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so whats the deal with pain management facilities? how do they work?

so ive have been on oxycodone for about 4 years on and off and the past year straight from a failed back surgery. when i lived in ohio my Dr gave me pain meds, then i moved to Virginia and my new Dr just looks at my record and see's ive tried literally everything i can and gives me pain meds and then i moved back to ohio and got a new Dr because my old one moved and he did the same. last summer i was nearly off them then i re-injured my back and worked my way up to 20mg oxycodone IR 4 times a day. but out of nowhere my Dr cant write scripts for pain meds from some DEA mess so i ran out of my pain meds and am having really bad withdraws and my dr office told me the only way to get my meds is to go to a pain management facility. but that can take weeks to get in, i might go to the ER but i called and they said they really cant do much. Does pain management Dr's mainly just give you pain meds or what? i have no clue, ive been on every thing form tylenol #3 to Fentayl and oxycodone ir is the only thing that gives me any quality of life, i am literally stuck in bed for 18+ hours a day without pain meds.

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  • 7 years ago
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    Hello, pain clinics do medicate for pain, it is all they do. The DEA has already hit

    my doctor and tested all patients two months in a row, people who had other sub-

    stances in their system were let go by the doctor, I don't use anything but what doctor gives me so am still getting mine from him. I don't know why DEA is

    trying to control how a doctor treats a patient now. That should be the doctor's decision, between dr and patient.. I am a failed fusion patient and have pain

    constantly. Like you I would just be in a chair without mine, just breathing! IF you

    live near a big city, start calling around and ask each one if the doctor treats

    pain? If so, go pick up your records and make an appointment. They are much

    easier to get in a big city like Dallas, Tx. The pain clinic may or may not give you

    what you were taking but I have really never used one, so unknown to me. Good luck.

    Source(s): RN
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