Re: - Pain meds

[Guest guest]

Amen to that !!! I wouldn't trust a dr who knows his/her patients could

be suffering in pain(and I have yet to hear of someone with any autoimmune

disease who doesnt have pain) and doesnt want to prescribe

something........does he/she believe the commercials that we should just take

a couple Eleve and we will be fine? Gees.....JUdy in AZ

[Guest guest]

,

I think we should make you a pain medicine advocate, and you

could go around to these doctors and tell them exactly what

is in your email!!!!!!!!! I keep reading the studies that

prove pain patients don't become addicted and that they are

educating doctors, yet every day someone comes here and says

they can't get pain meds. It infuriates me.

a

[ ] - pain meds

I know you mentioned before that your rheumy does not

prescribe pain meds,

, and it doesn't make me happy to hear that - not

before and not

now either. First of all, the rate of addiction for all

users of all pain

meds is quite small in relation to those who use them

legitimately.

Secondly, I would wager a large sum that the rate of

addiction amongst

rheumatic disease sufferers as a group would be even

smaller than that first

figure. Thirdly, it's more trouble for whom than it worth

for whom?

Obviously, what your doctor is saying is that it is too

much trouble FOR HER

to implement a system through which to responsibly

prescribe pain meds even

though it would make a world of difference to be pain-free

FOR YOU. It is

too much of a hassle FOR HER although FOR YOU it would

mean a great deal in

your day-to-day life. That kind of attitude, and pardon my

language, sucks.

Furthermore, she has the nerve to say that it's OK for

your primary to

prescribe them, but she doesn't want to be bothered with

the whole process.

So she is not opposed to your having the meds, she just

doesn't want the

responsibility of dispensing them. This is not someone who

has your best

interests at heart.

[ ] Re: shoulder...

> Don't mean to but into the conversation, but my Rhuemy

does not

> prescribe pain meds either. She refuses, she says that

they are more

> trouble than they are worth, that too many people get

addicted. Said

> there are lots of Rheumys out there who do, and that if

my PCP wanted

> to precribe them that was OK with her. I tend to agree

with you

> about the dependant, not addicted point of view. I have

been a drug

> addict, and I am now revovered. I have had to take pain

meds at

> times (got them from my PCP)and I had no desire to abuse

them. I

> wanted them to be there when I needed them. I don't

know why these

> doctors try to play God with our lives. It is scary

sometimes. Just

> wanted to vent, tee hee. I'm done now.

>

>

>

>

> > ,

> >

> > I hope the shot (cortisone, I assume) works, but I

would still want

> to know

> > exactly what the problem is with your shoulder.

Especially since

> you have

> > such degeneration in your knees and hips already, I

think having

> your

> > shoulder checked out would be a good idea.

> >

> > The rest of what you said is fairly disturbing. What

combination of

> meds

> > were you discussing? It's not as if you shouldn't be

concerned

> about FUTURE

> > damage. Now, if your rheumatologist is confident that

the Enbrel is

> holding

> > the destruction in check, that's a fine assumption as

long as he is

> > monitoring the progression carefully and you seem to

be stable.

> What sort of

> > x-rays or MRIs or scans of your bones have you had and

when? What I

> really

> > want to know is from the time you were diagnosed with

RA until you

> started

> > Enbrel and up through now what has been done to

document your

> status (hands,

> > feet, knees, shoulders, hips)?

> >

> > Please refresh my memory about the different pain meds

you have

> tried and

> > why your rheumatologist is so opposed to prescribing

them for you.

> That's

> > horrible. I know that, sadly, you haven't had any

success so far in

> getting

> > any good pain relief. Does he believe that you should

just suffer?

> If this

> > is so, you should consider seeing someone else. Or

does he believe

> that the

> > replacements will take care of your pain and that you

should be

> able to live

> > in great pain until then? This is making me angry!

Your other

> doctors didn't

> > seem to be too helpful in the pain management

department either.

> What about

> > a pain specialist?

> >

> > Sorry.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

If I had the chance, I would! Let me at 'em!!!!

RE: [ ] - pain meds

> ,

> I think we should make you a pain medicine advocate, and you

> could go around to these doctors and tell them exactly what

> is in your email!!!!!!!!! I keep reading the studies that

> prove pain patients don't become addicted and that they are

> educating doctors, yet every day someone comes here and says

> they can't get pain meds. It infuriates me.

> a

[Guest guest]

,

Ive had ultracet (which made my belly feel awful)

and darvocet (which made me feel just weird) and I

always end up going back to Vicodin. a's right in

that it does cause drowsiness, so I counter-act with

coffee or caffinated tea. It may not be what the

doctor ideally ordered, but a person does have to get

something accomplished in a day, right?!

--- paula delarosa <pdelarosa@...> wrote:

> ...I take darvocet for pain but it does keep

> you up. Maybe someone

> else can let you know what they take that has helped

> them. I just know it

> works well for my pain. he also said I could take

> vicodin but that makes me

> sleepy.

>

> I will keep my fingers and toes (lol) crossed for

> you tomorrow.

>

> a