll get your pills and all the bullshit that comes with it.. Good luck
If you're in a major city, there probably IS a pain management clinic in your area. They just don't advertise, have unlisted numbers, and only take patients by referral from other doctors treating the condition itself. My late wife had Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and it had rotted her bones and joints from the inside since she was two. In 1997, she was literally thinking about calling Dr. Kevorkian, when her rheumatologist referred her to a pain clinic. She had to sign a medication agreement, and be screened regularly for any "unprescribed" drugs, but they DID help her. The medical theory is that people in that level of chronic pain have more opioid receptors, and don't get truly addicted to opiates. The pain, of course comes right back, but my wife would skip her meds on a "good" day, and be just fine. The body's tolerance to opiates, however, keeps going up, and they kept increasing her dosages, and changing to more powerful drugs. In the end, she was using Fentanyl patches, which, by the way, are also approved for veterinary use on horses. The problem here, for medical or recreational opiate use, is that tolerances can go back down, too. One morning last year, I woke up, but my wife didn't. The M.E. listed her cause of death as "Accidental Fentanyl Intoxication." The patches weren't the leaky ones; she just, for whatever reason, stopped breathing during the night, even though it was the exact same dose that she had been on for about a year. I've come to grips with the fact that if it took a lethal dose to relieve her pain, it was time for her to go. The same drugs that killed her gave her twelve more good years. Miss you Susan!
Coolside, I'm sorry to hear that. I am glad that she was able to get some relief from pain meds and be able to live a somewhat painless time for those 12 years. Please excuse me if I'm out of line but do you think it's better knowing that she passed on from the meds rather than live in horrible pain? Again sorry if I stepped on a nerve but I feel for ya bro.
I think it was. She wasn't REALLY ready to go (a few days after she died, some curtains and clothes that she ordered came in the mail, so I know she planned on using/wearing them, but by and large, it was time. When you have a beloved dog or cat in that kind of pain, you give them a big hug, and then take them to the vet, and say "it's time." We knew the risks, and she took others, too. She was also taking Methotrexate for her JRA, which is quite effective in stopping the disease process, but has the occasional nasty side effect of sudden death. (That's what I thought had done it, until I got the autopsy report.) She had also undergone several joint replacement surgeries, even though she was an "anesthesia risk," knowing that there was a chance that they might kill her, too. It was time for heroic measures, and taking risks. I wish it had been different, but I do know she's not in pain anymore. Me, on the other hand...
Man that is some crazy shit I can't even contemplate. I applaud you for sharing that story as I know the thought is painful in itself. If you ever need someone to talk to or chat you can always pm me or whatever i've been through some tough stuff myself and I know talking can sometimes help. Just thought I would extend the invitation just in case.
