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@colleenyoung

@fairymystry, you are a good friend to help find answers for your friend. I know you are very worried about her and want her to get the help she deserves. It sounds like there are more questions that need to be asked until you and your friend can get an understanding of what to do next.

Mayo Clinic does not require patients to be off of opioids or other pain medications before they can be seen. That said there may be situations or programs for which this is a requirement, such as the Pain Rehabilitation Center https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/pain-rehabilitation-center/sections/overview/ovc-20481691

As a best next step, I recommend that your friend confirm with her referring physician that they contacted Mayo Clinic. Find out what the requirements of admission are. Since your friend was intially accepted, her doctor can work with her to meet the requirements of admission. If admission depends on adjusting her current pain managment plan, her doctor can work with her and Mayo Clinic to meet the requirements and manager her pain.

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Thanks so much, @colleenyoung. I appreciate your reply!
Is it possible that I could find out what the specific requirements for admission are for her condition? How would I go about doing that?
I've also heard that if she is denied through one division, her doctor can re-apply to a different division - is that true?
I trust that her doctor is doing her best but there are a few outside factors bogging down the doctor's time to devote to her case, and I'd like to help to alleviate that where I can, and that seems like a fairly simple task. I should mention that I have been given special permissions by my friend to speak to her medical team and would likely be the one accompanying her to Mayo Clinic should she get admitted, so I do feel comfortable in this role if its a matter of making a phone call or even just a proper internet search. I just don't know how to physically go about it.
Any help is appreciated.