notloki Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Yea ! My pdoc said he would be willing to write for my pain meds now that my generalist does not prescribe pain meds. It is in his best interests if he doesn't want me to get depressed. I pick up the script today or tomorrow. Finally I will not be in pain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 15 minutes ago, notloki said: Yea ! My pdoc said he would be willing to write for my pain meds now that my generalist does not prescribe pain meds. It is in his best interests if he doesn't want me to get depressed. I pick up the script today or tomorrow. Finally I will not be in pain. Good luck man. Nothing worse to toss gasoline on the tire fire that is depression like pain. Do you find that depression amplifies the pain or have you been in remission so long that you don't remember? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikl_pls Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I personally don't have any solutions to the opioid crisis at hand, but the US is not handling it well... That's another rabbit hole though. I'm very glad your pdoc is willing to do that. My pdoc has a license to prescribe pain meds, and all the pharmacists and pharm techs in the area hate her for it. I stopped going to CVS because they were slandering her, saying she "prescribes outside the scope of her practice," and that "she's not a real doctor," and shit like that. That's also another rabbit hole. Anyway, I'm very happy for you that you get to stay on meds that help you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ion Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 That's great news, and it also makes sense to me that the doctor who prescribes many of your other meds would be a good person to cover pain meds as part of the whole medication regimen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notloki Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Depression makes pain worse. Unrelenting pain tends to cause and make depression worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notloki Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 hours ago, mikl_pls said: I personally don't have any solutions to the opioid crisis at hand, but the US is not handling it well... That's another rabbit hole though. I'm very glad your pdoc is willing to do that. My pdoc has a license to prescribe pain meds, and all the pharmacists and pharm techs in the area hate her for it. I stopped going to CVS because they were slandering her, saying she "prescribes outside the scope of her practice," and that "she's not a real doctor," and shit like that. That's also another rabbit hole. Anyway, I'm very happy for you that you get to stay on meds that help you! Any doctor with a DEA license and liability insurance for that schedule of med can write for pain meds. Any doctor can write off label. The DEA wants people to go the the appropriate specialist to receive their schedule II meds. I think generalists should be able to write for schedule II meds (Adderall and pain meds). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notloki Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 hours ago, mikl_pls said: I'm very glad your pdoc is willing to do that. My pdoc has a license to prescribe pain meds, and all the pharmacists and pharm techs in the area hate her for it. I stopped going to CVS because they were slandering her, saying she "prescribes outside the scope of her practice," and that "she's not a real doctor," and shit like that. That's also another rabbit hole. My pdoc's first internship was at UCLA at the pain clinic but of course I doubt pharmacy staff would know little details like this. He also gives me celebrex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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