re:Questions to ask a potential physician about treating pain...

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Hi,

You also want to ask the doctor IF they have experience treating Fibromyalgia or

whatever other symptoms/conditions you have. This is so incredibly important. So

many doctors out there are pain doctors but don't know enough about this

horrible disease to know how to correctly treat it and I found this with 5 of

the doctors that I went through in 2 years. Also, if you're concerned about it,

which we should be, ask if they treat with narcotic pain killers - because you

don't want to get in with a doctor to find out that they won't prescribe you

drugs stronger than Ultram or SOMA or the NSAIDS. You can ask this right over

the phone. There is a good site somewhere that talks about interviewing your

doctors. You can do this right over the phone; just ask for the physician to

give you a call back and go over your checklist with them. Try Fibrohugs for a

list. Either they have it or another Fibro site does. Good luck!!

Whitney

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