Why can I not get my pain manager to give me the medication I need?

Question

with burst L1 and compressed L2 fusion metal and screws right into my vertebrae, degenerativeve disk and arthritis why won't my doctor give me any pain meds worth having, instead of steroids and antinflammatoryes that do not work.

Answer 1

beacause you DO NOTTTTTT want to get addicted to them ... stay on what you are. im going to school to be a patient care tech and whatever your pain management doctor is smart and saving your life at this point. once you get on the pill you are slowly going to kill your self... take it from me who has lost many loved ones and with half of my family and friend addicted to pills or methadone and half of them have pain magement doctors and there killling themselves... my boyfriend also and hes trying to get off and its the worst thing ever.. hes withdrawing another one of my family menbers is in the hospital dying trying to get off roxys i could go on forever.. im trying to get up to the point to find ways to help people like you and many others to not need narcotics.... what has this world come to? (but by the way if its that bad methadone will help you)but its very addictive.

Answer 2

He/She may be exhausting all other options before putting you on a narcotic.  If this is something you're going to have to deal with for the rest of your life (and it sounds like it is), the sooner you go on a narcotic, the sooner you're going to build a tolerance to the lower doses and they will consistently be having to up your dose and/or change you to stronger medicine.  There could come a point where you've exhausted all options and nothing out there works anymore.  I don't know, that's just a guess.  I have known people who have ended up in rehab and detox because of tolerance to pain meds for back pain.  If you're specifically asking for pain meds, he/she could think that you're just looking for pills to take--while you know you're in serious pain, doctors these days are taught to look out for drug seekers.  So if you say you "need" pain medication, or mention one by name, the doctor could be reacting to that instead of really hearing what you're saying.  Only you know how much pain you are really in, so it could be a case of the doctor just being overly cautious.