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What over-the-counter pain reliever works best for your back or neck pain? (Poll Closed)

Advil 29% (236 votes)

Aleve 26% (216 votes)

Aspirin 5% (41 votes)

Excedrin 6% (52 votes)

Motrin 14% (114 votes)

Nuprin 0% (4 votes)

Tylenol 12% (100 votes)

Other 8% (63 votes)

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2008-03-31 02:33:38 ET

MY DOC AT THE PAIN PILL MILL, BILL YOUR INSURANCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PAIN CARE CLINIC HAS PRESCRIBED OXYCONTIN 40MGS X 2 DAILY ALONG WITH GABAPENTIN. I RECIEVED EPIDURAL INJECTIONS, PERCOCET, AND NOTHING SEEMS TO ELIMINATE THE PAIN. OUT OF ALL OF THE MEDS THO, THE PERCOCET HAS BEEN THE BEST MED, ITS NOT AS STRONG AS PERCOCET BUT SEEMS TO TAKE THE EDGE OFF THE HORRBLE CHRONIC PAIN. I DONT KNOW WHAT I DID TO DESERVE THE BULGING L5 S1 DIAGNOSIS, DEG DISC DISEASE, NERVE PAIN TO MY LEGS N FEET. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, THE DOCTORS IVE BEEN TOO ONLY WANT TO WRITE PAIN MEDS, AND BILL YOUR INSURANCE MONTHLY, I NEVER GET EDUCATED ON MY INJURY, IM NEVER GIVEN HOPE TO IMPROVE, IVE BEEN THROUGH THE RACQUETS, ONE DOCTOR WOULD EXTORT PATIENTS BY CUTTING OFF THE NARCOTICS CAUSING HORRIBLE WITHDRAWAL IF YOU DIDNT AGREE TO ATTENDING HIS EPIDURAL CHOP SHOP, WHERE UPON ARRIVAL YOU SEE AT LEAST 35 TO 50 OTHER PEOPLE LINED UP IN LAZY BOYS RECIEVING FENTANYL, VALIUM IV AND SENT ONE BY ONE IN FOR IMAGING EPIDURALS. WOW, THATS ONE ON ONE MEDICAL CARE. HE WAS LATER IN LEGAL TROUBLE, HE EARNED 5 MILLION YEARLY BY THE WAY. HIS OFFICE WAS LIKE A CROWD TRYING TO GET VAN HALEN CONCERT TICKETS! AGAIN, I DONT KNOW OF ANYONE OR ANY PROCEDURE THAT IS A CURE OF EVEN A GOOD TREATMENT TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PAIN RELIEF OR AN IMPROVEMENT IN MY CONDITION. ITS A RAQUET EVERYWHERE, AND WHEN YOU MENTION PAIN OR INTERRUPT THE DOCTOR IN HIS FEVERISH HURRY TO GET THROUGH HIS PATIENT LOAD, YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR A DOPE FIEND OR YOUR IMPOSING BY ASKING QUESTIONS. THE ONLY TIME I GET INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION IS WHEN THEY ASK FOR MY CO PAY! THEY WANT THAT CASH! THE REST IS LINE UP, GET BILLED, FILL YOUR MEDS, CYA NEXT MONTH. WHERE IS THE CURE TO THE PROBLEM, TREATING SYMPTOMS FOR YEARS LEAVES A PERSON PHYSICALLY DEPENDENT ON NARCOTICS AND WITHDRAWAL IS TERRIBLE. ONE DOCTOR WALKED IN AND SAID HEY, IVE GOT THE FEDS ON MY ASS FOR WRITING PAIN MEDS, IM TAKING YOU OFF OF OXYCONTIN, BOY OH BOY THAT WAS NICE, THE DOC FORGOT TO ASK ME ABOUT MY PAIN LEVELS WHEN THE MEDS WERE DECREASED, AND WAS NOT INTERESTED IN RETURNING MY CALLS TO HANDLE THE HORRIBLE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, NOT TOO MENTION THE HUGE AMOUNT OF RETURNING PAIN WHICH IS WHY I WAS TOLD I WAS TO TAKE THE MEDS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AT TIMES I WISHED I WAS DEAD THE PAIN WAS SO BAD, SO THE LOGIC WAS YOU NEED TO TAKE THESE MEDS, BUT NOW THAT IVE GOT MY TIT IN A RINGER, YOU DONT NEED THEM ANYMORE AND IM NOT CHECKING ON YOUR PAIN LEVELS, SO I THOUGHT I GUESS I NEVER NEEDED THE MEDS TO BEGIN WITH? OH, THEN THE PRACTICE HAD 4 DOCTORS LEAVE THE PRACTICE, ABRUPTLY I MIGHT ADD, AND NOT TOO MENITON 10 OFFICE STAFF LEFT, WHERES THERES SMOKE THERES FIRE, IM LOOKING FOR ANOTHER DOCTOR AND HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO GET DIAZEPAM TO BE TREATED FOR ACUTE WITHDRAWAL! THE BEST PART IS I FOUND OUT CHIROPRACTOR AT THIS MULTI DISCIPLINARY FACILTIY WAS BILLING ME INCORRECTLY FOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE, AND THE INSURANCE HAD CUT OFF PAYING FOR TREATMENTS NATURALLY AFTER 2YRS, SO I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY DOCTOR SAID THE CHIROPRACTOR OWNED THE PRACTICE AND HE WAS BILLING ALL OF THE PEOPLE TO INCREASE HIS REVENUES, AGAIN I DID GET ONE ON ONE ATTENTION ON THIS ISSUE, AS THEY TOLD ME AFTER 20 CALLS AND 3WKS OF COMPLAINTS THAT I OVERPAID OUT OF POCKET AND THEY WERE VERY ANGRY THAT I FOUND THE DISCREPANCY IN THE BILLING OF COURSE, AND THAT I WOULD BE REFUNDED THE MONEY IN 3O DAYS, ALL OF THIS AND STILL NO MENTION OF HOW MUCH PAIN I WAS IN OR IF I WAS IMPROVING. THEY ONLY WANTED MY INSURANCE CARD AND CYA! THIS IS A STORY OF THE BACK PAIN RAQUET, IVE FOUND OUT THAT ITS MUCH MORE PROFITABLE FOR DOCTORS AS THEY ARE BUSINESSMEN ONLY INTERESTED IN PATIENT NUMBERS DAILY. SO PAY UP GUYS! YOUR DOCTORS BMW AND KIDS IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE TUITION DEPENDS ON IT, IF YOU COMPLAIN YOUR IN PAIN, YOU MAY BE LABELED WITH THE STIGMA OF BEING DRUG DEPENDENT, IM SURE THATS NEXT! I VE FOUND A NEW DOCTOR THOUGH! NEXT!

AZCurt
2008-03-31 15:57:41 ET

There needs to be a selection entitled NONE OF THE ABOVE.


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