Working with pain doctors

[Guest guest]

I've noticed that a lot of folks have had doctors assume they were

drug seeking when they asked about using oxycontin, or another

opioid medication for chronic pain.

In my dealings with my own chronic pain doctor I never mentioned

any drug by name. I shared with him my symptoms and how I had

responded to the medications he had prescribed on previous visits.

If a medication or combination of medications did not work as well

as he had told me it would, I informed him. For example, he told

me a particular combination of meds should have given me pain

relief for 8 hours. It didn't.

When he had exhausted non-opioid he brought up the idea of using

oxycontin and explained to me that it was a helpful medication

despite its negative press. I wanted to try it or another opioid

medication but I did not ever mention this with him. I dutifully

followed his instructions, reported the results, and left the

selection of new medications up to him.

I share this with you in the hopes that such a deliberate plan to

not mention using a particular medication might work for you, too.

Ray, co-moderator

[Guest guest]

> I've noticed that a lot of folks have had doctors assume they were

> drug seeking when they asked about using oxycontin, or another

> opioid medication for chronic pain.

>

> In my dealings with my own chronic pain doctor I never mentioned

> any drug by name. I shared with him my symptoms and how I had

> responded to the medications he had prescribed on previous visits.

> If a medication or combination of medications did not work as well

> as he had told me it would, I informed him. For example, he told

> me a particular combination of meds should have given me pain

> relief for 8 hours. It didn't.

>

> When he had exhausted non-opioid he brought up the idea of using

> oxycontin and explained to me that it was a helpful medication

> despite its negative press. I wanted to try it or another opioid

> medication but I did not ever mention this with him. I dutifully

> followed his instructions, reported the results, and left the

> selection of new medications up to him.

>

> I share this with you in the hopes that such a deliberate plan to

> not mention using a particular medication might work for you, too.

> Ray, co-moderator

Ray,

You have offered some insightful wisdom. Had I applied this, I

know I wouldn't have had my Psych Doc telling my pain doc I was drug

seeking. I was in such pain and receiving no assistance that I began

to ask for what everyone seemed to be saying was highly effective.

In the end, I'm now on Fentanyl and that has stemmed the tide of the

pain. Nevertheless, the mistake I made cost me about 2 months of

inadequate pain medications until the doctor believed me over the

report of the psych doc. Appreciate your wisdom here.

God bless

Jeff

[Guest guest]

My recent experience involves moving from smalltown USA to major city

USA and once I got with a pain doctor he took me off the percocet

which smalltown doc only gave me reluctantly and put me on oxycontin.

The problem is that the oxycontin does not seem sufficient and I

called him twice about that and got no responce, this over the last 2

weeks. I have since scheduled a visit with a neurologist. I have

peripheral neuropathy and I have never seen a neurologist, the

diagnoses was made by the smalltown PM doctor. But reading the

material in the office it seems the neurologist is also into

perscribing pain meds. My next appointment with the pain doctor is the

end of March. For now I will continue my strategy of taking 2

oxycontins at a time as needed. It's two steps forward and one step

back I suppose. Al

[Guest guest]

Hi Al

I too went from percocet to Oxycontin and I thought that the Ox y was not

helping my pain very well which it wasn't because it wasn't strong enough. So I

asked my Dr. to put me back on the Percocet and with in 12 hours I was in the

worst pain I had been in for a long time I called my Doctor and told them what

happened and he would not change my med until my next visit because going back

and forth with in one week would raise suspicion and Then I would have been in a

mess with DEA and what not so in stead he raised my dose to one every 4 hours

from one every six untill my next visit when he put me on a higher dose of Oxy.

I have learned one thing about dealing with pain meds is you can never go back

or at least not as soon as I did with out increased pain. I hope this helps you.

I don't post to offten here but after reading your post I new I had to tell you

what happened to me so maybe you wont make the same mistake as I did.

Penny

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