Hey Thanks for all the info everybody. I too live in northern Alabama, if anyone knows of a good pain clinic in northern or as close to Alabama as possible that would be really great. Please let me know. If you would like feel free to email me @ rfrank128@knology.net

I am sorry to bug everybody but I had one more question. Does Consults Direct offer Oxycontin or just Loritabs. Thanks again for the help.

Where you been lately, man?

The answer is neither.

Right now, they are only offering a take-away injectible called Nubain. While a few report some relief from it, the consensus seems to be that it is not worth the travel time nor potential risks to pursue this option. Search on nubain for the past 3 months or so.

patient2all

I had never heard of an OCS that offered Oxy, did I miss something ?

No.

looking for a good pain clinic that takes out of state patients does anyone in Fl now of the best of the best I have my records and MRI Can someone please give me some info on these clinics. Has anyone heard of Broward pain clinic if so are they good???? If not please give me some information on some

in a month or 2 any pain clinic in fla that is seeing out of state patients and prescribing any type of SCH II or III will cut them off (the out of staters) or be shut down. it is all over the news...

big bro wants a local F2F. this is a fact.

I Agree 100%!!
But How local is that?
Would that be The State Next Door? ...Or would that be within your State?....Or would that be 10 Miles from your Residence?
I hate to say it.... but unless the Powers that be Change things....This is where it will end!!
You can only get a Script from a Doc that lives within 10 Miles from your home!!! ...Unless you live in a rural area and then maybe... it could Be 100 miles!! The Shutter is getting smaller by the Minute!
Speak Up.....Or Forever Hold your Piece!!

i can tell you as of about a month ago, that if you have a prescription for a SCH II you have to fill it in the county that the doc is in that wrote it... pharmacies are starting to turn away people that are driving all over to try and get prescriptions filled. (which has been happening lately because of a shortage of a particular med) it has been all over the news that people are driving from ohio, kentucky, and tenn and this will be stopped or the docs that are seeing them will be shut down. now if you are a snow bird and have an addy in fla, that is one thing, if you don't, you will be turned away. i am sure some docs will ignore this, but if they do they will not be around for long.

florida PMP passed yesterday. headed for charlie christ to sign.

It's on his Desk!

anyone know what it is monitoring...sch II or both Sch II and SchIII

Both as soon as Charlie Christ signs it. It has failed 7 years in a row, but because the media has given FLA so much attention this year (and 2008) it passed basically unanamously... I think they have until June or July to have it in place. While this will get rid of a lot of doc shoppers, it is going to hurt a lot of retirees and legitamite pain management paitients. There is a lot more behind this bill other than a PMP. They will also have a searchable online database that employers will be able to view. If there was ever a violation of hipaa this bill is it...

Are you serious? Employers can look at this? That is insane. That is not their business. Why should they need to know that information.

WOW, things are really out of control!!

YOu know what, people should be screaming out in front of this guys office!! It's one thing to have Drs and Pharmacies have access to this, but your employer...NO NEED

WOW, Glad I don't live there...However, I am sure soon it wil be this way everywhere!

Has anyone ever heard of Broward Pain Clinic? If so, is it any good?

Plus it's super important not to give out your personal information on these forums, because the entire forum content is accessible by google without logging in. I tried to get a VIP membership - why's the membership closed? I'd like a little more privacy to talk about some of this stuff!

Can someone tell where the closest pain clinic is close to the Georgia state line. I have three bad vertabrae in back. My mri is over two years old probably need new one.

Hi anyone know of one in the destin area? Thanks!

Anyone know of any in Jacksoville area?

SCH II ~ IV

one of the new initiatives is to go after people coming in from out of state. LE is pulling over people as they come out of clinics if there is more than one or 2 people in the car and checking everyone in the car and what medications they have. (literally dumping out the medications and counting them) if there are a few pills missing then everyone in the car is getting searched. it has been all over the news. also, locals that are pissed about everyone coming down from kentucky and Tenn are taking video of out of state cars in the parking lots of the broward clinics and posting them on youtube.

if you do not own a property in FLA (snow bird) i would not go down for the sole purpose of getting help with pain, in the end it will cause you more grief than you can imagine. add to that, most places that would see out of state patients have stopped doing so because of the new laws going into effect and LE giving them so much trouble.

Re So. Florida. Very recently I just went to a Miami (not Broward county) pain clinic to see if they would help me out re intermittent pain (back & neck). Not now suffering, I wanted a small stockpile of pain meds to carry me through long weekends, overseas trips, etc. for the rest of 2009.

I have some records that I gave them. It took some 2 hours & more hassle (and $, but that was OK) than I was expecting, but they gave me RXs for generic 10(hydro)/650 and Soma. I also will use their MRI compadres they recommended, as I really do suffer from intermittent pain.

It did NOT seem to be a "pill mill" that I have read about, but, for those who can show that they suffer and can put up with the "real live medical checking" & interviews they do, well, it worked for me.

It was a very weird experience for me to go to a pain clinic (first time), but if you are in Florida & suffering, well at least for now you can get what you need.

I hope that Florida can resist the tide against pain clinics. My impression was that this one, anyway, was here to HELP!

i have been going to pain clinics in south florida for the last few months and have had no problem with my docs or obtaining my medication. my records are up to date and legit. i do not live in florida, and, as of my last trip, have not been stopped by le. this does not mean that i have not been 'watched' or tracked by some means. i live a few states away and the docs here are extremely reluctant to treat pain patients even with a long history of being prescribed CII & CIII meds. i have researched for weeks trying to determine what this new bill will actually enforce and all i've been able to find is that the bill itself passed. anyone know of website that displays all of the facts or at least some of them dealing with out-of-staters? as i said, i have had no problems so far and will continue to make the trip as long as i'm protected under the law. any info would be appreciated.

long time lurker, rarely post.

thanks

It's a pipe dream to think you are going to get any class two medicines from florida now. I have a friend that is a pharmicist down there and he was mailing me my LEGAL prescriptions for percocets, valium, and seconal. Things are so bad down there that the DEA has practically shut the state down.
These meds you guys are trying to get don't work, and class two's, like i get, must be obtained only with a legitamate prescription from a doctor, this whole internet craze where people are trying to buy controlled drugs without a script is a total lie. Customs seize anything that is attempted to be obtained from overseas, and the FDA, while it might approve a drug that's also made overseas, does not approve drugs made outside the united states. You're fighting a lost cause. My doctor charges me 50 bucks and gives me a months supply of three pain medications. And they're the strongest ones

Sorry I don't have the info but I have a thought.
My Mother in law lives in Arkansas for the past 7 years but still visits her Dr. in NJ who gives her scripts. She's on methadone, perks, you name it.
They shouldn't be able to deny you legit medical care especially since that is one state that has people living in it just part time.
I wish you the best.
K

I don't think there's anything wrong with going to a doctor in one state and staying or living in another. I'm a mile away from the state line and many people go across the line to another doctor, and either fill the script there or when they get back.
Florida is having some problems though, and they have their own laws, like you can be charged with possession and intent to sell if your prescribed over a certain amount, legally. Texas is having some big time problems too, but as far as seeing a doctor in jersey and living in Arkansas, there's nothing wrong. It's all in intent. She has an established relationship with a doctor in another state, and even if she didn't, unless the doctor violates common medical practices, it would still be OK, I'm pretty sure.

I think where I live in my state the reason it i so hard to find a doctor to prescribe is, that I am surrounded by states who have high history of selling their narcotics, to basically feed their families. I am not saying I agree AT all on that, anyway, I know I can go to the one state but many of the doctors who would be capitated to your insurace are in the boarding state. So I am wondering if there is a mile radius. It is a good point. I had thought about taking a trip to see my old primary, he is great but 600 miles away. But again, what happens if say your on vacation and go to the ER because you get seriously hurt, it is bad enough you can not get relief in your own state have the laws come to the point then that someone can not get relief on vacation, just thinking about all this.

Customs seize anything that is attempted to be obtained from overseas, and the FDA, while it might approve a drug that's also made overseas, does not approve drugs made outside the united states. You're fighting a lost cause.

Who is fighting for a cause? It sounds like You!

What does that quote even mean anyway? Of course the FDA approves prescription drugs made outside the United States. Mequin, where do you think many of those cheap generic benzodiazepines that Walgreen's and Wal-Mart sells come from?
It's difficult to understand what you are getting at. However, you seem to have no lack of conviction about whatever it is.

My take was that his point was this: Go to your doctor and you can get what you need/want. Do not order from overseas because the FDA/Customs will take your shipment. Easy to see through, if you ask me.