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#662169 - 03/05/08 04:21 AM
Atlanta Not Too Far Away For Tennesee Patients
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painclinic
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Registered: 03/01/08
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They have not singed Tennessee up yet for there program and I'm a chronic pain sufferer like the rest of us. I dont think going to Atlanta to see their doctor is too far to get the relief you need. Here in Tennessee the way things are right now you cant get anything anywhere for your pain.
I registered with www.nnicip.com and faxed them all my records on monday and received an email saying I was approved to meet with their doctor. This is very good news and exciting for a person that has been without proper pain management for a while now. So until they get a doctor in Tennessee, driving a few hours is not that far when your hurting.
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#663526 - 03/07/08 09:27 AM
Re: Atlanta Not Too Far Away For Tennesee Patients
[Re: nitemoon]
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painclinic
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Its really ashame what chronic pain sufferers have to go through and the way we are treated now days. About 6 years ago, I was going to a very good pain clinic here in Nashville and getting very decent pain management care. But due to people abusing the system, and Tennessee being rated the #1 state in America for like 3 years in a row for Doctors that were writing narcotics for patients, the DEA stepped in and really put their foot down and tighted the restrictions on these doctors. I had to sign a pain management contract, and it was so ridiculous that the clinic could call you at random and you only had a certain amount of hours to report to the pain clinic for a blood test, a pill count, and whatever else they could think of. Needless to say, after a few more years of that, the DEA put so much pressure on this doctor he simply quit writing the meds I was receiving (c-2) that I finally stopped going there and wasnt worth all the hassel.
As far as this doctor you say that will write anything you want, I find that unbelievable. When a doctor writes c-2 meds, there must triplicate copies. A hardcopy goes to the pharmacyboard, one for the pharmacy, and one for the DEA. So if a doctor is contiously writing c-2 meds its only a matter of weeks or maybe even days til the knock on the door. I work at a very well known hospital and even surgeons and specialists have to keep very well kept records. The key to staying out of trouble with the DEA is records and documentation. They want to know exactly why this patient is getting this medication, for what reason, and for how long. And I think thats a shame. It should be up to the doctor not the DEA. Now the doctors are afaid they will lose their licensed if they give you anything for pain, as all you people probably alrady know. Until the laws change or some miracle happens, we have to play by the Rules they give us, and for know this is what we have.
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#672899 - 03/24/08 09:08 PM
Re: Atlanta Not Too Far Away For Tennesee Patients
[Re: hvblonde08]
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hvblonde08
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Have you had any luck with any Knoxville doctors.I have never seen anything like how strict these doctors are and I have had back surgery,,,they tell ,me to go see a chiropractor..easy for t hem to say if they are not in pain.
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Good luck, MrJR
