Doctor prescriptions and treatment

not only can they but they do. my medical doctor told me I'm on probation. How do you like that?

On probation for what! Is this guy for real? I think it is really unfair that they would put that on you. I don't think that there are many if any that are on this site that wouldn't do just about anything to be out of pain. I hate it when I hear something like this.

I am looking for another Doctor as we speak. But they are not in pain we are so they really don't care.

Hi,
I just came over from the other site, diabetics, and this is just another of my ailments. I was reading your post, and I too am in a similar situation, I have been on pain meds, for 10 yrs. My dosage very rarely changes unless something else get injured or I have surgery on something else. My dosage has only increased 1 time a day, which when you look at it 4 times a day is really not a lot over a 10 year period. Anyway because I move a lot for my work, it is hard to find a Dr to write. I hope this is last move, I went to a Spine Ortho specialist to look at my lower back. He did an MRI, and I told him about some problems with my neck, and he got some xrays of my neck. Well something happened and I couldn't straighten my head up or else my left arm went numb and paralyzed pretty much. Three months conservative treatment and a nerve block all lead to C5- C6 fusion, you know plate and 4 screws. Not to mention my own hip bone piece. SO meantime my back is still messed up, and my Dr will not write for my back…I asked him when can we fuse my back, and he wanted to do more therapy for 3 months I had L5 - S1 microdisectomy surgery in 95 and now have L2 L3 with bulges, narrowing of my spinal canal, extensive scar tissue, and a bunch of other things, luckily my family internal medicine Dr agreed to write my prescription. SO I guess all that was to get to say was ask your family Dr. Does that help?

Hey, background is always good. It gives us an idea of where you are coming from. Those of us that have a good Pain doc feel lucky when we hear stories like yours. You are really lucky that your family doc will write your prescriptions for you. That is pretty rare.

I can tell you this much. Unfortunately, a doctor can refuse to treat anyone they don't want to treat. You could try to sue him, but what good would that do because in the meantime, you have no pain meds. I am not sure why your primary doc is so set on surgery. What does he say is the reason behind all this? I also know that primary docs do not want to prescribe pain meds on a long term on going basis. It makes them nervous. You might want to look at a pain management specialist. It is sometimes hard to get into one, but I would try and keep trying. Especially if you don't want to have more surgery at the moment. Honestly, if you are keeping up with all the things that you are doing right now, I would avoid surgery as well if you can. Find a pain management doc. They may try different things besides the medication, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.

I have been rejected from four pain centers. They say I have too much pain.

That is the craziest thing I have ever heard. What do they mean by that? Are you just in too much pain to help or that they don't know what to do.

YES, SOME PRIMARY DRS. WILL REFUSE TO FILL PAIN MEDS, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY A PAIN SPECIALIST OR A PAIN MEDICE DR. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE 2 PRACTICES. I THINK YOUR DR IS SEEING DOLLAR SIGNS ALL OVEER YOUR FACE. BACK SURGERIES COST ABOUT I/4 OF MILLION DOLLARS. WHILE SOME MEDICATIONS CAN JUST COST A FEW DOLLARS.

I think there is no doubt that there are docs out there that are all about the money. They might even be good surgeons, but I would steer clear of them if you can. Better to find someone who is understanding and is willing to treat you with respect and dignity and is willing to give you the help that you need to function in society and have a quality of life.