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lordreven333

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Ok im going to see a doctor tomorrow first time to see this doctor and I need a pain killer for my back. I don't want to come out and say my back hurts give me some oxycodone. I have been prescribed hydrocodone tramadol codeine and probably a few others .I have to ask for something but I don't want to ask for to much. what are some drugs that work really well for back pain and are more likely to be prescribed?
 
Well just an FYI this forum is not here to guide in you in how to ask your doctor in order to get a certain Rx that you want.

The Doctor (hopefully) will tell you what type of pain killer is best for your specific condition. Back pain is very vague. is it nerve pain? or inflammation? whip lash? pain from an accident? etc.

The doctor can answer your question. You don't have to ask for anything, you should go to your doc and totally explain to him your situation and the type of pain you feel, honestly. Then the doctor will give ya what should help you.

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I think its totally dependent on why your back hurts, which we can't answer.

I'm no doctor but I'd say they probably don't dole out the same drugs for slipped disk, osteoporosis, muscle strains, nerve damage, sciatica, inflammatory infection, etc..
 
mgrady3 said:
I think its totally dependent on why your back hurts, which we can't answer.

I'm no doctor but I'd say they probably don't dole out the same drugs for slipped disk, osteoporosis, muscle strains, nerve damage, sciatica, inflammatory infection, etc..
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oh they give out vicodin like its candy around where i am
 
The doctor will likely ask you questions about the pain, and oftentimes something like scoliosis is more credible if you have a history with the dr/have tests/MRIs/etc showing that it's real. I have one very herniated disc, to the point its considered "extruded," and I walked straight into the doctors office and said "I'm sorry, advil is NOT cutting it anymore, I can't lay down comfortably to sleep or function, please give me something for the pain." However, in this case, I pretty much needed assistance even walking back from her office and my face was red from crying from the pain caused by the drive there.

So yeah, go to the doctor wanting to know what are ways to reduce your pain level...different movements and positions and such were suggested to me as well as the medication, which was clearly meant for only extreme circumstances. You don't want to turn into a pain-management patient unless you really, really have to.
 
Yes absolutely.
You should sit down with your doctor and have a long conversation about your back pain. This needs to entail more than a simple, "My back hurts." As stated above, the doctor will need to know as much info as possible to give you the correct form of treatment. Sure the doctor could simply write you an Rx for vicodin, but, that won't necessarily help you in the long run. Hopefully physiotherapy, occupational therapy, etc, things of that nature will be discussed as options for helping you ease the pain and learning to live with it. Vicodin may make the pain not bother you but it certainly doesn't treat the cause of the pain.
 
Explain your level of pain and he will decide. Don't go in there and ask "will Vicodin help?" That is basically like asking him for it and he may look at you like your drug seeking. Tell him that the medication isn't working for your pain and so forth. Some doctors won't give you anything for simple "back pain". You need to get an MRI and see what's going on with you. I'm surprised you were given Tramadol after just saying your back hurt and no MRI. Around here you might have been given Aleve.
 
lordreven, what happened at the doctor? Flexeril is a godsend for muscle spasms, the point of those tests is just to figure out WHAT is causing pain so they can work on fixing it...pain meds are good to get you through it, but learning to strengthen it and deal with it without meds is important as well.
 
Soma is also very effective for muscle spasms, worked wonders for me. That's why I wish a doctor down here would prescribe it to me. I can't find anyone because down here they call it a narcotic which is ridiculous. All doctors tell me about the terrible addiction problems. Its a Schedule IV controlled substance in Arizona to.

But yeah, ask about Soma. I'm not sure if you'll look like your drug seeking or not but sound genuinely interested. Tell him someone brought it up.
 
the dr is going to want you to describe your pain. i'm recovering from a substantial injury to my leg and low back, so a big part of my life has been consumed by learning how to effectively describe pain.

you'll be asked to rate your pain on a 0-10 scale, where 0 is zero pain, and 10 is the worst pain you've ever felt. your best option here is honesty. in my opinion, doctors expect that you are embellishing your pain. for instance, if you say your pain level is at a 9, and you don't display corresponding physical symptoms like elevated heart rate, your 9 is going to be seen as not credible.

otoh, stoicism isn't rewarded. meaning, if you decide you're going to tough it out, and under rate your pain, you'll be doing yourself a disservice.

other aspects of how you describe your pain are important as well and basically boil down to helping determine if your pain is caused by nerve damage vs muscle/skeletal pain. typically nerve pain is felt as burning, sharp, electric whereas muscle/bone pain is achy, deep, constant.

the language of pain can become quite lyrical.

you'll probably be asked about your range of motion, what causes the pain, when is it the worst, other symptoms that you have. the doc will be trying to build as complete a picture as he can of what might be the root cause: vertebral fracture, bulging disc, compressed nerve, who knows.

i think its fairly unrealistic to expect that a doctor that you have no relationship with is going to give you more than vicoden after your first visit. back pain is a big deal. throwing opiates at it is just going to mask what's really wrong.

my advice would be to not ask for any drugs of any kind during the first visit. let the doctor prescribe what he thinks is best. for one, it will help you avoid being characterized as drug seeking (and lemme tell you, all it takes is one a-hole dr to put that in your record somewhere and life becomes much, much more difficult drug-wise), for two, you may not really need oxy.

bear in mind that more and more dr's are requiring UA's before they'll prescribe narcotics. for my oxy script i get UA'd every two weeks. if you're not comfortable passing the UA, and from many of your posts recently, i'd be willing to bet you aren't going to pass a UA clean, then you don't want to have that spectre haunting you right out of the gate.

i dunno. i've had a lot of experience with pain and trauma and pain relieving prescriptions over the past few months. best of luck. hope your back feels better.
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
Explain your level of pain and he will decide. Don't go in there and ask "will Vicodin help?" That is basically like asking him for it and he may look at you like your drug seeking. Tell him that the medication isn't working for your pain and so forth. Some doctors won't give you anything for simple "back pain". You need to get an MRI and see what's going on with you. I'm surprised you were given Tramadol after just saying your back hurt and no MRI. Around here you might have been given Aleve.
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I was also given codiene and hydrocodone over time for my back pain.
 
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