Authority and

[Sublimit]

My GP has been giving me authority scripts for oxycodone each month, which has made my quality of life so much better and i'm able to function normal where otherwise i'd still be on crutches. I have another GP who was treating me for anxiety , but i don't see him at all since i found my current..... except the occasional bottle of bezo's for bad panic attacks and general anxiety disorder.

so what should i tell the PM GP? that i need some clonazepam for my panic attack and anxiety? what are the chances he's going to prescribe benzo's when he's already giving me strong opiates?

or should i still keep seeing the initial gp for anxiety issues.... any ideas?



Cheers for the help

 

[aero]

Well hypothetically use another name if your worried.
But don't risk looseing what you need now for something you want.

 

[Sublimit]

You're not from Australia? over here we all have medicare cards and you need one to see a doctor, and even to get a script. you cant just walk in with a made up name.... only way it would work if is i used someone else's midi care card and posed as that person.... i don't want to go down that road...

 

[my innerself]

I think you need to be up front with your doctor and tell him what's going on with your pain and anxiety. If he/she is a good doctor then they will be able to prescribe you what is best for you. I don't really think mixing contys and clonazapam is a good idea. I definately would want a professionals perspective. At the end of the day it's your health that matters most.

 

[bobbydarren]

It might depend on whether you really need the pain killers or you've crafted a great ruse to get the pain killers for recreational use. Obviously if there's a tonne of documented evidence that you're (still) in pain the dr isnt' going to take you off the pain medication & assume you're a junkie. However if the level of pain you state you're in, may not be as real as you make out, he could re-evaluate your symptoms based on the possiblility of you being a drug seeker to which (depending on symptoms) he could conclude you are.

I don't think we have real muscle relaxant drugs in Australia other than Baclofen so for the treatment of back pain I'd imagine quite often diazepam & pain killers are used together. Although your reason is anxiety I"M just saying Dr's do prescribe both. A friend is on 100mg morphine + valium.

I think if you know your pain story will hold up there shouldn't be any problems for anti-anxiety meds. Your previous Dr will have a history of your anxiety disorder. Your new Dr may ask that you sign a form so as to get your medical records. Only you know if this would be bad news for you or not. eg a history of different pain conditions completely unrelated to the pain your in now, for which you were often prescribed pain medication.

 

[Mr Blonde]

^ I've wondered why we don't get a heap of the drugs they do in America, or at least not prescribed as often. Soma would be nice to see here.

 

[satricion]

It's probably because we have the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the TGA regulating which drugs we can access, which is a good thing because otherwise we'd be saturated with unnecessary medication like the US. If we have something that works just as well there's no reason to have the other drug.

 

[Mr Blonde]

^ I think there is a case for several drugs to be sold here. Hydrocodone for example. And no, I'm not just saying that because I want to abuse it, but because I think there is a gap in intermediate opioids that can be used for pain, we seem to have a big leap from codeine to oxycodone/morphine/fentanyl, I think there are a lot of cases where pain is under treated by codeine yet would not be suitable for oxycodone, but hydrocodone would be perfect in terms of strength.

 

[Jabberwocky]

^i agree with that as well, about there being a big gap in the line of opioid treatment. it's a big leap from codeine/tramadol up to oxycodone or morphine as the next line of treatment. even the transdermal patches of fentanyl and buprenorphine can give a non-tolerant user some complications.

Well hypothetically use another name if your worried.
But don't risk looseing what you need now for something you want.

don;t anyone take this advice. it's illegal and will land you in a pile of legal shit.

to the OP, i would make both doctors aware of each other. that way they can liase with each other in rehards to your treatment and it will form a stronger trust bond between all parties involved. it's good practice to have each doctor aware of other doctors/specialists you're seeing and what for; you've got nothing to hide and doctors will get the "dug seeking" label out quick if they find out otherwise, thinking you're hiding other things from them etc.

It might depend on whether you really need the pain killers or you've crafted a great ruse to get the pain killers for recreational use. Obviously if there's a tonne of documented evidence that you're (still) in pain the dr isnt' going to take you off the pain medication & assume you're a junkie. However if the level of pain you state you're in, may not be as real as you make out, he could re-evaluate your symptoms based on the possiblility of you being a drug seeker to which (depending on symptoms) he could conclude you are.

I think if you know your pain story will hold up there shouldn't be any problems for anti-anxiety meds. Your previous Dr will have a history of your anxiety disorder. Your new Dr may ask that you sign a form so as to get your medical records. Only you know if this would be bad news for you or not. eg a history of different pain conditions completely unrelated to the pain your in now, for which you were often prescribed pain medication.

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