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Who do you report a doctor to that prescribes drugs to an addict when asked not to?

  • Posted on October 15, 2010 at 7:22 pm

My friends daughter is a drug addict and is prescribed 150 Zanax and 120 perks each month. Only she takes them all in the first week with her boyfriend. Last night the boyfriend almost die (actually he did die they brought him back twice). Her parents have asked the doctors office time and time again not to prescribe her these prescriptions because she is a drug addict but he has ignore their request and has refused to schedule an appointment with the parents. There seems to be no help for a situation like this in Pennsylvania.

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How do you find a doctor that really cares if you live or die?

  • Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:20 pm

I’ve really been thinking of suicide. My life is upside down. My daughter is still using “meth” and controls me (not the other way around), my parents want a divorce at 85?, my job may soon be eliminated, I’m seriously in debt, I’m in a relationship I’m extremely am unhappy in, but must stay since we are leasing a home together and our lease is not up til 9/15; I hate going home every night; my daughter continues to disappoint me and I cannot stand up to her….I need a good psychologist to talk to or I know I may do something drastic….which I don’t want to do. I can’t go on much longer….

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Can someone recommend a pain clinic or doctor in the Denver Area? Advice for severe pain?

  • Posted on September 4, 2010 at 7:20 pm

I’ve been suffering from back pain for a couple of years and it has become extremely intense in the past year. My husband lost his job so we lost our insurance, so I’ve been going to a clinic for the past year. Luckily, he found another job that he’s been working at for about 2 months now and our insurance is about to kick in. I was wondering if someone knows of a good doctor in Colorado. I’d really like to find someone who is caring and compassionate.

It started during my second pregnancy and went away a couple months after the birth of my son. Then it returned when I was pregnant with my 3rd child and got rapidly worst. After my daughter was born it just continued to get a lot worst. I had an MRI and was told I had Degenerative Disc Disease. I’ve been able to get a little physical therapy, unfortunately not a lot due to the lack of insurance. The pain has now spread to my hip. I don’t know if the pain in my hip is connected to the back pain or if it’s something completely different. But I’ve started having a hard time walking and try really hard not to leave the house because I’m so scared of having a pain attack out in public. I’m only 28 years old and have developed horrible depression from being in so much pain. I have kind of gotten used to the constant pain and have been able to manage it with pain meds, unfortunately the pain attacks are so intense I haven’t been able to get relief. I took percocet for the pain and then the doctor added extra oxycodone in addition because after 8 months I became tolerant, plus the pain increased. She recently suggested prescribing oxycontin but I’d prefer not to go that route. I’m hoping with insurance and physical therapy I can start getting relief and wean off the narcotics. I also take muscle relaxers and naproxen, plus anti-depressants. She also put me on Lyrica. I’m having some bad side affects but I’ve only been on it for a few days so I’m hoping they get more mild, I haven’t noticed a difference in the pain yet. I’ve also tried marijuana but didn’t really feel it helped me too much, maybe to be able to sleep at night. I’ve tried ice packs, hot baths, icy hot, tiger balm, ibuprofen, herbal teas, juicing, deep breathing, meditation. Flexeril completely knocks me out so I had to stop taking it.

I’d like to find a doctor who will help me get better control of the pain and give advice on what I can do other then just keep taking more pills. I’ve been doing yoga and stretching but I’m still having a lot of pain. I’d like a doctor who isn’t opposed to painkillers either. I’m hoping to find other ways to get pain control, but untill that happens I have a 3 year old, 2 year old, and 8 month old with a husband who works 75 hours a week and absolutely no one to help me. So I need to have some kind of pain management. I was told I’d never be completely pain free, but I just want to be able to take my kids to the park, and zoo, do normal housework and stop feeling like a complete failure as a wife and mother. It’s really hard for me, I used to play all these sports and run 8 miles a day, even completing marathons, now I can barely make it up the stairs without tears. So if you know of a good doctor, please let me know. Or if you have any advice, I would really appreciate it. Acupuncture, supplements, stretches, I will be grateful for any advice. Thank you!

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Severe chronic pain etc.. and have problems with my doctor, I need some advice, please.?

  • Posted on September 2, 2010 at 1:20 am

I was in a severe SUV accident and lucky to be alive. It happened a year ago and I had a closed head injury, short term memory loss, punctured lung, 7 broken ribs, broken collar bone (shoulder) that has had surgery but still hurts like heck, fractured back, and 6 herniated disks. On top of all this I have fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety. I take Morphine 3 times a day, Percocet 3 times a day and lorizapam 3 times a day and liboderm patches 2 to 3 a day. I am at a level 7 at all times on the pain scale and sometimes higher.
I used to have a business and have lost it because I cannot work. I cant even cook, or take care of my household. I am on the state health plan that many doctors do not take, so I can’t go to a pain management doctor and a back surgeon said he would do surgery on me if I was 60 and I am in my early 40′s.
I am on welfare now trying to get on social security and have been denied twice now. I appealed for a hearing now.
My case worker from welfare scheduled me an appointment because they sent a letter to my doctor to fill out to discuss my condition and my limitations and my doctor filled it out and said I can go to work full time without any accommodations.
Then she said by law she can make me work, but looking at me she knew I could not and will not make me work. She said that I need to have a serious talk with my doctor about why he has done this and he is also affecting my social security. She saw how much pain I was in and my condition is so obvious.
I have seen this doctor for over 20 years and I don’t know what to do or what to say. I have told him I spend every day in bed or on the couch. The pain is too severe. I have to wear a back brace, use a cane, shower with a stool, have a grab bar which were all prescribed to me. My teenage daughter has to do a lot and I have friends to mow my lawn and help clean my home.
She said it would be better to stay with this doctor then to look for another one because SSI would question all the different doctors I go to to find the right one to help me.
I am so upset and crying and don’t understand why my doctor is doing this to me. I feel he is trying to ruin me and my life and I just can’t handle it.
Any suggestions, please.
I try to stretch like you mentioned, but it is hard. Not only do I have fibromyalgia, I have a broken back with a wedge shape deformity that has by now already healed in that position since I could not get back surgery.
Also, my doctor changed after 2 things happened. One, my sister in-law stole 4 days worth of my percocet and the doctor got mad and yelled if it happens again, find another doctor. And two, I told him I had an attorney and since then he has been weird, down playing my symptoms and just finding out releasing me to work when I am disabled and cannot work anymore. If I could, I would have not lost my business I worked so hard for.
If I have to find another doctor. How can I go about doing it, finding one that cares, that will fill out my social security paper work. Just plan take on a heavy load to have to go through my history.

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If my daughter did cocaine and I rushed her to a doctor for a drug test, could this be verified within 24 hour

  • Posted on August 4, 2010 at 1:22 pm
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Doctor who prescribes diet pills during pregnancy and women who take them?

  • Posted on July 30, 2010 at 7:21 pm

My mother in law is 72 years old now, but 54 years ago she was a newly wed starting a family. Her first child was a big baby. When she became pregnant with her second child, she begged her doctor to help her have a smaller baby. Her OB/GYN prescribed diet pills and she took those little pills during her entire pregnancy. Her baby girl was huge in spite of those diet pills.

After my sister in law was born, my mother in law said the baby cried constantly. Once they got home from the hospital, my mother law says that my sister in law slept all the time. From birth until age 12, my sister law’s favorite place was her bed. She slept constantly. Even now, at age 51, her favorite pass time is sleeping.

During adolescence and young adult hood, my sister in law became addicted to methamphetamine. She said taking the drug made her feel normal. She is now a recovering drug addict and alcoholic, but she still misses the drugs. Her daughter, my niece, is also a methamphetamine addict. My niece spent two years in prison for criminal activity associated with drug abuse. The cycle continues.

Is there anyway possible the diet pills my mother in law took during her pregnancy 52 years ago could have caused my sister in law’s drug addiction and subsequently my niece’s drug addiction?

I can’t help but wonder. Although I have suggested this possibility to my mother in law, she thinks it is far fetched. She also doesn’t think taking those diet pills while pregnant was wrong — she has justified it as being prescribed by her doctor and she was just following his instruction.

Could there be a connection?

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about drug addition not telling your doctor your on methadone to get Valium?

  • Posted on January 2, 2010 at 10:01 am

A friends daughter is on methadone and is taking Valium any one know the effects of the mix. how does her mom help her. Please help

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