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Pain Pill Addiction and Neuropathy - Looking for Guidance

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I don’t know what state or where you live. There are State laws to protect pain management patients. Depending on the law inn your state you can sue for lack of medical care. The only way a pain management doctor can drop you is if you took more than you were prescribed. It is important to keep track of your opioids. I put mine in a pill container . Then my pill bottles are locked up. I do four weeks at a time. One in morning and one at night. My prescription reads take one pill every 8 hours for 20 mgs of OxyContin but I only take two except on my bad days. Truthfully, I would rather do medical marijuana than opiates.
You can take seizure medications for neuropathy, elavil, neurontin and lyrica. Some of the neuropathy medications can make you feel like you are loosing your memory. Medical marijuana gummies indica 10thc/10cbd. I tried it in Colorado and California. It took away the pain at night. I live in Texas. There is a person that drives in from Austin to see my pain management doctor.
He is in Colleyvillle. He upped my prescription without me asking.
My attitude is it’s not going to get better.. I am 62 and I prefer to be in less pain and able to function than not to be able do to nothing.
Mine is autoimmune neuropathy.
Sjögrens, Lupus, Dysautonomia, severe axonal sensorimotor peripheral polyneuropathy, SFN, (small fiber neuropathy), CAN- cardiac autonomic neuropathy, spinal bifida, and seizures caused by dysautonomia. I told my pain management doctor that I don’t want to live my life in pain.

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I really appreciate your post. I don’t think anybody should be denied pain medication , there are many different types of pain medication. Yes, some are very addictive but necessary if you have to live with autonomic neuropathy for the rest of your life who’s to judge what type of pain medication you should have it’s a personal decision. There are many options and thank you so much for your post.