Ms Contin Prescription Withdrawal (Page 4)

Im a 58 yr old woman. I'm bipolar, reclusive and my husband is an over the road trucker. 4 years ago i was put on Percocet 10/325. The dr missed a broken shoulder bone so i switched Drs who added MS Contin. I had rotator cuff surgery but within 3 months I went to bed at Thanksgiving and woke up at the hospital on Xmas. I had severe pneumonia - they induced the coma as my oxygen was mid 60s, and after 3 chest tubes failed, they had to go in and physically debride my lung. So besides shoulder to wrist pain I have phantom nerve pain over that scar. My dr told me the nerves cant connect. I don't take street drugs, nor seek drugs, but my vision is bad and my husband left a tablet in a dish by my chair which i thought was a Percocet and took it. Well, it wasn't. I knew i was going to have a UA on my next visit, but due to this, (and there is no way whatever was left in my system was high levels at all) he dismissed me as a patient and will not even talk to me nor offer advice how to quit. My husband took me to the ER Saturday night because I woke up screaming because my calves were cramped like rocks. Last year in a trip that got delayed i ran out of meds for about 8 days and i know whats coming next. I have NO ONE to even keep an eye on me let alone help me. I don't think i can survive either physically or mentally. I've tried calling doctors, the hospital, and no one cares. I'm older, just a bottom feeder in Purdue's pharmaceutical ruin of this country. Other than writing a will, is there ANY help for me? I have no family. Although my Dr knew i needed mental services (esp after the coma), none were provided. What do i do? Im running out of time and energy.. help me please.

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Re: Maricica (# 60)

Hello...I know that your response was to #tammyb (# 8) but I wanted to say that you're 100% correct about Dr. Tennant being an amazing PAIN doctor! Did you go to him!!?? He saved me from a life of SEVERE DAILY INTRACTABLE MIGRAINES.

I had already been suffering horribly with them for close to 20 years with no real relief from "traditional" MIGRAINE MEDS, when I found him. Back in the late '90's he used to fly up from his West Covina practice to No. CA once a month for a week to his practice up there. He also was a major contributor in helping change the PAIN LAWS in CA so that DOCTORS could treat their patients correctly without fear of repercussions from the DEA. Sadly he stopped coming up north years ago, so he's no longer my doctor but I've still had 2 GREAT PAIN doctors since then & my current one is a family practitioner who also treats PAIN patients.

But with the current hysteria surrounding this "epidemic" of addicts OD'ing on OPIATE meds that weren't RX'D to them, the laws are again changing & it's affecting PAIN patients. It seems like PAIN doctors are increasingly Rx'ing SUBOXONE for their PAIN patients because (I think) pressure from the CDC & DEA in an attempt to control the OPIATE ADDICTION problem.

YEARS ago, my meds got lowered considerably to the point where I'm on very little for PAIN...thankfully my SEVERE MIGRAINES aren't near as often...It seems that menopause helped that!!

Did that article you read say that he flys to Montana OR that he has patients who fly in from Montana?? Because he's SO knowledgeable about OPIATE THERAPY it wouldn't surprise me if people FLEW in to see him. I know when he quit coming up here some patients ended up going down south to him. And was it a current article?? Because I know that he does alot more speaking engagements now, but he still has the West Covina practice. Really interesting to read on this site about a doctor who I used to see!! And also proof that really good PAIN doctors are harder to find.

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Re: Don (# 59)

You're an *****, I'm not dead and I have received help. Go troll somewhere else.

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My apologies to all, knee jerk reaction from me, thank you to those who tolerated me and tried. Much appreciated.

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Re: SheriAmore (# 61)

We were looking for a pain doctor for my dad. He was banged up working on oil drilling rigs some years ago. He also had some degenerative joint disease. The doctor who was prescribing to him cut him off meds for missing a phone call wanting a pill count and smoking marijuana. Pain docs in this state apparently do not like patients having medical marijuana along with pharmacy pain pills. My dad decided to stop his pain meds in an inpatient setting where they decreased his oxycodone dosage every few days. He reports being near pain-free today. I believe he had medicine induced pain. Opioid hyperalgesia. I saw in a news article that the Montana patients fly to California to see Dr. Tennant.

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Re: SheriAmore (# 19)

JUST wanted to check back to see if your filling better and receive the medicine you needed.take care.

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Re: Cookyjo (# 65)


Hi & thanks for checking back! Yes I'm getting my meds but a couple of them I need to get refilled a couple of days earlier...like Day 29 & CVS just won't do that...it MUST be Day 29 at the earliest. So I'll make sure that's what I do however when I see my Dr. in a week or so I'm gonna ask him if those 2 Rx's can be written so that I can get them a couple of days earlier. He knows that I have to take an extra one here & there...but if not written on the Rx...too bad.

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Re: Cactus Arizona (# 12)

You cannot die from opiate withdrawal. Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal you can but not opiates. It would not be the cause. And now the doctor can’t just write a new script it’s part of that oath you all keep referring. Also the doctor could lose his license to practice.

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Re: TimiToll (# 67)


It's not part of any oath. If you're talking about the Hippocratic Oath that's been the same for eons. More likely what it is is the CDC's "guidelines" causing doctors to have this "OPIOID HYSTERIA".

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Re: SheriAmore (# 66)

My INS let's me get early once a year, say for vacation time

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Re: SheriAmore (# 68)

She just likes to kill the messenger of help..
All these people said they felt sorry for her for being bipolar and she could not seek help.
She was smart enough to make the original post and several inflammatory post afterwards..

When myself and everyone else was offering solid sollutions to her problem ..she blames doctors a useless husband and me lol
Never accepts any responability for her own actions condeming people for posting help guidelines

Bipolar or not she even reposted saying i was a troll on the internet
Take some responsability nlack saddle you have to be your own advocate and accept your own actions in life ..
Stop blaming doctors for your ttoubles

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I absolutely have and I apologize for those I struck out at, just a very frustrating time 8n my life, where iam located there is no physicatric care, believe me I and my Dr looked. It was my fear that made me react so, but I've made some positive changes and while s t I'll a recluse, I'm working on it. I just truly wish that when my Dr put me on all the heavy duty pain meds he would have explained to me that dependency WOULD happen, that's all, and although not very many people were very kind, nor did you need be, untill you have walked a mile in my shoes,,,,

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Re: Blacksaddle (# 71)

The little sticker on all opiut based pain killer bottles & paperwork that comes with it by law..that most people toss out the paperwork.

Refer directly to addiction if using opiut pain killers .
Once again dont blame your doctor
Accept what you did and move on getting help you need.
Happy thankgiving

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