Sadly, I am aware of what you talk about. You can see if with most pain doctors if you advocate for yourself and are knowledgeable about what you speak. "Let us try X first" "X doesn't work, I've...
To Kaely, you didn't really read what I said and part of the problem is I'm quickly recounting what I've already said so it's far from exact. Example, I mentioned LONG ACTING Oxycodone because he was...
Part of the problem is because he's not a Pain Management doctor, he's my Primary. I went to the clinic and they're booked back TWO YEARS with people, so they sent him my records and their...
I don't see why being frustrated with a medicine not working and coming off it is a red flag, it's kind of the opposite. It helps so little that it's pointless, and it's not much of a loss if I take...
I think we're going to the same doctor, mine wanted me to meditate, take anti-depressants and do the "Alexander" technique rather than consider a medication change....
I didn't request a specific drug and I'm aware of that, he brought up Percocet and only the short acting. I told him if it was long acting, perhaps. I basically keep paying co-payments monthly to go...
Oh man, the nose itching used to drive me insane....
It's been a while, but I last posted about how I had finally gone through the motions and been prescribed 15mg Morphine Sulfate which worked less than poorly. The doctors upped it to 30mg and it...
Are you in some type of shared living situation or do you know who happens to be stealing them?...
I would love to use a non-chain, I am not a fan of chain stores in general. I'd much prefer to support mom and pop shops if I could, but I honestly don't know of any private "drug stores" where I...
I'm going to go after work and ask, but I highly doubt it. If it was they should have already told me about it. I will also count my pills under a security camera right then and there from now on. I...
Good luck, I can only tell you I've tried an epidural and it didn't work for me personally. I have constant low back pain going down the back of my right thigh too, and I can't figure out why....
I'm just flabbergasted and I want an investigation done. I don't understand how I had a prescription listed and "Ready to Pick Up" according to CVS without me physically carrying a paper into them?...
I thought that too actually, but when I asked they said there wasn't anything there. My pill bottle also says 90 as well, so they will claim there were 90. I have now made a formal complaint and...
It keeps getting worse, now after fixing the dates on the website's calender, it now says I've PICKED UP the Morphine TODAY! This could all get me booted from pain management or labeled a drug seeker...
It's all set now, someone didn't ring it up originally but did when I got reimbursed apparently. That doesn't explain why it was ready today though, the full 90 amount was ready. I printed and took a...
They botched it somehow at the register, because it says the full thing is ready to be picked up today despite no prescription being given to them. I decided to ask if they shorted me, they said no...
Now I'm just...what the hell is going on? I signed up for CVS's online prescription management service to see if it would give me any insight and it says I picked up my prescription for the Morphine...
I'm going to ask CVS. I was originally supposed to get only 9 pills for a 3 day supply while waiting, and then got the "whole" prescription instead. I think they filled for 9 and never gave it to me....
I'm not, you just keep repeating things that aren't important to this. Of course I'm angry, I'm missing pills! I can get kicked out of Pain Management and it isn't my fault! I want to talk to CVS but...
Not counting today = Should have taken 54 = Pretend I took all 3 today. I've taken one but pretend I've taken 3 for the sake of keeping the number in line. 90-54 = 36 I should have left 26 = What I...
"Yeah, morphine in oral form is nearly useless by comparison. It barely absorbs into your system apparently." Snowbunny that's not what I said at all, I said oral form is useless by comparison (to...
Bunny, I'm counting today. 54 including today, I said that in the very first post. I'm counting today because I've already taken 1 and it throws off the "By 3s" count. Oddly enough, the number...
No, it's not possible I dropped them, and while I live with my girlfriend and other people have been in my apartment, I don't think it was any of them stealing 10 from my pill bottle or weekly...
No you don't get it, I don't have to bring them with me. My contract says they can do them, but they have to tell you ahead of time. So they can do one, but I'm in no way required to bring them....
The bioavailability is apparently useless, the majority of it doesn't get into your system orally. Oxycodone is like 80% absorbed and morphine is 40% or something. It used to work for me too, not...
I don't have to do pill counts unless they ask, so I won't bring them with me. I'm thinking the pharmacy shorted me, and now I'm going to have to count anything I get, right after I get it. I've...
Yeah, morphine in oral form is nearly useless by comparison. It barely absorbs into your system apparently....
There's no way I'm taking more than 3 a day, and taking 2 a day would only be to make them even out. They already don't work at 3 a day. Yeah, I know what doctors do. Something is wrong here though....
I was given 1mg of Dilaudid once and it knocked me out, so it *seems* to be way, way stronger. That was just my experience though. Oxycodone 5mg doesn't do anything for me really....
I basically feel like I'm missing a ton of pills and now I'm panicky, but I'm thinking it's just a math error and I can't figure it out. I was prescribed 90 Morphine on August 28th and do not get a...
That's insane! I pay 84 dollars for 90 Morphine!...
I do worry about it though, law enforcement has access to it and that's wrong. They say they do things to prevent them from going on fishing expeditions, but what if I applied to a job with a law...
It's not something you can disagree on, it's a fact. My state has a very, very low amount of doctors participating it and I showed you the news articles. They want to make it compulsory because...
I am open to other ways, but as it is nothing is working. Today my morphine is doing very little and it's worse than ever. Chriopractor doesn't work, PT is good but too expensive, I'm open to...
Wow Jazzie, that makes me angry. That's the type of situation these feel-good laws don't account for. I had to pay cash for my very 1st prescription because my insurance (Blue Cross) took it upon...
If possible Snow, I do want to reduce my pain other ways too. I don't like having to up my dosage, but the dosage didn't work from day 1. It doesn't really take my pain down even 2 notches, so I'm...
I hate reading about people having trouble with money even with insurance, it makes me so sad. Especially chronic pain patients and these situations, we already have issues working in a lot of cases!...
He ruled it out by making me turn and bend and such. Certain positions weren't setting it off so he thinks it's unlikely. I sit in a computer chair most of the day, but I get up and stretch often. It...
I know Bunny, I was just asking about that specific issue. According to what I've seen Opana has switched their formula too. Apparently people are swallowing them whole and they're coming out the...
On a related topic, has anyone noticed less pain reduction since Pharmaceutical companies began reformulating their Long Acting opioids? I was just reading a thread from another forum where a pain...
I belonged to another place with a chronic pain section, but people rarely ever posted. I found this place when googling chronic pain and there's far more members and responses here. So yes, it is...
Good luck, I live with knee pain from misaligned kneecaps and damage to the bone so I know it's not fun....
I think there's miscommunication, I'm not talking about early refills. I'm talking about prescriptions on time, insurance can't really block it if I pay for it. That's why having the new prior...
The insurance thing is pointless as I described it though, they could theoretically block the prescription but if the doctor prescribed it and I'm paying cash, how would the insurance company have...
I can't go on these overnight hikes with my friends and they don't get why, that makes me feel awful....
Florida is the cause of the problems we face with opiates, almost singlehandedly too. I live in Massachusetts, and I've watched documentaries on how all the illegal opiates are prescribed at Florida...
Doctor hasn't really done any treatment, except for me getting a TENS unit but that was unrelated to this. Everything I'm doing to manage it daily is my doing and the doctor said to keep it up. I was...
Sorry to hear about your friend, the loss of someone close is never easy. I take things like that very, very hard myself and am currently hoping my dad beats his stage 4 cancer. Your friend should be...
I'll keep it short. Basically a month ago my lower back began getting sore after moving furniture. This happens once in a while and I just deal with it until it goes away. It was normal soreness...