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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 80822" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>Janet,</p><p></p><p>I completely understood your posts and your passion surrounding this issue. Many, many people have varying opinions surrounding it.</p><p></p><p>I work in rehabilitation for folks injured on the job and interface with numerous pain docs in our area. The docs are heavily maligned - in the press, by attorneys, and sometimes (cringe) by other docs. They are sometimes investigated by the feds if their prescriptions start raising red flags. Several of the pain docs here have their own formulary drugstores and sell their own medications. They are scrutinized. Some of them implant pain medication pumps or spinal stiumulators in their patients. They do what it takes to help their patients.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I think most of of these docs are angels. Many of my clients could not make it another day without their medications. Their pain is just that bad. Why not help out with that when we are able to take care of it? Some of these docs view this as their mission!</p><p></p><p>This really hit home with our family when difficult child was hospitalized after his accident. Several interns and residents were working with him because he was in a teaching hospital. After he had been in the hospital one week an intern marched himself into our hospital room and said "Mom, I need to speak with you!" I went out in the hallway and he said "difficult child is on way too many drugs, he's obviously a druggie and an addict and we need to get him off now!" difficult child was 11 years old at the time. He had been run over by a huge BellSouth Utility truck and the week before and half of his foot had been torn off. I looked at this doctor like he was out of his mind and repeated the facts to him. He said "I don't care how old he is or how recent or serious his accident was - he needs off these drugs". I didn't realize at the time that I could have asked to have him removed from difficult child's care - but I should have. OBTW, one of difficult child's diagnoses upon discharge from the hosptial: "PTSD from inadequate pain control after his injury". There is just no excuse for inadequate pain control for anyone in our society. I am a HUGE advocate for my clients getting exactly what they need in that area. If problems develop, we deal with them, but we don't throw the baby out with the bath water!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 80822, member: 3704"] Janet, I completely understood your posts and your passion surrounding this issue. Many, many people have varying opinions surrounding it. I work in rehabilitation for folks injured on the job and interface with numerous pain docs in our area. The docs are heavily maligned - in the press, by attorneys, and sometimes (cringe) by other docs. They are sometimes investigated by the feds if their prescriptions start raising red flags. Several of the pain docs here have their own formulary drugstores and sell their own medications. They are scrutinized. Some of them implant pain medication pumps or spinal stiumulators in their patients. They do what it takes to help their patients. Personally, I think most of of these docs are angels. Many of my clients could not make it another day without their medications. Their pain is just that bad. Why not help out with that when we are able to take care of it? Some of these docs view this as their mission! This really hit home with our family when difficult child was hospitalized after his accident. Several interns and residents were working with him because he was in a teaching hospital. After he had been in the hospital one week an intern marched himself into our hospital room and said "Mom, I need to speak with you!" I went out in the hallway and he said "difficult child is on way too many drugs, he's obviously a druggie and an addict and we need to get him off now!" difficult child was 11 years old at the time. He had been run over by a huge BellSouth Utility truck and the week before and half of his foot had been torn off. I looked at this doctor like he was out of his mind and repeated the facts to him. He said "I don't care how old he is or how recent or serious his accident was - he needs off these drugs". I didn't realize at the time that I could have asked to have him removed from difficult child's care - but I should have. OBTW, one of difficult child's diagnoses upon discharge from the hosptial: "PTSD from inadequate pain control after his injury". There is just no excuse for inadequate pain control for anyone in our society. I am a HUGE advocate for my clients getting exactly what they need in that area. If problems develop, we deal with them, but we don't throw the baby out with the bath water! [/QUOTE]
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