Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Seriously?

A little Public Service Announcement:
If you see that you are taking a highly-controlled narcotic, such as... oh, say... Methadone (just as an example of course), you should probably pay attention to when you will run out of said medication. You should NOT wait until the day that you run out to call your physician's office to tell them that you need a refill. You should realize that you are pretty much screwed when you call the office and are informed that your physician is out of the country on vacation for 3 more days. Of course, they will gladly see if your physician's partner will write a script for it for you to get you through the next 3 days. However, don't be surprised when he/she is not willing to do so. Why though? It might have something to do with the fact that you even say that you "called him a dumbass idiot because he wouldn't give me what I wanted. Kept tryin' to send me to PT instead of just giving me some pain pills, so I just switched to my doctor. He doesn't make me do PT, he just gives 'em to me." Further questioning revealed that the patient had actually already been on Soma (for muscle relaxation) and Hydomec (for pain) but wanted something "really strong to knock me out." Hmmmmm.... I don't think you won any friends calling a physician names. This is especially true when he is in the same office as your current physician and the only person that could write you a script for your Methadone remembers you calling them a "dumbass idiot" because they thought that you should try PT with your muscle relaxers and a lower potency pain reliever. Oh, the injury? A femur fracture with knee dislocation...... 4 years prior. To think that we may have a prescription drug abuse problem in this country...