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Failed drug test at doc, got referred to pain management!?

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HiimLeeLee

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So, I failed my random drug test at my primary care doctor for several opiates, she took my adderall away, then referred me to a pain management doctor. I'm kind of confused as to why? She does know that I have endometriosis and suffer from pain, but she also knows that I have a problem with opiates. And I have never heard of someone FAILING a test then automatically being sent to a pain specialist. Has anyone else had this happen and if so, what did they do at the pain clinic?
 
Your doctor is just being on the books since this happened to cover there own ass. God forbid of anything happen to you on pain meds given by a primary plus a dirty urine they can get malpractice suite im sure. Consider your primary doctor doing you a favor in the first place putting you on pain meds and adderall which is technically a psych. Med ..your doctor could of referred you and never of gave you these meds in the first place...it sucks I know.
 
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So, I failed my random drug test at my primary care doctor for several opiates, she took my adderall away, then referred me to a pain management doctor. I'm kind of confused as to why? She does know that I have endometriosis and suffer from pain, but she also knows that I have a problem with opiates. And I have never heard of someone FAILING a test then automatically being sent to a pain specialist. Has anyone else had this happen and if so, what did they do at the pain clinic?
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yep ass covering time by your doc. in the grand scheme of things the doc doesnt wanna deal with you anymore and rather have someone else deal with you. dont be surprised if they limit your supply also, unless you get super lucky but most of the pain management docs are super strict and make you jump leaps and bounds just to get a script of something. depending on situations and states, they can go as far as making you head to the office to get a monitored dose.
 
So your MD didn't prescribe you pain meds at all right? and you failed your UA for opiates, taking them for pain, but just self medicating if I read that correctly? But sent you to a PM doc? well that sucks about your Adderall, do you suffer from bad ADD/ADHD? I do and would be so fucking mad if my doc did something like this! I lived with ADHD my whole life, being ignored by my family, mostly my parents, growing up... I would tell them all the time since I found out what ADD/ADHD actually was, that I was sure I had it and needed help to control it.. but they thought I was being dramatic and making it up, just to get meds to get high.. finally like 6-8 months ago I believe it was, I got diagnosed, was put on Strattera at first.. it sucked ass.. so I told my normal, sub doc, not the shrink who gave the Strattera to me, I was diagnosed with it, and was put on Adderall IRs.. My quality of life has improved tremendously since being put on them.. that is fucked that doctors can be so unforgiving, as to just cut you off your meds, that you need because you fuck up one UA! come on! Hope your PM doc is much better than the other doc who let you go.. that sucks. Good luck, hang in there.
 
Correct. My primary doc did not prescribe me any pain meds. And yes my ADHD is horrible. So cold turkey after 5 years of using it the way I'm supposed to and she took it away because I failed for opiates that weren't prescribed to me. :(
 
You're probably going to need to see a psychiatrist to restart the Adderall. Your MD has a right to discharge you, though it's shitty. I know with benzos they can't CT you because it's dangerous but I don't think it's the same for amphetamines. She should be able to give you a referral though, unless she's discharging you as a patient.
 
:\ First of all...My deepest empathy for your diagnosis of endometriosis, as I know it well. I've dealt with it for most of my life. It's difficult to diagnose. It's even more painful to feel not heard/not helped by "top notch specialists". Statistics show that maybe 100 out of 52,000 GYNs are capable of doing so. smfh

I lost my lifelong GP and my cancer surgeon to retirement, then death within the past several years. I found out last October (after a 6 day stint in hospital) with a partial bowel obstruction...that my colon surgeon has Parkinsons. He was/is a brilliant man who saved my sorry life, yet his disease has forced him to retire (60). I'm left to start over (55). It's a bitch.

I digress...sorry.

My PM required my extensive medical file for review, before he would accept me as a patient. No problem. I was referred by my orthopedic and new GP, as she doesn't prescribe opiates. I was required to sign a contract. It stated that I would accept prescriptions from only HIM and only ONE pharmacy. Breaking these rules or failing a drug test/pill count would be grounds for dismissal. No problem.

He offered me Fentanyl patches on the first visit. I declined, choosing to try lesser strength meds first. This is not typical, mind you, to be offered the big gun meds from the start. My history of disease, surgery and treatments, CT scans, bone scans, etc. justifies his prescribing. I have tried MS Contin, Oxycodone IR and Fentanyl patches (separate and individual) over 2 years with little success.

I don't see the point in continuing with "pain management" but have few options left. My pain is NOT managed, as meds further choke my bowel and bladder.

I've been experimenting with MMJ for a few months, but haven't found a strain that helps my pain. (long story)

deos68 is spot on. Sadly, these hoops are made for jumping...even if we can't "jump". And yes, Ilove2nod...that sucks!

I do hope you can find a good PM.
 
I recently made a post about cleaning up the content of Basic Drug Discussion. One of the items I listed as unapproved material was "how to deal with prescribers". It really hurts our reputation when we have folks crawling over the forums looking for advice on how to obtain prescriptions. It's not something that we want. OP, I realize that you're new, so I'm not giving you a hard time. Please just read the forum guidelines before creating any new threads.
 
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