25/09/2007 08:29 - DrBorrie

ekulas, The field of pain management anesthesiology has become excedingly cautious recently. if your doctor isn't helping you can find another doctor, however, that is seen as a red flag by doctors. Doctors want to develop a long term relationship and, in the field of pain management, they need to develop trust of the patient. In my practice I had patients complaining of being thrown out of their anesthesiologists practice and they didn't know why. I asked the anesthesiologist about it and he explained that pharmacies now send reports to doctors about other prescriptions that the patient is filling. These patients had been going to other doctors for the same medications. So, unfortunately it has become your job to convinve your doctor that you are going along with the cautious approach he is taking and gradually convince him that it isn't working. The bottom line is that you will need other ways of dealing with the pain. Have you exhausted other methods such as acupuncture, massage, relaxation training, hypnosis, meditation, epsom salt baths? PA_DrBorrie

26/03/2008 11:26 - firstmate7

they do the same thing here in canada im on oxycocet 5/325mg tab i take 1 1/12 pills every three to four hours.and like this lady says as long as i sit and do nothing im fine.but try and do something and forget it.so whats uyp with doctor's that don't listen.i know they try but a lot of them dont understand the pain im in.so what do you do kathy form canada

22/04/2008 06:31 - PamL2923

I was in your situation a few years back. Pills, injections, more pills, more injections, and so on. I saw a pain management specialist for 4 months and had so many treatments, nothing worked. I too have severe osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures, just finished 2 years of Forteo (if they told you it will help the pain, don't believe them). Finally my rheumatologist was so sick of seeing me in agony (my blood pressure was so high because of the pain) he told me to ask my pain doc for a Duragesic Patch to control my pain (it is a transdermal skin patch with fentanyl that lasts up to 3 days but realistically 2) When my pain doctor denied me the patch saying I was too young for something like that (it didn't matter that nothing else worked) I fired him and asked my rheumatologist if he could help. He sat me down, explained the issues with the patch, how to use it safely and prescribed it for me. I had to see him every month for assessment and a refill but it saved my life. Find a doctor that cares and stick with them, they will be your best defense against chronic pain.