The current painkiller abuse hysteria (thank you, media) has made doctors paranoid. For nearly three years, my family doctor prescribed me tramadol for lower back pain. Whenever I needed a refill, he...
There was a time you could go to an ER and the doctors weren't afraid to give you pain medications if they had a good reason to believe you needed them. Nowadays, unless you've got a compound...
I've had the same type of problem before. I had a doctors appoinment that coincided with me needing refills on three medications that he had me on for over a year. Well, I showed up and he didn't....
As someone who uses Tramadol for back pain, I can definitly concur that it doesn't always get the job done in terms of relief, especially if I only take one at a time. When it comes to your doctor...
I think that this is the wave of the future. Doctors and pain management specialists are going to become increasingly unwilling to prescribe truly effective medications due to the current hysteria...
I've been using Tramadol for years, but the last few times I have asked for refills, my doctor has seemed reluctant. "Are you sure you still need it?", he asked me last time. Before recently, he...
Ah, pill counting.Thankfully I've never had my doctor require that of me. I don't see a pm, though. Just a regular family MD. But if he ever demands to count my pills and wants to dispose of any...
I wonder if it wasn't for celebrities overdosing on prescription drugs, would such a big deal be made of the issue?...
I went through a similar thing recently. Not exactly the same circumstances, but close enough. My doctor just didn't show up for our appointment. And though I told his nurse (who had not yet left)...
Here's a little something I think you should know. If you tell a doctor you want an effective, non-opioid painkiller, he or she might put you on something called Tramadol (also known as ultram). But...
Well, I'll see him tomorrow in the morning. I'm nervous because I don't know what they're going to come at me with. If my doctor recognizes he screwed up, will he practice a little CYA and try...
Bayoub2, I'm going to see him on Tuesday, and if he doesn't have a very good excuse for his actions, I'll be reporting him to medicare. I've already called them about this situation and they agreed...
When it comes to articles about addiction, perhaps newpapers should begin writing about doctors who put their patients on medications that WILL cause physical dependence if they are on them long...
There was a time doctors would give you narcotic pain medications without any problem.Now it's getting to the point where unless you have a compound fracture or third degree burn, they will tell you...
Okay, just one last rant before I let this go. My wife called my doctors office today and let them know I wasn't doing very well and that she didn't understand why he wouldn't refill these...
Doctors taking patients off pain medications cold turkey seems more than a little unethical. Cruel would be the right word for such action. Unless they have reason to believe that your life is in...
I think this is an overreaction to people who do abuse prescription pain medications. As far as I'm concerned, if some not so bight person wants to endanger their health by abusing narcotic pain...
Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing. Hopefully Raider is okay. Considering what I'm going through right now and him as well, from now on I'm going to make sure to keep enough pain medication around so...
I'm going through pretty much the same thing right now, only it's the doctor who is the problem.Being on these kinds of pain meds for a long time and suddenly not having them isn't only unpleasant,...
The doctor I'm referring to is my regular physician. It seems like there is no quick solution to my problem and I'm going to have to rough it out for a few weeks until I can talk a little sense into...
There was a doctor on call that day (and this wasn't the first time my physician has called in sick. I've called before to get refills only to be told he wasn't there), but whoever is the standby...
I could go to urgent care, but the doctors there won't generally prescribe medications for pain. I'm getting a record of my prescription history faxed to me by my insurance provider so that when I go...
I'm going on three days now without my tramadol and am seriously about to lose it. I feel depressed, shaky, and am having a hard time controlling my emotions. My back hurts wose than ever, too. I've...
Ssinss said... Most offices have an administration or a patient advocate for just such these things. It might help to call them. I can not make sense of many things. I have to wait until Jan 25th. i...
Well, here's the update. I called my doctors office this morning and his nurse told me that he didn't want to refill the prescriptions until my next appointment. Get that? I went for my scheduled...
I took one of the xanax my doctor gives me for sleep and that seems to be helping a little. But that's another thing. I haven't asked for a refill on the xanax for nearly two and a half months since...
I'm definitely calling them tomorrow about it. I don't know if it will do any good, but it's worth a shot. I just called my insurance company to get a record of how often I've gotten it filled, and...
Whatever his reason is, he should have told me. The last time I saw him, he gave no indication that he might take me off the tramadol. Besides, I was only taking four a day, so I don't know why he'd...
He is my regular doctor, though. I haven't been referred to a pain specialist. It seems like at very least his nurse could have called me to explain why the refill request was denied. And this...
After being on it for over a year, my pharmacist today informed me that my recent request for a tramadol refill had been declined by my doctor.I haven't yet been able to speak to him or his nurse...
The receptionist books appointments if you're trying to be seen in a week or so, but if you want to be seen on the day you call, they will transfer you to the doctors nurse and let her decide if they...
I called this morning and my doctor is back in his office today, but his nurse (and I won't use the word I'd like to in describing her attitude) was snotty with me. All I did was ask if they'd had...
They have an on-call doctor, but he or she will not call in refills on pain medications or controlled substances. In other words, I'm screwed until my physician gets back in his office. I'm just...
I had an appointment scheduled with my doctor this morning at 9:40. Since I live over twenty miles away from town, I left around ten minutes after nine. When I got to there, I checked in and was told...
I want to ask the pharmacy for my records showing both when the prescription has been filled and when I picked it up, but I'm afraid of rocking the boat. They've got the power here, not me. If they...
Would the pharmacy have records of when I picked the prescription up as well as when it was filled?That's the real issue. They might have filled it on a Tuesday, but I didn't pick it up until Friday,...
Okay, first let me say that I'm on Tramadol for lower back pain.My initial bad experience was with Walgreens. I had an online account with them and my prescriptions were set to auto refill, meaning...
I'm just going to be straightforward about it, then. My problem is that I don't remember much about the last conversation I had with him. That wasn't my fault since he was in such a hurry that day,...
I use tramadol for lower back pain. For about a year, my doctor had me on 180 a month. The instructions say "take one to two by mouth every six hours as needed for pain. I usually take two in the...
Woolrow, that's very true. I guess it's just human nature to enjoy having power. And far too many abuse it for their own satisfaction. I have on many occasions gotten prescriptions from my doctor and...
I called his nurse this morning and she said they'd get back to me. As of yet, they have not. Calling again would probably only annoy them, so I guess I'm just going to have to wait for them to call...
So what should this pharmacist have done? Tell the lady that she shouldn't drink alcohol while taking percodan? Perhaps. And maybe he did. I didn't hear their whole conversation. Refused to sell her...
@Snowbunny, I'm not taking your posts as being argumentative. We just have a different point of view. I trust my doctor because he actually takes the time to get on his computer and check out...
My grandmother sees only one doctor. Her physician is well aware of what medications she's on and how they interact. All she needs the pharmacy to do is fill her prescriptions when they are supposed...
1. What I found funny was the fact that this place was as much a liquor store as pharmacy and that this lady had the nerve to pull a stunt like that. 2. Personally, I'd rather have a pharmacist who...
Yesterday I went to pick up prescriptions for my grandmother at a mom and pop type pharmacy that I'm considering transferring my own medicine to. I walked in and immediately noticed that this place...
Woolrow, that's just pure stupidity on the part of whoever at that Walgreens refused to even take the prescription form. They could easily have put it into the system and filled it the next day. Even...
What I'll probably do is wait a month and then when I see him again, let the guy know that the decreased dosage of Tramadol just isn't cutting it and that I'm having to add Ibuprofen to the mix to...
I guess it just came down to me not wanting to tempt fate. Even in the relatively small midwestern town of Madison, Indiana (Beautiful historic city, by the way. They even made a movie about us. Look...
Okay, I guess I'm just a wuss. I was afraid to press my doctor on the subject. In my defense, I didn't notice the reduction in dosage until waiting in line to get that one and my others filled....