What's up with the pain medication

Posted by koneil @koneil, Mar 8 12:42pm

I'm not sure if any members are experiencing this butI am. I am a chronic pain patient. I'm seen for back pain a long with many other issues.
I get a prescription for morphine , used twice a day for 30 days. That medication has been out of stock for over two months here. I also have had problems with 10/325 hydrocodone. They limit my prescriptions to 120 per month. It's also difficult to get. Is anyone else experiencing these issues? Please advise.

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koneil | @koneil | 12 hours ago

I have tried all three. Acupuncture did offer some relief. All three are expensive and not covered by Medicare.
Im sure Medicare won't this time next year.
Insurance is a joke now. They pick the meds they want to cover,and surgery is usually denied.
We should hold them ( insurance companies) accou ntable in obtaining our prescribed medication.
Thanks to ichbendick for the help. You're comments and advice are greatly appreciated.

koneil | @koneil | 11 hours ago

In reply to @jllough1234 "@ichbindck I do aquatherapy, tens unit, massage and acupuncture." + (show)

Thank you for your comment ichbindck. Have you tried a pain management doctor? It seems like you need more than your current Doctor's willing to provide. Maybe a visit to a neurosurgeon will help.
Blessings to you and sorry for your pain. I hope a solution will come for you.

koneil | @koneil | 10 hours ago

Ive tried all three, with acupuncture helping a bit. They were expensive and not I would think the insurance ( an advantage plan over medicare )
would cover some of them. The insurance companies deny prescriptions , and procedures that could help with my condition. I agree ,the medical field is broken. It needs to change with the times

laughlin1947 | @laughlin1947 | 7 hours ago

Yet seriously, the doctor must have another step ahead within our plan of just administering pain meds, like nerve ablations or some type of medical procedure, depending on what the source of the pain is. For instance, the doctor could inject fluid in between two vertebrae that may be bone on bone and causing chronic pain. That's just a guess on my part. What specifically is causing your pain?

boyjimmie1964 | @boyjimmie1964 | 4 hours ago

In reply to @koneil "Ive tried all three, with acupuncture helping a bit. They were expensive and not I would..." + (show)

@koneil I understand wholeheartedly I've been going through back pain from a disc deterioration since 1998
Had surgery for a spine fusion in 2015 one month after that surgery the orthopedic said the surgery went well and I didn't find out that he told the bald-faced lie until 2022. That threw me for a loop because I thought the bulging disc was the cause of my continued pain and with that being said it was a bit too late to put that ink pen on paper with his name on it so therefore I'm still going through it there's not a day go by that I have pain there's not a hour that go by that I have pain there's not a minute that go by that I have pain in my back it is very uncomfortable at least 6 days a week and that's every month and it's been going on since. But I can say walking around after all these years but for spine that wasn't fused that God truly has helped me throughout it all because I could have been paralyzed countless times no number to mention it's just that I was walking around barely connected feeling like the Six Million Dollar Man. So medication is the best thing for me and it's hard to get because of the abuse that the world is presenting to the medical team of doctors nurses and Pain Management. To be honest you and I will be well off probably feeling better than we have if it wasn't for that.
I wish you all the best on your journey and I pray that you recover from your pain at the end of this email.