what do i need to do from a medical stand point?
family physician MNP has prescribed hydrocodone for my husbands neck and back pain(no surgery recommended even when he saw a neorologist.xrays,mri,ect have been done and still nothing but hydrocodone for 13 years. we were informed sept. 25 2006 that the physician will not be able to fill the prescription ever again (any narcotic substance).alot of rumors why but im not sure the real reason but it cant be good. he visited a real doctor and he told my husband to drink 2 beers with a hydrodone and it would help the pain ( i was like, what kind of shit is this ?) he then went to see a nuerologist on oct. 6 2006. ask all kinds of questions ect. ordered an mri. a nerve study. but wouldnt give him any pain medications, till the test results.we didnt know how addictive hydrocodone is till i read about it. this is serious. 13 yrs pain meds,hes in alot pain but nothing for pain. i want to know preferrably from an another doctor/attorney if something can be done in this case .
1. Hydrocodone is addictive. So your husband is suffering not only from pain but also from withdrawal.
2. Get a new MD for pain control and review of the case.
3. Most health care systems have a pain clinic…get in there.
4. Use ice and heat to treat the area of pain in the neck and back.
5..keep the areas mobile as much as possible…slowly strengthen the muscles in the affected area.
6. Report your MDs behavior to your state medical board. However, if i am reading your note you were dealing with a Nurse Practitioner? Then you will need to contact the state Nursing board.
7. Contact a laywer who deals in medical malpractice and ask for advice.
Treat the pain, then the situation.
September 20th, 2009 at 2:43 am
well as bad as it sounds, when you see a new doctor, somettimes they will stop any old drugs until they get there own test results back, and when they do im sure pain pills will be available again for him.
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September 20th, 2009 at 3:08 am
You should get in touch with an attorney and perhaps The Medical Board! I hope that he gets well soon! Pain can get to be a hard thing to deal with! I hope the new doctor helps him. I have been dealing with a lot of pain myself and it sure can get to be hard on a person. He may just have to use something over the counter. You need to talk to his doctor that he has now! The main thing is that he gets well and has some type of help for his pain!
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September 20th, 2009 at 3:14 am
I’m not a doctor, but if your husband was prescribed hydrocodon, his pain must be pretty serious. i think that i may have caused an addiction that the doctors are trying to stop, or it’s messing with his bodily functions, and they need to fix that. try an epidural, or something that injects a different pain med through a pump in the spine.
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September 20th, 2009 at 3:30 am
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September 20th, 2009 at 3:53 am
1. Hydrocodone is addictive. So your husband is suffering not only from pain but also from withdrawal.
2. Get a new MD for pain control and review of the case.
3. Most health care systems have a pain clinic…get in there.
4. Use ice and heat to treat the area of pain in the neck and back.
5..keep the areas mobile as much as possible…slowly strengthen the muscles in the affected area.
6. Report your MDs behavior to your state medical board. However, if i am reading your note you were dealing with a Nurse Practitioner? Then you will need to contact the state Nursing board.
7. Contact a laywer who deals in medical malpractice and ask for advice.
Treat the pain, then the situation.
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