HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted August 6, 2009 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted August 6, 2009 This chronic back pain is really wearing me out. All modes of therapy have really failed so far. I am just holding the line with dope, but it is failing. What are some alternative treatments for chronic pain? I am going from doctor to doctor seeking a cure. I feel like some of these quacks are taking advantage of me with nerve blocks and all this other crap. I take oxycodone and vicodin and I just get some relief. The VA has failed me and so have the private pain doctors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder jbasser Posted August 6, 2009 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted August 6, 2009 This iis a temporary fix but go to the VA and ask for a torodol injection. It will last for less than a day but I have done it as an emergency. It works by reducing the swelling with a massive dose of injected Nsaid. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofycow Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I also have chronic lower back & joint pain in my hands. I know what you mean about both VA and private sector pain docs! Private care docs here in Arkansas are scared to death of giving out pain meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted August 10, 2009 Author HadIt.com Elder Share Posted August 10, 2009 The DEA and the state of Florida has put the fear of God into the pain management doctors. All they want to do now is give those expensive steroid shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoonDoc Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I also have chronic lower back & joint pain in my hands. I know what you mean about both VA and private sector pain docs! Private care docs here in Arkansas are scared to death of giving out pain meds. Yeah the Arkansas pain specialist are scared, and after what happened to Dr. Fisher in Ft. Smith, prison term and lost medical license (He did return to university and earn a degree in law) and a couple of others here in Arkansas that were raided several years ago, I don't blame them for being scared! The DEA SWAT teamed their offices early AM, just like a meth lab raid, and confiscated all patient records, computers, etc. and left the patients out in the cold without a means of treating their pain, they treated the patients as addicts, so the other doctors were scared of taking them on as patients after the storm went through. Sad state of affairs for sure! BoonDoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofycow Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I live in a tiny town north of Fort Smith, AR> A very bad placce to develop back pain.....or any other type of pain for that matter B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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