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Well, I was involved in a fairly severe car accident on Tuesday evening. I went right to the ER were they gave me a shot of demerol/visteril and then took x-rays of my spine and neck. While the pain shot did help, it wore off fairly quickly. The ER doc said "Well, there are no breaks but you could have some severe muscle tear, atrophy. Here are 10 5mg Vicodins and some Robaxin."
WTF? 10 freaking pain pills. They were gone in two days and now I am severe agony. I have missed work since ( I am a waiter so I have to be extremely mobile and life rather heavy trays). My question: what do I do? I really cannot afford a $110 consult and $90 worth of meds. I am seeing my GP today so would it be wise to bring this up and ask for a pain specialist? Any help would help thanks folks you've been a godsend sice I joined this board a couple years back.
Peace.
I must address a few of your issues so I quoted your entire post. First of all, if you are not kept over night in the hospital from a severe car accident, if you walk in, or taken in by ambulance, they will not give you a large prescription. Every single Dr. in an ER will tell you to immediately consult a physician upon your release. Even the forms they give you will state that. You had to sign them at some point of your hospital experience.
If you are sitting around a few days in pain, you must not have consulted an MD. If your injuries are as serious as you state, you should be dealing with them on an ASAP basis. Most traumas DO get worse as the days go on and you may need some physical therapy as well. A lot of times just having pain killers is not the answer.
Last, but not least, the OPs are not going to provide you with opiate based, schedule III medications without adequate proof/records to substantiate your injuries. My humble advice to you would be to seek out your regular physician first and get an adequate assessment of what is wrong with you. Then take it from there. From what you wrote, that seemed to be your next step. Maybe you will get the help you need once your diagnosis is on record.
Good Luck!
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Be well and pain free,
RonnieNwolf
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