Are Va Medical Centers Over-Prescribing Narcotics To Veterans?

[StreetWalker]

many times the va docs UNDERMEDICATE pain sufferers. It causes a conditon called CLOCK WATCHING. Where a patients entire day surrounds the taking of thier medication, and trying to stretch them out, to keep the pain at bay. The va give out hydro and 500 mg aceto, like the regular army gives out Motrin, I believe the va gets big contracts for certain meds, and give them out, and not always the best thing a patient could be on. Take me for instance I have one kidney and lost the other one to kidney cancer. I asked my doc to cut the vicodon to 325 mg of acetoratpoison, from 500., she gave me long speech abt how many mg of aceto is safe perday. So I told her, ok, now cut that in half. I have one kidney REMEMBER!!! well she just played it off, and stood firm. They could have me on much better meds like oxycontin, morphine pills without acetominophen, norco, ect, but they push the 5/500 hydros. Heck even a 10 mg/ 325 vicodin would be better for me because less acetominophen, but they dont care, they push what they are told to push/..

If I could find a marijana that didnt mess with my mind and just shut my body down and put the brakes on my back pain, I would tell the va to shove thier trash where the sun dont shine. Ive heard some really talented growers in holland can grow different types od marijana that have different effects like mostly relieve pain,. not make you trip out and laugh like your retarded.

I started with Tramadol a few years ago as my back got worse and worse. I was working at the time as a letter carrier. Walking 10 miles per day with all the lifting, bending and carrying that goes with the job.

After a couple years the Tramadol was no longer effective. I went to Vicodin. That worked for a while. Then in June of 2012 I had a major flare up of my back. Ended up in the VA emergency room on a Sunday morning because the pain was so bad. I was in the ER a total of 15 minutes before they gave me a big dose of morphine. Received a prescription for Oxycodone 5 mg and told to take three weeks off work. Went back to work July 9th. Between the 9th and the 24th I worked three complete days and a few short days. The pain was bad. On the 25th I went to work and was there an hour. After a hour of standing at my case and casing mail I had tears running down my face and could barely move or breath due to the pain. That was my last day of work.

Fast forward to today and I'm supposed to take 10 mg of Oxycodone every 6 hours. If I'm sitting in my recliner with the heating pad on my back I can stretch it out to

5 hours before the pain gets bad and I have to dose. If I'm on my feet or out shopping with the wife 4 hours is torture. I sit and she shops. I've joined a gym and try and walk in the pool 3-4 days a week. It's not too bad in the pool but later in the day I really pay for that 30 minutes in the pool.

I wish the VA would over prescribe me.

[63SIERRA]

Something that helps me is the homedics massager that you put on a chair. Thats first order of the day, pop a vike, and get the back massager going. Abt half hour after, numbness in my arm and pain in my arms and back get down enough to get to the coffee pot

also Tramadol Is trash, it a synthetic pain killer that they invented to give to prisoners so they couldnt abuse them. A good chiropractor can help alot.b but the va told me that they dont send patients for chronic conditions, it must be for an acute condition. WTH

Edited November 2, 2013 by 63SIERRA

[63SIERRA]

STREET have they ever referd you to an orthopedic doc, or pain management?

ive heard theres a drug called opana that will put the brakes on the pain but isnt given out often.

A company also produced a 50 mg vicodin, but the naysayers are trying to get it banned.

Edited November 2, 2013 by 63SIERRA

[StreetWalker]

Been seen by Pain Management. I hope NEVER to repeat that experience here in Portland. The witch they have working there has a real attitude and a large piece of wood in her posterior. I've been seen by several Orthos in the past. Failed out of PT because it wasn't helping at all. The combination of muscle and bone problems is tough to get a handle on.

[63SIERRA]

they tried the PT on me, they brought me to the pool, which was dark dank and the water dirty. lots of elderly walking around in depends, .. i SAID heck no. I aint getting in that pool They disgusted me out of the treatment.

[63SIERRA]

Been seen by Pain Management. I hope NEVER to repeat that experience here in Portland. The witch they have working there has a real attitude and a large piece of wood in her posterior. I've been seen by several Orthos in the past. Failed out of PT because it wasn't helping at all. The combination of muscle and bone problems is tough to get a handle on.

what did ortho do if anything? and did pain management prescribe any relief?