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Members explored why a doctor might refuse to prescribe tramadol and co-codamol together, with the most supported explanation being that... Read more
I’m in Texas, and I know here the state is really tying the hands of the pain doctors about administering pain medication. I know they want to eliminate addicts, but we with pain are suffering.
AS and Osteo and all my PCP and Rheumy will let me take is Tylenol and and and an occasional Aleve.
@A MyChronicPainTeam Member Here's what I found." Past vs. Present: Your old doctor may have used older habits, but your new doctor must follow today's safety rules to protect your health.
Both can slow your breathing so they won't do both. Same happened with benzodiazepines. They won't combine them with opioids. They use to, no second thoughts.
It can feel really frustrating when a new doctor takes a different approach to your pain management than what you were used to. There are a few common reasons this might be happening. Here are some possible reasons your doctor may be hesitant:
- Prescribing guidelines have tightened — Doctors are under increasing pressure Show Full Answer
I worked most of my life with opioid dependent service users, The Drs were happy to prescribe buprenorphine upto 32mg per day and methadone dose up to 120mg a day (take home up to fortnightly after lengthy period of supervised in chemist.
I'm all for ensuring that that drug dependent people get enough medication to hopefully enable them to live a life worth living - yet, as pain patients sometimes we're treated as 'drug seekers' and our quality of life and individual choices re poss addiction, depth of breathing and drugs potentially stopping working are dismissed.
The Drs i believe are fortunately not suffering from chronic pain, often feeling suicidal because of it.
Moan over lol
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