How to Obtain Pain Medications
Obtaining pain medicine is becoming increasingly more difficult as more and more people become addicted to them. People who have chronic pain are often sent home with nothing to ease their pain as they are mistakenly viewed as seekers of pain medicine by health care professionals. If you are legitimately in pain, there are still resources to help you obtain the pain medication that you need.
Instructions
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How to Obtain Pain Medications
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An injury or chronic pain condition is necessary to obtain prescription pain medications legally. Prescription pain medications can include Vicodin, Percocet, and Morphine. If you are injured, call your physician or go to your local emergency room immediately. They will be able to give you something for pain and a prescription if needed for when you leave their care. If you have a condition which causes you chronic pain, this will need to be documented in your medical chart to obtain pain medicine for treatment.
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Health insurance is not required to obtain pain medicine, but without it you will spend hundreds of dollars more per year than you would without it. A typical prescription for Percocet without health insurance will be around fifty dollars, where it could be as little as three dollars with health insurance. Also, in order to obtain pain medications you must have a legal prescription written by a health care professional that is legally authorized to write them. It is very costly to see a physician or visit an emergency room without health insurance. Health insurance can be purchased on-line, or by visiting an independent health insurance agent. Independent health insurance agents can be found in your local yellow pages section of the phone book.
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Visit your family physician. Tell them that you are experiencing pain and give them as much health information about your condition or injury as possible. If you are visiting a new physician, give them a copy of all of your medical records so that they may better serve you. After their examination, tell them that you need a prescription for pain medication. If they feel that you are truly in need of pain medication, they will write you a legal prescription. If you are experiencing chronic pain, they may refer you to a pain specialist or to a pain clinic. A pain specialist is a medical doctor who specializes in treating chronic pain conditions and will be able to better assist someone who has chronic pain.
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Take your prescription for pain medication to any pharmacy of your choice. Any pharmacy is able to fill pain medication prescriptions. It is important to only use one pharmacy for all of your prescription medications so that drug interactions can be avoided and monitored by a licensed pharmacist. It usually takes only twenty minutes or less to fill your prescription and you will be on your way to being pain free.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have a chronic pain condition, research pain specialists in your area. Many medical doctors do not write pain medication prescriptions to sufficiently treat someone who is chronically in pain. The reason is because many people have become addicted to pain medications and abuse the system. Health care professionals refer to these people as "pain medication seekers", or "drug seekers".
Never take any pain medication that is not prescribed to you by a licensed health care professional who is authorized to write prescriptions for pain medication. Do not take pain medication that belongs to someone else. Never take more pain medication than is prescribed as it may cause difficulty breathing, coma and even death. Always contact your local pharmacist if you have any questions about safe dosing of a pain medication that has been prescribed to you. If you believe that you may have over-dosed on pain medication, call 911 immediately.
