Guest guest Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 If you go back to the pharmacy where you had the vicodin filled you can request a copy of the prescription along with information on the date it was filled to take to the other doctors as proof that you actually had a prescription. Pharmacies are required to keep copies of all prescriptions they fill for a minimum of one year. Amy > > I've bee having problems with my DSL since January, & they finally > fixed it yesterday. I told them I was disgusted with their service > and was going with someone else. It took them 5 minutes to fix it. > > I have had so much trouble with doctors lately. I found out around > mid-January that I had some slipped disks in my back. The ER doc gave > me some vicodin, which I told my pain management doc. Somehow, that > didn't make it into my records, & when they did a tox screen on me > and hydrocodone came up, they discharged me as a patient. I called my > PCP to try to get help, and he also discharged me as a patient. Sooo, > now I'm looking for new doctors. > > Nashville has dozens of hospitals, hundreds of doctors, & only a > couple do pain management. Because I'm on disability & automatically > got Medicare, the docs who accept Medicare won't accept me because > I'm also on my husband's insurance at his work, which is > HealthSpring. No one wants to accept HealthSpring, & they all tell me > it's my primary & Medicare won't cover me because of it. Then why the > h)*^ & am I paying $100 a month for Medicare if it won't cover anything????????? > > Last week I called my old pain management dr. & begged & pleaded to > come back. It was THEIR mistake, for some reason they didn't record > the vicodin when I gave them the bottle. They called me Friday and > asked for the information about the dr who gave it to me, & said the > dr. was reconsidering letting me come back. > > I have been going thru morphine withdrawal the last week, and I try > to sleep as much as I can. I can't think of anything worse....to have > the pain of fibro, the slipped disks, and the degenerative > arthritis,and to go thru morphine withdrawal at the same time. I'm > still waiting for the other shoe to fall. > > discouraged, > cyn > > > > > > clmerritt@... > Fibromyalgia-Support-Group co-moderator > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 awws hun, hugs, hang in there. I no things will work out in the end. I no the pain is offel for me rite now as well. I can't even move with out setting my neck and back totally out of wack. I hope you feel better. Huggles Amber back again I've bee having problems with my DSL since January, & they finally fixed it yesterday. I told them I was disgusted with their service and was going with someone else. It took them 5 minutes to fix it. I have had so much trouble with doctors lately. I found out around mid-January that I had some slipped disks in my back. The ER doc gave me some vicodin, which I told my pain management doc. Somehow, that didn't make it into my records, & when they did a tox screen on me and hydrocodone came up, they discharged me as a patient. I called my PCP to try to get help, and he also discharged me as a patient. Sooo, now I'm looking for new doctors. Nashville has dozens of hospitals, hundreds of doctors, & only a couple do pain management. Because I'm on disability & automatically got Medicare, the docs who accept Medicare won't accept me because I'm also on my husband's insurance at his work, which is HealthSpring. No one wants to accept HealthSpring, & they all tell me it's my primary & Medicare won't cover me because of it. Then why the h)*^ & am I paying $100 a month for Medicare if it won't cover anything????????? Last week I called my old pain management dr. & begged & pleaded to come back. It was THEIR mistake, for some reason they didn't record the vicodin when I gave them the bottle. They called me Friday and asked for the information about the dr who gave it to me, & said the dr. was reconsidering letting me come back. I have been going thru morphine withdrawal the last week, and I try to sleep as much as I can. I can't think of anything worse....to have the pain of fibro, the slipped disks, and the degenerative arthritis,and to go thru morphine withdrawal at the same time. I'm still waiting for the other shoe to fall. discouraged, cyn clmerritt@... Fibromyalgia-Support-Group co-moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 , You should be able to go to the hospital to obtain records from the er. Their medical records department has a copy of your visit. I have just shown up at the hospital, signed a release and left with my records all within a few minutes.. Contact your hospital medical records to determine if you can do this. Good luck. It continuously saddens me that our health care system is such a mess. The patients are the ones that suffer from it. Margaret From: cynthia To: _Fibromyalgia_Fibromyalgia_FibromyalgiaFib_ (mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group ) Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 12:32 PM Subject: back again I've bee having problems with my DSL since January, & they finally fixed it yesterday. I told them I was disgusted with their service and was going with someone else. It took them 5 minutes to fix it. I have had so much trouble with doctors lately. I found out around mid-January that I had some slipped disks in my back. The ER doc gave me some vicodin, which I told my pain management doc. Somehow, that didn't make it into my records, & when they did a tox screen on me and hydrocodone came up, they discharged me as a patient. I called my PCP to try to get help, and he also discharged me as a patient. Sooo, now I'm looking for new doctors. Nashville has dozens of hospitals, hundreds of doctors, & only a couple do pain management. Because I'm on disability & automatically got Medicare, the docs who accept Medicare won't accept me because I'm also on my husband's insurance at his work, which is HealthSpring. No one wants to accept HealthSpring, & they all tell me it's my primary & Medicare won't cover me because of it. Then why the h)*^ & am I paying $100 a month for Medicare if it won't cover anything???? am I Last week I called my old pain management dr. & begged & pleaded to come back. It was THEIR mistake, for some reason they didn't record the vicodin when I gave them the bottle. They called me Friday and asked for the information about the dr who gave it to me, & said the dr. was reconsidering letting me come back. I have been going thru morphine withdrawal the last week, and I try to sleep as much as I can. I can't think of anything worse....to have the pain of fibro, the slipped disks, and the degenerative arthritis,and to go thru morphine withdrawal at the same time. I'm still waiting for the other shoe to fall. discouraged, cyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Hi Donna- If the pharmacy gave you the incorrect meds, then the pharmacy has a lot to answer for, in my opinion. sylvia Please don't shake me, no don't wake me, leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping. Lennon/McCartney Back again Hi, My name is Donna and I am returning to the group. I was diagnosed with fibro back in August of 2005. I also have multiple allergies, sinus infections (chronic)and adrenal tumor, high blood pressure...I could go on and on but won't. I was wondering if any of you have ever had this happen to you. I got my blood pressure meds refilled at my usual pharmacy and they filled it with the wrong meds. They gave me a script for heart failure patients. I ended up in the ER with low potassium levels almost below 2..a high blood pressure rate and climbing and a heart rate that is still high. This happened in November. Now I'm going to a cardiologist. As if I didn't have enough to deal with with the fibro and tumor. I try not to let things get me down but lately I've felt like going to bed and not getting out. I'm sorry for venting but I am literally ready to scream enough all ready. Sometimes when the pain gets too tough I look up and say o.k. bring it on!!!! I try not to give up but I'm spent. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 OMG, i think this farmacy kneeds to bee sued out the you no what! you really kneed to sue them this is horible. they kneed to be shut down! please take soem action. and keep on fighting. hang in there hun. Back again Hi, My name is Donna and I am returning to the group. I was diagnosed with fibro back in August of 2005. I also have multiple allergies, sinus infections (chronic)and adrenal tumor, high blood pressure...I could go on and on but won't. I was wondering if any of you have ever had this happen to you. I got my blood pressure meds refilled at my usual pharmacy and they filled it with the wrong meds. They gave me a script for heart failure patients. I ended up in the ER with low potassium levels almost below 2..a high blood pressure rate and climbing and a heart rate that is still high. This happened in November. Now I'm going to a cardiologist. As if I didn't have enough to deal with with the fibro and tumor. I try not to let things get me down but lately I've felt like going to bed and not getting out. I'm sorry for venting but I am literally ready to scream enough all ready. Sometimes when the pain gets too tough I look up and say o.k. bring it on!!!! I try not to give up but I'm spent. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Donna, When my son was a baby he had reflux and was on medication for it. When he was only 8 weeks old the medication that he had been taking was recalled because it was proven that it could cause heart problems after long term use and the Dr. gave him a different medication. I had the medication filled at our normal pharmacy but instead of puting .05 ML on the label they printed out 5 ML (1 tsp). I realized the mistake the minute I saw the bottle and called the pharmacy back to question them about it only to be told by both the technician that had answered the phone and the pharmacist on duty that they had correctly printed the label. A few hours later the head pharmacist got into work and called me apologizing profusely for their mistake and told me she was sending a driver over with the medication in a correctly labeled bottled along with a refund for the price I had paid, she sounded TERRIFIED on the phone that I might have given my baby the medicine in that dosage. Anyway, when I looked up the medication and read the information about overdoses I found that had I given that to my son it would have caused him to go into a comma & die. THANK GOD I realized there was a problem and didn't trust the pharmacy. I don't know if you can take legal action in your case, that's something that I didn't pursue because thankfully we did not give him the medication so I let it go (maybe I shouldn't have but I did). I am sorry to read about your experience and hope you will feel much better soon. Amy > > Hi, > My name is Donna and I am returning to the group. I > was diagnosed with fibro back in August of 2005. I also > have multiple allergies, sinus infections (chronic)and adrenal > tumor, high blood pressure...I could go on and on but won't. > I was wondering if any of you have ever had this happen > to you. I got my blood pressure meds refilled at my usual > pharmacy and they filled it with the wrong meds. They gave > me a script for heart failure patients. I ended up in the > ER with low potassium levels almost below 2..a high blood > pressure rate and climbing and a heart rate that is still > high. This happened in November. Now I'm going to a > cardiologist. As if I didn't have enough to deal with with > the fibro and tumor. I try not to let things get me down > but lately I've felt like going to bed and not getting out. > I'm sorry for venting but I am literally ready to > scream enough all ready. Sometimes when the pain gets too > tough I look up and say o.k. bring it on!!!! I try not > to give up but I'm spent. > Donna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Debi Your son being able to hear some with the implant is really great news. Having raised a handicapped daughter who didn't talk until she was almost 5, and was also quite slow in her being able to sit, stand, walk etc., I can understand your pleasure. I still remember the first time she crawled and made it over to the bookcase and started pulling books out. My husband and I were cheering her on we were so happy. Believe it or not, she now has earned her B.S., M.S., Ph D., and M.D. When she was 41/2 we were told she was mentally retarded. We would have accepted that but we were convinced otherwise. When we tried to tell the therapists what we could see, we were told she could be an idiot savant! Never give up hope for your child - I know raising him is hard but you can get through it. We did. Margaret B > Hi Debi, > > Sorry to hear you and your kids have been sick. I get my share of > sinus infections so I know how painful they can be. My allergist > gives me Augmentin or Biaxin since I am allergic to sulfa. When I get > severe tingling it's because my calcium level is low. Maybe your > sodium and potassium levels are low. Hope the tingling goes away > soon. Congradulations on your son's implant! That's great news! > > warm hugs, > > Debbie J > > > > >> >> Hello All, >> >> My children and I have been sick for the past month. My daughter > is getting better and hopefully my son is too but it is difficult to > get his meds into him so only time, and his follow-up appointment > next week will tell. I have been on an antibiotic for a severe sinus > infection.I am in so much pain right now with tingling throughout > most of my body.> > > On a positive note...my 5 1/2 yr. old son is finally beginning to > say some words. He is profoundly deaf and has a cochlear implant. His > first one failed and he was reimplanted in November. He was able to > hear again on Dec. 7th. >> >> Hope you are all doing well. >> >> Debi >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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