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Chronic pain people that fall through the cracks!
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Sep 24, 2024 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
I had my pain meds taken away in 2020 because of the government. I only got 3 days of pain meds for a revision total knee replacement. I have had many spinal injections, ablation and whatever they tell me to do. Therapy costs me $45 everytime I go. My medical bill is over $3000 from the procedures and therapy. They think we will all be opiod addicts. I was on oxycontin from 1996 to 2020. I never abused it or asked for extra. It let me live my life. I don't know what they expect us to do. I refuse to go back to a psychologist and be put on meds because your unhappy with the government and doctors making you live in pain. These procedures are causing patients and insurance companies money. I'm 67 and just want the cheapest method for my pain that works and that is opiods.
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“… And that is the opioids.” Just as a footnote, I honestly don’t understand why legitimate use of opioids can’t be distinguished from abusive use of opioids. A very smart person eight years in university in health and sciences, and the opioids not abused has the least interaction with all the other medication I end up having to take. For me the oxy plus the Tylenol works the best, I can’t tell you how terrible I felt over the years when some nurse in a hospital or a doctors office says some thing to me about addiction. After 30 years I can still almost go a day without taking anything if I am distracted enough good luck to you , whenever I come across someone who tells this story we commiserate and then with that support, they can continue on their journey. The guy who fixes my garage door got medication from the VA and they denied him his Percocet and he had to go to an outside Doctor Who charged him $500 a month , the stuff is $.86 if that for 90 day supply. It is a shame, a crying shame. So I speak out whenever I can.
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I am sorry you’re suffering! I know we can imagine how you feel. I am 67 and I’ve been on low-dose Percocet for 30 years and I’ve never changed my dose built tolerance or had any problem. The only problem I have is from the medical industry humiliating me. I can tell you that this last year was the hardest when there was a shortage of medication I had to switch over to the OxyContin from the Percocet and really the Percocet works best for me. The doctors have never been able to take away the pain that I experience in my lower lumbar tailbone area. After 30 years, I am hopeful that maybe it’s my muscular and not structural in the bones. I keep on working on it. What I can tell you is the government doesn’t get in the way of your medical care as much as politics. The DEA created a restriction this year on dispensing opioids because of the opioid epidemic that caused a shortage in my area in California so it was a nightmare for a few months. I was lucky my doctors worked with me. My doctors Are at Ucsd and Ucsd tends to be really stringent because they accept federal monies so if you’re out of place that accepts federal monies, you might have a problem. My suggestion is to find another Doctor Who will be your primary doctor so you don’t have to doctor shop because that’s also illegal and gain their trust and get your opioids through them.