Guest guest Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 Alax, The form you read is standard with pain clinics. They need to ensure they are not dealing with someone who IS drug seeking. I don't know of any PCP's in our area that don't require you to sign the same form if they ever give you any type of pain medication. This does not make you a drug seeker. If you go in for a broke wrist you still have to sign the same for at any doctors office in our city. My pain doctor has done more for me than anyone else. He put me on a TENS unit right away, therapy, massage therapy and injections. He does not deal out narcotics. If he feels you need them then they are prescribed but you must go in every month to see him for a refill and discuss progress, moving backwards, other options that may be available for relief, etc. Maybe I am just having a bad day but your email didn't seem very nice either stating that by signing these types of forms it makes you a drug seeker or someone that no one else will deal with. I don't mean to be harsh but there are many of us that go to pain clinics and PCP's and we have signed the same form. On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Alax wrote: > I got an email from one of you telling me that pain management centers > weren't really interested in getting people help, or getting them off > medicines through physical therapy, TENS unit, etc., but were interested > in > essentially dealing out narcotics... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Wow, I love my pain clinic and no degrading forms or drug tests either. It might be a state by state thing. I've been prescribed physical rehab twice and after a year received a baclofen pump so I could receive the necessary muscle relaxants without bad side affects. I think all of us have such different conditions that when to try narcotics or not is specific to conditions. I refuse to take them at work or 3-4 hours before bedtime but otherwise have come to accept that depression will take over if I don't control pain. I have the ms hug/band pain non-stop and need some relief everyday. Opiates help. I see my pain doc every other month, same as my psychiatrist and trust their judgments. Don't be too quick to judge your docs - but if they aren't helping find new ones. chiari, syrinx, hydro, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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