Pain management reimbursement 2010
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Hi! So sorry to hear of your pain. But I"d like to welcome you to the Pain Management forum. We're not doctors but we are all in pain management for a variety of reasons. We advise and support each other through our own experiences.
In addition to the GI problems, you may have developed adhesions. There area nasty little buggers that bind your intestines and can in general make your life miserable. A laporascope could confirm this. They will not show up on traditional imaging.
It does sound like a bulging disc and we are not doctors here but I also would suggest a neurosurgeon and then possibly a pain management doctor. Good luck and hope you start to feel better.
I would suggest discussing the situation, the suggested management plan and the expected prognosis in detail with your treating doctor. Referral to a pain management specialist may be considered if there is inadequate pain control with primary measures and/ or it is difficult to control the primary cause.
Take care!
Will I ever go a day without pain with pain management. So far since Jan 2010 I've had 40 shots and still so much pain. Tried to go off my pain meds. Still in so much pain any suggestions.
My uro was prescribing vicodin 5/500 since march. I requested pain management and they gave me baclfwn and cymbalta, neither of which address the severe pain of a flare. Now my uro has cut off the vicodin and pain management will not fill. What should I do? I'm considering going to the er but not sure what good that will do as this condition seems poorly understood. I feel ghat the doctors do not understand how much pain I am in.
hi everyone this is my first time here the problem i have is my husband had a complete rupture of his right achilles tendon in march 2009 he decided to heal the conservative way by Sept he was in so much pain and no one would listen to him we looked for a second opinion and April 2010 he had his first op the surgeon removed the outer sheath of the tendon and shortened it by October 2010 it had degenerated and had to have another op where the surgeon took the tendon away and replaced it with his
What can be done about the chronic Fibromyalgia pain when I am allergic to pain medicines or the pain relievers do not give relief.
I had several disks fused in my neck in 2006 and shoulder surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in 2010. My pain is in the upper part of my neck radiating both down into my shoulder and into the area where my skull meets my neck creating a wicked head ache! Chiropractors won't touch me because of the plate in my neck. I've tried TENS units to no avail and massage therapy as well. I'm just absolutely exhausted! The pain in unbearable.
Pain management doctors are usually very strict. You say you were warned once. What was in the Tylenol bottle that you mistakenly took? Depending on what is in your medical record, it may be hard to find a new PM doctor. Do you have a primary care that will give you care until you find a new PM doctor? It also sounds like you need to have your two other "wrecks" medically evaluated as they are new events with new pain.
Do everything Jerry said. He did give you great advice and I think if you do these things everything is going to be alright.
Yes, they do put all prescriptions on one or two pages now. It's not like it used to be where you would get one for every single script. Your regular pharmacist was not the one who filled them. And why in the world do these DRs think any of us would ever sell our medications?!!!
After reading about pain management during labor I have decided to not have any medication unless it is absolutely necessary. However, I am still back and forth about an epidural. What is everyone's opinions or experiences with it? Trying to weigh the pros and cons.
I have an infertility doctor who I know is wonderful with fertility drugs and IVF, but the pain management has been poor. Vicodin helps a lot, however, I cannot find anyone to prescribe it for me on a regular basis because it is addictive. I take a half of Vicodin 2 times a day. I dont think thats a problem, and it gives me a better quality life. What is Ponstel?
Today the pain is bringing me to tears and I was just hoping that I could get some ideas on other options of pain management? I need some help and the doctors around here have been pretty stumped on what I should do. Any suggestions would help!
I have been in pain management for 3yrs.I have DDD of cervical and lumbar spine with pinched nerves and annular tears causing headaches,neck,arm,mid-back,low back,leg pain and also severe restless leg syndrome.Pain averages 5 on 1-10 scale.I have been taking ultram 2x and lortab 3x daily for 2 yrs.Doctor continues to ask me if I would start fentanyl therapy,which I have tried and only helps for 2 days and not 3 days which the dosage is set at.I have declined the fentanyl treatment and now DR.
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