Re: Severe back pain & migrain

[Guest guest]

Barbara you need to switch to a doctor that is not that anti drugs. It is

rediculous to be in that much pain and not have a pain medication. That

according to my doctor at the Mayo Clinic is inhumane. I would start shopping

until you find a doctor that understands chronic pain. A study recently

published states patients with chronic pain do not become addicted .

Good Luck

Debbie

[Guest guest]

MOST patients with chronic pain do not become addicted. SOME do, but it is

because they use the drugs for other purposes (to improve mood, get high, etc)

and in other ways than prescribed (taking more than the prescription allows).

For most drugs, it is fine to take a bit more than normal if that is what it

takes to control the pain once in a while, but if your pain is so bad that your

prescription is not enough to control it, you need to discuss it with your

doctor, not start taking more than is prescribed.

Like so many other things, it is a matter of doing it responsibly.

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> Barbara you need to switch to a doctor that is not that anti drugs. It is

rediculous to be in that much pain and not have a pain medication. That

according to my doctor at the Mayo Clinic is inhumane. I would start shopping

until you find a doctor that understands chronic pain. A study recently

published states patients with chronic pain do not become addicted .

> Good Luck

> Debbie

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[Guest guest]

I agree, and it has long been known that addiction is not an issue with chronic

pain patients. If nothing else, I would consider a pain clinic. My doctor, in

Hamden, CT, offers me pain meds even though I seldom use them.

Barbara S. in CT who forgot to sign that way earlier

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> Barbara you need to switch to a doctor that is not that anti drugs. It is

rediculous to be in that much pain and not have a pain medication. That

according to my doctor at the Mayo Clinic is inhumane. I would start shopping

until you find a doctor that understands chronic pain. A study recently

published states patients with chronic pain do not become addicted .

> Good Luck

> Debbie

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[Guest guest]

Dont snort it or inject it, thats what most addicts do with pills. I've been

told by many physicians the same thing, there is a difference between addiction

and dependence. If your in pain and dependent on pain meds u don't get a high

you get some relief, if there is no pain and using pain meds u r addicted.

Take care

Tree

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MOST patients with chronic pain do not become addicted. SOME do, but it is

because they use the drugs for other purposes (to improve mood, get high, etc)

and in other ways than prescribed (taking more than the prescription allows).

For most drugs, it is fine to take a bit more than normal if that is what it

takes to control the pain once in a while, but if your pain is so bad that your

prescription is not enough to control it, you need to discuss it with your

doctor, not start taking more than is prescribed.

Like so many other things, it is a matter of doing it responsibly.

[Guest guest]

Many addicts also just swallow pain pills with water, just like us. It's not so

much how one takes it as why that makes one an addict. If it is more than the

doctor prescribed, then it is addictive behavior. If it is what the doctor

prescribed and you don't feel any cravings for it, it's simply medication.

Barbara S. in CT (former addictions therapist/program manager)

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> Dont snort it or inject it, thats what most addicts do with pills. I've been

told by many physicians the same thing, there is a difference between addiction

and dependence. If your in pain and dependent on pain meds u don't get a high

you get some relief, if there is no pain and using pain meds u r addicted.

> Take care

> Tree

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> MOST patients with chronic pain do not become addicted. SOME do, but it is

because they use the drugs for other purposes (to improve mood, get high, etc)

and in other ways than prescribed (taking more than the prescription allows).

For most drugs, it is fine to take a bit more than normal if that is what it

takes to control the pain once in a while, but if your pain is so bad that your

prescription is not enough to control it, you need to discuss it with your

doctor, not start taking more than is prescribed.

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> Like so many other things, it is a matter of doing it responsibly.

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