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<blockquote data-quote="crazymama30" data-source="post: 260746" data-attributes="member: 3184"><p>I'm hoping maybe Janet will chime in, as I believe she has seen a pain doctor in the past. husband sees a pain doctor regularly. He is not on a contract, tho I know many pt's are. Here the contract is used if the pt is going thru medications too quickly, or if they are suspected of abusing them. Not a problem here (knock on wood). husband's pain doctor writes scrips for a muscle relaxer, percocets, and celebrex. He also does steroid shots, and x-ray guided injections of some sort, and has also done several nerve ablations. </p><p> </p><p>Yes, at least here you still go to your primary doctor for antibiotics, allergy medications or whatever. husband's psychiatrist does all of his psychiatric medications. If husband gets sick he goes to see our primary doctor, or a doctor in a box--whoever is available. Our primary doctor has not prescribed pain medications for husband in years. Not since pain doctor took over. We use the same pharmacy all the time, but for me it is a safety issue. husband takes a lot of medications, and using one pharmacy can help prevent interactions. I try to make sure to send a current medication list with husband to all md appts, I keep an updated one in my computer and just print it off as needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Basically how it works for us is pain doctor treats pain. Only pain. Now with husband, if he gets really sick his pain gets worse. I have taken him to the ER before when he was ill because his pain is so out of control, but that has only happened twice in the last 3 yrs. Here the pain doctor has access to the hospital records, so he can go see if husband has been going there a lot. Not sure about the other clinics though.</p><p> </p><p>I hope your pain doctor is as helpful as husband's has been. He was the first person to actually believe that husband's pain was not just in his head. Had a rheumatologist tell him that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazymama30, post: 260746, member: 3184"] I'm hoping maybe Janet will chime in, as I believe she has seen a pain doctor in the past. husband sees a pain doctor regularly. He is not on a contract, tho I know many pt's are. Here the contract is used if the pt is going thru medications too quickly, or if they are suspected of abusing them. Not a problem here (knock on wood). husband's pain doctor writes scrips for a muscle relaxer, percocets, and celebrex. He also does steroid shots, and x-ray guided injections of some sort, and has also done several nerve ablations. Yes, at least here you still go to your primary doctor for antibiotics, allergy medications or whatever. husband's psychiatrist does all of his psychiatric medications. If husband gets sick he goes to see our primary doctor, or a doctor in a box--whoever is available. Our primary doctor has not prescribed pain medications for husband in years. Not since pain doctor took over. We use the same pharmacy all the time, but for me it is a safety issue. husband takes a lot of medications, and using one pharmacy can help prevent interactions. I try to make sure to send a current medication list with husband to all md appts, I keep an updated one in my computer and just print it off as needed. Basically how it works for us is pain doctor treats pain. Only pain. Now with husband, if he gets really sick his pain gets worse. I have taken him to the ER before when he was ill because his pain is so out of control, but that has only happened twice in the last 3 yrs. Here the pain doctor has access to the hospital records, so he can go see if husband has been going there a lot. Not sure about the other clinics though. I hope your pain doctor is as helpful as husband's has been. He was the first person to actually believe that husband's pain was not just in his head. Had a rheumatologist tell him that. [/QUOTE]
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