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Chronic Back Pain for Years

Spine Health | Last Active: Nov 21, 2021 | Replies (644)
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@wisco50

Good luck, Jim. Ask him what HE would do (that you have already tried and didn’t help) if it was him or a loved one. Write stuff down ahead of time to keep you on track!

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Jim, Volunteer Mentor | @jimhd | Oct 20, 2020

@wisco50 @lorirenee1 @jesfactsmon @jakedduck1 @gingerw @faithwalker007

The pcp did increase my dose of mscontin from 15mg tid to 30mg bid, (from 45mg to 60mg total), and won't increase it any more until I meet with the pain specialist and have his approval to increase it.

These are some of the things he said:

"Opioids don't treat neuropathy pain."
"Opioids are prescribed for acute pain."
"Opioids become ineffective when used to treat chronic pain."
"Opioids can cause harm if used long term."
"Doctors don't like to manage chronic pain long term because they don't make money prescribing opioids."
"The money is in giving injections and doing procedures and doing implants."

Jim

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