ramblin_rose
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Hi, all. I suffer from chronic migraines. Sometimes they get so bad I have to go to the Urgent Care section of my doctor's office, this is when my regular meds don't work. I take fiorocet (no codeine) and axert. My regular doctor knows this as she prescribed it. However, my psychiatrist prescribes tramadol and only take it as needed (which is hardly ever).
This morning I went to Urgent Care and saw a doc I haven't seen before. She didn't ask me if I was on any new medication and only went through some of what I'm normally prescribed. She did ask me if I had taken any tramadol this morning and I said no because I hadn't. Maybe I should have but I didn't volunteer that I had taken a fiorocet several hours earlier.
She did some tests and left the room.
She came back and said I was exhibiting signs of narcotic use like cocaine or marijuana. I told her about the fiorocet and she said, "I asked you earlier if you had taken anything and you said no. " I quickly corrected her and reminded her that she only asked about tramadol. She said my pupils were too small and I would only get 10 pain pills. Fine with me, that's all I need.
I felt profiled because she didn't ask me what medications I had taken or if I had started anything new. My regular doctor is at the same clinic so it should be in my file that I've been there several times in the past few years for migraines. (Note: my psychiatrist has me on ambien and xanax (for about 6 years) and a month and a half ago we switched from Strattera to Vyvanse. I'm also on Latuda.)
I don't know if I'm going to be red-flagged or not, is there a way I can find out? Can I write a letter complaining of how I was treated, I have never been treated that way in all my years of being a patient there. Will the letter do more harm than good?
*I have to call tomorrow for a referral to a neurologist for my migraines so maybe I'm interpreting it wrong. I'm sensitive to this because I have federal licenses that I don't want to lose because one person had doubts.
This morning I went to Urgent Care and saw a doc I haven't seen before. She didn't ask me if I was on any new medication and only went through some of what I'm normally prescribed. She did ask me if I had taken any tramadol this morning and I said no because I hadn't. Maybe I should have but I didn't volunteer that I had taken a fiorocet several hours earlier.
She did some tests and left the room.
She came back and said I was exhibiting signs of narcotic use like cocaine or marijuana. I told her about the fiorocet and she said, "I asked you earlier if you had taken anything and you said no. " I quickly corrected her and reminded her that she only asked about tramadol. She said my pupils were too small and I would only get 10 pain pills. Fine with me, that's all I need.
I felt profiled because she didn't ask me what medications I had taken or if I had started anything new. My regular doctor is at the same clinic so it should be in my file that I've been there several times in the past few years for migraines. (Note: my psychiatrist has me on ambien and xanax (for about 6 years) and a month and a half ago we switched from Strattera to Vyvanse. I'm also on Latuda.)
I don't know if I'm going to be red-flagged or not, is there a way I can find out? Can I write a letter complaining of how I was treated, I have never been treated that way in all my years of being a patient there. Will the letter do more harm than good?
*I have to call tomorrow for a referral to a neurologist for my migraines so maybe I'm interpreting it wrong. I'm sensitive to this because I have federal licenses that I don't want to lose because one person had doubts.