After I had a sky diving accident the only pain pills I got were the vicodin. I might as well have taken M & Ms. And now when you get cold meds, you have to give an ID and sign your name, but the meth heads still get them anyway. WTH?
I am tired of being assumed to be a druggy by the government and med profession. As far as I am concerned, we could go back to the old days when you could buy anything you wanted. Thins the herd.
You’re lucky you got a refill. I had a torn rotator cuff and was undergoing physical therapy. I got 1 no refillable script for some pain killer and 1 shot. A couple of months after the shot, I asked for another, no way. After that it was OTC tylenol.
Meanwhile, Jackson is a walking pharmacy. Go figure.
You said — I don’t get these doctors. Are they afraid to say no?
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Ummmm..., they’re paid to say yes..., it’s that simple. And it does work that way, even for us normal people. You’ll find the doctor that you can pay to say yes (you might have to shop around a bit, though). It happens all the time. And many times you’re looking for that doctor, whom you pay to say yes, for good reasons, too. Not all reasons for getting the doctor to say yes is necessarily bad.
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And then you said — When I had rotator cuff surgery (three detached muscles) I could only get a script for 30 vicodine at a time and have to see the doctor for a refill and not more than 30 in any three week period.
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Well, I’ve had a number of back injuries, a couple of surgeries for it, and it’s still a big problem. And so, this sort of stuff flares up and can be bad for a long time, and then okay again, later on. So, I go back and forth on these things. Right now, it’s semi-okay, pain is still there, but it’s tolerable.
However, there have been times when it’s not and I can’t even move to get up and out of bed and it can be that way for weeks at a time, and even after it gets to a point where I can start moving again, then it may be weeks or months before there’s very much normal movement again (as in getting around and doing things).
So, when that happens, I can and have gotten prescriptions for Hydrodocodones, 10 mg/tab. And I’ll have about 180 per month for several months. It’s about that level that it takes to even get around, and even then, I have to be careful. So, there are reasons for taking some high levels of pain medication and you can get it. Although it’s been getting more difficult in recent years (without having to pay a lot more money; as money talks...).
Right now, I’m not on any at all. And that’s the way it goes for me, back and forth, from one year to the next. Right now, nothing at all except vitamins and an aspirin and that’s it. But next year, it could be 180 of the 10/500 hydrocodones per month. I try to stay away from them, except when needed, and then never stay on them for more than six months or so.
But, a broad cocktail of drugs for many different reasons, I’m fortunate to not have ever dealt with that. I wouldn’t really want to deal with the mood-altering drugs, at all, and I haven’t ever had need or cause, but I’ve seen some relatives on them and I wonder sometimes if they really do help..., or cause more problems, actually.
When I had my heart surgery, they gave me 750ml Vicodins.
After a week, I decided I would rather have the (slight) pain and discomfort than being in that fog.
I can see how some people could fall into that trap.
If they say “no” then Michael says “goodbye”.