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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 460283" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Hijacking a bit here, Insane, there are serious issues with prescription pain medications in our province. We have some doctors in town here handing them out like candy on Halloween with zero medical cause. We have others that due to those abusing them through other doctors, will not prescribe at all for pain regardless of the issue. ER's will never give more than a day or two of pain medications under only strict reasons, and that leaves over 10K of us here without a doctor with zero options in spite of painful medical conditions. </p><p>Pain clinics here do indeed do random calls to patients to bring their current medications in for counting, same day as you get the call. They count to be sure you have the right amount left for the prescription period. They also call for random drug tests to make sure you aren't combining your script with other medications bought on the street, or that you are actually taking your own medications, not just getting hte scripts and selling them.</p><p>Pharmacies here now write your name down just for over the counter tylenol 1. Also any pain medications must be ordered a day ahead for refill. They keep no pain medications on site any longer. Each day they place the order for the following mornings delivery of just what they need to fill scripts coming due the next day. My nearest pharmacy, a huge chain one, recently began only filling scripts if you provide your ohip number so they can check for double doctoring and using multiple pharmacies. </p><p>These are just a few reasons I haven't bothered trying to get help for the chronic pain associated with my MS. I know my quality of life would improve and I might even be able to return to work with some relief. But the ability to even find a doctor to work with you is prohibitive. Last thing I want is a doctor that is pill happy. I know of 2 people locally who died this year, using exactly the dosage and times per day their medications were prescribed. One person was on 4 separate very strong pain medications, all from one doctor, for "some arthritis in her knees and early stage arthritis in her hips". The medications were not the run of the mill ones. She was on the potent ones usually reserved for the most severe cases of pain (think terminal painful cancer etc). </p><p></p><p>Janet, I hear you about wondering about some of those conversations you over hear. And it leads you to wonder if you've landed at a pill happy doctor. The only upside of a pill happy doctor is when a patient hasn't got addiction issues and is proactive in learning about the various medications. One can then refuse the strong stuff that is OTT from the pill happy doctor and stick with what they are comfortable with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 460283, member: 4264"] Hijacking a bit here, Insane, there are serious issues with prescription pain medications in our province. We have some doctors in town here handing them out like candy on Halloween with zero medical cause. We have others that due to those abusing them through other doctors, will not prescribe at all for pain regardless of the issue. ER's will never give more than a day or two of pain medications under only strict reasons, and that leaves over 10K of us here without a doctor with zero options in spite of painful medical conditions. Pain clinics here do indeed do random calls to patients to bring their current medications in for counting, same day as you get the call. They count to be sure you have the right amount left for the prescription period. They also call for random drug tests to make sure you aren't combining your script with other medications bought on the street, or that you are actually taking your own medications, not just getting hte scripts and selling them. Pharmacies here now write your name down just for over the counter tylenol 1. Also any pain medications must be ordered a day ahead for refill. They keep no pain medications on site any longer. Each day they place the order for the following mornings delivery of just what they need to fill scripts coming due the next day. My nearest pharmacy, a huge chain one, recently began only filling scripts if you provide your ohip number so they can check for double doctoring and using multiple pharmacies. These are just a few reasons I haven't bothered trying to get help for the chronic pain associated with my MS. I know my quality of life would improve and I might even be able to return to work with some relief. But the ability to even find a doctor to work with you is prohibitive. Last thing I want is a doctor that is pill happy. I know of 2 people locally who died this year, using exactly the dosage and times per day their medications were prescribed. One person was on 4 separate very strong pain medications, all from one doctor, for "some arthritis in her knees and early stage arthritis in her hips". The medications were not the run of the mill ones. She was on the potent ones usually reserved for the most severe cases of pain (think terminal painful cancer etc). Janet, I hear you about wondering about some of those conversations you over hear. And it leads you to wonder if you've landed at a pill happy doctor. The only upside of a pill happy doctor is when a patient hasn't got addiction issues and is proactive in learning about the various medications. One can then refuse the strong stuff that is OTT from the pill happy doctor and stick with what they are comfortable with. [/QUOTE]
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