Doctors Who Will Prescribe Pain Medication In Huntsville Al (Page 3) (Top voted first)

My pain management doc got investigated and now hes closed his practice down. I was getting 30mg oxycodone 5 times a day and morphine 15mg 2 times a day. Does anybody know a doctor in huntsville alabama that will keep me on my meds, need answer ASAP!

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The post I am replying to is from some time ago, but I do know of people in the HSV, AL area with chronic pain problems and they go to the Tennessee Valley Pain Clinic in downtown HSV, across from Huntsville Hospital Main.

Hope that helps. Oh, you can self-refer yourself to see pain management doctors at that clinic, but it helps them if you can bring in x-rays, etc., showing exactly what your problem is, so they know what the best kind of pain med would be for your particular pain problem (different kinds of pain drugs are better for muscle pain, or perhaps others for nerve pain, etc., and pain management doctors who are DEA licensed to write a lot of scripts for prescription type pain relief for the long term chronic pain patient are able to go on prescribing these drugs to you, unlike another kind of doctor, such as a General Practitioner or even a Spine Specialist or other kind of "bone" doctor.

Hope you've found somebody by now; but if not, try the TVPC I wrote about above this paragraph. Sounds like your former doctor was prescribing you A LOT of pain medication, but I'm no expert. I just know what I need for my chronic pain issues, which is different from what my husband needs for his long term chronic pain issues. Mine is from broken hip and femur issues, his were the result of many, many lumbar, mid-spine, and cspine (cervical spine, neck spine areas) he has had to have fused over the decades due to a genetic condition he was unlucky enough to have been born with. I think he's had 18 spinal surgeries in the 33 years we've been married now. Ugh!

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If poster #136 thinks natural suppliments like kratom , ginseng and others are going to relieve severe pain? There is slim possibility that may but for the majority it's not going to do the trick. Besides, kratom is being outlawed in many states and that is spreading. It only helps a small amount people anyway. Opioids were put on this earth since the beginning of time by our God and for centuries it has been used for severe to moderate pain. Until Alabama pain patients stand up, organize and fight for your rights? You are going to be suffering needlessly. Start a face group, organize together with a group of like minded patients, caregivers and health care providers and start standing up for your rights and possibly your life! Florida advocates have the news involved and doing a 30 minute story on how a fake prescription pill epidemic has caused legitimate pain patients to end up being collateral damage to this failed drug war. The DEA gets to seize from whom they decide to rape, they get to keep everything they confiscate for themselves. They are who are causing a fake shortage of pain medicine and causing doctors so much fear to treat REAL pain! Also you can join SPPAN who is affiliate to American Academy of Pain Management and bring your organized group to them. They can help you to support or oppose laws in your state that effect pain care. I really hate to hear that AL is going down the tubes too in the area pain care. Don't allow it to happen to your state! You can fight this and BEAT it! Good Luck!

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He was prescribed 2 15mg morphine and 4 30mgs oxycodone and ya'll are saying he was over medicated and that's why his doctor was shut down??? With his low to normal dose, his doctor shouldn't have had a problem--imho his extended release morphine should be higher and most folks (patients) know that 6 a day of 30mg oxy leads to a normal life and 4 make it just barely tolerable--William was not getting too much

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Posters,

Obama or Oduma has everything to do with your pain and suffering.

Even when the DEA did a 3 state bust recently Alabama still has more physicians handling chronic intractable pain then anywhere in the U.S. I realize many of the posts are from 2013 but what I am reading is wrong, it is the so called president who has destroyed opioid use and intentionally he now on the 120 mg. morphine equivalent has us meaning pain management patients grouped with addicts.

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I'm a HSV AL nurse and I can tell you with first hand inside knowledge that the Aggerwal bust terrified doctors. Even known pill mills check urine and levels to make sure you're taking the meds exactly as prescribed. I guess it's understandable but the way people on pain meds are viewed and treated disgusts me. It's like a drug dealer insulting you for buying their product while constantly threatening to cut you off. Many need these meds but live with constant unhealthy fear and stress of being cut off and cast into a physical and mental hell. God bless the few left who understand the dependance and treat their patients as equal human beings......most of them don't and THOSE doctors are scum, keep in mind I'm a man who works along side them. I see their negligence daily ....sadly it's not considered negligence by their peers.

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They did the exact same thing to me been in horrible pain since 1993 NEVER EVER LET THEM DO A LUMBAR PUNCH. BOTTOM LINE

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I left my chronic pain doctor because after 2 years on the medication oxycodone 10/325 4 times a day, neurontin 4 times a day, and xanax 1 a day was not helping enough either. My quality of life is going way down hill. I need oxy 30 5 times a day, xanax 4 times a day, the other one is okay. Can someone get me a doctor who can prescribe what I need in Huntsville, AL? {edited for privacy}

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I was using Dr conner, she can't write under audit they call it. I love Dr conner, she is caring, gives drug panels, pill counts. In Feb she started the new rules immediately. She does not over prescribe. She is not a pill mill, but a wonderful compassionate lady trying to help people. You were not a number to her. She was a caring person staying within the limits and she isn't closed but can't write any narcotics. I'm waiting for her to reopen. I will go back because she really cares and tries to help.

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PAINPATIENTADVOCATE - you are so right! I'm in TN and in Feb. I thought my pain doc stopped taking my TennCare United health plan...when I called them for a new doc every number they gave me was either a pain doc that no longer took my ins. Or a Pain Interventionist. And they don't intervene against your pain, they intervene against your pain meds!!!! I understand obummer doesn't want Pain Patients but want us all either on suboxone or an 'accidental' overdose.....he is trying to eliminate all of us who are useless as laborers when the new world order hits....He just spent like 44million so addiction places can all add 100 more beds! In the first visit of my last pain doc he looked at me and whispered, "but DEA" and ran out of the room!" I had to fire him cause I kept picturing all the obedient doctors and surgeons during the Nazi Regime and the horrible medical atrocities they performed on the Jews and other resistant folks. It will come to that unless the doctors, who have a louder voice than us, stand up for what's right...I was going to switch to Bluw Care and just found out today that they also no longer cover Pain Docs....It's a horrible situation out there for sure.... We're left with cash doctors who are compassionate but who has $300? I know I can't sell my pills because they never really give you enough in the first place, although if you don't take an ER opiate, you don't need as many breakthrough (they fight against each other-it's a scam to cause addiction) and we all know marijuana helps to take less pills but it's illegal where I am... So here's a few pills, not every four hours like they're meant to be taken but every six so you suffer a bit and no, even though cannabis will give you a perfect pill count; well we can't really have that now can we? WTF?

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Alabama and Tennessee have become the most recent WORST states to live with Chronic pain! There's very few, if any doctors willing to treat pain properly there anymore. BTW, Suboxone is not a pain medication, it is an addiction medicine. It was specifically designed for addiction. If you EVER accept that drug you will never be able to obtain proper pain medication again and you will be labeled an addict on your medical records. Suboxone is a bad drug for pain because you can't take/get any breakthrough medication, it will block it. Suboxone maybe OK if you don't have Real moderate to severe pain. It's to keep people from withdraw only. So until AL & TN pain Patients stand up and FIGHT for your Rights to have proper care, your going to be suffering and probably traveling a hundred miles or more. How can you do that monthly?? Honestly? So NOW, The suicide rate has increased among pain patients. This is discrimination. CDC guidelines are not proper care. Individualized care is the correct way to treat pain. One size doesn't fit all. Think of filing legal cases and filing ADA complaints combined. Google what 2 Maine Patients are doing! They are suing their state!! They already have attorneys. These 2 men are being cut down dosing and it's affected their ability to work. Feed their families, pay their mortgages. Discrimination!!! Citizens Really need to organize and begin raising HELL. Also, Create groups and start organizing your fight! This is a real problem. These Bible belt states are supposed to be Pro Life?? So making people suffer by not treating legitimate pain is pro life? Zero quality of Life! Sounds like Sin to me! Hippocrates more like it. FIGHT BACK! Don't even think that Emailing your congressman will help, it does Zero! You get form letters that are worthless! Only legal cases, hitting them in they're pocket books gets REAL action. God bless American pain patients. You've become collateral damage in the war against drugs!!

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Ketamine infusions help those with RSD, I know a few but they still take some sort of pain medication. Ketamine will not stop opiate withdrawal. What is happening to Legitimate Pain patients is extremely cruel. The WHO says you have a right to pain relief. So being put in immediate withdraw by a Dr cold turkey with no titration what so ever should be a legal matter. Even being titrated isn't going to help your pain. Opioid Withdraw for many people with multiple Health conditions can be dangerous to your health, even fatal for some. Is this acceptable Healthcare? I think not. Doctors take an oath to do no harm but what's going on in pain community is harm! Legal suits from Patient to doctor need to start happening. The CDC guidelines were supposed to be just that , guidelines but politicians are making laws out of them in many states. Addiction Dr Andrew Kolondny is to blame for your lack of access to Proper, timely pain care. Kolondny is a huge stakeholder with the chain Phoenix House rehab centers. They are fighting hard for gov grants and to make big $$$$$ for the addiction Industry. Once it was pharma looking to make billions and now it's addiction industry. Now days, good luck even finding a Dr to prescribe you your quality of life medications. The rise in suicides in the pain Community now is getting worse. The media and the government are lying to everyone when they say opioid deaths have risen. They're combining the illicit drug deaths in with prescription drugs to make the numbers to sound Outrageous.

The fact is Rx deaths have severely declined, while black market deaths are superseding the past prescription death numbers by far. And the truth is, there never was an Opioid epidemic at ALL! Propaganda is what we all saw. Politicians using the subject for self personal gain. The Corruption is deep in government. The CDC became corrupt and they're buddies with this Kolondny character who got his friends in the FDA too. So you see, it's all about the money why so many pain patients are Suffering today. The health insurance industry is jumping on board with this too. Until people start raising holy hell about the inhumane care they're getting, pain care is disappearing. It's looking like genocide. I wish all Good luck with finding the life saving pain care you need and once had. Until people start fighting back it's not going to ease up. Note: The national pain Strategy bill was passed in 2011 but has never been implemented. Patients need this bill implemented. I also suggest you search in change dot com for petitions. There's many but they need many signatures. There's plenty to do to help the situation. Not sure if anyone is aware but the addiction community has had meetings with the president at the White House but... To this day, no pain organizations have been to tell the other side of the story. That, I don't understand. It needs doing ASAP.

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Re: Kay (# 208)

My pharmacist talked a bit about that but I cannot get access to care. I have been fighting with my insurance for their failure to provide me with a doctor that is in their network. This is a joke!!! Why am I paying for insurance that contracts with providers that will not see me?

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Goodluck finding those kinda meds/dosing again..you were lucky that you found a Dr whose pen and pad weren't scared ..Obviously a pillmill....you're screwed ..bet was fun while it lasted..right

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Are you seriously asking who will sale you some medicine? You have got to go see a Pain Dr. Maybe I misunderstood your question, I certainly hope so. This site is intended to help people out with questions and support. If you have Dr. reports showing that you have chronic pain then I encourage you to get yourself into a Pain Clinic. I do know some people that have no insurance and have no medical records so they just smoke cannabis. It seems to help them with there pain and anxiety. I'm not trying to tell you that would best for you but I will say that if I lived in a State that Medical Marijuana was legal and I had no insurance or records that's exactly what I would do...

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There is a really good clinic in Madison. There are 2 doctors who are really compassionate. You must have a test at each visit And they check the narcotics database every visit. I will not list their name but it is on the HORIZON. It is on hwy 72 next to Hardee's.

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CVS...one on Triana/Bob Wallace

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Your family doctor should give you a script until you find another pain clinic. You can call your insurance for a list of doctors and pain clinics. That's how I found my pain clinic. Been there for 10 years. Hope this helps. Also google pain management clinics in your area but I found the more direct approach was asking my family doc and calling my insurance company. Good luck. Everyone deserves Good Quality of life.

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If your pharmacy doesn't carry them, by law, they should find or call a neighboring pharmacy to see if they have them in stock.

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Pleasant Creek you are so right. I myself wish that Alabama would legalize Cannabis. That's just my opinion and for ME I know it would work. However, since it is not legal then I have no other option but to go to a Pain Doctor due to my Health Issues. I know how CHRONIC PAIN affects people because I am in chronic pain myself. People that have never had any injuries have no idea how badly we suffer.

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I have a question for anyone willing to help. I have had back surgery and had a piece of my L-5 cut out of my root nerve I was alright for a few months but now I am having pain in the same area. I went to Dr. Tao in Huntsville and was told by his nurse that I wasn't a candidate for surgery and suffered for months in the bed called lost my fiance and my 20 yr old son had to take care of me. He called St. Vincent's Hospital and I was in Dr. Harsh's office no less than ten minutes and he asked if I was ready for surgery I cried. He told me that epidurals are detrimental to your back and softens your spine. So why do doctors want to make people have no choice but to have them? I need help finding a doctor that is willing to help with medications without procedures in Alabama area. Does anyone know of any clinics that don't demand epidurals? I don't care if it is non narcotic just as long as it helps. I have osteoarthritis in my knees, back and hands and disk degeneration disease and want to get my life back clean my home the way I like it and have a productive relationship but when I'm in pain don't care if I get a bath or even get out of bed.

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